Yugratna Srivastava

Yugratna Srivastava

New York, New York, United States
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Policy advocacy, youth engagement and environmental protection.

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Experience

  • Capital for Climate Graphic

    Capital for Climate

    New York City Metropolitan Area

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    New York, United States

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    New York, United States

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    Rome, Latium, Italy

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    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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    Uffing, Germany

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    Germany

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Education

  • Columbia | SIPA Graphic

    Columbia | SIPA

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    Recipient of the prestigious Shardashish Interschool Scholarship

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    Activities and Societies: - IEEE Women in Engineering IIIT-Allahabad Chapter - IEEE Robotics and Automation Society UP Chapter

    - Graduated summa cum laude in electronics and communications engineering from IIIT-A (which is ranked among top 10 engineering schools of India).
    - Bachelor thesis research focused on increasing power-efficiency of solar cells, delivered using simulation models on SILVACO and MATLAB.

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    Activities and Societies: College Secretary, Science Club, Debating and literary club, Environment protection group

    - Graduated with 97.2 % in the Senior Secondary Indian School Certificate (ISC) Examination
    - Top 0.05 % performer in the country and awarded with Government of India INSPIRE Fellowship,
    - Distinction of being the all India highest scorer in English Language and Literature in 2013 [ISC 2013]

Volunteer Experience

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    Volunteer for designing of the in-session workshop during SB-46

    UNFCCC

    - 3 months

    Animal Welfare

    My involvement with UNFCCC was through helping the secretariat in designing of a 4-hour long international in-session workshop on Non-Party Stakeholder participation in UNFCCC/COP Processes scheduled to be held in May, 2017 during Bonn Climate Change conference referred to as SB-46. I am working with the secretariat in producing an exclusive video for the workshop, along with designing the format of workshop - the panel, breakout sessions and other logistics.

  • Student Organizer

    Tarumitra

    - 6 years 1 month

    Environment

    Tarumitra is India's largest nationwide students' organization to promote ecological sensitivity in India. It has over 2,00,000 members in over 1000 high schools and colleges, campaigning for sensitizing various sections of society on ecological issues.

    I have involved in Tarumitra through our school environmental club, as part of which we conducted several awareness campaigns, species mapping, research expeditions, and "green parliaments". My work in Tarumitra started in grade 7 and…

    Tarumitra is India's largest nationwide students' organization to promote ecological sensitivity in India. It has over 2,00,000 members in over 1000 high schools and colleges, campaigning for sensitizing various sections of society on ecological issues.

    I have involved in Tarumitra through our school environmental club, as part of which we conducted several awareness campaigns, species mapping, research expeditions, and "green parliaments". My work in Tarumitra started in grade 7 and continued until secondary year of schooling and was one of driving factors on sensitization toward these issues.

    Read more at >> http://tarumitra.org/

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    Junior Board (Children's Board)

    UNEP-TUNZA

    - 3 years 4 months

    Environment

    - served in the Junior Board (elected at the International Children's Conference on Climate Change in Norway, 2008) of the UNEP Tunza Programme as the representative of the Asia Pacific Region

    - given the role in the Junior Board, served in the Organising Committee for the UNEP Tunza International Children and Youth Conferences in South Korea (2009), Japan (2010) and Indonesia (2011), including development of the substantive outcomes at each of the events

  • Major Group for Children and Youth Graphic

    Several Roles

    Major Group for Children and Youth

    - Present 6 years 8 months

Publications

  • UNEP We Want Report

    United Nations Environment Programme

    - Together with a team of 5 other authors and with Prof. Stephen Stec from CEU and Science and Technology Major Group to UNEP, co-coordinated the development of the flagship report - UNEP We Want at the occasion of 50th Anniversary of UNEP, mandated by the member states to the UNEA process.

    - Coordinated several consultations and interviews to generate inputs for the report from youth and non-youth actors during 2021.

    - Coordinated political interventions (written and spoken) to…

    - Together with a team of 5 other authors and with Prof. Stephen Stec from CEU and Science and Technology Major Group to UNEP, co-coordinated the development of the flagship report - UNEP We Want at the occasion of 50th Anniversary of UNEP, mandated by the member states to the UNEA process.

    - Coordinated several consultations and interviews to generate inputs for the report from youth and non-youth actors during 2021.

