Dr. Balakrishna Pisupati is an internationally renowned conservation and development specialist with nearly three decades of experience across national and international institutions. He currently serves as Country Head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in India, focusing on science-policy interfaces, environmental governance, and policy coherence.
His distinguished career includes leadership roles at UNEP, the United Nations University, IUCN, the National Biodiversity Authority of India, and Trans Disciplinary University, where he served as Vice-Chancellor. He is also an invited Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an elected Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, and a Policy Fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute.
A prolific writer with a keen interest in transdisciplinary research, he has published over 200 research articles and reports on the environment and development.
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