Job Summary

Designation offered: Programme Associate

Location: New Delhi
Role Overview

Programme Associate Technology Futures (solar) is part of the Council on Energy, Setting and Water (CEEW). The 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 solar manufacturing, covering the end-to-end value chain from polysilicon and ingot/wafer production to cell and module manufacturing, and associated bill-of-materials (BOM) components. 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 solar manufacturing competitiveness across major global markets, including the US, EU, China, Southeast Asia, and India.

The candidate will also evaluate emerging cell and module technologies (such as HJT, BC, and perovskite/tandem cells) 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 and trade disputes shape the global solar manufacturing landscape. The candidate must have a strong technical/engineering background in solar PV manufacturing, along with the ability to engage with the policy, trade, and geopolitical dimensions of the sector. In addi

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