Rakesh Kumar

Rakesh Kumar has a diverse experience of 36 years in the energy sector, working with companies such as NHPC, POWERGRID, PTC India, and Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). He played a key supporting role in cross-border transmission inter-connections and power trade with Bhutan, Nepal, and Bangladesh and in the development of a vibrant power market in India. His team's efforts in rooftop solar won SECI a National Award from Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India in 2016.

He has earlier been a consultant for ADB's SAARC Regional Energy Trade Study, and contributed to the World Energy Outlook 2011 as member of the peer review team, served as a member of National Task Force on Power Exchange in India, and as Programme Director for the Indo Norwegian Programme for Institutional Cooperation (ISA). At ISA he led the Scaling Rooftop Solar program, part of expert groups’ support to member countries, team initiatives for the assessment/ aggregation of demands for solar irrigation pumps and solar rooftops, and assisted in the development of select institutional partnerships/collaborations and ISA outreach to its member countries.