IEEFA India Mobility Specialist Konda Covers Clean Energy Transition

Charith Konda serves as Energy Specialist for India Mobility and New Energy at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, focusing on clean mobility, emerging clean energy technologies, and the broader energy transition challenges facing the Indian economy. He brings approximately two decades of experience in public policy advisory, consulting, and business research.

Konda's prior roles include work with an Amsterdam-based technology platform for smart electric vehicle charging applications, and an earlier assignment with the Government of Andhra Pradesh on investment promotion. He also contributed to establishing the India work programme of the Climate Policy Initiative, a global non-profit focused on climate finance and energy transition research. He holds a Master's degree in Finance from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts in India.

India's clean mobility sector is undergoing rapid expansion, driven by government targets for electric vehicle adoption, production-linked incentive schemes for battery manufacturing, and regulatory mandates for emission reductions from the transport sector. Konda's focus at the intersection of government policy and private enterprise positions IEEFA's research to address the financing, infrastructure, and regulatory barriers to EV adoption across India's diverse mobility segments.

India's energy transition encompasses not only the electricity sector but also mobility, industrial heat, and agriculture, making the clean mobility research agenda directly relevant to broader decarbonisation pathways. As one of the world's largest and fastest-growing automotive markets, India's trajectory on EV adoption will have significant implications for global demand for batteries, critical minerals, and associated infrastructure investment.

Key figure — Approximately 2 decades — Charith Konda's professional experience in public policy advisory and energy research