Namita Sawant

Namita Sawant is a consultant specializing in energy modeling at Prayas, Pune, since October 2022. Previously, Namita served as a senior research scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, from 2017 to June 2022, and as a research consultant on the Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture for the Government of Maharashtra from January 2020 to July 2021, focusing on energy and water consumption frameworks in agriculture. Earlier experience includes program management roles at Kirloskar Integrated Technologies Ltd. and assessing engine quality at Tata Cummins. Namita holds a PhD in Energy and Policy from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, along with an MTech in Technology and Development and a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering. Additionally, Namita participated in an international summer school on sustainability assessment of the water-energy-food nexus for irrigated agriculture in 2019.