Anupam Anand

About Anupam Anand

I work as a Senior Evaluation Officer at the GEF, Independent Evaluation Office(GEF IEO), World Bank Group based out of Washington DC. My interest lies in the development-environment nexus and the science-policy interface. I have over 18 years of combined experience in international development, evaluation, and academia. I have been using innovative mixed-method approaches and tools such as geospatial data, Gen AI, computational social science, drones, and field-based methods for problem-solving and gathering evidence. I have led evaluations on Nature-based Solutions, biodiversity, SFM and REDD+, land degradation, fragility and conflict, and illegal wildlife trade. Before the IEO, I was a Remote Sensing Scientist at the University of Maryland, where I worked on multiple NASA-funded projects, including field campaigns for future satellite missions. I also worked for the Climate GP World Bank, conducting climate risk and vulnerability assessments. I have contributed to more than 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on remote sensing, ecology, sustainable development, land cover change, evaluation, conflict and fragility, and environmental policy.I hold a Ph.D. in Geospatial Science from the University of Maryland, a dual masters in Ecology and Environment and Geography, and a postgraduate diploma in Environmental law and policy. I actively engage with academia through collaboration, mentoring graduate students, and teaching courses on geospatial methods, ecology and environment, data science, environmental governance, and science-policy interface. Outside work, I like sharing my passion for education and the environment with children, photography, yoga, traveling, flying UAVs, and the Cessna 172.

Experience

1. Senior Evaluation Officer

   Global Environment Facility

   May 2022 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Currently, I am Task Team Leader(TTL) for the following projects: 5. Strategic Country Cluster Evaluation of GEF support in the Amazon basin4. Evaluation of GEF support to Nature-based Solutions (NbS)3. Strategic Country Cluster Evaluation of the Lower Mekong River Basin2. Evaluation of GEF\'s efforts toward combating illegal wildlife trade1. Evaluation of GEF support to the Sustainable Forest Management and REDD+

Education

• Delhi University

  M.Phil, Environmental Vulnerability of the High Altitude Lakes in Tibetan Plateau

• University of Maryland

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Remote Sensing and Geospatial Science

  2016

• Central European University

  Certificate, Geospatial technologies and remote sensing for monitoring SDGs

  2016 — 2016

• National Law University

  Postgraduate Diploma, Environmental Policy and Law, “Evolution of national laws and policies in response to climate change“

  2020

• Delhi University

  Masters, The Role of "Bhagidari"(PPP) in Solid Waste Management: a case study of Delhi

• Carleton University

  Certificate, International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET)

  2014 — 2014

Skills

• Environ
• Matlab
• Spatial Analysis
• Program Evaluation
• Statistics
• Video Production
• Ecology
• International Development
• Climate Change
• Conservation Issues
• Impact Evaluation
• Digital Image Processing
• University Teaching
• Science
• Arcgis
• Field Work
• Gis
• Environmental Science
• Uav
• Python
• Research
• Spss
• Graphic Design
• Envi
• R
• Lidar
• Remote Sensing
• Data Analysis
• Photography
• Geographic Information Systems (Gis)