Indian Institute of Science
India
Gautham is a research scholar at the Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. His research focuses on the sustainability assessment of the advanced biofuel value chains for transition in the Indian transport system. He has been a recipient of the prestigious Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) since 2021. In the past few years, he has taken up various voluntary teaching activities for university students in India, having taught subjects like sustainability and biomass energy systems. Gautham completed his master's degree in Energy Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin in 2015 and his bachelor's degree from the National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India, in 2011. He has worked as a project manager for solar power projects in India for three years prior to his current stint as a doctoral student. He is a polyglot and speaks five languages fluently, including Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, English, and German.