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Anandajit Goswami is a Research Fellow with the Ashoka Centre for People-centric Energy Transition, Ashoka University and has been a Director at School of Behavioural and Social Sciences (SBSS), Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies (MRIIRS). He obtained his PhD in Energy Policy from TERI School of Advanced Studies, and a Master’s in International Trade and Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University.

He was a faculty member at the TERI School of Advanced Studies and has led projects supported by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UKAID, Asian Development Bank, World Bank. He was also based in United Nations Economic Cooperation for Africa, Addis Ababa where he led the TERI-Africa Initiatives. He has extensively been involved with the Atomic Energy Commission, Government Ministries, Indian Railways and has advised them in several important policy decisions through his research work. He has also worked as a leading consultant to NITI Aayog, UNIDO, Copenhagen Consensus Centre, WWF India, WWF Uganda and has advised the Government of Rajasthan, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh in state level energy policy making and transition for future.