Janhavi Bhujabal is a Consultant at the Climate and Sustainability Initiative (CSI), where she supports research and advisory work on climate risk, adaptation finance, policy, and heat resilience. Her work focuses on integrating climate data with policy insights to inform adaptation strategies and financing pathways, with a strong emphasis on translating technical analysis into actionable and scalable solutions.
Janhavi’s professional journey spans academic research, policy engagement, and applied climate risk analysis. She has built a strong foundation in climate science and modelling through postgraduate training and hands-on research in climate risk assessment, extreme weather analysis, and vulnerability studies. Before joining CSI, she gained experience in climate modelling and agro-climatic risk analysis in academic research settings, conducted primary field research on heat stress and vulnerability among outdoor workers, and supported legislative policy research on climate-adaptive agricultural practices. Across these roles, she worked extensively with climate datasets, field surveys, and policy briefs, bridging scientific evidence and policy design.
Janhavi joined CSI initially as a Policy Research Intern, where she contributed to climate policy mapping across more than a dozen Indian states. Her work involved analysing how key climate and green policy concepts are defined and operationalised across state policies and departments, supporting comparative assessments of subnational climate governance. She also contributed to climate data analysis for mining-intensive districts in Odisha, examining temperature and precipitation trends to identify extreme climate risks and associated economic vulnerabilities. In her current role, she is working on an urban heat risk, resilience, and financing project aimed at translating heat vulnerability analysis into implementable adaptation pathways.
Janhavi holds a Master of Science in Climate Science and Policy from the TERI School of Advanced Studies and a Bachelor of Science with a triple major in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics from CHRIST (Deemed to be University). Outside of work, she is a wildlife photographer and nature enthusiast who enjoys travelling and painting botanical watercolours. She speaks English, Hindi, and Oriya.
