Vaishnavi is an urban development practitioner with over 12 years of research, policy advocacy and capacity building experience in the areas of climate governance, disaster resilience, risk perception, nature based solutions, community resilience, socio-economic revitalization of heritage settlements, and upgradation of informal settlements. At C-Cube, Vaishnavi’s work focuses on strengthening local capacities for adopting climate measures. Besides, she also provides technical support to the thematic area of ‘urban planning, green cover and biodiversity’ and ‘water management’. Vaishnavi has earlier worked with Mahila Housing SEWA Trust, India Habitat Forum and the Centre for Conservation Studies, CEPT University. She is a Chevening Scholar and holds a Master's degree in 'Urbanization and Development' from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor degree in Architecture from the B.M.S College of Engineering, Bangalore.
Interest:
Vaishnavi enjoys exploring historic monuments, settlements and ruins besides experimenting with pottery and finding ways to make a sustainable lifestyle transition.