Monica Jain

Project Associate - Urban Development, Sustainable Cities and Transport

Bio

Monica Jain is a Project Associate at WRI India with Urban Development, Sustainable Cities and Transport, where she works on the Innovation Portfolio to accelerate the adoption of innovation by cities to improve urban service delivery and address climate change. Her work also includes assisting the Urban Development practice formulate and disseminate policy and data analysis to build resilient, sustainable and equitable cities.

Before WRI, Monica interned at the Brookings Institution where she worked on analyzing the relationship between health infrastructure and outcomes in the country. She also interned with ERM Pvt Ltd., where she worked on preparing water risk management plans and environmental impact assessment for corporates.

Monica holds an MSc. in Economics and the Policy of Energy and Environment from University College London, United Kingdom. Monica is also a part-time farmer where she helps manage the family ancestral farmland where coconuts, coffee and pumpkins are grown. In her free time, she loves filmmaking, reading and cuddling with her pets.

Blog Posts

Advancing innovations for an energy-efficient built environment in Indian cities
by Sumedha Malaviya, Monica Jain and Sanjoy Sanyal - October 17, 2018
India’s buildings are silent power guzzlers. According to a 2017 survey conducted by the Ministry of Statistics, Planning and Implementation (MOSPI), residential and commercial buildings consume 32 percent of the country’s total electricity. As our cities grow, building energy demand

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