Professor Subhes Bhattacharyya
Biography
Subhes Bhattacharyya is Professor of Net Zero Carbon Energy Systems at the University of Surrey. He specialises in multi-disciplinary, applied energy research and has extensive experience of working on energy issues in developing countries. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Energy for Sustainable Development and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
Areas of specialism
University roles and responsibilities
- Teaching and research on energy issues with a special focus on net zero carbon emissions.
My qualifications
Previous roles
Affiliations and memberships
Research
Research interests
Prof. Bhattacharyya has demonstrated expertise in energy issues and he has undertaken impact-generating, internationally relevant research in this area, particularly in the context of developing countries. His recent work has focused on energy transition and alignment of climate actions with the Sustainable Development Goals.
He is leading SIGMA - Sustainability, Inclusiveness and Governance of Mini-grids in Africa (2020-2023). This Global Challenges Research Fund project is investigating the performance of mini-grids in terms of their sustainability, inclusiveness and governance. The multi-country, multi-partner project is collecting evidence from the field and is relying on qualitative and quantitative analysis frameworks to understand how mini-grids are really contributing to the overall energy access issues in selected countries of Africa (namely Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal and Tanzania).
Supervision
Postgraduate research supervision
I have supervised 15 PhD students successfully and supervising 5 others at the previous university.