ISUW 2023 Speaker

Rajiv Ratna Panda
Power Market Specialist, SAREP

Rajiv Ratna Panda is an international energy expert, electrical engineer, management, research, energy policy, development, strategy, and multiregional energy system professional with expertise in cross-border energy trade, energy/power grid integration strategy, energy commerce and trade, and regional power/energy markets, among other areas. He possesses a unique set of knowledge and expertise across many markets, including South Asia, Southeast Asia, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North America, on strategies, policies, and regulations. He is a power market specialist for USAID’s South Asia Regional Energy Partnership (SAREP) program, implemented by RTI International in partnership with its India affiliate, Research Triangle Institute Global India Private Limited (RTI India). Mr. Panda is a trained electrical engineer with an MBA (energy) and holds advanced postgraduate degrees in engineering management and in power transmission and distribution engineering. Outside of his professional area of expertise, he takes interest in very diverse areas such as history, sociocultural, interfaith, space science, plant species, artificial intelligence, and philosophy.