SWETHA RAVI KUMAR
Executive Director
BIOGRAPHY
Swetha is the Executive Director of FSR Global. She is responsible for the development of the research, training and policy dialogue activities of FSR Global, which focuses on strengthening the global south-south and north-south transcontinental knowledge exchange. Some of the key project areas she is currently focused on include; Smart Grid Observatory for India, Resource Adequacy Planning and Modelling for India, Digitalisation of the Power Sector, Regulation for SDG 7; Electric Vehicles – Mobility meets the Power Sector etc.
She also holds the position of Vice President Communications at the International Association for Energy Economics and the Indian Association for Energy Economics and is also the Chair of ‘The Energy Network’ a women platform for energy professionals.
She has previously worked at FMO Dutch Development Bank, Netherlands; Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE ,Germany; Confederation of Indian Industry – Green Business Centre, India; Assistive Technology Lab BVRIT, India and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO),India.
Swetha has a Master’s degree in Sustainable Energy Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Erasmus Scholar), Sweden; an Advanced Management Program from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM B), India; and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India.
Current focus