Prateek Aggarwal

Prateek is currently engaged in The Council’s power programme in Uttar Pradesh. Working out of The Council’s Lucknow office, he is currently focusing on shaping a responsive consumer base, institutionalising reforms in utilities, and optimising power procurement and retail tariff structures in UP.

Prateek has been engaging with the utilities of UP, the Forum of Regulators and various electricity regulatory commissions to understand their operations, the role of regulators, and the governance of the sector as a whole.

Prateek has been actively tracking power sector reforms and exploring cross linkages between energy, environment, and water. He envisages the Indian power sector to be CAT (Clean, Affordable, Transparent) by 2030.

Prateek holds an undergraduate degree in Power System Engineering and an MBA in Power Management from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun.

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Shaping an Affordable, Reliable and Accountable Power Sector in Uttar Pradesh

What I believe in

The illusion that we understand the past fosters overconfidence in our ability to predict the future.

Daniel Kahneman

What Others say

Working with Prateek has certainly helped build my capacity and knowledge base in the power sector. But for all of us, a skill worth learning from him is the skill of managing people and relationships in both professional and personal terms.

Kanika Balani

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Latest Publications

What I believe in

The illusion that we understand the past fosters overconfidence in our ability to predict the future.

What Others say

Working with Prateek has certainly helped build my capacity and knowledge base in the power sector. But for all of us, a skill worth learning from him is the skill of managing people and relationships in both professional and personal terms.