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Dr. Jai Asundi is the Research Coordinator at the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy, Bangalore, India. He is involved in projects related to Energy, Climate Policy, Sanitation and Security. His research interests lie in the areas of information technology for development. He is working on the development of decisions support systems for a variety of public policy problems. He is a senior member of the IEEE. Prior to CSTEP, Dr. Asundi was faculty in Information Systems at the University of Texas at Dallas. He holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg.

Dr. K.C. Bellarmine, Chief Financial Officer of CSTEP, holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Fisheries from Cochin University of Science and Technology. He has worked in the financial services sector for over two decades and has expertise in investment and corporate banking, structured financing and distressed assets. He has worked with ICICI Limited/ICICI Bank and has appraised and structured funding arrangements for several large and medium companies in a wide range of industries.

Raghavendra Rau holds a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Government of Andhra Pradesh and a Graduateship of Aeronautical Society of India. He has worked with the DRDO for more than three decades in technical staff functions, materials management and administration. At CSTEP, he is in-charge of administration, facilities and company affairs.

Dr. Mridula Dixit Bharadwaj holds a Post Doctorate degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Bangalore University. Prior to CSTEP, she worked with the United States Steel Corporation and General Motors Corporation (R&D). Her areas of interest include design of new materials and electrochemical technologies for applications in fields such as energy storage, corrosion prevention and metal industries. She works on new methodologies related to materials design for applications in high performance batteries and related systems. She is involved with the National Rare Earth Development Steering Committee activities constituted by the Ministry of Mines, Government of India, and also in the National Storage Technology Task Force conducted by the office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India.

Ashish Srivastava has 27 years of experience in the IT industry. During this time, he has managed global IT businesses, directed rollout of many complex large programmes and even headed an IT Product Company. He is considered a Telecom Domain specialist and an adept Enterprise Architect. He has personally led initiatives involving state-of-the art technologies like AI and IoT. For the last few years, Ashish has been providing ICT consulting and leadership on large solutions for society, such as e-Governance and energy optimisation. Ashish holds an Engineering degree from IIT, BHU and PG Certificate degree in Economics from the University of London.

Thirumalai N.C. is a Senior Research Scientist involved in the domain of solar thermal system design and experimental aerodynamics at CSTEP. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has over 9 years of experience in the field of R&D.

Dr. Abhijit Banerjee has completed his Ph.D. in Environmental Policy from the University of Delaware, USA and M.S. in Environmental Policy from Michigan Technological University, USA. 
He also holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree in Zoology from University of Calcutta, India.

Prior to joining CSTEP, Dr. Abhijit Banerjee has worked with Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago. The German International Developmental Cooperation Agency GIZ, India. and The United Nations on projects related to resource efficiency and circular economy, India.

His area of interest includes environmental policy, especially related to resource efficiency and circular economy.

Dr. Gaurav Kapoor is a Principal Research Scientist involved in the domain of Security Studies at CSTEP. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Florida. Professionally, he has over 3 years of experience in the Information Technology Industry and 2 years of experience in teaching at Business Schools.

Shrimoyee Bhattacharya works as a Senior Research Scientist and holds a Master's degree in Urban and Rural Planning. She has over 8 years of professional experience in the areas of Urban Planning and Policy Advisory for Regional plans, and urban governance. She also has experience in training and capacity building for urban sector institutions.

Sandhya Sundararagavan holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Pune. Her areas of expertise include Renewable energy, Demand side management, Distribution sector and Power sector policy research. At CSTEP, she works on projects in Grid integration, Smart grid, Electric vehicles and Integrated resource planning.

Saptak Ghosh is a Research Scientist working with the Energy team at CSTEP. He has been working on projects concerning solar photovoltaics and integrated waste management frameworks for India. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from RV College of Engineering, Bangalore and a Master's degree from TU Delft. He has previously worked at Infosys Technologies Ltd. His core competencies lie in the fields of solar photovoltaic applications, sustainable waste management infrastructures, inclusive low carbon growth, and design of innovative renewable energy systems and formulation of policies for renewable energy.

