Niladri Roy is an experienced clean energy industry professional with 6 years in senior management, providing intelligent energy products, platforms and services to utility and renewables clients across diverse global markets, calling in from Clapham, London. Formerly as part of core leadership at clean tech startup Climate Connect Digital, he successfully grew the business leading to acquisition and integration by major international green energy developer Renew (NASDAQ: RNW). Then he drove the energy and carbon software prong of its global growth strategy. Early on his journey, he was inspired by life and travel experiences to roll up his sleeves and muck in for global energy transition. It's a commitment that roots back to vivid early memories of visits to cities darkened by load shedding power cuts across the developing world. He holds a BEng in Electronic & Computer Systems Engineering from King's College London (1999 - 2003), and MSc in Economics and Policy of Energy and The Environment (The Bartlett, Institute of Energy) from UCL (2016 - 2017), where his dissertation was "How technology-centric policies, regulation, and standards can enable innovation of grid-scale energy storage".
In this episode, we discuss what ecopreneurship essentially means to Niladri, working as a 9-figure nomad, productivity tips, and lessons he learned working as a school teacher spending a few years as a nomad in Cambodia and Myanmar, and how that inspired him to pivot from his traditional 9-5 career in telecoms to working at a high-growth startup in global energy transition and climate change.
Having had a rather unconventional and technical journey, today's guest Niladri shares unique lessons learned and insights, particularly for the youth generation who want to make a positive impact.
Topics:
(00:00) - Intro
(01:54) - Our guest's introduction
(02:38) - What clean energy and business means to you
(03:57) - About your profession and what Climate Connect Digital does
(08:36) - How ML plays a role in clean energy
(13:59) - Learning methods you used to teach yourself on these topics & how early-stage bright young dynamic motivated people can learn new technical things & productivity tips
(17:43) - Your travels in Southeast Asia and what you learnt
(21:01) - Advice for future change makers
(23:34) - Do you encourage young people travel?
(27:26) - Work life balance (do you believe in it?)
(30:50) - Who inspires you?
(33:24) - What are you going to be working on next?
(36:25) - Our guest's last question
Here are his action items:
1. Don't get bogged down in information paralysis
2. You have the Internet at your disposal - utilise it!
3. Don't listen to the doomers who say the world will end. There's a lot of work to do, but we live in the best times of humanity!
We hope you find value in our discussion and learn useful information!
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Niladri:
LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/niladri-roy-energy-transition
Climate Connect Digital - https://climateconnect.digital/
🎥 Edited by Josh
🗓️ Recorded on July 12th, 2024
