Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP), School of International and Public Affairs
New York, NY USA
BIOGRAPHY:
Kaushik Deb is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where his research focuses on policies to achieve a just and efficient energy transition in developing countries, especially the role of oil and gas markets. Prior to joining the Center, Kaushik led the Markets and Industrial Development Program at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center in Riyadh, managing the Center’s engagement with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy in supporting the development of short and long term strategies for oil and gas markets to achieve the Kingdom’s energy sector objectives.
Before this, Kaushik was the Head, Global Gas Markets in Group Economics in BP overseeing analysis that formed the basis for the investment and trading strategy of the company in natural gas. He also led the gas sections of BP’s flagship publications, the Statistical Review of World Energy and the Energy Outlook. Prior to BP, at IDFC (now IDFC Bank), his portfolio included policy research and advocacy on infrastructure and environmental economics issues such as low carbon infrastructure, decentralized electricity services in rural areas, and organized intermediate public transport systems for small towns. He has also guided and implemented research in applied economics in TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) and was the Programme Director of the MBA Programmes at TERI University.
Kaushik has a Doctor of Science degree from ETH Zürich and a Master of Arts in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.
https://www.kapsarc.org/file-download.php?i=48626&m=o
https://www.kapsarc.org/file-download.php?i=44991&m=o
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0905-2_2
https://www.oxfordenergy.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/OEF-99.pdf
http://www.codatu.org/wp-content/uploads/K.-Deb-M.-Filippini-ARTICLE-Codatu-XV-2012-EN.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2010.05.004.
https://www.codatu.org/wp-content/uploads/A-regime-for-inspection-and-certification-for-in-use-vehicles-in-India-Sanjivi-SUNDAR-Kaushik-DEB.pdf
https://www.codatu.org/wp-content/uploads/Restructuring-urban-public-transport-in-India-Kaushik-DEB-Sanjivi-SUNDAR.pdf
https://doi.org/10.5038/2375-0901.5.3.5
https://doi.org/10.1177/097152310000700111
CONTACT
kaushik.deb@columbia.edu
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EDUCATION
October 2004 – May 2008
Doctor of Sciences, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich.
Dissertation Title: Efficiency, Demand, and Pricing of Public Bus Transport in India.
Committee: Massimo Filippini, Rico Maggi.
January 2006 – December 2006
Swiss Program for Beginning Doctoral Students in Economics, Study Center Gerzensee: a foundation of the Swiss National Bank.
July 1996 – April 1998
Masters in Economics, Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.
Thesis Title: Impact of environmental regulation on plant location decisions in India.
Advisor: Shreekant Gupta.
July 1993 – April 1996
Bachelor of Arts (Honours Course) in Economics, University of Delhi.