Dr Anand Patwardhan is a Professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park.   

He has been a coordinating lead author for the IPCC, and a member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environmental Facility. He currently serves as co-chair of the Science Committee of the World Adaptation Science Program, and co-chair of the Adaptation Research Alliance.    

He was earlier a Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay. His research focused on mitigation and adaptation responses to climate change, and the assessment of vulnerability and adaptation, as well as broader issues of science, technology, and innovation policy.   

Dr Patwardhan has a BTech (Electrical Engineering) from IIT-Bombay and an MS (Civil Engineering) and PhD (Engineering and Public Policy), both from Carnegie Mellon University.