Amit Bando
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Amit Bando is Executive Director of the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation
Secretariat.
During his career as a policy scientist at the United States Department of Energy
and an international consultant, Bando has worked in over 60 nations to promote innovative financing
of clean energy initiatives and climate change mitigation/adaptation options. In the past five years alone, he has programmed over $1.5 billion worldwide. In addition, he has helped establish the Chicago Climate Exchange
, led the development of the US National Energy Modeling System
(NEMS) and represented the USA at the Rio Earth Summit as well as at other ministerial forum on energy efficiency, climate change and the environment. He has developed several widely used monitoring and evaluation tools for low-carbon initiatives.
As an entrepreneur, Bando has founded an international management advisory firm,currently operating with a $50 million (annual) portfolio of projects in urban infrastructure development, institutional reform, governance, micro-finance, and environmental project implementation. In the USA, his pioneering efforts have provided greater access to clean technology alternatives among minority populations. In addition, he has founded the Center for Econometric Modeling and Forecasting (CEMAF) -- a for-profit research institution working on US-Mexico border issues.
Bando has published on the economic evaluation of environmental impacts and presented numerous workshops on investment finance and environmental management has helped private sector entities understand development-financing issues and has designed/implemented training programs for agencies such as the ADB, World Bank, USAID, NASA, USEPA and the USDOE. Working with legal experts, Bando often testifies on the economic implications of regulations on energy and the environment.
Earlier in his career, Bando taught at the Universities of Chicago, Minnesota and Illinois, and New Mexico State University. He completed his graduate and post-graduate studies in Economics and Statistics at the University of Minnesota
, Delhi School of Economics
and St. Stephen's College, Delhi. Currently based in Paris, he has lived and worked in India, USA and Kenya.
International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation
The International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation is a high-level international forum which includes developed and developing countries...
Secretariat.
During his career as a policy scientist at the United States Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
and an international consultant, Bando has worked in over 60 nations to promote innovative financing
Innovative financing
Innovative financing refers to a range of non-traditional mechanisms to raise additional funds for development aid through "innovative" projects such as micro-contributions, taxes, public-private partnerships and market-based financial transactions....
of clean energy initiatives and climate change mitigation/adaptation options. In the past five years alone, he has programmed over $1.5 billion worldwide. In addition, he has helped establish the Chicago Climate Exchange
Chicago Climate Exchange
The now defunct Chicago Climate Exchange was North America’s only voluntary, legally binding greenhouse gas reduction and trading system for emission sources and offset projects in North America and Brazil....
, led the development of the US National Energy Modeling System
National Energy Modeling System
The National Energy Modeling System is an economic and energy model of United States energy markets created at the U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration. NEMS projects the production, consumption, conversion, import, and pricing of energy...
(NEMS) and represented the USA at the Rio Earth Summit as well as at other ministerial forum on energy efficiency, climate change and the environment. He has developed several widely used monitoring and evaluation tools for low-carbon initiatives.
As an entrepreneur, Bando has founded an international management advisory firm,currently operating with a $50 million (annual) portfolio of projects in urban infrastructure development, institutional reform, governance, micro-finance, and environmental project implementation. In the USA, his pioneering efforts have provided greater access to clean technology alternatives among minority populations. In addition, he has founded the Center for Econometric Modeling and Forecasting (CEMAF) -- a for-profit research institution working on US-Mexico border issues.
Bando has published on the economic evaluation of environmental impacts and presented numerous workshops on investment finance and environmental management has helped private sector entities understand development-financing issues and has designed/implemented training programs for agencies such as the ADB, World Bank, USAID, NASA, USEPA and the USDOE. Working with legal experts, Bando often testifies on the economic implications of regulations on energy and the environment.
Earlier in his career, Bando taught at the Universities of Chicago, Minnesota and Illinois, and New Mexico State University. He completed his graduate and post-graduate studies in Economics and Statistics at the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
, Delhi School of Economics
Delhi School of Economics
Delhi School of Economics , commonly referred to as DSE or D School, is a centre of post graduate learning of the University of Delhi. The centre is situated in the university's North Campus in Maurice Nagar, and is surrounded by a host of other prestigious academic institutions of the country...
and St. Stephen's College, Delhi. Currently based in Paris, he has lived and worked in India, USA and Kenya.