I have been working for the last 30 years in technical and executive capacities with ANERT, the renewable energy agency of the state government of Kerala in India (also the state nodal agency of the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in Kerala). In addition, I served ANERT for ten months in 2012 as the Director (chief executive officer) and eight years as the Director (Technical) after that. My professional career has helped me gain extensive expertise in renewable energy technologies, project management, R&D, policy studies, public-private cooperation, and organizational administration. I have received advanced trainings abroad on waste-to-energy (at Black & Veatch, USA), wind energy (at Life Academy/KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden), and intellectual property and transfer of technology (at the University of Strasbourg, France). I have a Master's in mechanical engineering and a Ph. D. in technology management (topic: wind energy). I have published a few research articles in the field of renewable energy in reputed international journals.