Team
Leadership, advisory experts, and research scholars working together at CMET.
Leadership
Experienced researchers and visionary leaders driving CMET's mission.
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
Dr. Priyanka Paliwal
An accomplished academic and innovator with over 20 years of experience in power systems, renewable-energy integration, and distributed generation.
A Senior Member of IEEE, she is widely recognized for pioneering research bridging technology, regulation, and implementation in India's clean-energy transition.
Key Achievements:
- 100+ research papers and publications
- 12 book chapters
- 2 patents
- Tejomaya Award recipient
- UN Women WeSTEM Award
- MANIT's Best Faculty Award
Dr. Mukesh Kumar Kirar
An accomplished academic and innovator with over 15 years of experience spanning power systems, renewable energy integration, and distributed generation.
Associated with MANIT since 2010, contributing extensively to teaching, research, and institutional development.
Research Expertise:
- Renewable energy planning
- Power system modeling
- Smart grid development
- Load shedding strategies
- Artificial neural networks
- Power system protection
Research Team Members
Dedicated researchers and scholars contributing to CMET's mission and impact.
Power System Restoration
Microgrid Protection
Grid Integration
Transmission Network Planning
Microgrid Operations
Grid Management
Distribution Planning
Advisory Board
The Centre for Mission on Energy Transition (CMET) is envisioned as a high-impact institutional platform combining policy, modelling, and implementation expertise. The Advisory Board of CMET brings together leading experts from academia, industry, utilities, and regulatory institutions to ensure that CMET's work remains technically robust, policy-relevant, and aligned with emerging sectoral needs.
Shri Upendra Tripathy
Advisory Member
First and founding Director General of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) and former Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India.
Shri S. Vijay Iyer
Advisory Member, International Clean Energy Transition
Former Vice President, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group. Former Global Director, Energy Policy and Practice, World Bank.
Shri Manu Srivastava
Advisory Member (Technical & Strategy)
A nationally recognized renewable energy leader with a proven record of designing and implementing large-scale RE projects, and prior involvement in Madhya Pradesh.
Dr. Karunesh Kumar Shukla
Institutional Member
Director, MANIT Bhopal — Ex-officio Member
Dr. Amit Kumar Singh Parihar
Advisory Member (Policy and Planning)
Lead, Strategic Insight Units, Energiva Ventures
Shri Sushil Kumar Soonee
Advisory Member (System Operations & Market Design)
Former and founding CEO of POSOCO (now Grid-India) with four decades of experience in power system operations, commercial and regulatory affairs, and market development.
Dr. Tripta Thakur
Advisory Member (Capacity Building & Institutional Strengthening)
Vice Chancellor, Uttarakhand Technical University
Dr. Amol Phadke
Advisory Member (IRP, RE Planning and Procurement strategies)
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley. Faculty Director India Energy and Climate Center
Dr. Nikit Abhyankar
Advisory Member (IRP, RE Planning and Procurement strategies)
Co-Faculty Director, India Energy & Climate Centre Associate Adjunct Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP), UC Berkeley
Dr. Ranjit Deshmukh
Advisory Member (IRP, Energy Systems, Economics, and Policies)
Associate Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara
Prof. Zakir Hussain Rather
Advisory Member (System operation and planning, Demand response, grid storage)
Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay Powai