Jiwan Acharya is working in Energy Division of South Asia Department of Asian Development Bank (ADB), currently in ADB’s India Resident Mission, as Principal Energy Specialist since January 2016. He currently focuses on developing and implementing energy efficiency, renewable energy and other broader energy sector projects in India and Nepal. Prior to that, he was with Energy Sector Group Secretariat in the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department of ADB since 1 October 2006 as Senior Energy Specialist. He is a key member of ADB’s Energy Sector Group and Climate Change Team and was responsible for overseeing ADB’s several key initiatives including Energy for All, and Low Carbon Technology Transfer, among others. Mr. Acharya served as ADB’s focal point for Clean Technical Fund (CTF) and Scaling Up Renewable Energy for Low Income Countries (SREP) under the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) as well as Sustainable Energy for All Initiative (SE4All).

Prior to joining ADB, Mr. Acharya was Senior Research Officer in Winrock International in Kathmandu, Nepal covering climate change, carbon financing, energy access and broader clean energy areas.

Mr. Acharya, who is a Nepalese national, has a Master of Arts in Economics, Master of Science in Energy Systems and Management and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.