Pankaj Batra

Pankaj Batra has over 42 years of experience across multiple aspects of India’s power sector, including policy, regulation, planning, renewable energy integration, power markets, and electric vehicles. He is currently Senior Advisor at IRADe, a leading think tank in India and South Asia, and works as an independent consultant. He previously served as Chairperson and Member (Planning) of the Central Electricity Authority, Government of India, and as Chief (Engineering) at the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission. He has also led regional energy integration initiatives in South Asia under USAID’s SARI/EI programme and has worked as an Asian Development Bank consultant.