Biography

Investigating "socio-energy ecosystems" and dynamics of sustainable transformations for marginalized communities, using decentralized energy technology and cooperative structures. Employing a wide range of participatory research methods and intervention experiments, my work explores pathways to enhanced development outcomes for households at the rural community of Rio Claro in Brazil. Systems maps and Agent Based models of change processes supplement the empirical work, developing insights into mechanisms and conditions for sustainable solutions.

Teaching Assistant Experience

• SOS 314 - Basic Energy Science (instructor)
• GTD 598 - Grassroots Energy Innovation (instructor(
• SOS 324 - Sustainable Energy & Materials
• SOS 220 - Systems Thinking
• SOS 111 - Sustainable Cities

Research Assistant Experience

• QESST Lab

Spoken Languages:

Hindi (native/bilingual); Bangla (native/bilingual); Portuguese (elementrary)

Education

• PhD, Sustainability, Arizona State University, 2020
• MTech, Energy Systems Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, 2013
• BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Pandit Ravishankar University, 2006

Expertise

• sustainable energy
• sustainable development
• intervention research
• agent-based modeling
• participatory research

External Links

• Website