Abhishek is the Senior Project Associate with the Energy program at WRI India. Here, he supports efforts to help Indian industry decarbonize and adopt clean energy pathways. He is a renewable energy specialist and comes with significant experience working with industries and MSME clusters.

Prior to WRI, Abhishek worked with TERI in the state of Himachal Pradesh for rooftop solar deployment in the state. Earlier, he worked with Inox Wind Ltd., a wind energy company. Through his career, Abhishek has been supporting India’s clean energy transition through solar energy, wind energy and energy efficiency – especially through resource assessment and deployment, demand aggregation, capacity building and policy development. He also co-founded 'ExploreValley', a startup company facilitating tourism activities in the state of Himachal Pradesh.

Abhishek holds a Master of Technology in Renewable Energy Engineering and Management from TERI School of Advanced Studies and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Sciences. He also holds a Diploma in Computer Applications from SLIET, Punjab.

Abhishek is an avid trekker and has scaled more than ten peaks higher than 4,000 meters alongside high altitude passes in the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. He likes playing the guitar.