Abhishek Malhotra

Abhishek Malhotra a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Belfer Center's Science, Technology and Public Policy Program. He is also an Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy at IIT Delhi. His research focuses on policies and institutions for energy technology innovation and low-carbon development. His current areas of research include the role of hydrogen in decarbonization of the energy system, clean energy entrepreneurship in India, and energy innovation policies, institutions and strategies.

Abhishek holds a PhD in energy policy from the Energy and Technology Policy Group at ETH Zurich. Before this, he completed a Master's in Energy Science and Technology from ETH Zurich, and a B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi. He has worked as a consultant for the World Bank and for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and as an intern at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Bonn, at the Division on Technology and Logistics of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva, and with GE Aviation in Bengaluru.