Y V K Rahul Rao
Secunderabad
Summary
Dynamic Technical Lead with extensive experience at the Indian Agrivoltaics Alliance, driving impactful agrivoltaics policies and project reports. Proficient in Python and agile project management, I excel in stakeholder engagement and training development, contributing to national dialogues and enhancing project outcomes. Recognized for delivering innovative solutions in renewable energy especially in Agrivoltaics and Green Hydrogen.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Lead (Agrivoltaics)
Indian Agrivoltaics Alliance
New Delhi
11.2024 - Current
- Working on the Agrivoltaics policy with local ministries from an Indian context based on the awareness workshops.
- Prefeasibility reports for upcoming Agrivoltaics projects in India.
- Detailed project reports for existing agrivoltaics projects in India.
- Developing and reviewing advanced training materials being developed for farmers and student workshops.
- Organising several national and international conferences, round tables and paneö discussions.
- Participating in international conferences with scientific papers and abstracts.
Energy Advisor
Indo-German Energy Forum GIZ - IGEF (SO) - Agrivoltaics and Green Hydrogen
New Delhi
12.2021 - 09.2024
- Implementation of DeveloPPP project for pilot Agri-PV projects at various locations in India and Data generation and quantification of benefits in Maharashtra.
- Creation of content for farmer/student awareness workshops along with SCGJ.
- Participation in Private partnerships by fundraising planning and implementation.
- Training of trainers (ToTs) for 1500 farmer workshops on farmer level and student level with ASCI, NSFI, IARI, IAA.
- Power market trade analysis and high quality reporting for weekly and monthly updates, along with good overview of RE policies and standards in Europe especially for Agrivoltaics and Green Hydrogen
- Closely work with the scientific and expert community in India and Europe.
- National-level workshops on stake-holder consultation with MNRE, IARI (Establishment of COE)
- National-level workshop and panel discussion with state-level DISCOMs and Developers to explore scale-up with different models documented by IAA.
- Understanding light requirements of crop and solar installation based on different geographical locations and crop photosynthesis parameters.
- Extensive knowledge on crop simulation models by active participation in developing a model with AWC, Navyug, along with Sunseed. The crop growth simulation model is mainly based on analyzing photosynthesis rates of several crops.
- Interaction between the Ministry of New and Renewable Energies and other stakeholders, like Agricultural Universities, private partners, Farmer Producer organizations, KVKs, DISCOMs, and Developers. Also, active participation in the IKI proposal phase.
- Representing AgriPV scenario in India with all the GIZ - IGEF (SO) contributions on national and international platforms.
- Active participation in AgriPV and green hydrogen policy discussions. Measures to intensify policy dialogues in different states.
Researcher - Agrivoltaics
Fraunhofer ISE
Freiburg
07.2021 - 11.2021
- Applied techniques to achieve reliable research outcomes. Managed strategic research projects and communicated findings to stakeholders.
- Implemented research findings into product development through design team collaboration. Actively organizing AgriPV-related events and conferences in Europe and worldwide
KPI Reporting Engineer and later working student
Eon Energy/ RWE Renewable Energies
Hamburg / Essen
06.2016 - 07.2020
- SimulationX software for creating Hydrogen models.
- Documentation for workshops.
- Query data from SQL database and implement it to excel and generate reports.
- Several third party reports on monthly basis understanding the need of the customer.
- Customer support in understanding various aspects of the report provided in case of queries.
- Subsidy Analysis and reports for Power-to-Gas and Power-to-X.
Material Science Engineer
Airbus (Altran)
Bremen
09.2015 - 05.2016
- Environmental onsite leader responsible for the entirety of hazardous materials, waste, and record keeping with zero recordable spills.
- Assist in recommending a course of action for the scheduling of preventative, corrective, and reliability. Various aircraft construction assessment and Assembly principles based on documents like RSDP, SSL, MPSL, and SIDP.
- Being the mediator for the customer and the Materials and Processes specialists for various departments like Surface Technology, Assembly Technology, NDT, Standardization Department, and Metal Technology.
- Handling the DQNs and the assessments on these notes with respect to First Part qualifications.
- Handling Concession management, NSPI, and CPPR requests for various modifications on ongoing processes
Education
Master of Science - Master of Engineering: Renewable Energy Systems
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Hamburg2021
Master of Science - Master of Science
Dalarna University
Borlange2021
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Nalla Malla Reddy Engineering College
Hyderabad2010
Skills
- Tableau, Microsoft Office (Teams, Outlook etc)
- Windows & Linux operating systems
- Cloud technologies training and development
- Reporting template development
- Excel proficiency with project budget allocation Technical project planning
- Agile project management Documentation Management Quality assurance
Office 365 - Python Programming PVsyst, Helioscope, HOMER Matlab, Simulink
Languages
English C1
German B2,
French A2,
Telugu C1,
Hindi C1,
Tamil B2
Timeline
Technical Lead (Agrivoltaics)
Indian Agrivoltaics Alliance
11.2024 - Current
Energy Advisor
Indo-German Energy Forum GIZ - IGEF (SO) - Agrivoltaics and Green Hydrogen
12.2021 - 09.2024
Researcher - Agrivoltaics
Fraunhofer ISE
07.2021 - 11.2021
KPI Reporting Engineer and later working student
Eon Energy/ RWE Renewable Energies
06.2016 - 07.2020
Material Science Engineer
Airbus (Altran)
09.2015 - 05.2016
Master of Science - Master of Engineering: Renewable Energy Systems
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Master of Science - Master of Science
Dalarna University
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Nalla Malla Reddy Engineering College
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