Summary
Mathew Tom is an Assistant Manager and development professional with nine years of cross-sector experience focused on climate action, sustainable food systems, natural resource governance, and community-led development. He combines policy research, monitoring & evaluation, and program management skills gained through engagements with organizations like GAIN, UNDP, NSE Foundation, JSW Foundation and Fairtrade NAPP. Mathew has led field-heavy evaluations and baseline studies, piloted blockchain-enabled tools for grassroots DAOs in natural resource governance, and translated community research into actionable policy use cases for climate-resilient agriculture. A co-founder of Just.Play, he leverages sports-for-development to foster life skills and gender equity, reflecting a pragmatic blend of technical expertise and grassroots mobilization. Trained in Climate Science & Policy (TERI) with a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from St. Stephen’s, he bridges scientific rigor with program delivery. Outside of work he coaches ultimate frisbee, an unusual channel he uses to scale social impact and youth engagement.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (Honours) Chemistry, Bachelor of Science (Honours) Chemistry at St. Stephen's College, Delhi
Master of Science Climate Science and Policy, Master of Science Climate Science and Policy at TERI School of Advanced Studies