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About
Kaushik was an applied economist and a research fellow at KAPSARC. He was responsible for defining and operationalizing the research agenda for KAPSARC’s Markets and Industrial Development team. Kaushik was previously the head of global gas markets in the Group Economics team at BP, where he oversaw the analysis that formed the basis for BP’s natural gas investment and trading strategy. Before BP, Kaushik worked at IDFC Bank, where his portfolio included policy research and advocacy on infrastructure and environmental economics issues. These issues included low carbon infrastructure, decentralized electricity services in rural areas, and organized intermediate public transport systems for small towns. Kaushik holds a doctor of sciences (D.Sc.) degree from ETH Zurich. He has also guided and implemented research in applied economics at TERI University, India, where he was also the program director of its two MBA programs.
Publications
09 March 2020
Fit-For-Purpose Energy Transition Strategies: Case Studies from G20 MembersIntegrated planning across the energy value-stream, managing costs and the availability of low emission energy sources, designing transition strategies reflecting local conditions and aspirations, and managing emissions in energy production are some of the commo...
