Chubbamenla Jamir

Independent consultant in Agriculture and food systems

Dr Chubbamenla Jamir is a Food Systems Scientist and Trainer, specialising in climate change, food security, and sustainable development. She is the Director and Co-Founder of the Native Foodscape Foundation.
She holds honorary and advisory positions at several prestigious international institutes, as Co-Lead of the Mountain Food Systems Working Group and Board Member of the Asian Mountain Academic Association and the Global Network for Sustainable Development.
Previously, she served as Assistant Professor at the TERI School of Advanced Studies in New Delhi (2012-2022) and has contributed to research and teaching roles at the Stockholm Environment Institute and the University of York, UK. She has been on the Advisory Committee of the Global Network for Sustainable Development since 2021; core faculty member at the Global Centre for Food Systems Innovation, USAID (2013–2015); Manager for the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, South Asia Regional Centre (2013–2017); Executive Council Member, International Mountain Tourism Alliance (2019-20).
Chubbamenla is a Botanist by disciplinary training with an MPhil in Environmental Sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru University (India) and a Doctoral degree from the University of York (United Kingdom).
Chubbamenla’s research centers on climate change adaptation, agriculture, and food security with focus in hill and mountain regions. She has supervised postgraduate and doctoral research, conducted multiple funded research projects as Principal Investigator (PI) and published multiple research articles, reports and policy briefs on the aforementioned subjects.
She has organised numerous workshops and training sessions for researchers, students, and policymakers, supported by support from the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India (ITEC); Department of Personnel Training, Government of India; the United Nations Environment Programme; and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, among others.