Tanya Kak

Tanya Kak

Portfolio Lead (Climate and Bio-diversity), Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies

Tanya Kak is a  development sector professional with technical expertise in climate, conservation, clean energy, agriculture, and related themes.

Currently working at the Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, Tanya is leading and managing the Portfolio on Climate and Environment. Prior to this, acted as the South Asia Regional Policy Sector lead for the Agriculture sector and the Energy, Environment, and Climate Change Sector at J-PAL SA to inform policy with rigorous evidence.I am also a fellow/mentee at the Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition.

My ongoing experience and skills span grantmaking, systems change, generating policy-relevant research/evidence, working with governments, programme evaluation, and managing multi stakeholder projects and strategic partnerships.