Arun Majumdar

Arun advises Clearvision Ventures on energy industry technology trends, policies, and international energy company engagements. He most recently led the Biden Administration’s Energy Department transition team, and was the Director and Professor of the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University, and continues as a tenured faculty member of the Mechanical Engineering department. Previously, Arun served as the Acting Under Secretary of Energy and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy during the Obama Administration. He was also nominated by President Obama as the Founding Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy. After leaving Washington, DC and before joining Stanford, Arun was the Vice President for Energy at Google, where he created several energy technology initiatives, especially at the intersection of data, computing and electricity grid.

Arun has a PhD in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and a BS in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.