ICF is seeking a Cleantech Sector Specialist - Solar to provide technical and strategic inputs for the solar photovoltaic manufacturing workstream under the National Mission on Cleantech Manufacturing.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead strategy development for solar PV manufacturing, including cells and modules.
• Map domestic manufacturing capacity, component value chains, import dependencies, cost structures, bottlenecks, stakeholders, and opportunities for backward integration.
• Develop solar sector indigenization pathways, year-wise localisation targets, incentive instruments, and government interventions.
• Provide inputs on DCR, ALMM, BIS standards, trade measures, taxation, procurement mechanisms, and demand creation.
• Support R&D; partnerships, academic-industry collaboration, technology transfer, and equipment localisation.
• Develop sector-specific financial models, cost-benefit analyses, and market intelligence covering polysilicon, wafer, cell, and module pricing.
• Support state manufacturing strategies, cluster readiness assessments,
circular economy and raw-material strategies, and investor engagement.
• Lead industry consultations and contribute to baseline reports, roadmaps, dashboards, thematic reports, and consolidated deliverables.
Required skills and experience:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering/equivalent.
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in solar rooftop projects.
Working Relationships :
Work closely with Client, internal PMU colleagues and relevant state, utility, financial, vendor or technology stakeholders.
Maintain role-specific work plans, action trackers, deliverable calendars and supporting records.
Produce transparent, accurate and decision-ready outputs within agreed timelines and quality standards.
Handle programme, beneficiary, financial, portal and stakeholder information confidentially and follow approved access and information-security requirements.
Undertake field travel and support urgent programme reviews when required by the
📌 Cleantech Sector Specialist (New Delhi)
🏢 ICF
📍 New Delhi