Mr. Debasis Mohapatra

Director - Sustainable Outreach and Universal Leadership Limited (SOUL)

Debasis brings with him more than 25 years of consulting experience in the power sectors of India, Nigeria, Tanzania, Thailand, Bangladesh, Nepal and Saudi Arabia.

In India, Debasis has worked with the governments, regulators and utilities in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. He has been associated with several engagements funded by DFID, World Bank, ADB and JBIC. Debasis has also advised other clients including NDPL, RECL, IEEMA and ICC. Internationally, Debasis has advised power sector clients in Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Thailand.

Debasis has led and delivered assignments in technical, commercial, financial and regulatory matters pertaining to electricity distribution and retail supply. His areas of specialization include policy and regulations, organisational design and institutional capacity building including learning & development of human resources; performance improvement through business process reengineering and / or digital transformation; organization change management; and, programme management of large transformation projects.