Ajit Pandit

Mr Ajit Pandit
Managing Director & CEO
IDAM Infrastructure Advisory Private Limited

Ajit Pandit, is the Founding Director and CEO of Idam Infrastructure Advisory Pvt. Ltd. He has over 27 years of experience in policy, regulatory and project development matters concerning electricity industry, electricity market design, developing business models and financial structuring of utilities, designing frameworks for RE proliferation, RE grid integration in India and abroad. He has worked extensively with international organizations as Team Leader for several TA projects of World Bank, USAID, DFID, GIZ, ADB, REEEP on issues associated with power sector reforms, wholesale market design and clean energy development initiatives across Indian states.

He is involved in several pioneering key policy & regulatory initiatives in RE domain across RE technologies & applications Some of pioneering initiatives include FIT framework, RPO compliance monitoring framework & tool, REC mechanism – conceptual and registry implementation framework, Solar policy guidelines under JNNSM (Ph-I and Ph-II), National Wind Mission, Wind Repowering framework. Ajit was Member of FOR Technical Committee to formulate framework for Grid Integration of Renewables.

Ajit has been involved in guiding Flexibility Resource Initiative (FRI) studies for four Indian States with LBNL and also continue to support FOR-WG on formulation of Resource Adequacy framework for Indian states.

Ajit is graduate in Electrical Engg and Master of Management Studies. His articles are published several reputed journals and invited as distinguished speaker at several international conferences.