AgriFood &
Environmental Systems.
Securing the planetary shield. We engineer resilient, cross-border food systems and ecological defense strategies to guarantee sovereign stability against climate-driven shocks and supply chain collapse.
Operational Research Labs
Unit 04 is divided into two mission-critical labs focused on resource sovereignty.
AgriFood & Food Sovereignty
Lab 04-A
Focusing on high-yield agricultural resilience and the analysis of cross-border supply chain integrity in tropical regions.
The Wicked Problem
How do we engineer resilient, cross-border food systems that guarantee food sovereignty, even as tropical and vulnerable regions face economic shocks and supply chain collapse?
Environmental Systems & One Health
Lab 04-B
Advancing climate adaptation, ecosystem dynamics, and critical water infrastructure management under a One Health lens.
The Wicked Problem
How do we secure critical water infrastructure and mitigate climate-driven ecological degradation while preventing zoonotic health risks at the environmental intersection?
Node Leadership
Unit 04 is led by a fusion of sovereign institutional power and deep-field ecological expertise.
Sovereign Partner Node
Strategic Lead: AgriFood (Pending Confirmation)
Research in this lab is designed for state-level tropical agriculture resilience. Final appointment of the sovereign lead node is currently under diplomatic review.
Kanan Puntambekar
Centre Lead, Environmental Systems
A specialist in ecosystem dynamics and water management, Kanan directs IHRI’s environmental security agenda, integrating climate adaptation with the One Health defense model.
Doctoral Integration
Research within Unit 04 is directly aligned with the Doctor of Health Science (DHS) program. We invite Practitioner-Scholars to lead the development of sovereign food protocols and water infrastructure defense strategies.
Track A: Agri-Defense
Applied research in cross-border logistics and resilient yield optimization for sovereign security.
Track B: One Health Security
Mitigating zoonotic risk through water security and ecological system defense.
Secure the Resource Shield
Sovereign entities and enterprise partners are invited to join Unit 04 as Research Consortia members.
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