Dr. Manish Kumar is Director, Research and Development and leads the  interdisciplinary research on ambient air quality, energy transition, and climate change issues. He has wide ranging experiences in environmental research over a wider set-up, including government, industry, and academia. Dr. Kumar has completed his post-doctoral research on air pollution and the potential for air quality improvement using science and sustainability applications jointly with the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) and the Stockholm University, Sweden. He has also served as a visiting scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany and has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles in various national/international journals. Dr. Kumar also serves as the editor and reviewer in several international peer-reviewed journals.