Omair Ahmad is the Managing Editor, South Asia, of The Third Pole, which reports on the transboundary river basins of the Himalayan region. He also edits a newsletter called Environment of India. He has a background in international politics, and has worked as a political advisor and journalist in various capacities, with a particular focus on the Himalayan region. His last book was a political history of Bhutan.
As the South Asia editor of TTP, Omair has led training workshops with Indian journalists, as well as regional policy trainings workshops focussing on the Indus Basin, in collaboration with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) based in Kathmandu. Omair has also done a media engagement workshop for the senior leadership of ICIMOD (which provides the data to the IPCC on the Hindu Kush Himalayan region) helping them in turning their research into accessible literature for the South Asian media.
