Introduction

Dr Pooja Ramamurthi is a Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress in India. She has a PhD in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy from the School of Public and international Affairs at Princeton University, United States. She studies climate and energy transition policy, particularly focusing on the role that India can play in accelerating domestic and international action towards decarbonisation.

Dr Ramamurthi’s work has always been multidisciplinary, where she looks at techno-economic, social and political dimensions of sustainability. She has worked at premier think tanks in India, including the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago and the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy. She has also worked on projects in Ghana and Cambodia. Her work has resulted in her being invited to international level conferences and publications in peer reviewed journals and leading newspapers.

She is recipient of the Prize Fellowship for Social Sciences at Princeton University. She has also received her double Master’s degree in Sustainable Energy from the Royal institute of Technology, Sweden and Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal via the Innoenergy scholarship granted by the European Union.

Areas of Interest and Expertise

• • Climate Policy
  • Energy Transitions
  • Political Economy
  • Global Governance