Pranav Chazhiyill

Pranav is an applied economist passionate about bridging sustainable agriculture and natural resource management with climate finance. He holds a Master of Science in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Davis. He works with farming communities, ground-level functionaries, and institutional stakeholders across India.

Currently working as a Carbon Auditor, Pranav verifies carbon projects under frameworks such as Verra and Gold Standard, evaluating community-level implementation and benefit-sharing across forest conservation and sustainable agriculture projects. Previously, he worked with GIZ India on biochar and sustainable farming interventions across farming communities in India, and in a Voluntary Carbon Market Task Force working to make carbon markets more accessible to farming communities and grassroots organizations.

Pranav's interests are in exploring how well-designed market mechanisms and policy frameworks can simultaneously support community development and healthy ecosystems.