Madhusudan Singh
Environmental Governance Fellow
Minneapolis-Saint Paul, United States and Himachal Pradesh, India
Languages: Hindi and English
“I am inspired by CoRe’s commitment to fostering multi-stakeholder dialogue that addresses the root causes of environmental resource conflicts. The innovative approach to strengthening governance and livelihood resilience aligns with my passion for sustainable development. True resilience emerges when communities unite to transform challenges into opportunities for sustainable growth.”
Madhusudan supports analysis, exchange of lessons and capacity strengthening among practitioners focused on multi-actor platforms and coalitions, both in India and cross-regionally. His role at CoRe is supported by the prestigious Atlas Corps fellowship co-sponsored by the American India Foundation. Madhusudan is a climate resilience and disaster risk reduction practitioner working at the intersection of indigenous knowledge, environmental governance, and community-led adaptation. With over a decade of experience, he has contributed to research and field programs with organizations including the European Commission, UNDP, NDRF India, the Global Heritage Fund, and the University of Porto, Portugal. His work has taken him to disaster-impacted and ecologically fragile regions, from the Himalayan flash floods, landslides, cloud bursts and wildfires to the floods in Kerala and Cyclone Phailin in Odisha, where he has focused on strengthening local systems of resilience, humanitarian emergency response and cultural heritage protection. Madhusudan is a graduate of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, and an alumnus of the Smithsonian-ICCROM First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAC) program. He is a member of global networks including the FAC Alumni Network and the Cultural Emergency Response (CER), Netherlands. He also started the Foundation for Living Knowledge (FOLK), a non-profit based in the Indian Himalayas, to promote indigenous ecological practices and community-driven responses to climate change. Madhusudan is a writer and photographer who captures the quiet power of everyday resilience in his creative work as hobby.