Professional Experience:

• Assistant Professor: SEE, IIT Kanpur, Jan 2022-Present

• Climate Change Fellow: Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, Govt. of Karnataka, September 2020-December 2021

• Senior Research Associate: Quantinsti (Algorithmic trading firm), 2020

Education

PhD: Climate Studies, IIT Bombay, 2019

M.Tech: Energy and Environmental Management, KU, 2013

B.Tech: Biotechnology, MDU, 2010

Research Areas (Climate and Energy Policy)

Energy Policy

• Techno-economic Decarbonization modeling

  • Indian Industries, particularly Iron and Steel Industry 

  • Transport sector

• Circular economy

• Community level adoption of New energy technologies

• Clean energy transition

Climate Policy

• Climate Risk assessment on critical infrastructure

  • Buildings

  • Roads

  • Agriculture

• Farmers' adaptation