Our Team

The India Energy & Climate Center (IECC) team has a strong track record of successful scientific & policy work globally and in India, and comes from a diverse set of backgrounds, fields, and affiliations:

Amol Phadke

Amol Phadke

Faculty Director,
India Energy & Climate Center
Associate Adjunct Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP), UC Berkeley

Nikit Abhyankar

Nikit Abhyankar

Co-Faculty Director,
India Energy & Climate Center
Associate Adjunct Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP), UC Berkeley

Shruti M. Deorah

Shruti M. Deorah

Executive Director,
India Energy & Climate Center
UC Berkeley

Ashok Gadgil

Ashok Gadgil

Senior Advisor, Head of Research for Climate Resilience
India Energy & Climate Center, UC Berkeley

Neelima Jain

Neelima Jain

Director of State Initiatives,
India Energy & Climate Center,
UC Berkeley

Mohit Bhargava

Mohit Bhargava

Senior Advisor,
India Energy & Climate Center,
UC Berkeley

Fernando Augusto

Fernando Augusto

Communications Manager, India Energy & Climate Center, UC Berkeley

Piyush Narang

Piyush Narang

Policy Analyst,
India Energy & Climate Center,
UC Berkeley

Umed Paliwal

Umed Paliwal

Scientist,
India Energy & Climate Center,
UC Berkeley

Ayuko Picto

Ayuko Picto

Program Manager,
India Energy & Climate Center, UC Berkeley

Elif Kılıç

Elif Kılıç

Research Data Analyst,
India Energy & Climate Center, UC Berkeley

Emilia Chojkiewicz

Emilia Chojkiewicz

Graduate Student Researcher,
India Energy & Climate Center, UC Berkeley

Jose Dominguez Bennett

Jose Dominguez Bennett

Research Affiliate,
India Energy & Climate Center, UC Berkeley

Affiliates

Deepak Rajagopal

Associate Professor, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA

David Wooley

Executive Director, Center for Environmental Public Policy, GSPP

Jennifer Bussell

Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, UC Berkeley

Joshua Apte

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley

Meredith Fowlie

Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics; Faculty Director, Energy Institute at Haas, UC Berkeley

Sudha Shetty

Sudha Shetty

Former Assistant Dean, International Alliances & Partnerships, GSPP