Shivani

Shivani is an anthropologist, focused on critical minerals supply chains and sustainable urban mobility. Currently, as part of India ZEV Research team at ITS, UC Davis, her work involves research and analysis on minerals' sourcing strategies, trade and mineral governance. 

Shivani was an urban fellow at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore where she gained practical experience working with multidisciplinary groups and combined her anthropological training with new forms of urban practice. Later, she moved to Parisar, Pune, and studied the transportation systems of Pune, Mumbai, and Nagpur, contemplating initiatives for low carbon sustainable mobility in these cities. She was also engaged with the Bicycling Research Team at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and University of Chicago, in primary research on barriers to bicycling in the cities of low- and middle-income countries and did fieldwork in Delhi with cyclist/non-cyclist groups to understand the bicycle culture of the city.  
 
Shivani has a Master of Science in Anthropology from the University of Delhi, New Delhi.