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Dr. Abhishek Kar
Dr. Abhishek Kar is an interdisciplinary energy-access researcher and policy advisor specializing in clean cooking transitions, household energy, and air quality across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. He has over eighteen years of interdisciplinary research experience spanning behavior change, energy access, air pollution, and policy analysis. His work combines primary field research and large-scale data analysis with engagement with government and multilateral bodies on LPG, piped natural gas, and electric-cooking policy.
Dr. Kar currently serves as a Fellow at the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and as an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He previously worked as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University and as a Fellow at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
He holds a Ph.D. in Resources, Environment and Sustainability from UBC, an MBA in Forestry Management from the Indian Institute of Forest Management, and a B.Sc. in Physics (Honours) from the University of Calcutta.
His research has been published in leading journals including Nature Energy, Environmental Science & Technology, and Energy Research & Social Science, with his work featured on the covers of Nature Energy in September 2019 and April 2024.
Role at NAMTECH
Professor of Practice for Centre for Sustainable Energy and Circularity
