IN ITS VISION to go 'net-zero' carbon emissions target by 2070 , the Government of India's Convergence Energy Services has led from the front since inception in 2020. With a long-term ambition of electrifying 50,000 buses in major cities of the country, the Power Ministry arm started in earnest with a tender for over 5,000 e-buses. Mahua Acharya, who has worked with the World Bank in Washington DC understands green vehicle financing intimately and was seen as one of the key architects in putting these tenders up. Having worked in multiple countries for over decades of experience in green finance, renewable energy, and carbon markets, Mahua was able to wade through the bureaucratic challenges of looking at a win-win for Bus Manufacturers, State Transport Undertakings and the Local Municipal Corporations to get the ball rolling. She has recently resigned from the organisation. She spoke with Autocar Professional about her experience in the sector.
How would you describe your two-year tenure at CESL in terms of success, disappointments and challenges?
It has been two incredible years. This was both the best job and the hardest! It is also the hardest I've worked! But it was the most fun I've had in any place. It has also been probably the most fulfilling. So, an intense time, to say the least.
I can say that the electric bus programme was perhaps the country's biggest achievement and it has only just started. I am aware that in a country as big and complicated as India, it will take a bit of time. But I am sure that after having finished a tender for nearly 12,000 electric buses, the ball is set in motion.
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