Pankaj Sekhsaria

Pankaj Sekhsaria is a long-time member of the environmental group Kalpavriksh and currently Associate Professor, Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA), IIT Bombay. His research interests lie at the intersection of science, environment, society, and technology. He has written extensively on issues of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands – his books include his debut novel The Last Wave (2014), a collection of journalism Islands in Flux – the Andaman and Nicobar Story (2024), a children’s book Waiting for Turtles (2021) (also in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu), and most recently The Great Nicobar Betrayal (2024).