Vikas is a Program Associate in Sustainable Agriculture with WRI India’s Food, Land and Water program, based in Bhopal. He supports initiatives that advance climate-smart and sustainable agricultural practices, improve farmer livelihoods, and build climate resilience through field coordination, community engagement, research, and collaboration with government departments and other stakeholders.

He brings over five years of experience in sustainable agriculture, rural livelihoods, farmer capacity building, Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO) development, seed production, and natural and organic farming. Before joining WRI India, he served as Assistant Program Manager and FCO Coordinator at Action for Social Advancement (ASA), where he worked across programme planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, government coordination, and stakeholder engagement.

Vikas holds a master’s degree in Agriculture, specialising in Entomology, from Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (JNKVV), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

Outside work, he enjoys playing and watching cricket, travelling, and cooking.