Arun K. Tripathi

Dr Arun K Tripathi has a degree in Agricultural Engineering. He is an MTech from IIT Kharagpur. He did his PhD in Biomass Energy from IIT Delhi. He is also an MBA in Environmental Management. Presently, Dr Tripathi is Advisor in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India. He has over three decades of experience in planning, development, and implementation of various renewable energy programmes, particularly on biogas development, biomass gasification, solar rooftops, waste-to-energy, village energy security, solar cities, green buildings, and information and public awareness in the country. He has widely travelled within India and abroad for various renewable energy-related assignments. Dr Tripathi has written extensively on renewable energy and 40 of his research papers have been published in journals of international repute. He has authored two books—Multiple Choice Questions on Renewable Energy and Multiple Choice Questions on Energy. He has also co-authored a book titled Reaching the Sun with Rooftop Solar. He is the editor of Akshay Urja, a popular and exclusive magazine on renewable energy. He has deep interest in plays and Indian classical music. He has also acted in a few plays and enjoys playing guitar, keyboards, mouth organ, banjo, harmonium, and other instruments.