Bio

Maarico is a Project Manager with the Food Systems team at The Climate Group, where she is building India’s first corporate-led food coalition. She engages multinational corporations, FMCG companies, government agencies, and other stakeholders to advance sustainable food systems. Previously, she led the G20 project at The Climate Group, overseeing policy initiatives across the energy, transport, and industry; coordinating coalition partners’ recommendations for inclusion in G20 documents; and supporting initiatives such as RE100, EV100 and the organisation’s wider policy work.

With over 10 years of experience spanning climate advocacy, public policy, legal practice, and international relations, Maarico has worked across government, civil society, and the private sector. Prior to joining The Climate Group, she worked as a lawyer, where she prepared legal briefs, conducted research on constitutional, commercial, and administrative law, and provided strategic counsel to clients. She has also worked with the United Nations Development Programme in India on a state procurement project, developing content for government platforms and documenting public procurement challenges and solutions through stakeholder research.

Maarico holds an Advanced Management Programme in Public Policy from the Indian School of Business, a Graduate Certification in Public Policy from the Takshashila Institution, and a dual degree in Bachelors in Arts (B.A) and LLB from the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata. She has also completed the Policy Design and Delivery programme at Harvard Kennedy School.