Mr Tariq Ahmad

Mr Tariq Ahmad

Research Associate

Bio - Profile

Mr Tariq Ahmad is JRA at the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), working on climate change adaptation and resilience. He is an architect-planner by profession and has academically worked on riverine port design, urban and district development plans, and hazard risk vulnerability assessment plans. He has professionally worked in green building ratings, building physics analyses and R&D of sustainable cooling systems. At NMF, he is primarily working on port climate change adaptation, maritime spatial planning (MSP) and nature-based solutions (NbS).

Areas of Research

  • Port Adaptation
  • Maritime Spatial Planning
  • Nature Based Solutions
  • Blue Economy & Climate Change Resilience

Education

  • Certificate Course, Exclusive Economic Zone Protection Officers Course, Royal Navy, UK (2024)
  • M.Plan (Urban and Regional Planning), Department of Planning, Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia (2024)
  • B.Arch., Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia (2021)

Experience

  • Research Intern (Autex 2024), National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi
  • Architect (2022), Ant Studio, NOIDA
  • Architecture Intern (2021), GreenTree Global, NOIDA

All Publications

  • Gulshan Sharma and Tariq Ahmad, “Coastal Water Dynamics and Human Health: Vulnerabilities and Resilience,” in Health and Climate Change: Promoting Health and Wellbeing, ed. Saroj Pachauri and Ash Pachauri (New York: POP [Protect Our Planet] Movement, 2025), https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0FK44GR1C 
    Note: Republished in Maritime Perspectives 2025, Blue Economy