Ahmad Mohd Khalid

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor (Jun 2024 – till date)

I currently serve as Assistant Professor (Economics) at Pravin Dalal School of Entrepreneurship & Family Business Management at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, India.

JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellow (Mar 2022 – March 2024)

Associated with United Nations University and Keio University in Tokyo. I worked on SDG-climate action synergies and its implementation challenges, urban climate action and corporate sustainability disclosures. The focus was on India at the national and local scales.

Research Associate, adelphi Consult GmbH, New Delhi (Feb 2013 – May 2015)

Research and data analysis – energy and environment, project management, capacity development and training, communication with Berlin office.

Educational Qualifications

Thesis Details

Ph.D Thesis      Title: Sustainable Development Analysis – Study of Indian States

In my thesis, I proposed a practical and simpler approach to provide direction and facilitate measurement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) position at state level in India focusing on 22 major states. This was done by identifying data gaps, suggesting a tailored approach to indicator selection and measurement and further, developing a suitable index for SDG measurement at the sub-national level in India.

Publications: Articles, Book chapters, Online platforms

1. Khalid, A. M., & Rawat, P. S. (2025). Corporate Environmental Disclosures and Role of Top Management: evidence based on the business responsibility and sustainability reporting in India. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 32(4): 4619-4635. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.3205
2. Khalid, A.M. (2023). Creating Synergies among the Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Action: Insights from a Developing Economy. Sustainability, 15(17):13137. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151713137
3. Khalid, A.M., Okitasari, M. (2023). Enabling Effective Climate Action Plans at City Level: Insights from India’s Metropolitan Cities. Sustainable Cities and Society, 98:104812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104812
4. Khalid, A.M., Sharma, S., & Dubey, A.K. (2020). Some Methodological Issues in India’s SDG Index Report 2019, Economic and Political Weekly, 32-33:29-31. https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/32-33/commentary/some-methodologicalissues-indias-sdg-index-report.html
5. Khalid, A.M., Sharma, S., & Dubey, A.K. (2020). Concerns of developing countries and the sustainable development goals: case for India, International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-019-02225-6
6. Khalid, A.M., Sharma, S., & Dubey, A.K. (2020). Data Gap Analysis, Indicator Selection, and Index Development: A Case for Developing Economies, Social Indicators Research, 148:893–960. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2020.1795744
7. Khalid, A.M., Sharma, S., & Dubey, A.K. (2018). Developing an indicator set for measuring sustainable development in India, Natural Resources Forum, 42(3):185-200. https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-8947.12151
8. Khalid, A.M., Mitra, I., Warmuth, W., & Schacht, V. (2016). Performance Ratio – Crucial Parameter for Grid Connected PV Plants, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 65:1139-1158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.07.066

Policy Brief

1. Khalid, A.M., Okitasari, M. Accelerating Climate Action in Africa: Insights from the 2022 Voluntary National Reviews. UNU-IAS Policy Brief series. United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability. http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.53326/ZVDJ2968

Book Chapter

1. Khalid, A.M., & Khuman, Y.S.C (2022). Electric Vehicles as a Means to Sustainable Consumption: Improving Adoption and Perception in India. In Bhattacharyya, J., Balaji, M. S., Jiang, Y., Azer, J. and Hewege, C. (Eds.) Socially Responsible Consumption and Marketing in Practice: Collection of Case Studies. Springer, Singapore.
2. Gambhir, D., Khalid, A.M., & Sharma, S (2021). Religious Tourism and Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Hill States in India. In Lubowiecki-Vikuk, A., de Sousa, B.M.B., Đerčan, B., Leal Filho, W. (Eds.), Handbook of Sustainable Development and Leisure Services. World Sustainability Series. Springer, Cham.

Online Platforms

1. Khalid, A.M. (2023, November 29). Climate Change Communication for the Planet and the People, Diplomatic Courier, Global Environment. https://www.diplomaticourier.com/posts/climate-change-communication-planet-people
2. Khalid, A.M. (2022, September 19). Judging India’s emissions ambitions, Policy Forum, Asia and the Pacific Policy Society, Australian National University. https://www.policyforum.net/judging-indias-emissions-ambitions/

Conference Presentations

1. Khalid, A.M., “State of Data Assurance in Corporate Environmental Disclosures in India”, 14^th Indian Scientist Association of Japan (ISAJ) Symposium, November 10, 2023, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.
2. Khalid, A.M., “Integrating Circular Economy Principles and Strategies with the SDGs: Evidence and Prospects for Indian Businesses”, 22nd Science Council of Asia Conference October 19-21, 2023, National Academy of Sciences, Seoul, South Korea.
3. Khalid, A.M., Tokemoto, A. “Enhancing Climate Ambition: Insights from Global Synergies Conferences” at 7th International Conference on Climate Change, February 9-10 2023, International Institute of Knowledge Management, Colombo (Sri Lanka). Online.
4. Khalid, A.M., Sharma, S., & Dubey, A.K. “State of Environment in India: A Sub-National Perspective” at 2^nd Sustainability and Development Conference at University of Michigan during October 11-14, 2019, Michigan (USA).
5. Khalid, A.M., Sharma, S., & Dubey, A.K. “Developing an Environmental Sustainability Index for the States of India using the UN SDGs” at 7^th Annual International Conference on Sustainability at IIM Shillong during November 29 – December 1, 2018, Meghalaya (India).
6. Khalid, A.M., Sharma, S., & Dubey, A.K. “Selecting Sustainable Development Indicators for India” at 11^th ISDSI Annual Conference at IIM Tiruchirappalli during December 28-30, 2017, Tamil Nadu (India).

Awards and Achievement

• Served as one of the external reviewers for UNEP’s Climate Technology Progress Report 2023.
• Selected for JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship 2021 in Japan.
• Received Research Excellence Travel Award (RETA) in December 2019 by IRD. This is a merit cum departmental nomination based on scholar’s publishing record.
• Received Top 20 most downloaded/read article (January 2017 – December 2018) certificate by the Journal Natural Resources Forum (Wiley-Blackwell).
• Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) in Management (Roll No. DL0106515849, Dec 2018) and Economics (Roll No. UP0205201078, Dec 2019).
• Joint winner of Acara Challenge 2011 organized by Acara Institute, University of Minnesota for our team’s “Text RA” business solution for time saving in a slum area of South Delhi. https://acarainstitute.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/acara-challenge-2011-results/
• Certificate in Technical Consulting offered by Consultancy Development Center, DSIR, Ministry of Science and Technology (12/CPTC/October, 2013).

Editorial Role and Assignment

• Served on the editorial board of the Nature Portfolio – Humanities and Social Sciences Journal between March 2024 – March 2025.

Research Interests

• SDGs, Governance, Energy, Climate Action, Business Sustainability, and Policy