Himansu Gupta
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Himanshu Gupta is an Indian American Energy policy expert, engineer and social entrepreneur in Climate Change. He is the co-founder and CEO of ClimateAI and has worked for Al Gore as his India Advisory Fellow, at the Office of Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford as a visiting associate and the Government of India (NITI Aayog, previously Planning Commission) as Energy and Climate change project lead.[1][2] In 2016, Himanshu was included in the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 list for his work in energy and climate change space in India.[3]
Himanshu Gupta | |
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| Nationality | India |
| Alma mater | Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University School of Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur |
| Known for | Forbes 30 Under 30 (2016), Energy policy of India |
| Website | climateai |
Early life and careerEdit
Himanshu hails from Vrindavan, India. He studied in India and completed his undergraduate education in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2009. He was a resident in Azad Hall and was actively involved in Dramatics and Technology societies.
Himanshu shaped India’s energy policy by writing the Renewable Energy Chapter in its National Five Year Plan 2012–2017 ( Five-Year Plans of India). He worked with United States Department of Energy, Government of the United Kingdom, Confederation of Indian Industry and several other organizations to implement the first Energy Sustainability Pathways project in India. He helped manage India’s National Clean Energy fund from 2011 to 2013.[4]
In 2014, Himanshu co-founded NGO Sustainable Growth Initiative to help businesses and governments reduce their carbon footprints and increase energy security. He is a pro-bono consultant with several non-profit organizations.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Himanshu Gupta | Climate and Energy College". www.climatecollege.unimelb.edu.au.
- ↑ Pioneer, The. "Sustainable lifestyle to save the planet". The Pioneer.
- ↑ "30 Under 30: Himanshu Gupta & Shrey Goyal - Kicking The Carbon Habit". Forbes India.
- ↑ "Himanshu Gupta". Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment.