EDUCATION:
2020 PhD, International Development, University of Reading, United Kingdom
2011 MA, Environment and Development Policy, Sussex University, United Kingdom
2007 MSc, Sustainable Development, Sikkim Manipal University
2003 BCom, St. Josephs College, Darjeeling
Countries: India, Nepal, Kenya, Namibia
States: Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Sikkim, Orissa, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
Cities: Bengaluru, Darjeeling
Languages: English, Nepali, Hindi, Bengali
Rinchen is an External Consultant at the IIHS School of Environment and Sustainability. Prior to joining IIHS, Rinchen was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town. She was working on a project called ‘Climate Resilient Development Pathways in semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia’ At the University of Cape Town. Rinchen has over nine years of experience working on areas of rural livelihoods, social development and climate change, with a special geographical expertise working in the Indian Himalayan region. She has worked in academic and practice-based organizations in India and the UK, including the University of Reading, University of East Anglia, International Alert, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Pragya.