Gireesh Shrimali

Gireesh Shrimali is Senior Advisor, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), India and Precourt Scholar at Stanford University Precourt Institute of Energy's Sustainable Finance Initiative, where his research focuses on the economics, finance, and policy aspects of the transition to the 2 degree C climate goal. Previously, he taught at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey; and at the Indian School of Business (ISB) at Hyderabad, where he helped found the CPI-ISB Energy and Environment Program in collaboration with CPI

His research focuses on renewable energy policy and finance in developing countries – in particular, on analytical frameworks for identification of effective policies as well as on instruments for provision of low-cost, long-term capital. His previous work has included topics such as analysis of India’s solar policies; the impact of federal and state policies on the development and deployment of renewable energy in the U.S.; and business models for off-grid energy in developing countries.

He holds a PhD from Stanford University, an MS from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and a BTech from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.