Muralee Thummarukudy is currently the Operations Manager at United Nations Environment, Based in Geneva. Muralee holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is an Alumnus of the International Leadership Academy (United Nations University)  and a Beahrs’ fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. Muralee has over 20 years of experience in Environment and Disaster Management around the world. Between 1995-2003, Muralee was Corporate Advisor to Shell-operated oil companies in the Middle East and South-East Asia, dealing with oil industry-related emergencies.