Omkar Patange

Biography

Omkar Patange is a research scholar associated with the Economic Frontiers Program at IIASA.

He works on the IIASA Strategic Initiative, Just Transitions to Net-zero Carbon Emissions for All (JustTrans4ALL), focusing on the empirical analysis of drivers of just energy transitions and resulting implications for wellbeing using household-level data and econometric methods. His research interests include mitigation strategies for deep decarbonization of energy and allied systems, their social and environmental implications, and the institutional and governance challenges emerging from energy system transitions.

He received his PhD in Public Systems from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), India. He holds a master’s degree in environment management from the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal, India, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli, India.

He was a contributing author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) in Working Group III (Mitigation). Prior to joining IIASA in 2022, he was part of international projects like the Deep Decarbonization Pathways (DDP-Initiative) and Exploring National and Global Actions to reduce Greenhouse gas Emissions (ENGAGE) where he contributed to the national mitigation scenario studies for India. He has also worked on topics surrounding clean energy access with rural communities in north India, focusing on indoor air quality assessment and the adoption of clean cooking fuels and technologies.


Last update: 23 FEB 2023