President,
IESA & MD, CES India Dr. Rahul Walawalkar leads the Emerging Technologies & Markets practice for Customized Energy Solutions with focus on energy storage, renewables, demand response and smart grid technologies as well as international markets. His research and consulting activities have covered complete range of smart grid, demand response and energy storage technologies.
Rahul was elected on the Board of Directors of Energy Storage Association 3 times for serving a 6 year term (2009-15). He is Founder & President of India Energy Storage Alliance and is Chair for the Global Energy Storage Alliance.
Rahul is involved in providing inputs for the smart grid, demand response and energy storage policy to various state and national agencies in US and India.
He has obtained Smart Grid Maturity Model (SGMM) Navigator certification. Rahul holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, Masters in Energy Management from New York Institute of Technology & degree in Electrical Engineering from Walchand College of Engineering. Rahul has been recognized as a legend in energy by Association of Energy Engineers, US. He was also awarded India Smart Grid Forum President’s Award for his contribution for growth of smarter grids in India in 2018.