Kartikeya is a Climate Fellow at the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University, where he oversees research and programmatic activities for the Climate Platform. He earned a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2024.
Before Harvard, Kartikeya worked with Tata Trusts and the Institute for Financial Management and Research in India, applying behavioral economics to health, climate, and economic development initiatives. A 2018 Young India Fellow at Ashoka University, he also holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Delhi.