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About Me Mr. Rajiv is an international energy expert, electrical engineer, research, energy, and climate policy professional with nearly two decades of expertise and experience in Cross Border Energy Trade (CBET), Regional Energy/Power Grid Integration strategy, Regional Power/Energy Markets (REMs); Policy, Regulatory, Legal, Technical, Operational, Planning, Investment, Political-Economy, Geopolitical aspects of CBET & REM, Regional Institution Building, Clean Energy Transition, Sustainable Development, Climate Change (CC), Energy Security & CC strategies, etc. He possesses a unique set of knowledge/expertise across many regional markets: South Asia (SA)/SAARC, the Middle East (GCC), Africa, Southeast Asia/ASEAN, Asia-Pacific, North Asia, Europe, the Mediterranean, North America, Latin America, and Central America on strategies for Energy Grid and Market Integration, Trans-Regional and Intercontinental Energy Grid Connectivity/Integration, OSOWOG, Green Grid, Super Grid, and Regional Green Power Pool. He engages & renders his technical expertise and thoughts as a technical resource person to a wide range of stakeholders: policymakers, regulators, members of parliaments, system planners, researchers, & think tanks for societal well-being. He is an avid reader & keen observer of energy cooperation politics, international relations, & geopolitics in South Asia, BIMSTEC, ASEAN, Central Asia, and across the Indo-Pacific region. Mr. Panda is credited with authoring more than 80 national and international publications. As a multidisciplinary professional, outside of his core area of expertise, he takes learning interest in and engages in intellectual endeavors in very diverse areas such as history, socio-cultural, inter-faith & religion, nationalism & multilateralism, statecraft, Vedic philosophy, space & plant science, artificial intelligence, political psychology, human competition & concept of human in science of philosophy, etc.