Vivek Vaidyanathan is a Research Scientist working on urban infrastructure related projects. He holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D from TU Delft, Netherlands. He has close to 10 years of work experience in urban governance, institutional economics and urban transport planning. 

Dr. Pratima Singh holds a Doctoral Degree in Natural Resources (Energy and Environment) from TERI University, New Delhi. Her doctoral research was on “Energy use and GHG emission analysis of urban wastewater infrastructure and scoping for use of renewable energy resources”. Her work focused on different forms of energy consumption and GHG emissions estimation for urban wastewater infrastructure. Prior to joining the Doctoral programme, Pratima worked as a Resource Scientist with Compusense Automation, in Ahmedabad and as Project Manager with Gujarat Council of Science and Technology (GUJCOST) – DST, Government of Gujarat. During the course of her Doctoral programme, she handled the responsibilities of Programme Associate for an e-learning programme called ProSPER.Net (UNU-IAS). She also worked as a Project Associate for APN funded water-energy-carbon nexus project at TERI University. Pratima has been a recipient of the Senior Research Fellowship from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) for her Doctoral research and honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, U.K. Her research areas include energy and GHG estimation, renewable energy (solar PV), centralised and decentralised systems, and water and wastewater infrastructure. Her research interests lie in field of energy, environment and policy aspect for sustainable development.

Nilalohita Panigrahi completed his M.Tech in Information Technology from IIIT, Bangalore and comes with 9 years of experience in the IT sector. Prior to joining CSTEP, Nilalohita worked at HCL Technologies, SAP Labs India, Glomantra e-Services and redBus.in. His interests lie in the areas of coding, algorithm and development of usable software.

Shweta Srinivasan is a Research Scientist and holds a Master's degree in Science, Society and Development from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex and a Bachelor’s in Journalism and Mass Communication. At CSTEP, she works on policy research in low carbon energy policy and co-benefits approach for mainstreaming climate mitigation interventions in state and national policies as well as energy systems modeling. She is interested in water resource modeling, governance of water and energy systems, equity analysis and resource access.

Abhinav Gupta has completed MBA in Power Management from NTPI, Faridabad and B.Tech (Power Engineering) from NPTI, Durgapur. He also holds Master’s in Education Leadership and Management from Azim Premji University, Bangalore.
 
He previously worked with Thermax Ltd. Pune and Piramal Foundation, Mumbai.

His areas of interest include Power Policy Research, Financial and Socio-Economic Viability of RE Technologies, Future of Emerging Technologies like Energy Storage and Electric Vehicles.

Abhinav Misra has completed B.Tech in Computer Science from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur. 
He previously worked at IBM. His areas of interest include climate change and public health initiatives. 

Aditya Kaundinya holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado, USA and Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. His research interests lie in the areas of water and energy analysis/modelling.

Akash has completed his B.E in Computer Science from VTU, Karnataka.
His area of interest includes Computer Engineering.

Anantha Lakshmi P is a Senior Research Engineer working in the Infrastructure domain  at CSTEP. She holds a Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.  She is interested in transportation planning, policy analysis and public transport and non-motorised planning. 

Anirban Banerjee holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Telecommunication from Shivaji University, Kolhapur. Prior to joining CSTEP, Anirban worked at the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, IISc.  for 5 years. His research interests lie in the areas of monsoon prediction and analysis, climate modelling and forecasting techniques.

Anuradha Venkatesh holds a Master’s degree in Energy Management from the University of Stirling, UK. Prior to joining CSTEP, she worked in research consultancy projects dealing with energy storage and waste management. Her research interests lie in energy economics and climate change studies, with a focus on policy.

Arijit completed his M.Tech, Climate Science, from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His areas of interest include meteorological flow modelling and pollution dispersion modelling.

Arjun Shaker holds a Master of Science degree (B.Sc & M.Sc Dual Degree) in Biotechnology from Vellore Institute of Technology and Master of Science in Agribusiness from Texas A&M University. Prior to joining CSTEP, Arjun worked at an International Fund for Agricultural Development aided project in Uttarakhand.

