Malini Nambiar
PhD Student, SPIA
Malini is a doctoral candidate in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs.
Her research revolves around India’s clean energy transition and the engineering constraints, land use conflicts, and institutional challenges associated with deploying renewable energy at scale. At ZERO Lab, she develops datasets to support GenX-India and provides technical support for the Net Zero India project.Prior to Princeton, Malini obtained a B.S. in Earth and Environmental Engineering from Columbia University and worked as a senior consultant at Ramboll, an environmental consultancy, on air pollution modeling and climate mitigation for major urban development, industrial, and logistics projects.