Spotlight Author

Riddhi is an Analyst with the Center for Energy Finance (CEF) team. At The Council, she works on tracking the renewable energy market and contributes towards solutions to create an inclusive and feasible RE market. Prior to The Council, she has interned with Climate Policy Initiative, where she has on worked on formulating a vulnerability analysis to rank the coal transition affected states in India. She has also worked as a Summer Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi where she designed and implemented a research project to understand the effect of a failed land acquisition on the agricultural income in West Bengal. Riddhi holds a masters’ degree in Environment and Resource Economics from TERI School of Advanced Studies and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Bethune College, University of Calcutta. Belonging to Calcutta, she has plunged in various interests, ranging between music, sports and photography among others. She is a trained vocal classical singer and a shooting guard representing her basketball club in various state level meets. She has also led the design team of her university’s sustainability magazine, Vasundhara during her tenure.