Dhruvak Aggarwal

Dhruvak Aggarwal is a Research Analyst at the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). He was a co-author of the official Stockholm+50 Youth Report, ‘Charting a Youth Vision for a Just and Sustainable Future’, along with eleven other early career researchers from CEEW and the Stockholm Environment Institute. Dhruvak is a public policy researcher in the energy space. His current research focuses on enhancing the uptake of energy efficient appliances among households, and organisation and operations reforms in the electricity sector. He also has a keen interest in the geopolitics of energy and multilateral environmental governance.

Dhruvak’s previous research has focussed on the efficiency of European wholesale gas markets, the cost-effectiveness and feasibility of electricity and gas system flexibility, and technology adoption in traditional electricity distribution utilities. Beyond academic research Dhruvak has worked on consultancy projects with global organisations on leveraging ‘Machine Learning’ for power grid decarbonisation, and cyber security regulation for a highly digitised power network. He has worked in India and other Southeast Asian countries on technology and policy levers to enhance building energy efficiency.

Dhruvak holds a Master of Philosophy in Technology Policy from the University of Cambridge and a Bachelor of Technology in Mechatronics engineering from Manipal University Jaipur, India.