Ambuj Sagar

Member, Science and Security Board

Sagar is the deputy director (strategy & planning) and the Vipula and Mahesh Chaturvedi Professor of Policy Studies at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. He previously served as the founding head of the School of Public Policy at IIT Delhi. Sagar’s research interests broadly lie at the intersection of science, technology, and sustainable development. Sagar was a lead author in Working Group III of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report, a member of the Independent Group of Scientists appointed by the UN Secretary-General to prepare the Global Sustainable Development Report 2023, and a member of the NAS panel that authored the 2021 report on geoengineering research and governance. He has served as a respected advisor to various Indian government agencies as well as many multilateral and bilateral agencies.