Mayur Karmarkar is the Sustainable Energy Team Leader of Copper Alliance, the global network and Managing Director of the International Copper Association India, whose mission is to promote the use of copper that makes this sustainable element an essential contributor to sustainable development. Mayur oversees institutional & program strategies, approve new lines of work, and is responsible for ICA’s Sustainable Energy & Electrical Safety programs. Over the last two decades, he has promoted energy efficiency, the use of renewable energy sources, and the generation of energy at or near the site where the energy is used. At ICA Mayur led projects such as the development of enabling technology center for copper rotor motors in India, and the Indian government’s solar water heater market transformation, among other experiences related to Standards, Labelling and Metrology in Egypt, United Arab Emirates and India.
Currently, he is working with many developed & emerging economies in the Asia Pacific and the Middle East region in developing energy efficiency & renewable energy institutional framework, policies & market mechanism.