Purpose

CEEW's Technology Futures team works towards mainstreaming appropriate global and indigenous technologies that can deliver energy security and sustainable economic growth at scale. The team's work spans clean energy technology manufacturing, critical minerals, and the evolving geopolitics and governance of clean energy technology collaboration, and has previously informed India's G20 presidency-led work on global renewable energy supply chains.

CEEW seeks to hire a suitable candidate to lead the Technology Futures team's technical research on battery or energy storage manufacturing, covering the end-to-end value chain — from critical mineral and precursor material processing to battery cell manufacturing, and module/pack assembly and integration. The candidate in this role will lead technological assessments of manufacturing processes, equipment and materials used across the value chain, while also tracking the policies, regulations, industrial strategies, technology partnerships, and geopolitics that shape battery manufacturing competitiveness across major global markets,



including the US, EU, China, Southeast Asia, and India.

The candidate will also evaluate emerging and next-generation battery chemistries and formats (such as sodium-ion, redox flow, and solid-state) and their manufacturing readiness, and guide the technical rigour of the team's research outputs. The role also involves tracking technology partnerships, licensing arrangements, and analysing how manufacturing incentives, trade measures, and geopolitical developments — such as export controls on critical minerals and trade disputes — shape the global battery manufacturing landscape.

The candidate must have a robust technical/engineering background in battery or energy storage manufacturing, along with the ability to engage with the policy, trade, and geopolitical dimensions of the sector. In addition to the duties and responsibilities outlined below, the candidate should be prepared, as a

📌 Programme Associate- Technology Futures (New Delhi)
🏢 Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
📍 New Delhi