Aditi is a researcher, communication professional and trainer working on issues of environment, climate change, gender, agriculture, livelihoods and development. She focuses on policy research and advocacy linking it with the grassroots. She worked with Oxfam GB from 2002 to 2010 and previously, with UN agencies, government organisations, civil society groups like Self-Employed Women Association (SEWA), and as a journalist on The Times of India for over a decade.
She is the recipient of the Statesman Award for Rural Reporting, 1992. Earlier, she was a Board Member of World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C. from 2000-2009. Currently, she is on the board of India Water Partnership.