Dr. Manjushree Banerjee is associated with the Centre for Impact, Evaluation and Energy Access of The Energy<br>and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi for the past ten years. Presently, she is on sabbatical and regularly<br>writes opinion pieces on energy access. In total, she possesses about fifteen years of work experience on<br>Energy Access and has led many National & International projects. She led the action research project to<br>understand suitability of induction stoves for rural India. Dr. Manjushree has travelled extensively in the<br>remote and rural locations of India for work. Prior to working with TERI, she worked with CAPART (An<br>autonomous Institution under the Ministry of Rural Development). Her PhD research from Indian Institute of<br>Foreign Trade (IIFT, New Delhi) probed into the role of state policies and private sector participation in grid<br>interactive renewable power. Dr. Manjushree has published more than 25 papers/articles/book chapters (few<br>of them in journals like Energy Policy and Current Sustainable Renewable Energy Reports). You may visit few of<br>her articles at https://www.orfonline.org/contributors/manjushree-banerjee/.<br>