Sagarika is a second-year Master of Environmental Management candidate at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. She is interested in renewable energy development, particularly as a means to increase energy access in developing countries.

Prior to Yale, Sagarika was a researcher at the Sustainable LA Grand Challenges initiative at UCLA. She worked on two projects relating to energy, air quality and water issues in Los Angeles County. Sagarika received a BS in Environmental Science from UCLA.