1. Rohit T "Rit" Aggarwala is an Indian-American environmental policy adviser, transportation planner, historian, and civil servant who is New York City's Chief Climate Officer as well as the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
Rohit Aggarwala earned a MA in Canadian history from Queen's University at Kingston.
Rohit Aggarwala's advisors included Richard Bushman, Kenneth T Jackson, and Elizabeth Blackmar.
Rohit Aggarwala was tapped by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to create the Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability and served as director of the office from 2006 to 2010.
Rohit Aggarwala helped author the PlaNYC blueprint, a sustainability plan for the city.
Rohit Aggarwala served as Chair, Committee on the Fourth Regional Plan, for the Regional Plan Association from the inception of the process in 2014 until the publication of the Fourth Plan in 2017.
Rohit Aggarwala was president of the board of directors of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and was a member of the founding team of Sidewalk Labs, where he served as chief policy officer, head of urban systems, and remained a senior advisor.
Rohit Aggarwala led a high-profile smart city-building project in Waterfront Toronto before it was cancelled in May 2020 due to stakeholders' disagreements, privacy concerns, and the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to his exit from the company.
Rohit Aggarwala is the lead author of the Rebooting NYC report, published by Cornell Tech in 2022, which proposes urban tech solutions to New York City's biggest challenges.
Rohit Aggarwala is an adjunct associate professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, where he teaches urban policy.