Dr Sujatha Byravan

Dr. Sujatha Byravan’s interests are in the areas of climate change policy, development, science & technology and are grounded in her technical background and education in the biological sciences. Her recent projects and publications have been on climate policy for India sea level rise, climate migrants and exiles, biotechnology policy, innovation, and science for sustainable development.

She is currently working independently from Chennai, India. She was until recently, Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Development (CSTEP), Bangalore. Earlier she was President and Executive Director, Council for Responsible Genetics (CRG), Cambridge, Massachusetts, a non-profit/non-governmental organization devoted to fostering informed debate on the social, ethical and environmental implications of new genetic technologies. Previously, she was Director of the Fellows Program at LEAD (Leadership for Environment and Development) International from 1999-2002, and in that capacity was responsible for developing and executing the program for the graduates of LEAD, who number over 1,300 and work all over the world in various sectors.

Sujatha has a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of South Carolina and did her postdoctoral work at the University of California in Los Angeles, U.S.A. She has published extensively and received numerous grants. Her awards include the Bellagio Residential Fellowship (2007) from the Rockefeller Foundation, and the LEAD fellowship training (1995-1997).