Mr. Alekhya Datta

Associate Fellow

Mr. Alekhya Datta received B. Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, India, in 2008 and Post-Graduate Master’s in GeoInformatics from Symbiosis International University, Pune, India, in 2010. In February 2010, he has joined Solar Energy Centre, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (Government of India) as a Project Fellow and was one of the key member for India’ Solar Resources Assessment project in collaboration with National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA under Indo-US Energy Dialogue. In November 2010, he then associated with WTI Advanced Technology Limited (A 100\\% Subsidiary of TATA Consultancy Services Limited) as an Assistant Systems Engineer in GIS domain and has carried out several GIS based projects for Qwest Telecom, USA as well as R-APDRP which is a GIS based Electrical Assets Mapping project, an initiative taken by Ministry of Power (Government of India). Currently he is working with TERI – The Energy and Resources Institute (formerly TATA Energy Research Institute) as a Research Associate since March 2012. His research area includes GIS and Remote Sensing, Renewable Energy Technologies, Energy Efficiency, Distributed Generations, Load Research, Smart Controllers, Smart Grid including Micro/Mini-Grids, and Smart Grid Capacity Building Programmes and Workshops. He has also participated, and presented several research papers in many national and international conferences, and is also serving as a Guest Faculty in several institutional programmes.