Anoop Singh is a professor in the Department of Management Sciences and an adjunct professor in the Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering at IIT Kanpur. He is also the founder of the Centre for Energy Regulation (CER) and the Energy Analytics Lab (EAL) at IIT Kanpur. In addition, he is currently an independent director of MP Power Management Company Limited. He is/has been a member of NITI Aayog’s Energy Modeling Forum, Central Advisory Committee of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), the State Advisory Committee of the Electricity Regulatory Commissions of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Meghalaya, and the Policy Advisory Vision Group for Renewable Energy Development in Odisha. His areas of expertise include a broad spectrum of policy, regulatory, modelling and analytics work relating to the power sector, renewable energy and the power market. Moreover, he is a founding board member and vice-president (conferences) of the Indian Association of Energy Economics.
Singh has contributed over 100 regulatory and policy submissions. He has four books and numerous publications to his credit. He is the editor of Regulatory Insights and Power Chronicle, the quarterly periodicals published by CER and EAL respectively. He is also the coordinator of IIT Kanpur’s eMasters Degree programme on “Power Sector Regulation, Economics and Management”. The CER has also launched unique regulatory certification programmes on regulation, renewables and the power market, incorporating an exam module.
For Singh, the biggest dividend is his students doing well in life. “I always tell my students to think about the long-term, and that there are no shortcuts in life. Being engaged in the classroom and staying attentive are key,” he says.
In his spare time, Singh likes to indulge in photography, gardening and cooking. “Photography, particularly of butterflies, was my first passion. Occasional cooking is also a great way to relax mentally. It gives a nice break from the usual grind. I also love to experiment with recipes using exotic ingredients from my kitchen garden,” he says.
Going forward, he wishes to spend more time pursuing his research ideas. “A key issue is that a lot of research in India happens in silos. However, if one needs to research a policy or regulatory topic well, knowledge of technology, operations, economics, finance, law and modelling is needed. This kind of research is ultimately helpful for policymakers and regulators,” he says.
