Akhilesh "Akhil" Magal is a project manager with the Integrated Decision Support group in the Accelerated Deployment and Decision Support Center. Akhil has a master’s degree in environmental engineering and has experience in supporting policymakers, regulators, and business in planning the energy transition. He has worked with various stakeholders on conceptualizing high-impact pilot projects and scaling them to national policies. He also has been instrumental in authoring several clean energy policies in India.

Research Interests

Clean energy transition plans

Energy modeling

Energy access and equity

Education

Policy Leader Fellow, European University Institute

M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

B.S., Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bangalore Institute of Technology