Nidhi Kalra

Biography

Nidhi Kalra is an information scientist at the RAND Corporation. Her research focuses on energy, environment, and science and technology policy, and she has addressed these issues for U.S. and international clients, including the Government of Qatar, the World Bank, the Federal Highway Administration, and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. Kalra's recent and ongoing research includes assessing energy and environment research priorities for Qatar, helping the government of Vietnam use robust decisionmaking to develop robust flood defenses for Ho Chi Minh City, and evaluating the National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library program. Kalra has also worked on international development and education, and developed educational technology tools to promote literacy among blind children in India. Kalra received her Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute.