Tackling Air Pollution in South Asia

Teevrat Garg is an Associate Professor of Economics at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on decarbonization, energy transitions, air quality, and climate adaptation. His work combines rigorous empirical methods with close partnerships with governments, utilities, and NGOs to generate evidence that informs real-world policy. He holds affiliations with major research networks such as J-PAL, IGC and CESifo and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. He is an editor at the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. He has contributed to flagship policy assessments, including serving as a Technical Contributor to the Economics chapter of the Fifth U.S. National Climate Assessment and as co-lead author of the economic impacts report for California’s Fifth Climate Assessment. In addition to his academic work, he is a co-founder of Pow-dr Technologies, a social enterprise developing scalable demand-side energy solutions designed to expand grid flexibility in emerging markets.