Aniruddha Ghosh

Dr. Ani Ghosh is a senior scientist at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT in Nairobi, Kenya. He leads a diverse team of young and talented specialists in climate services, modeling, remote sensing, economics, and digital agriculture, developing innovative adaptation solutions and driving investments to transform agricultural practices.

Previously, at the University of California, Davis (2015-2020), Ani developed big data and machine learning analytics tools for agriculture monitoring and crop yield prediction, supporting agricultural index insurance. He coordinated the Geospatial and Farming Systems Research Consortium and organized workshops on spatial data science for agriculture using free and open-source tools. He earned his Ph.D. in Natural Resources Management from TERI University in 2014 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Colorado State University (2014-2015), focusing on post-fire vegetation recovery using remote sensing.

His publications appear in journals such as Nature Food, Environmental Research Letters, and Remote Sensing of Environment, covering topics from cropland expansion to climate change impacts on agricultural systems. Ani has developed online training materials on spatial data science and remote sensing and conducted workshops globally, from Bangladesh to Nigeria.