Our Team
The India Energy & Climate Center (IECC) team has a strong track record of successful scientific & policy work globally and in India, and comes from a diverse set of backgrounds, fields, and affiliations:
![Ashok Gadgil](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Ashok-Gadgil-portrait.jpg)
Ashok Gadgil
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley;
Senior Faculty Scientist, LBNL
![Amol Phadke](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Amol-Phadke-square-headshot.jpg)
Amol Phadke
Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
![Shruti M. Deorah](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Shruti-Deorah-square-headshot.jpg)
Shruti M. Deorah
Director, India Energy & Climate Center, Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP), UC Berkeley; Affiliate, LBNL
![Dan Kammen](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Dan-Kammen-square-headshot.jpg)
Dan Kammen
Professor of Energy, Energy & Resources Group & GSPP; Director, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), UC Berkeley
![Nikit Abhyankar](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Nikit-Abhyankar-square-headshot.jpg)
Nikit Abhyankar
Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
![Neelima Jain](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Neelima_Jain_headshot.jpeg)
Neelima Jain
Director of State Initiatives, India Energy & Climate Center, UC Berkeley; Senior Fellow at Center for Strategic and International Studies
![Fernando Augusto](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/fernando.jpg)
Fernando Augusto
Communications Manager, India Energy & Climate Center, UC Berkeley
![Piyush Narang](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Piyush-Narang.jpg)
Piyush Narang
Policy Analyst,
India Energy & Climate Center,
UC Berkeley
India Energy & Climate Center,
UC Berkeley
![Nihar Shah](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Nihar-Shah-square-headshot.jpg)
Nihar Shah
Presidential Director: Global Cooling Efficiency Program & Scientist, LBNL
![Jennifer Bussell](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Jennifer-Bussell-square-headshot.jpg)
Jennifer Bussell
Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, UC Berkeley
![David Wooley](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/David-Wooley-square-headshot.jpg)
David Wooley
Executive Director, Center for Environmental Public Policy, GSPP
![Meredith Fowlie](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Meredith-Fowlie-square-headshot.jpg)
Meredith Fowlie
Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics; Faculty Director, Energy Institute at Haas, UC Berkeley
![Deepak Rajagopal](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Deepak-Rajagopal-square-headshot.jpg)
Deepak Rajagopal
Associate Professor, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
![Joshua Apte](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Joshua-Apte-square-headshot.jpg)
Joshua Apte
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley
![Emilia Chojkiewicz](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/emiliachojkiewicz_headshot-e1707869020862.jpeg)
Emilia Chojkiewicz
Affiliate, LBNL
![Jose Dominguez Bennett](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/jose-bennett.jpg)
Jose Dominguez Bennett
Affiliate, LBNL
![Umed Paliwal](https://iecc.gspp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Umed-1.jpg)
Umed Paliwal
Principal Scientific Engineering Associate, LBNL