Senior Program Associate - IRP

Note: This opportunity is available across Mumbai, and New Delhi

About us

WRI India, an independent knowledge organization registered as India Resources Trust, provides objective information and practical proposals to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable development.

Through research, analysis, and recommendations, WRI India puts ideas into action to build transformative solutions to protect the earth, promote livelihoods, and enhance human well-being. Know more: wri-india.org

Program Overview for Energy

The objective of the WRI India energy program is to inform and guide India’s transition to cleaner energy through strong research, ground-level implementation experience, partnerships with key stakeholders and communicating our work. The 5 pillars of the energy program focus on increasing clean energy demand, increasing clean energy supply, supporting sub-national energy transitions, raising the issues of materials and circularity for the energy transition and ensuring equitable development through energy transitions.

About IRP:

Under this initiative we work with states on Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) and to support the translation of state energy-transition priorities into implementable plans, infrastructure requirements and investment pathways. By helping states identify the system interventions needed to meet changing demand and integrate clean energy, the work strengthens their capacity to implement reliable and modern electricity infrastructure and supports the long-term transition towards cleaner energy supply for communities.

Job Highlight:

We are looking for a Senior Program Associate - IRP to support and co-lead WRI India’s state-level Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) work. The role will focus on modelling and simulation, scenario development, and translating analytical findings into insights that can inform electricity sector policy and regulatory decision-making.

The position will also drive project execution and stakeholder engagement, working closely with state electricity utilities, regulators, renewable energy agencies, partners, and other stakeholders. In addition, the role will contribute to capacity-building initiatives on resource adequacy and IRP, develop knowledge products and research outputs, and facilitate training sessions for relevant institutions and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical and research capabilities, an understanding of power sector policy and regulatory processes, and the ability to translate complex analysis into actionable insights and effective stakeholder engagement.
 

What you will do:

• Support and co-lead the state-specific IRP work of WRI India, including overseeing the modelling and simulation, designing of scenarios and interpretation of results to draw insights that can help inform regulatory and policy decision-making at the state level, etc.
• Manage the IRP work in terms of timely project execution and ensuring completion of all deliverables.
• Communicate with various stakeholders, especially with the state electricity utilities, regulators, RE nodal agencies, donors, partners, and other state-level agencies, for effective collaboration to ensure a comprehensive IRP process.
• Support and co-lead the effort of developing course content for capacity building on resource adequacy and IRP-related processes in collaboration with partner organisations.
• Be proactive in understanding the relevant policy and regulatory processes at the state and national levels, as well as in researching and pitching ideas.
• Conduct capacity-building sessions at various research and training institutes to present the developed course material to various stakeholders.
• Participate in research projects to produce knowledge products, reports, articles and communication products.

What you will need:

Knowledge & Skills  

• A keen interest in policy and regulatory research and strong analytical skills, supported by professional experience, preferably in the power sector. Contributions to technical papers or research reports will be a plus.
• Excellent project management skills with an ability to tra

Job Highlight:

We are looking for a Senior Program Associate - IRP to support and co-lead WRI India’s state-level Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) work. The role will focus on modelling and simulation, scenario development, and translating analytical findings into insights that can inform electricity sector policy and regulatory decision-making.

The position will also drive project execution and stakeholder engagement, working closely with state electricity utilities, regulators, renewable energy agencies, partners, and other stakeholders. In addition, the role will contribute to capacity-building initiatives on resource adequacy and IRP, develop knowledge products and research outputs, and facilitate training sessions for relevant institutions and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical and research capabilities, an understanding of power sector policy and regulatory processes, and the ability to translate complex analysis into actionable insights and effective stakeholder engagement.
 

What you will do:

• Support and co-lead the state-specific IRP work of WRI India, including overseeing the modelling and simulation, designing of scenarios and interpretation of results to draw insights that can help inform regulatory and policy decision-making at the state level, etc.
• Manage the IRP work in terms of timely project execution and ensuring completion of all deliverables.
• Communicate with various stakeholders, especially with the state electricity utilities, regulators, RE nodal agencies, donors, partne