Rahul is a Technical Expert for Energy Systems at GEAPP. Rahul provides technical support and advisory across GEAPP’s partnerships and projects in Africa. For over 16 years, he has been leading teams to design, build, and scale solutions for renewable energy around the world. Before joining GEAPP, Rahul was Mini-grid Advisor at Shell Foundation originating project deals and providing technical advisory support to partners across Africa & Asia.
Prior to this role, Rahul was a key member of the management team of Smart Power India (SPI), subsidiary of The Rockefeller Foundation in India. Rahul helped build SPI’s mini-grid portfolio managing the developer relationships and also led the GEAPP India support team to assist the newly hired GEAPP Africa team with knowledge transfer for DRE projects design. Rahul holds a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering (Gold Medalist) and an MBA from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi. He has a passion for writing, and has authored a Hindi poetry book.