Mr. Rishi Aggarwal
Research Fellow

Joined ORF
November 2009

Expertise
Environment, Development Economics, Urban Affairs.

Background
Rishi has done his graduation in Economics from the University of Mumbai.

He took to environmental activism early and has extensive participation with various urban and especially environmental issues in Mumbai since the late nineties. His most notable endeavour has been in the protection of mangrove forests along the coast of Mumbai.

He started his career as a Trainee Journalist and has since then worked with Bombay First as a Project Officer during the launch of the Vision Mumbai Report, has been a co-founder and active member of the Mangrove Society of India (Mumbai Chapter) and a Co-founder and Trustee of Mumbai Environmental Social Network. He was the first Programme Director for the Mumbai Helpline Programme of United Way Mumbai.

Besides environmental issues Rishi has a key interest in a number of developmental and mainstream economic issues and the effect of the interplay on the country as a whole. In 2007 Rishi was selected for the prestigious International Visitors Leadership Programme of the US Department of State and as part of the three week programme toured six cities in the US in an Indo-Pak delegation.

Rishi strongly believes that educated young people should join politics to bring value based governance and in April 2009 Rishi contested the Lok Sabha 2009 elections from the Mumbai North West Constituency.

At ORF Mumbai Rishi has a focus area on various urban planning and governance issues.

E-mail ID:rishiaggarwal@orfonline.org