Madhura Joshi
Senior Associate
Madhura Joshi is a Senior Associate based in India. She leads the work on India’s energy transition. Her work focuses on developing strategies and analyses to advance just and low-carbon energy transitions in India working closely with the wider diplomatic, governmental, and civil society networks. She also supports the work of the Energy Transition Council in India.
Madhura in the media
Madhura has over a decade of experience working in the energy and climate space in India. Her areas of interest include energy and climate developments in India and South Asia, energy diplomacy, the political economy of just energy transitions in developing countries, and co-benefits of low-carbon development.
She was formerly the lead consultant on energy access, green jobs and climate policy in India for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Through her work at NRDC, she influenced India’s energy transition policies through research, outreach, stakeholder dialogues, design and implementation of sustainable rural energy plans focussed on increasing gender participation and livelihoods, and advocacy strategies to promote inclusive renewable energy growth, green finance, and climate actions. In her previous roles, Madhura also worked with the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and was the Manager of the Centre for Research on Energy Security at The Energy and Resources Institute.
Madhura has a bachelor’s degree in political science from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai and a master’s degree in international political economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has held several fellowships, authored numerous articles and research papers, and is a member of the South Asian Women in Energy Network.
Outside of work, Madhura likes to curl up with a book and coffee, paint, play with her cats Pakoda and Chutney, and experiment (often unsuccessfully) with baking.
Madhura has over a decade of experience working in the energy and climate space in India. Her areas of interest include energy and climate developments in India and South Asia, energy diplomacy, the political economy of just energy transitions in developing countries, and co-benefits of low-carbon development.
She was formerly the lead consultant on energy access, green jobs and climate policy in India for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Through her work at NRDC, she influenced India’s energy transition policies through research, outreach, stakeholder dialogues, design and implementation of sustainable rural energy plans focussed on increasing gender participation and livelihoods, and advocacy strategies to promote inclusive renewable energy growth, green finance, and climate actions. In her previous roles, Madhura also worked with the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and was the Manager of the Centre for Research on Energy Security at The Energy and Resources Institute.
Madhura has a bachelor’s degree in political science from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai and a master’s degree in international political economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has held several fellowships, authored numerous articles and research papers, and is a member of the South Asian Women in Energy Network.
Outside of work, Madhura likes to curl up with a book and coffee, paint, play with her cats Pakoda and Chutney, and experiment (often unsuccessfully) with baking.
