Ms. Mahua Acharya

Published On: 9th January, 2025

Ms. Mahua Acharya is the Chief of Staff at CQuest Capital, LLC. Prior to this, she served as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of state-owned energy transition company, Convergence Energy Services Limited of the Government of India, where she led electric mobility initiatives for India, and significantly, the largest and most unprecedented electric bus programme across the world that yielded prices that are lower than diesel. Her ground-breaking work in the sector garnered international recognition.

With over two decades of experience, Acharya has made significant contributions to green finance, renewable energy, and carbon markets across multiple countries. She previously held positions at the 29-country intergovernmental agency, the Global Green Growth Institute, and the World Bank, where she played a pioneering role in the carbon market.

She is a cofounder of the Ashoka Centre for a People Centric Energy Transition, co-founder faculty of an executive education program at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, serves on the boards of multiple international entities and has appeared on international and Indian listings of women in leadership. She holds a Masters’s degree from Yale University, further solidifying her expertise in the energy and environmental sectors.

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