Vasudha Foundation India
Debarati Dey currently serves as a Senior Policy Officer in Clean Energy at Vasudha Foundation India since December 2022, having previously held the roles of Policy Officer and Research Intern within the same organization. Prior to this, Debarati completed a renewable energy internship at Pranat Engineers Pvt. Ltd. and Alien Energy Pvt. Ltd. from May to November 2022. Additionally, Debarati gained experience as a Student Intern at Wrytin in June 2019, focusing on online article writing, and participated in 28 days of vocational training as a CSPGCL trainee at Shyama Prakash Mukkherjee CSEB East Korba in mid-2018. Academically, Debarati earned a Master of Technology in Renewable Energy from UPES, graduating in May 2023, and a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bhilai Institute of Technology Kendri from 2016 to 2020, following education at DAV Public School Korba from 2009 to 2016.
Vasudha Foundation India
Vasudha Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit policy research institution working in the areas of climate change and access to clean energy. Founded in 2010, the organization engages in policy research and policy advocacy by engaging with rural communities, central government, state governments, and several public and private institutions. The organization is also actively involved and engaged in the climate negotiations that take place under the aegis of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), The organization is accredited as an Observer organization to both the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as well as the Green Climate Fund as a Civil Society Observer. The organization has undertaken wide range of projects and programs in the field of energy and climate change. Some of the important assignments undertaken so far include, facilitating the preparation of State Climate Action Plans of a few key states in India, preparation of District Energy Plans for a couple of important and diverse districts, analysis of policies of 29 states of India, from a climate lens, campaign aimed at empowering rural communities to approach the state electricity regulatory authority to seek “Universal Service Obligation” for energy services, amongst others. Recently, the organization has also embarked on a ambitious project aimed at creating a methodology to determine “Decent Standard of Living” for all Indians and arrive at a basket of possible solutions to achieve this, while following a low energy intensive pathway.