Ashray Udaya Shankar holds a Master’s degree in Computational Engineering from FAU Erlangen, Germany. He completed his B.E in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University. His research interests lie in the areas of solar energy and policy analysis. 

Aswathy has completed M Tech in Civil Engineering with specialisation in Traffic and Transportation Planning from National Institute of Technology, Calicut. She previously worked as a Project Assistant at Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP, IISc Bangalore), for 1 year. Her areas of interest include bus travel time prediction and traffic simulation.

Bhupesh Verma is a Senior Research Analyst working in the wind energy domain at CSTEP. He holds an MBA in Biotechnology and Marketing from Shoolini University of Management Sciences, Himachal Pradesh and a Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology from Himachal Pradesh University. His research interests lie in environmental science.

Devaditya Bhattacharya has completed B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) from NIT Silchar. He previously worked with IBM India Pvt. Ltd and ANSR Source.  His areas of interest include reading, mythology and quizzing. 

Gayathri Muralidharan holds a Master’s degree in Regional Planning from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. Prior to joining CSTEP she worked at Egis Geoplan Pvt. Ltd. Her areas of interest include study of issues in urban development and in providing sustainable & smart solutions for the same.

Gopal Berry graduated in Commerce from EIILM (Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management) Gurgaon. Prior to joining CSTEP, Gopal worked with IHDP Business Park, Shahi Exports Pvt. Ltd, Sharda Exports and Hem Stich India for 12 years. His interests lie in the areas of vendor management and implementing new ideas for organisational development.

Hanumanth Raju G V has completed his M.Tech in Power System Engineering and B.E in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University. His area of interest includes Power System Analysis.

Harikrishna K.V. holds a Master’s degree in Power and Energy Systems from Bangalore University. With over 6 years of work experience, he has worked with Power Research & Development Consultants, Central Power Research Institute  and Energy Economy & Environmental Consultants, prior to joining CSTEP.  His research interests lie in power plants - grid connectivity studies and power system planning studies.

Harshid Sridhar is a Senior Research Engineer working in the areas of power systems and distributed energy systems. He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering (Power and Energy Systems) from Arizona State University, USA, and a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from Anna University. Prior to joining CSTEP, Harshid worked as a 'Project Associate' at the Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore where he was involved in projects related to power systems and grid-integrated solar PV.

Ilika Mohan is pursuing Actuarial Sciences from the Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI). She has completed M.Sc. in Mathematics from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth and B.A. (Honours) Mathematics from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University. 

She previously worked with The Energy and Research Institute (TERI) and Quality Council of India.

Her areas of interest include Energy System Modelling and Analysis. 

Jaymin has completed his M.Tech in Energy System & Technologies from Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat and a B.Tech (Electronics & Communication) from Gujarat University. Prior to joining CSTEP, he worked with Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute (GERMI) for 2 years. His areas of interest include designing, modelling & simulation of Solar PV & Thermal Power Plants & estimating the potential of solar plants. 

Kaveri Ashok holds a Master’s in Nuclear Science and Technology from Delhi University and a Post Graduate degree in Physics from Delhi University. Prior to joining CSTEP, Kaveri worked at NIAS for 2.3 years. Her research interests lie in the areas of nuclear safety and security.

Kavitha holds a PGDBA in HR/IR from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Journalism and English Literature from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She has previously worked as Manager-Human Resources for Digi International (a wi-fi product development company), Webcetera (an Insurance product development company), AT&T, Tata Business Support Services, L&T Infotech and Kamat Group. 

Lalitha Naganandan, Admin Officer, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and a Master’s in Business Administration. She has over 20 years of work experience.

Mahesh Kumar is currently pursuing CA from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Bangalore. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Bangalore University. He has previously worked as an Accounts Manager at Online Instruments India Pvt. Ltd and has 8 years of experience in the areas of accounts and audits. His interests lie in accounting and audits.

