Education and career
Manan has a PhD in Social Ecology from the Universitat für Bodenkultur (BOKU) in Vienna, Austria, and a master's degree in Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Previously, he was working as a Fellow in Residence at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) in Bengaluru, India (2022-2025), which is one of the most well-known global environmental think-tanks. He has also previously been employed as a Research Associate at Iora Ecological Solutions in New Delhi, India (2015-2017). He has joined the Swiss Re Foundation as Senior Portfolio Manager in 2025.
Current role
Manan leads the Climate Solutions portfolio, with a special focus on Nature-based Solutions (NbS). He is responsible for development of project pipelines, coordinating financing requests with partners, management of contracts and deliverables as well as impact reporting.