Dr. Gireesh Shrimali is a Research Scholar at Stanford University. He is also a visiting  scholar at the Center for Climate Finance and Investment at Imperial College as well as  the Singapore Green Finance Center at Singapore Management University. Previously, he  was the Director of Climate Policy Initiative’s India Program, and a Research Fellow at  the Sustainable Finance Initiative as well as the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy  and Finance at Stanford University. He has taught at Johns Hopkins University,  Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Indian School of Business, and Indian  Institute of Management. 

His research focus is on renewable energy finance and policy, on the catalytic role of  finance in getting to the 2C climate target, and on pathways for provision of low-cost,  long-term capital for clean energy transition. His work has included topics such as  analysis of India’s renewable policies, the impact of federal and state policy on the  development and deployment of renewable energy in the USA, and business models for  off-grid energy in developing countries. He is also focusing on ESG issues, such as  climate financial risk measurement and management, strategies for net zero transitions,  and transition bonds as well as Scope 3 emissions.  

He holds a PhD from Stanford University, an MS from the University of Minnesota,  Minneapolis, and a BTech from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. Prior to  his academic/research career, he has over nine years of industry experience designing  high-speed networking and computing systems.