Chirag Patel
Senior Research AssociateChirag is an Environmentalist and a WASH professional. He has more than four years of experience in urban and rural sanitation in implementation and capacity building. He is currently supporting the Government of Maharashtra in the implementation of FSSM in Urban areas of Maharashtra under the Swachh Maharashtra Mission. He is engaged in monitoring Urban sanitation programs/ protocols such as achieving ODF+/ODF++/Water plus and Swachh Survekshan rankings. In his previous roles, he has been supporting the Government of Odisha in the implementation of the State Urban Sanitation Strategy by engaging Women and Safaimitras in the sanitation value chain. Apart from that, he has worked with the government of Uttar Pradesh in effective implementation and capacity building of FSSM in ULBs of U.P. He has a Masters’s degree in Environmental science from Somaiya College, Mumbai. He is very passionate about wildlife, loves trekking, playing football, and cycling.