Tanvi Nagpal, Ph.D.

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Tanvi Nagpal is a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute. She was a Practitioner in Residence at SAIS from 2010 – 2021 and served as the Director of the International Development Program from 2019- 2021. As an active scholar-practitioner, Dr. Nagpal’s research portfolio focuses on sustainable and equitable water, sanitation, and solid waste service delivery; supporting communities and local governments to manage environmental resources; and generating financial support for pro-poor urban policies and programs.  Prior to joining SAIS, Dr. Nagpal was the Director of Global Water Challenge where she oversaw an innovative portfolio of water and sanitation investments. For a decade, she managed community-based environmental investments and policy research focused on East Asia at the World Bank. Dr. Nagpal currently serves on the Steering Committee of the Alliance for a Healthier World, JHU. She is a non-resident scholar at the Urban Institute and an Advisor at Athena Infonomics. 

Dr. Nagpal has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Brown University and a BA in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi.