Anusha Kumar

About Anusha Kumar

Anusha is a Research Associate, specialising in market research, economic analysis, industry insights, and technology transfer solutions. Her experience spans multiple high-impact sectors, including battery materials, circular economy, renewable energy, hydrogen electrolysers, EVs, life sciences & MedTech, AI & cybersecurity, aerospace, carbon markets, critical minerals, and advanced manufacturing.She led major research elements for a project delivered to a US$ 2.4 billion Indian group to set up a hydrogen electrolyser unit. She mapped global companies in the hydrogen value chain with interests in India.She works on key industry reports and market assessments. She co-authored the Critical Minerals & Rare Earth Elements chapter in the Confederation of Indian Industry’s 2024 report on Advanced Materials, as well as the Sri Lanka: Market Assessment & Opportunities for UK Businesses.She also led a battery and energy transition minerals project (with a particular focus on battery anode active materials). She has also worked on the downstream segment of the critical minerals value chain for the UK-India Critical Minerals Virtual Observatory project which the University of Cambridge is leading. This includes recycling technologies for end-of-life lithium-ion batteries and other post-consumer batteries, as well as recovering key minerals from process waste during battery manufacturing. Beyond research, she actively collaborates with cross-functional teams, foreign governments, institutions, and national & international companies. She has played key roles in hosting high-level delegations, including the UK Tech Delegation to East India and the UK Advanced Manufacturing Delegation, representing the British Deputy High Commission and the UK Department for Business and Trade.She worked on a project on Carbon Tax and Carbon Trading and several market entry projects for UK exporters (under the UK Department of Business and Trade’s Export Support Service).She has completed working on a project on Opportunities and Gaps in Adoption of Circularity Solutions in India for Australia Trade and Commission. Beside this, she is engaged in a project of Potassium Fluoride Market and Uses in India and an Overview of the Global Market for a UK based fluorochemicals player.She is currently working in a trade facilitation project on multiple sectors in the MENA region.

Experience

1. Research Associate

   Asterix Innovations

   Aug 2023 — Present · Kolkata, IN

   Asterix Innovations work with Indian and overseas companies to help them drive growth and create value through cross-border trade and investment, innovative financing solutions, technology transfers, and strategic talent solutions. Under Cross Border Trade and Investment, we work with overseas companies to help them enter and expand in the Indian market and help Indian companies internationalize their businesses. Through Innovative financing solutions, we typically work with start-ups and mid-size companies on capital raising, debt syndication, and M&A. Our Technology Transfer business focuses on helping Indian companies locate the source of the right technologies and handholding them through the process of developing term sheets and technology transfer agreements, and IP management. The Talent Solutions division of Asterix offers Recruitment Consulting in the mid and senior level hiring space.

Education

• St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata

  Master of Economics, Econometrics

• University of Calcutta

  Bachelor's degree, Economics