Naveen Kumar is a Research Scientist and leads the Industrial Decarbonisation group at CSTEP.
He completed his BTech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Dr MGR Education and Research Institute, Chennai, and his Post Graduate Diploma in Power Transmission and Distribution from the National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Delhi. He is also a certified Energy Auditor and GHG Accounting Lead Verifier.
Prior to joining CSTEP, he worked as a Sr Sector Expert at the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE); a Sr Engineer (Projects) at Abha Electricals; an Assistant Engineer at the Electricity Department (DISCOM), A&N Administration; a Project Engineer at BEE; and an Executive - Field Service at Wartsila India Ltd.
His areas of interest include industrial decarbonisation for large and MSME manufacturing sectors, energy and climate policy and regulation, energy auditing, GHG accounting, energy transition and energy efficiency, impact assessment study, circular economy, and waste to energy.