Mahesh E. Tauro, Admin Officer, is a part of the Admin team and he takes care of several activities related to his team at CSTEP. He is a graduate and has over 15 years of professional experience.

Mallik E V has completed B.E in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University. His areas of interest include estimation and costing, field inventory and analysis of electrical data in power systems

Manasi Anand holds a Master’s degree in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management from the University of Oxford, UK and a Bachelor of Science degree from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.
Her research interests lie in the areas of sustainable development, natural resource governance and policy analysis.

Manjunatha Eshwar, Manager Finance, handles Finance and Accounts at CSTEP. He is a graduate in Commerce from Dr. CV Raman University and received his Master of Business Administration (Finance) from Karnataka State Open University. He has more than nine years of professional experience and has previously served in the Accounts and Finance departments of various development and corporate organizations. His areas of expertise include Tally 7.2 & Tally.ERP 9 (accounting software) & Folklore Payroll Software (payroll/salary).

Noelene Marisa Yesudas completed her Post Graduation in Urban and Regional Planning from CEPT University, Ahmedabad and Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from M.S Ramiah School of Architecture, Bangalore. Prior to joining CSTEP, Marisa worked at the Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport (CoE-UT) for 1 year. Her research interests lie in the areas of land-use and transport integration, street design and built environment, and travel behaviour studies.

Merlin Francis holds a Master’s degree in Communication from Christ University, Bangalore. Prior to joining CSTEP, she worked with The New Indian Express and Times of India for 5 years. She is interested in the reading and writing about transport and urban sustainability, governance, education, crime and internal security. 

Meyyappan has completed his M.Tech in Embedded Systems from SRM University, TamilNadu and B.E in Electronics & Communication from Mahendra college of Engineering, TamilNadu

Prior to joining CSTEP, Meyyappan has worked with Capgemini.

His area of interest includes Database, Networks and Analytics.   

Milind  has completed MSc. (Engg) in Computational Science from IISc Bangalore and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from NITK, Surathkal. He has worked as a Visiting Scholar at Carleton University, Ottawa on circuit simulation under the Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Programme.At CSTEP, he is working on DSTSERI project.

Mohana Kumari has completed M.tech in Computer Science from NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, Udupi. She has completed B.E in Computer Science from Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore. She previously worked with iSoty software services Pvt Ltd, Mysore. Her areas of interest include Web designing, Mobile app development. 

Murali Ramakrishnan, Senior Research Analyst, holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. He has a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from Anna University, Tamil Nadu. He has previously worked with CSTEP as a research engineer for over four years and was involved in energy efficiency related projects. His research interests lie in energy efficiency, green energy and energy economics. 

G. A. Neetha is an Associate - Finance and is pursuing her Masters in Commerce from Kuvempu University, Bengaluru. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Kuvempu University. She has 6.5 years of prior experience in Accounts and Finance/Administration/Social Media Optimisation and Social Media Marketing.

Nikhilesh Dharmala holds a Master’s degree in Sustainable Energy Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and a Bachelor of technology degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. Prior to joining CSTEP, Nikhilesh worked at Selco Foundation for 2 years. He enjoys exploring the challenges to transition from a fossil fuel based economy to sustainable energy based economy through a systems approach in a developing country context like India from an energy and environment sector perspective.

Nithya is an Engineering graduate with specialisation in Electronics and Communication Engineering. Her areas of interest include computer hardware and networking. 

Pareexit Chauhan, GIS Analyst, completed his Master's in Geoinformatics from Symbiosis International University, Pune. He has done his Bachelor's in Geography from M.S University, Vadodara. He has worked in Jana Urban Space Foundation as a GIS Intern. His areas of interest include geographical analysis of map, 3D modelling etc. He has joined the IT- team as a GIS Analyst in CSTEP.

Partha Das is pursuing PhD from Centre for Energy and Environment, MNIT Jaipur. He has completed his M.Tech (Energy Science and Technology) from School of Energy Studies, Jadavpur University and B.Tech in Electrical Engineer from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal. 

He previously worked with Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi. 

His areas of interest include Power and Energy System Planning, Energy Policy, Renewable Energy Integration. 

