Aromar Revi is an international consultant, practitioner and researcher with nearly twenty five years of inter-disciplinary experience in public policy, governance, institutional development, as well as the political economy of reform, development, technology and sustainability. He is the Director of the Indian Institute of Human Settlements (IIHS) - India's first independent national University aiming to address challenges of urbanization in the 21st Century. Aromar has lectured at two dozen Universities across four continents, written and edited five books and contributed to over thirty academic articles to peer-reviewed journals across multiple disciplines. He has been a senior advisor to various ministries of the Government of India, including the national Planning Commission, and has consulted for a wide range of multilateral and bilateral development institutions. He is one of India's leading experts on Climate Change adaptation, and has led his expertise to numerous disaster management and mitigation initiatives. Aromar also works on the dynamics of macro-governance and on long-range futures for India and South Asia. He is currently involved in developing India 2050: a dynamic long-range national economy-resource-demographic model for India.