Dr. Vasudev Malyan, Ph.D. — Chief Executive Officer
Environmental and air-quality scientist. Evidence-led leader.
Dr. Vasudev Malyan is an environmental and air-quality scientist specialising in aerosol measurement and pollution control. He earned both his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from IIT Bombay, focusing on air quality and aerosol science, and was selected for the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF).
His work spans low-cost sensor (LCS) calibration and networks, aerosol source apportionment using LCS data, and physics-informed machine learning for air-quality insights. His publications and profiles reflect these areas, including studies on LCS calibration and source attribution in urban environments.
At IIT Bombay, he supported teaching in air-pollution courses and earned recognition such as a travel award to attend the Air Sensors International Conference (ASIC).
As CEO of PILAG Foundation, Vasudev brings scientific rigor to community outcomes—linking measurement, technology assessment, and policy so that clean-air solutions are measurable, scalable, and grounded in evidence.
Focus areas: Air-quality management • Aerosol science • Low-cost sensors & calibration • Pollution–climate interfaces • Environmental policy & tech translation
Dear friends and partners,
At PILAG Foundation, we believe meaningful change begins in neighbourhoods—in the everyday challenges people face and the often-unheard voices trying to be heard. Our mission is to translate community insight into evidence and that evidence into practical, scalable action. As both a scientist and a collaborator, I am focused on making that translation credible, rooted in trust, and oriented toward real outcomes.
Our work is shaped by core values: empathy that compels us to listen before acting, integrity in being transparent about what we know and how we adapt, inclusion that centers women, children, and marginalised groups, and evidence that grounds our choices. We combine these with a commitment to accountability so that every effort can be traced to a public result, and with collaboration that aligns citizens, administrators, researchers, and partners around shared purpose.
Research at PILAG is not academic abstraction; it is a process of measuring, understanding, co-designing, implementing, and learning with communities. We invest in credible data—ranging from community reporting to calibrated sensor networks—and pair it with analysis that tests feasibility, equity, and impact. Our solutions are co-created with local stakeholders so they work in practice, and what we learn is openly shared so others can adapt and build on it.
Our vision is a governance ecosystem that is responsive, inclusive, and measurable. That vision shows up as faster resolution of local issues, cleaner air, safer public spaces, and services that reach those who have historically been excluded. Success is not a slogan; it is a neighbourhood clinic functioning better, a grievance resolved quickly, and a family experiencing improved quality of life.
In the year ahead, I am focused on scaling our work deliberately—strengthening our research foundation in environmental and social systems, developing local community fellows to sustain engagement, deploying digital tools that make follow-through visible, and deepening partnerships to create shared, reproducible playbooks. We are also defining clear impact metrics and committing to regular public reporting to stay accountable.
If you share this belief—that small, disciplined, evidence-led interventions can build lasting systems—I invite you to join us. Bring your experience, your questions, and your voice. Together we can turn intent into impact.
With resolve,
Dr. Vasudev Malyan, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, PILAG Foundation
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