Poornima Kumar holds a Master of Science degree in Environmental and Infrastructure Planning from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands as an Erasmus Mundus Scholar, and she has completed Bachelor of Architecture from the School of Architecture and Planning, Anna University. She is also currently pursuing an online part-time PGCert in Climate Change Management from the University of Edinburgh as a Prince Albert II of Monaco Scholar. Prior to joining CSTEP, Poornima worked at the Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for one and half years. Her research interests lie in the areas of environmental psychology and resilience planning.

Pradeep Reddy completed his M.Tech in Power Systems from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati and B.Tech in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from JNTU, Anantapur. Prior to joining CSTEP, Pradeep worked at REC Power Distribution Company Ltd. as an Electrical Site Engineer for 1 year. His areas of interest include doing research in power systems. Pradeep is a native of Andhra Pradesh. Apart from work, he enjoys dancing, playing cricket and drama.

Pratah Jain has completed her Bachelor of Science from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore and MCA from Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore. She also holds an Executive MBA from the Indian Institute of Business Management. With over 17 years of experience, Pratah has worked with Infosys Technologies Ltd, Tech Mahindra, Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI) and Zero Pest Solutions.

Pratima Bisen holds a Bachelor’s degree in English (Honours) from Sri Venkateswara College of Delhi University, PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management) from IIPM, New Delhi and Advanced Post Graduate Diploma in Renewable Energy from TERI. She has worked with KanORS-EMR (Energy Modelling & Research), Innovation Norway (Royal Norwegian Embassy) , Italian Trade Commission, for 20 years. Her research interests lie in the areas of energy policies (INDC) and energy technology data (cost and efficiency of sun rise technology). 

Ragasudha, Associate HR, holds  an MBA in HR from the Bharathiar University, Coimbatore and a Bachelor’s degree in Science from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Andhra Pradesh. She has previously worked at Centum Electronics Pvt Ltd and has eight years of experience in the field of HR. Her interests lie in payroll and recruitment.

Ramya Natarajan holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. She completed B.E in Biotechnology from Anna University. Prior to joining CSTEP, Ramya worked at the Indiana University in Bloomington and Energy Research Institute, NTU, Singapore for 6 years. Her research interests lie in the areas of 3rd and 4th generation biofuels with a soft corner for algae-based fuels.

P. Ranganathan, Principal Member-Technical Staff , has worked for over 15 years in the IT Industry with vast experience in handling diversified projects on web and client-server. Prior to CSTEP, he was associated with Xsysys Technologies Pvt. Ltd., and Surya Soft-Tech Limited. His core competency lies in Web technologies such as ASP.NET, PHP and client-server technologies with programming languages such as Visual Basic, .Net, C#.

Rashmi N holds a degree in Masters of Business Administration (HR) from Vishweshwaraiah Technological University. Her areas of interest include Recruitment, Compensation & Benefits, Labour Relation & Employee Management.

Rekha N., Admin Officer, works as a member of the Admin. team and is responsible for assisting the Executive Director and coordinate administrative activities at CSTEP. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Science and has over 16 years of work experience.

Rishu Garg has completed MBA in Power management from the National Power Training Institute (NPTI), MDU, Haryana and a B.Tech (Electrical) from Punjab Technical University (PTU), Punjab. She previously worked with GMR Group in Energy-Strategic Planning Group (SPG) and Transmission (Regulatory) for 6 years. Her areas of interest include Strategy and planning, Regulatory, Enterprise risk management (ERM) in power sector. 

Riya Rachel Mohan has completed her Master's degree in Energy and Environmental Engineering from VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu and holds a Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering from University of Kerala. She has about 4 years experience in carbon financed renewable energy projects in the field of wind, hydro, solar and biomass. Her area of interests lie in the domain of energy efficiency and low carbon projects.

