Forty years’ experience in all aspects of the power sector in India and South Asia. Power sector Reforms. Energy Transition, Sector efficiency, Renewables, Electric Vehicles, Smart Grid. Demand forecasting, Generation Planning, Grid management. Electricity Act 2003, Tariff Policy, National Electricity Policy, Technical and Tariff Regulations by the Central Electricity Authority and the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, Standard Bidding Documents.
Power sector status in the SAARC and BIMSTEC countries. All aspects of Cross border trade in electricity in the BBINS countries, including harmonization of policies and regulations, transmission interconnections, creation of regional power markets.
Currently Senior Advisor, IRADe, a reputed Think Tank in South Asia in Energy & Power Systems, Sustainable Urban Development, Climate Change & Environment, Poverty Alleviation & Gender, Agriculture & Food Security. Ex Project Director, USAID’s SARI/EI (South Asia Regional Initiative in Energy Integration) program, partnered by IRADe. Ex Chairperson and Member Planning, Central Electricity Authority, Government of India.