Shivansh Bansal ’27, Operations Research and Financial Engineering

Shivansh Bansal ’27

Major

Operations Research and Financial Engineering

Project Title

Air Quality Co-benefits of Power Sector Decarbonization Over India

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Minor(s): Statistics and Machine Learning

I contributed to an integrated modeling framework that aims to understand the air quality and health co-benefits of power sector decarbonization in India. By reviewing academic literature, I developed methodologies to create location-specific emission inventories for coal-fired power plants that account for factors like coal composition and pollutant control technologies. I then processed data to calculate emission factors and visualize insights, uncovering inconsistencies that prompted me to revise my approaches. Through this iterative process, I gained valuable skills in efficiently reviewing research, constructing data processing workflows and conducting accuracy checks. My work will feed into the Mauzerall group’s broader effort to explore the synergies and tradeoffs between air quality, health, carbon emissions and system costs under different potential power sector decarbonization pathways for India. As an aspiring engineer with a passion for sustainability, I found this experience particularly rewarding, as it allowed me to apply my technical background to a pressing environmental challenge. This internship has strengthened my interest in pursuing research related to sustainability and the environment.