Roopa N., Admin Officer, is in-charge of all secretarial duties to the Chairman and assists the HR Department with Recruitment Process, and the Communication and Policy Engagement team with outreach activities at CSTEP. She holds a Science degree and has done certificate courses in Computation and Technical Writing. She carries more than a decade of experience in managing and coordinating day-to-day activities of a research organisation. She has worked at the Indian Institute of Science as secretary to Chairman at the Centre for Ecological Sciences for eleven years.

Roshna N holds a Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Her areas of interest include the study of non-Newtonian fluids-granular materials, purification of waste water containing heavy metals using sugarcane bagasse, experimental studies of flow of rice, glass beads through vertical channel, mass & heat balances of a production unit.

Sagar Singh has completed B.Tech (Electrical Engineering) from School of Engineering and Technology, Jain University. He previously worked with Power Research and Development Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore. His areas of interest include Power System Planning, Grid Integration and Power Evacuation Studies. 

Shiva Sandeep Reddy P. is Engineer-Technical Staff and handles the IT Infrastructure at CSTEP. He holds a Bachelor's in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Sri Vishveshwaraiah Institute of Science and Technology, Madanapalle.

Shiva Prasad N., Manager-Finance, works in the Finance and Accounts team and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Bangalore University. He has several years of experience in Finance, Accounts and Audit. He works in the area of Payments, Accounting and Tax Compliance.

Shramana Dey holds a Master’s degree in Sustainable Management of Pollution from the Catholic University of Lille, France and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from BITS Dubai. Prior to joining the Master’s programme, she worked at CSTEP on sanitation related studies, as an intern. Her research interests lie in waste water treatment, phytoremediation and ecotoxicology.

Shyanjali has completed her B.Tech in Information Technology from GITAM University, Andhra Pradesh. 

Her area of interest is Computer Engineering

Sonali has completed her Bachelor's in Architecture from College of Engineering, Bhubaneshwar and completed her Master's in Planning with specialisation in Environmental Planning from CEPT, Ahemdabad. She has gained architectural experience during her B.Arch training from Anindiya Basu & Associates, Kolkata and Masters training from CiSTUP (Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transport &Urban Planning) IISc, Bangalore. She is interested in working on issues related to sustainable development.

Suhas Bannur completed his M.S in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His areas of interest include Solar Thermal, Fluid Mechanical Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics and New Product Development.

Suresh N.S., Senior Research Engineer, holds a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He is a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Sri Venkateswara University. His research interests lie in renewable energy, conventional energy and emerging technologies. His expertise includes conceptual design, process modelling and simulation, optimisation and techno-economic and sustainability assessment studies.

Tanmay Sarkar is a Senior Research Engineer working with the materials group on the theoretical study of cathode materials in batteries using DFT simulations at CSTEP. He holds a Master's degree in Metallurgical and Material Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and a Bachelor's degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. His area of interest lies in renewable energy.

Trupti P Deshpande holds an M.Tech degree (Town and Country Planning) from College of Engineering, Pune. Her research areas include Master planning, Campus planning, Transport & Urban planning and leaning interest towards housing and cluster development.

Udhaya Kumar has completed MBA in Sustainable Management from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and B.E in Computer Science from Anna University. 

He previously worked with Infosys limited.

His areas of interest include Energy and Climate change.

V. Ramanaidu Merla is a Senior Engineer-Technical Staff and manages the IT Infrastructure activities and maintains all IT related assets at CSTEP. His educational qualification includes B.Tech, CCNA and MCSE. He has over 4.5 years of professional experience. 

Vaishalee Dash, Senior Research Engineer, is working on assessing different uses of solar energy for off-grid applications and life cycle analysis of new solar cell materials at CSTEP. She holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur. Her work has been published by both national and international journals.

Varun Raturi is pursuing Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering (Civil Engineering) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

He has completed M.tech in Transportation Engineering (Civil Engineering) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and B.tech in Civil Engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur.

His areas of interest include Transport Planning, Mode Choice Modelling.

Vidya K has completed her M.Sc. in Environmental Science from the University of Pune. Her area of interest includes paleoclimatology and climate sciences in general.    

