Vasudha Foundation India
Raghav Pachouri currently serves as Associate Director for Low Carbon Pathways and Modelling at Vasudha Foundation India since January 2022. Prior experience includes a role as Senior Manager at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) from May 2018 to December 2021, focusing on research related to renewable energy integration and decarbonisation within the Indian power sector. Raghav held a managerial position at Reliance Power, where responsibilities included the preparation and consolidation of annual operating plans and financial statements. Previous engineering roles at A2Z Powercom Ltd. and Usher Group involved project management and commissioning for biomass-based thermal power plants. Educational qualifications include a postgraduate degree in Business Analytics from BITS Pilani and a postgraduate degree in Thermal Power Plant Engineering from the National Power Training Institute, alongside a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering.
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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.