Dr. Jayaraman was with the School of Habitat Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai for 12 years before joining MSSRF. He is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee, National Communications to the UNFCCC and the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC), and India’s delegation to several IPCC sessions and the Conference of Parties of UNFCCC. Previously, he was a member of the Kerala State Planning Board, Government of Kerala.