Vishu Mishra  has completed Engineering in Electrical & Electronics from MIT, Manipal. He previously worked with Bhushan Steel , ETA-Dubai, for 2 Years. His areas of interest include blogging, publishing & creative writing.

Yuvaraja S K has completed his Masters in Digital Electronics from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka. He worked as an intern at BSNL - Dept. of FTTH, Bengaluru. His areas of interest include solar vehicles.

Dr. Amit Kanudia is a Partner at KanORS-EMR, Noida, India. He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. His expertise lies in optimisation of models for techno-economic analysis of energy-environment systems in the context of climate change and data handling systems for such models. He has to his credit several publications.

Dr.Anjali Karol Mohan is an urban and regional planner with a PhD in urban (e) governance. Her practice and research experience over the last two and a half decades straddles development, urban planning and management, public policy and information and communication technologies and development (ICTD). She has successfully completed several planning assignments in her individual capacity and as part of multi-disciplinary teams, both as a team leader and a team member. Dr. Mohan has also designed and delivered several training and capacity building programmes, both for state and non-state actors, primarily focusing on planning, heritage-led planning and attendant governance arrangements. Dr. Mohan is a visiting faculty at the IIITB where she teaches an elective on smart cities. She is a visiting faculty with the Takshashila learning Institute, an initiative of a public policy think tank headquartered in Bangalore India. She has published inacademic journals as well as popular media, in addition to delivering talks and presenting her work globally. She has recently been elected as a council member of the Copenhagen based International Federation for Housing and Planning. 

Prof. V.S. Chandrasekaran holds a Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool. He has recently been awarded Professor Emeritus by IIT Bombay, Mumbai for his outstanding contributions made to IIT Bombay. Prior to CSTEP, he served as the head of the Civil Engineering Department and also was the head of the Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering at IIT, Mumbai.  He was the Principal Investigator of Geotechnical Centrifuge Project and established the Nation Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility at IIT, Mumbai.  This indigenously built (250 g-ton capacity) centrifuge is the only such facility in India and caters to the needs of research and industry. His research interests include offshore structures and solar radiation mapping.

Dr. S.S. Krishnan holds a Ph.D. and a Master's in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to CSTEP, he worked with the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University and has worked extensively on major collaborative projects with Indian and global entities in the modelling, analysis and policy aspects of energy efficiency, low carbon growth and industrial manufacturing. He works on various studies in the context of national goals represented by India’s voluntary commitments to reduce the intensity of its carbon emissions under the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency and the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, which are under the Prime Minister’s National Action Plan on Climate Change. He works closely with several industrial bodies, several committees supporting the formulation of India’s XII Plan, and the Planning Commission’s Low Carbon Expert Committee of the Government of India. Dr. Krishnan has been invited to make presentations at several conferences organised by national and international institutions.

Professor L.V. Krishnan graduated in Physics with an Honors Degree from Presidency College, Chennai and joined the Department of Atomic Energy in 1958. He attended the Training School of the then Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay, graduated in 1959 and joined the Health Physics Division of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. He specialised in Safety Analysis of Nuclear Facilities at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology, US. Following this he worked on 'fast breeder reactor safety aspects' from 1969-70 at the Cadarache Research Centre, France. He was instrumental in establishing the Safety Research Laboratory at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam and tested an Emergency Preparedness Plan for the plant. He retired from IGCAR as Director of the Safety Research and Health Physics Programmes. 

S.V. Narasimhan is a Retired Scientist ‘G’ from DRDO (under the Ministry of Defence). He has worked at the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), Bangalore from May 1972 until retirement and has held various designations in the organisation. He retired as Project Director (Kaveri) from the Light Combat Aircraft programme. He has several years of experience in fabrication and machining activities of Aero Gas Turbine Engine Parts, and manufacturing of automobiles for Flight Standard Application. As Project Director (Kaveri) he led a team of scientists to design, develop, and assemble 4-5 variants of engines for Flight Standard Application. These engines and modules have been tested at HAL, within GTRE rigs, and abroad for performance evaluation prior to testing at the High Altitude Test Facility at Russia.

