Satheskumar Kanagaraj is working as a Program Manager with the Strategic Public Finance team at CEGIS, Chennai.

He holds 5+ years of experience in the development sector and is deeply interested in contributing to evidence-based policy making. Prior to joining CEGIS, Sathes was with the Sustainable Food Systems vertical at the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) leading evidence generation on alternative agricultural systems and mainstreaming the soil health agenda across relevant government departments.

Sathes is a Young India Fellow from Ashoka University and completed his B.Tech in Energy and Environmental Engineering from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.