A towering hazard, the height of poor enforcement

Sneha Priya Yanappa is a Senior Project Fellow at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, where she currently works on legal and institutional frameworks for urban heat resilience and climate governance. Her current work focuses on identifying legal and institutional solutions to the impacts of extreme heat across sectors including urban governance, public health, labour and education, with the aim of embedding climate resilience into laws and policies. Formerly the Team Lead for Vidhi Karnataka, she has advised the Government of Karnataka on legislative drafting and regulatory reforms across urban governance, climate change, environmental governance, education and rights-based policy. Her work examines how law, governance and institutional reform can make cities more equitable, liveable and sustainable. Her interests span climate change, urban governance, constitutional law, public international law and public policy. She holds a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) from the University of Oxford and a B.A. LL.B. from Symbiosis Law School, Pune.

Deepa is a Senior Resident Fellow at Vidhi, Karnataka. Her research interests lie in the interplay between technology, data and urban policy. Prior to joining Vidhi, Deepa interned with Aapti Institute where she researched on data stewardship models and the governance of non-personal data. She holds an undergraduate degree in law from School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore.

Raghunandan Sriram was a Research Fellow at Vidhi Karnataka. His areas of interest include constitutional law and community rights, particularly religious and cultural freedoms, the governance of Scheduled Areas, forest rights, as well as land and water rights. He has previously interned with the Land Rights Initiative at the Centre for Policy Research. He graduated from NALSAR University of Law in 2023 with a B.A., LL.B. (Hons). He enjoys listening to music, singing, reading and travelling.