Prof. Rajgopal is a graduate of the College of Engineering, Guindy and Post Graduate Diploma in Systems Management from Jamnalal Institute of Management, Mumbai. He has worked with the Neyveli Lignite Corporation, Department of Atomic Energy and served as Secretary, Atomic Energy Commission and Controller, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. He headed the technical liaison mission in Paris after being a fellow of IAEA at South West Research Institute, US. He was a visiting professor and Dean at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore

Prof. M.A. Ramaswamy holds a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology. Prior to CSTEP he worked at Aerodynamics Division of National Aerospace Laboratories for more than 25 years and was head of the division for more than 20 years. He played a major role in the design and setting up of 1.2m*1.2m High speed Blow-down Wind Tunnel where aerospace models can be tested up to Mach 4 (4 times the speed of the sound). He was a faculty at IISc in the Aerospace department. He has been a consultant to numerous prestigious institutions. At CSTEP, he works on various technical aspects of Concentrated Solar Thermal Systems.

Dr.Sarath Guttikunda is a TED Fellow, founder of UrbanEmissions.Info (UEinfo, India), and an affiliate associate professor at Desert Research Institute (Reno, USA). His main research interest is analysis of urban emissions at local, regional, and global scales and finding ways to bridge the gap between science, policy, and public awareness. He is the developer of the SIM-air (Simple Interactive Models for Better Air Quality) family of tools, dedicated to sharing information on air pollution and climate change, with applications in cities such as Delhi, Pune, Chennai, Patna, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Dhaka, Bangkok, Manila, Hanoi, Ulaanbaatar, Lagos, Nairobi, Lusaka, and Tana. In 2016, UEinfo was responsible for launching public portals DelhiAirQuality.Info and IndiaAirQuality.Info, disseminating high resolution forecasts of air quality and source contributions for the next 3 days; and other information related to air quality in Delhi and India. Dr. Guttikunda received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Iowa (2002), and holds a bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (1997).

Sumanth Shankar Rao holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Bangalore and a MBA degree in Production Management from University of Bangalore. He is Fellow of Institute of Engineers of India. He played major roles in Power sector. He has over 39 years of professional experience and has worked with KPTCL, MESCOM and KAVIKA. He was Director Transmission, KPTCL (Head of engineering).  He worked as managing Director of MESCOM, Managing Director KAVIKA and as Chief Engineer in various capacities. At CSTEP, he works on Transmission and distribution sector.

Professor Umesh Waghmare is currently Professor in the Theoretical Sciences Unit of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore. He obtained his doctorate degree in applied physics in 1996 from Yale University, and did postdoctoral research in Harvard University (1996-2000). He has held faculty positions (2005-2009) in JNCASR before becoming a Full Professor in 2009. His national honours and awards include Fellowship of Indian Academy of Science, S.S. Bhatnagar Prize, B.M. Birla Science Prize, J.C. Bose National Fellowship, Materials Society of India Medal, among others. Prof. Waghmare was awarded the Infosys prize in Engineering and Computer Science in 2015 for his innovative use of first-principles theories and modelling in insightful investigations of microscopic mechanisms responsible for specific properties of specific materials such as topological insulators, ferroelectrics, multiferroics and graphene. Prof. Waghmare has provided a much needed bridging between the microscopic details of a material and its properties at various length and time scales by using systematic hierarchical modeling strategies, especially for topological insulators, smart multi-functional materials and nano-materials. Prof. Waghmare has made original contributions to fundamental physics of materials besides providing deep insights into the electronic and magnetic behaviour of novel materials.

Aravind Satish is pursuing B.E (Hons.) in Chemical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Goa. His areas of interest include engineering in energy and environment.

Luv Mehan is pursuing Post Graduation in Earth Science at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

His areas of interest include carbon sequestration, biofuels, and wastewater treatment.

Swarna S is pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science from East West Institute of Technology, Bangalore. Her areas of interest include Programming and Testing.

Varchasva Tiwari is pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science with specialization in Manufacturing Informatics from University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun. 

His areas of interest include Data structures, Algorithms.