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Dr. Satabdi Datta has academic training in Economics with specialization in Environmental and Resource Economics and Econometrics and Development Studies. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Economics, Jadavpur University in 2019. Earlier she did M.Phil in Development Studies. She has been involved in multidisciplinary research with on-ground experience and has work experience in the science-policy interface. The sectoral focus of her research engagements have been agriculture and allied, fisheries and tourism. Her areas of research interests include green economic transition, circular economy, climate change adaptation and resilience, natural resource management and evaluation of coastal ecosystem services. She is experienced in application of econometric models and tools along with qualitative methods.

Former post-doctoral researchers

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Dr. Shreya Some is an economist by training. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Economics, Jadavpur University in 2021. She is interested in interdisciplinary research focusing on mitigating climate change. She is passionate about demand side climate mitigation, emission reduction from the food system, just transition of the food system. Her research interests include a wide range of topics: emission mitigation, energy modeling, sustainability transition, gender equality and sustainable development. Her focus sectors are: agriculture, transport, energy, and cities. She uses diverse tools and frameworks for research analysis including quantitative economic tools and econometric models. Prior to joining AIT, she worked as a Scientist in the Technical Support Unit of IPCC WGIII (Sixth Assessment Cycle-AR6).​​

Former research associate

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Muhammad Huzaifa Butt is a sustainable energy transition and project management specialist. He holds a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering (2015) from Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur (Pakistan), MSc Project Management (2019) from Bahria University, Lahore (Pakistan) and MSc in Sustainable Energy Transition (2022) from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. From 2015 to 2020, Mr. Huzaifa Butt worked as project engineer on energy infrastructure projects particularly hydropower projects in Pakistan. His research interests include energy demand modeling, social acceptance of technological transition, technology innovation system analysis, acceleration and acceptance of demand side green technologies, mobility demand and net-zero pathways in the context of developing countries.

Former student assistants

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August 28, 2023 - July 2024 

Naduni Madumali is a student from Sri Lanka, currently reading for Master's in Gender and Development Studies at the Asian Institute of Technology. Before joining AIT, Naduni has worked with the United Nations and the World Bank of Sri Lanka for 5 years as a programme, communications, and gender officer. Her post graduate education involves studies on women & gender studies and child rights & protection. Naduni's Bachelor's in Laws coupled with her work experience around communication makes her a voice on social media against social injustice and gender inequality. Her academic research involves breaking gender stereotypes, cultural taboos and myths around women's bodies in the context of Sri Lanka.​​

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August, 2022 - February 2023 

Jeeten Kumar is a Master’s student at AIT’s Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation, and Management (DPMM) program. Prior to his enrollment, Jeeten worked as a consultant and researcher in the non-profit and social enterprise sectors which focused on issues related to disaster and climate resilience, education in emergencies (EiE), and renewable energy between 2018-2022. Jeeten earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from UNPAR, Indonesia in 2018. ​

Former SMARTS supported student

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Avrojyoti Barua 

2023-2024

Avrojyoti Barua is currently pursuing a Master's degree with partial scholarship from SMARTS in Sustainable Energy Transition under the Department of Energy, Environment & Climate Change from Asian Institute of Technology. He has a bachelors in Electrical Engineering and holds a MBA degree in Operation & Production.  Furthermore being an energy professional has 10 years of industrial exposure in the power distribution domain. He was certified by Chief Engineer, to complete the project entitled “Application of GIC & GPS transformer-wise consumer mapping for better management and improving consumer satisfaction of rural consumers'' under Revenue & Energy Management Cell, Vidyut Bhawan, West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited in 2017.

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Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avrojyoti-barua-36551935/

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