Pooja Ramamurthi

Pooja Ramamurthi

Position
Ph.D Student (2018-2023)
Role
Research Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress

Pooja Ramamurthi

Position
Ph.D Student (2018-2023)
Role
Research Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress
About
Bio/Description

Pooja Vijay Ramamurthi was a Ph.D. student at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Her research is within the Science, Technology and Environmental Policy program.  

She is interested in understanding individual and community decision-making processes focused on the energy and environment. Through her work, she plans to use behavioral science to formulate policies to hasten the creation of sustainable, affordable and reliable energy pathways in developing countries. 

Prior to coming to Princeton, she worked at the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) in India. She holds a double Masters degree in Sustainable Energy from the Royal institute of Technology, Sweden and Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal on a European Commission scholarship.

Currently, Pooja works as Research Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress in Delhi, India. 

Selected Publications

Quality of life for all: A sustainable development framework for India's climate policy reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Byravan,Sujatha; Mohd, Ali Sahil; Ramakrishnan Ananthakumar, Murali;Goyal, Nihit; Kanudia, Amit; Vijay Ramamurthi, Pooja; Srinivasan, Swetha, Paladugul, Anantha Lakshmi. Energy for Sustainable Development,39, 2017 p.48-58.

National Level Implications of the Implementation of SDG7: Access to ModernCooking Fuels in India. Vijay Ramamurthi Pooja; Srinivasan, Shweta; Swamy, Deepthi; Kuttickat, Rahul. Southern Voice Occasional Paper 36, November 2016.

Political Economy of Renewable Energy Deployment in India. Vijay Ramamurthi, Pooja. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 51, Issue No. 38, September, 2016.

Utilisation of rice residues for decentralised electricity generation in Ghana: An economic review analysis. Vijay Ramamurthi, Pooja; Cristina Fernandes, Maria; Nielsen, Per Sieverts; Pedro Nunes, Clemente, Energy,111,2016 p.620-629

Logistics cost analysis of rice residues for second generation bioenergy production in Ghana. Vijay Ramamurthi, Pooja; Cristina Fernandes, Maria; Nielsen, Per Sieverts; Pedro Nunes, Clemente. Bioresource Technology, 173, 2014 p. 429-438