    - Coordinated political interventions (written and spoken) to present regular updates on the report to the subsidiary committee of UNEA

    - Final report presented at the UNEP@50 Commemoration during the UNEA in Nairobi 2022

    See publication

  • Youth, Activism and Global Negotiations

    UNEP

    See publication

  • “Uniting Youth For Climate Change”

    ECOSOC, United Nations

    See publication

Courses

  • Analytics in Environmental Science Policy

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  • Climatology

    ENVPU6115

  • ESG-ALIGNED CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

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  • Earth Systems & Environmental Politics

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  • Environmental Chemistry

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  • Financial Management

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  • Humanitarian, Development, and Peace Nexus

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  • Hydrology

    ENVPU6116

  • Hydrology

    ENVPU6116

  • International Law

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  • Microeconomics and Policy Analysis I

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  • Microeconomics and Policy Analysis II

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  • Principles of Ecology

    ENVPU6111

  • Research Methods and Quantitative Techniques in Policymaking and Management

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  • Risk Assessment & Toxicology

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  • Sustainability Management

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  • Sustainable Finance I: Foundations of ESG

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  • Urban Ecology

    ENVPU6112

Projects

  • Local Government Implementation of Justice40-Covered Federal Programs – Identifying Early Lessons and Areas for Improvement

    Client - World Resources Institute (WRI) | Spring 2024 Capstone Project

    Part of a team of 10 grauduate students conducting research and analysis to inform the development of policy recommendations, tools, and program modifications to ensure optimum delivery of Justice40 benefits to EJ communities that are most in need.

  • Policy Blueprint - Reform of the Global Financial Architecture, with Focus on International Debt Crisis

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  • Scientific Analysis of H.R. 873: Water Quality and Environmental Innovation Act

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  • Stockholm+50 Youth Engagement Coordination

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    As the Policy Officer of the UN Major Group for Children and Youth, I led the coordination of the youth engagement for the Stockholm+50 International Meeting, which was a several months long project involving phases of preparation, delivery and follow-up.

  • ACE Youth Forum - a GEF project

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    Lead the organisation of the first ever Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE Youth Forum) - a joint project of the youth NGOs and COP23 Fiji Presidency, with support from UNDP, Government of Canada and UNFCCC.

    The forum brought together over 110 participants from 70+ countries, while administering Scholarships for 40 such youth from developing countries. The outcomes of the Forum are now part of Paris Agreement Work Program.

    Project was done under the auspices of GEF.

    See project

  • Global South Scholarships 2017

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    Facilitated the Global South Scholarships (GSS 2017), a project funded and implemented in conjuction with Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development [BMZ] and Federal Ministry for the Environment [BMUB] of Germany - that selected youth from over 140 Global South countries, providing them complete funding support and two month long capacity building training on UNFCCC processes, for their effective participation at the 23rd UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) and the 13th…

    Facilitated the Global South Scholarships (GSS 2017), a project funded and implemented in conjuction with Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development [BMZ] and Federal Ministry for the Environment [BMUB] of Germany - that selected youth from over 140 Global South countries, providing them complete funding support and two month long capacity building training on UNFCCC processes, for their effective participation at the 23rd UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) and the 13th Conference of Youth (COY13) at Bonn Germany.

  • Design and Performance Analysis of 130nm Frequency Mixer at 5G Telecom Frequency (28 GHz)

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    Cadence based approach to design a frequency mixer that operates at 5G telecom frequency of 28Ghz. Software simulation and optimization under progress presently. The technology used is IHP 130 nm technology.

  • Solar-Based Advanced Water Quality Monitoring Aystem and Data Analysis for River Ganga

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    Designed a self-sustained water quality monitoring system that would monitor - pH, oxygen concentration, turbidity and conductivity of water and send the real time date to the base station for monitoring. The entire module can be installed at a remote area(or an inaccessible area) and would function on solar power. Water profile monitoring of Rive Ganga was also done using the same device after it was built.

  • Clean Energy Agents

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    Developed an online curriculum, with modules that provided background, scientific and hands-on training on renewable energy, clean energy power systems and the process for transition to them. Students from more than 20 countries were trained as a part of the project.

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  • IOT based smart waste management system

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    Implemented a waste management system that connected various nodes of garbage cans placed at various location and would send their status to a base station.

  • Program Design of H.R. 873: Water Quality and Environmental Innovation Act

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Honors & Awards

  • Shardashish Interschool Fellowship (Scholarship)

    Columbia University in City of New York

  • Featured by The Ecologist among 25 female climate leaders shaping 2019

    The Ecologist

    https://theecologist.org/2019/mar/08/25-female-climate-leaders-shaping-2019

  • Arbor Day Award

    Arbor Day Foundation

  • National Honor - Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao Mission

    Government of India

    National award on work and achievements in the climate change and environmental work, as a female youth.

  • INSPIRE Scholarship

    Government of India

    Awarded with the prestigious INSPIRE Scholarship for being in the 0.5 % top performers in the National ISC Senior Secondary Examination

Organizations

  • Plant-for-the-Planet

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  • DESERTEC

    Summer Intern / BMZ Project

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  • Tarumitra

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