About the Speaker:
Pradeep Kumar is the India Head ,Alliance to Save Energy which promotes energy efficiency worldwide for economy, environment and security.Pradeep has more than 14 years of experience in the field of public and private sector energy efficiency, renewable energy and climate change mitigation programs. His technical expertise includes preparation of techno-economic feasibility studies, project assessment, design and development of performance based contract projects; investment grade energy audits; preparation of EE bid documents, training & capacity building, and evaluation of proposals. His expertise covers energy efficiency and CDM programs in water supply and street lighting systems, buildings, SME cluster, and energy efficiency procurement, He is also one of the foremost experts in measurement and verification (M&V) of energy & cost savings and created replicable financing models for energy efficiency projects.
Pradeep is well networked with key government departments and donor agencies including public and private sector stakeholders. He has been instrumental in providing strategic and technical advice to various government and international development agencies in India and developed two statewide municipal energy efficiency programs in India covering more than 200 municipalities’ including water utilities. He has conducted various EE and M&V training programs for decision & policy makers, engineers, managers, finance personnel and EE project implementers.
Pradeep has been working on various international development programs in association with agencies such as; USAID, IRG, REEEP, The World Bank and IFC. He is a Certified M&V Professional (CMVP) by AEE, USA and has published many papers on energy efficiency, M&V and carbon financing.
Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Kumar has worked on various renewable energy and waste energy management projects. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and post graduate in Energy Engineering.
About the Program:
Building Livable Cities is a multi city investigation on ideas that can make Indian cities Livable . As part of the initiative , symposiums took place across 5 cities – Bangalore , Mumbai , Delhi , Chennai ,and Ahmedabad between Oct 18-22 2010. For more info log on to www.theurbanvision.com/blc
