Umesh Kumar Sharma Ramamoorthi

Senior Program Research Associate

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Umesh Kumar Sharma Ramamoorthi is a Senior Program Research Associate with the Energy Program at WRI India. He works on modeling capacity expansion and production costs with open-source software to effectively devise a resource adequacy plan to support Tamil Nadu’s energy transition. With over nine years of experience in energy storage, renewable energy and energy transition, he is dedicated to advancing a sustainable, low-carbon future for Tamil Nadu and beyond.

Umesh has also worked in analyzing electricity tariffs, Distributed Renewable Energy Generation (DREG) and Time of Use (ToU) tariffs, developing science-based decarbonization pathways, and crafting energy policy. Previously, Umesh contributed to research projects in Germany and Turkey, gaining insights into solar power and thermal energy storage, which enriched his expertise in energy technology and process engineering.

Umesh holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from SASTRA University, Tamil Nadu, and a master's in process engineering and energy technology from the University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven, Germany. He has also completed specialized online courses in entrepreneurship from the University of Maryland, College Park, and in renewable energy and green building from Duke University.

Umesh is an admirer of Japanese philosopher, Masanobu Fukuoka. He practices natural farming and permaculture on a small piece of land, inspired by Fukuoka's principles outlined in his book, The One-Straw Revolution.

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