Aromar Revi

Aromar Revi is the Director of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) India’s prospective Institution of Eminence and interdisciplinary national University focused on urbanization. Over a dozen years, he has built IIHS into one of the world’s leading education, research, training, advisory and implementation-support institution, focusing on the multi-dimensional challenges and opportunities of sustainable urbanization. He is an alumnus of IIT-Delhi and the Law and Management schools of the University of Delhi and has over 35 years of interdisciplinary experience in sustainable development, public policy and governance, human settlements, global environmental and technological change. Aromar is an international expert on Sustainable Development, Co-Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), and senior advisor to multiple ministries of the Indian Government. He is a member of the Ubuntu Advisory Board of the UCLG President, Commissioner of the Lancet Pathfinders Commission and a member of the Task Force on Global Health Diplomacy and Cooperation of Lancet COVID-19 Commission. Aromar was a member of the UCL – Nature Sustainability Expert Panel and is one of the world’s leading experts on global environmental change. He is a Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) of the 2018 IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C (SR15). Aromar has made significant contributions to human settlements development in India, for which he was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1990 and is one of South Asia’s most experienced risk and disaster management professionals. Since 2008, he has been on the Advisory Board of UNDRR’s Scientific & Technical Advisory Group (STAG) and its bi-annual Global Assessment of Risk. He is a member of the international advisory Board of the African Centre for Cities (ACC) at the University of Cape Town. He is also a member of the External Advisory Board of the India China Institute (ICI) at the New School University.