He has authored over 50 technical papers including reports
on demand response and energy storage for
• New York State Energy Research and Development Authority,
• American Public Power Association,
• Department of Energy & National Energy Technology
Labs,
• Various market participants including utilities, project
developers and technology companies
Rahul currently serves on the Board of Directors of Electricity
Storage Association and is involved in providing inputs for the
demand response and energy storage policy to FERC & various
state agencies. He also serves as a Lead Analyst for "Global
Energy Assessment" initiative of the International Institute
for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) as part of an international
team of experts. Rahul was responsible for developing a toolkit
for USAID / USAEP project “Watergy” through Alliance
to Save Energy during 2003-04. He has also served as expert on
evaluation panels for US DOE’s various smart grid projects
and is involved in creation of industry standards as part of IEEE
and NIST working groups.
Rahul holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie
Mellon University. Rahul conducted research on “economics
of emerging energy storage and demand response technologies in
deregulated electricity markets”. He also holds Masters
in Energy Management from New York Institute of Technology and
undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Walchand College
of Engineering.
He is recipient of numerous awards including Computer Society
of India’s Young IT Professional Award (2000 & 2001),
Demonstration of Energy Efficiency Developments scholarship from
American Public Power Association (2002, 2003 & 2005) and
is also recognized as one of the Legends in Energy by Association
of Energy Engineers.
Rahul is member of various professional organizations including
AEE, IET, IEEE and IAEE. He has also worked as an Energy &
IT Consultant with various companies including EPS Capital Corp,
Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) and Tata Infotech Ltd (now part
of Tata Consultancy Services).
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