Shagun Mehrotra

Shagun Mehrotra is an Assistant Professor at Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy.  His research, teaching, and policy advice focus on climate change, infrastructure economics and finance, and poverty reduction in cities, particularly in large developing-country slums.  Shagun established Climate and Cities, an international policy advisory facility jointly housed at The Earth Institute, Columbia University, and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.  Previously, he was on the staff of the World Bank, leading infrastructure reform of public utilities in Africa with a focus on expanding services to the urban poor.  Shagun has a PhD in Infrastructure Economics and Urban Planning from Columbia University, New York.

Over the last decade, his research and advice has been sought by national and local governments in Latin America, East Africa, South-East Asia, China, and India; as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  He has authored and co-authored articles and two books, including Climate Change and Cities (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and Bankruptcy to Billions: How the Indian Railways Transformed (Oxford University Press, 2009).

Recent Publications

• Climate Change and Cities (ARC3): London: Cambridge University Press, (2011). Mehrotra, S. Co-Editor with C. Rosenzweig, W. Solecki, S. Hammer.
• Bankruptcy to Billions: How the Indian Railways transformed: My co-authored book on infrastructure was published by Oxford University Press, 2009 with a forward by the Prime Minister of India. The english version is in its fourth impression and the book has been translated into two additional languages. The English paperback edition was published by OUP in July 2010.
• Cities Lead The Way In Climate-Change Action: London: Nature, Vol. 467, 21 October (Mehrotra, S with C. Rosenzweig, W. Solecki, & S. Hammer).

Courses

Present: Climate Change and Cities, Fall 2011; Global Urban Environmental Policy, Spring 2012; Infrastructure Economics: Equity with Efficiency.

Past: Urban Economics, Project Evaluation (Cost-Benefit Analysis), Spring and Fall 2008 and 2009; Advanced Planning Theory, Comparative Urban Labor Markets, Spring 2008; History and Theory of Planning, Fall 2007, Spring 2010.

Media Expertise

Shagun Mehrotra welcomes media inquiries on infrastructure (transport, energy, water), climate change and cities, as well as developing-country cities (slums).