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Vijay Modi is a Professor at Columbia Engineering and the Director of the Laboratory for Sustainable Energy Solutions. He leads the Earth Institute's initiatives to reduce energy consumption and enhance rural infrastructure development, playing a crucial role in the UN Millennium Project focused on energy services to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals. His current projects include directing the infrastructure team for the Millennium Villages Project, which spans 10 countries and 14 sites across sub-Saharan Africa. Modi is also developing decision-support tools for planning infrastructure and is investigating the interconnections between food, energy, and water in Indian agriculture. His expertise encompasses energy sources and conversion, heat and mass transfer, and fluid mechanics. He spearheads efforts in sustainable energy technologies and infrastructure design and planning, concentrating on solar energy and the food-water-energy nexus, while also assessing technology adoption and its impacts. His work extends to collaborations on water projects and urban infrastructure energy consumption, demonstrating a commitment to innovative solutions in both India and Africa.
Department of Anthropology (GSAS)