Dr. Kaveri Iychettira is a faculty member at IIT Delhi's School of Public Policy. Her research focuses on managing uncertainties within the transition of energy and related sectors in response to climate change, she approaches problems from the lenses of modelling socio-technical systems, institutional analysis, systems thinking, and economics. Kaveri leads the Net Zero India project at IIT Delhi, in collaboration with Prayas Energy Group, and Princeton University. Previously, she contributed to drafting India’s Long Term Low Carbon Emissions Strategies (LT-LEDs), the country’s submission to UNFCCC in 2022. She also serves as an Associate Editor with The Energy Journal, and is a member of the Board of the Indian Association of Energy Economics.
Before joining the IIT Delhi faculty, Kaveri studied India's transitioning electricity sector as a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. As a doctoral candidate, she investigated the design of renewable support schemes in Europe and their long-term impacts on the energy system. Kaveri holds a doctorate and a master in technology, policy, and management from Delft University of Technology, and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical engineering and electronics from R. V. College of Engineering.
Education:
PhD (Faculty of Technology, Policy, and Management, Delft University of Technology); MSc. Engineering and Policy Analysis (Delft University of Technology); Bachelor of Engg. in Electrical and Electronics (RV College of Engineering)
Research Interests:
Policy design and analysis; energy transitions in developing countries; institutional analyses; modelling for policy analysis (computational social science, agent-based modelling); electricity market design; decarbonizing electricity, mobility; water-agriculture-energy nexus
Courses (at IIT Delhi):
Modelling Complex Adaptive Systems for Policy Analysis