Mayank Ojha has a background in architecture and urbanism, and is a self taught software developer with interests in collective intelligence and building community resilience against risks from natural disasters and anthropogenic climate change.

He works as a research scientist at MIT’s Urban Risk Lab, leading the software systems group for aiding community stewardship through action research. He employs his skills in developing digital tools, web mapping and applications of AI for risk awareness and decision support by communities and their local governments.