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Essential qualifications & experience required: Postgraduate degree or bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Energy, Renewable Energy, Power Systems, Environmental Sciences, Economics, or a related field. Minimum 15 years of relevant professional experience in the energy/power or renewable energy sector

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Role Overview The Consultant/Advisor will be responsible for developing a technically robust and implementable framework for enabling Feeder-Level Solarisation (FLS) projects under PM-KUSUM to participate in carbon markets. The assignment aims to establish the technical and institutional foundations required for generating high-integrity carbon credits from FLS interventions and ensuring the transparent, equitable, and sustainable distribution of carbon revenues among farmers, distribution companies (DISCOMs), implementing agencies, and other relevant stakeholders. What You Will Do Developing a Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) framework that enables the credible quantification, monitoring, and verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions achieved through FLS interventions, in line with internationally recognized carbon market standards. Designing a carbon revenue-sharing framework that proposes transparent, equitable, and financially sustainable mechanisms for distributing carbon revenues among farmers, DISCOMs, implementing agencies, and other relevant stakeholders. Why It Might Be a Fit The assignment is expected to support the development of a scalable carbon finance model that can strengthen the long-term financial sustainability of feeder-level solarisation initiatives in India. The Consultant/Advisor will be responsible for providing high-level technical and policy advice and translating research/evidence into actionable recommendations. Requirements Postgraduate degree or bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Energy, Renewable Energy, Power Systems, Environmental Sciences, Economics, or a related field. Minimum 15 years of relevant professional experience in the energy/power or renewable energy sector. Demonstrated experience in project management, policy development/advisory, and implementation of large-scale energy/renewable energy programmes. Strong experience working with the Government of India, State Governments, utilities/DISCOMs, regulators, and other senior stakeholders. Experience providing strategic advice and engaging with senior bureaucrats, technocrats, and institutional partners. Benefits Competitive rate Two (02) months contract duration

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