Nandini is a Programme Associate in the Sustainable Food Systems team at the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). Her research focusses on pathways to scale up regenerative and sustainable agriculture in India. She strives to contribute to actionable solutions for the transition towards sustainable food systems through community- and policy-level interventions. As an incoming German Chancellor fellow to the 2023 cohort, she will research on Food Policy Councils in Germany that have been successful in localising food systems, and aims to kick start Food Policy Councils in India. In the past, she has worked in different contexts to create urban and peri-urban foodscapes using permaculture principles and practices. She has completed her master’s in environmental policy from the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po.