Manager- Energy
Brief info
Dr. Sankalp Arpit is an accomplished Energy Transition and Strategy professional dedicated
to driving decarbonization, commercial evaluations, and clean power adoption across
emerging markets in the Global South. He holds a Ph.D. in Energy Systems from IIT Kharagpur, where his research critically analyzed energy efficiency and water footprints in coal-fired and combined-cycle power plants. Over six years of professional experience, Dr. Arpit has served in key roles across
prominent institutions, including Swaniti Global (Associate Fellow), the Administrative Staff
College of India (Consultant), and IIT Bombay (Junior Research Fellow).
Dr. Arpit brings deep expertise across frontier technologies such as green hydrogen, coal
gasification, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), agrivoltaics, and critical mineral
recovery from coal waste. Complementing his technical acumen, he has conducted financial
analyses for major Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) initiatives, including the PM
Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana.
Beyond strategic advisory, Dr. Arpit is a widely published researcher in peer-reviewed
international journals and an active thought leader shaping public discourse on energy
curtailment, battery storage bottlenecks, and sustainable industrial transitions.