 Chandran left UN in 2010 but leads the WEMS initiative and continues to serve in its management committee.In a recent journal article, he explains the limitation of science and scientists in addressing the gaps in enforcement information sharing, where he outlines the role of policy beliefs as a key factor in the acceptance and rejection of a transboundary enforcement monitoring system.Chandran is a recipient of the Irish government fellowship (1995) the Erasmus Mundus (2010) fellowship and the UNU-IAS PhD Fellowship (2012–2014)