Vivek Shastry
Senior Research Associate @Center on Global Energy Policy
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Research Associate @Center on Global Energy Policy
New York, NY, US
Help lead the strategy, research, development, and operations for Energy Opportunity Lab (EOL), with a focus on energy access, opportunity, and affordability issues across India, Africa, and the U.S- Collaborate on diverse research related to productive uses of energy, energy in humanitarian contexts, energy affordability through utility practices and ratemaking, ratepayer impacts of energy for AI, etc- Co-authored over 15 publications (research articles, policy briefs, commentaries, factsheets, and blogs), on domestic and international topics- Organize EOL’s flagship events, including the Energy Opportunity Forum and the North x South webinars, engaging over 50 high-level leaders from academia, industry, government, and civil society.
EDUCATION
National Institute of Technology Karnataka
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Civil Enineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Dual Masters (M.S), Sustainable Design, Community and Regional Planning
The LBJ School of Public Affairs
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Public Policy
The University of Texas at Austin
Graduate Portfolio, Energy Studies
SKILLS
ABOUT VIVEK SHASTRY
Vivek Shastry is an interdisciplinary researcher with over 12 years of research, evaluation, and implementation experience in sustainable energy and international development. He is a Senior Research Associate at the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA. His work focuses on issues of energy access, opportunity, and justice across India, Africa, and the U.S, supporting CGEP’s Energy Opportunity Lab and the India Program. He has published several peer-reviewed articles in diverse journals, contributing to the literature on global energy poverty, U.S. energy transition, and energy use in the built environment. In addition to interdisciplinary research, he brings many years of strategic planning, partnership building, and program implementation experience.Vivek earned a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Texas at Austin, where his doctoral research focused on understanding the consequences of poor electricity at rural health facilities, and the impacts of adopting productive uses of renewable energy among rural entrepreneurs. Prior to his PhD, Vivek worked with the policy and planning group at SELCO Foundation. He also holds master’s degrees in Sustainable Design, and Community and Regional Planning from the University of Texas at Austin, and a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India.
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