Suddhasatta is currently working as Senior Manager – Technical Advisory in India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) and has an experience of more than 10 years in the energy sector. He is an Electrical engineer and an MBA in Power Management and was previously associated with PwC India and Indian Energy Exchange Limited. He has worked with various power and transport utilities, multilateral and bilateral agencies like Bangalore Electricity Supply Company, West Bengal Transport Corporation, PLN Indonesia, ADB, World Bank, MacArthur Foundation, NEDO etc. across countries in South and SouthEast Asia like India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Laos, Indonesia etc. His area of work includes smart grid implementation strategy, policy and regulatory assessment, blockchain applications in power sector, EV and EVSE implementation strategy, vehicle grid integration, power market operation, cross border power trading etc. He has also co-authored various publications on EV charging business models, EV policies and tariff etc.