Narasimhan Santhanam @ E2Club
Chennai Area, India 
I am a cleantech and clean energy industry professional. Cofounded India's first boutique cleantech research and consulting firm EAI in 2008. Am fortunate to have worked in a range of cleantech sectors - solar PV & thermal, wind, waste to energy, biomass energy, biofuels, electric vehicles and biopolymers. Strengths in market research, market potential analyses and market entry strategy formulation for the cleantech sector.
Been in E2 Since: 2007
Currently @ EAI Link
Locations Worked in: Chennai, NCR, London,
Solar Energy
- Solar PV
- Ground Mounted Solar Power Plants
- Rooftop Solar Power Plants
Bio-Energy
- Biomass Heating
- Biomass Power Generation
- Biomass Gasification
- Biomass Supply
- Biomass Briquettes & Pellets
- Biofuels
- Ethanol
- Biodiesel
Skills/Tags
- Marketing & Biz Dev
- Market Research
- Business Analysis
My Projects
Carbon Zero Challenge 2018
Carbon Zero Challenge is a cleantech and clean energy contest for college students and young startups. Organised by IIT Madras, the 2018 contest involved multiple stages leading to a shortlist of 25 t...
Read More...PV Savvy - An Interactive Guide to Solar PV
PV Savvy is an online web resource that enables non-experts to understand solar PV (photovoltaic) in an easy, interesting and interactive manner. PV Savvy was developed by Solar Mango, the #1 Solar Gu...
Read More...Suseum - The Sustainability Museum
Suseum was a museum for sustainability, conceived, designed and run for 3 years by EAI. The objective was to create a central resource that celebrated and exhibited the various aspects of sustainabili...
Read More...What's Up
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HeroX - https://www.herox.com/ - Wow. Cute. A crowdsourcing platform for innovation. Why do I think I have seen something like this closer home!
Narasimhan Santhanam - Read
Sustainability roadmap for hospitals - a really nice compendium of ideas on energy, water and environment for hospitals & medical hospitals
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ClimateChangeWiki - a really nice compendium over 200 tools and technologies to combat climate change
Why E2
Why is working in Clean Energy & Environment sectors exciting for me?
A Better Planet It makes the world a safer and nicer place to live in
Deeply Satisfying It provides me a deep satisfaction that I’m making a difference
Reuniting with Nature It helps me reunite with nature and environment
Industry of Future Clean energy and cleantech are indeed the industries of the future!
World Changing It’s about technologies that can change the world
Just Gr8 It just feels great!
What in E2
What type of work in Clean Energy & Environment excites me?
Innovate Technology innovations that lead to world-changing solutions
Create Social Impact Work that results in significant societal impact
Market Development Business and market development to accelerate green tech adoption
Awareness Creation Education Awareness and Training to make more people eco-conscious
Hands-on Projects Hands-on work and projects that give a personal satisfaction
Business Support Helping entrepreneurs and businesses raise finance or other support resources
Just Anything! I just want to be a part of this movement!
My Gallery
EAI - Energy Alternatives India
EVREX - Electric Vehicle Summit at Hyderabad Co-organized by EAI, Feb 2018 at HITEC Expo Center
The Cleantech Guide
Climate Change for Idiots
Will Jinjinoo Drown? - An Eco-novel for Children
Solar Mango
Oilgae - online resource for algae
Push Trust - Education and Financial Support to Orphanage
Carbon Zero Challenge
ISB Cleantech Contest Judge - 2015
A Sustainable Software Company at Chennai - SolverMinds
Yes 3D BY Kerala Industries Dept - Moderator for Session - Sep 12 Cochin
Going Solar - A Webinar Co-hosted by Me for IITM Alums Worldwide
Solar Business Opportunities - A Value Chain Perspective
EAI - Energy Alternatives India
EAI, of which I am a co-founder, is a leading renewable energy and cleantech consulting firm in India.
EVREX - Electric Vehicle Summit at Hyderabad Co-organized by EAI, Feb 2018 at HITEC Expo Center
EAI coordinated EVREX, a prominent electric vehicle conference and exhibition. This was held in Hyderabad in Feb 2018. The conference had over 200 delegates and about 40 experts shared their views and insights
The Cleantech Guide
An online resource that provides simple answers to many interesting questions on cleantech, clean energy and environment
Climate Change for Idiots
Climate Change for Idiots, from the Cleantech Guide, is for the ordinary me and you. I have put together (easy to understand) answers to 70 questions that encompass most aspects of climate change and global warming relevant to the common person.
Will Jinjinoo Drown? - An Eco-novel for Children
Will Jinjinoo Drown? is the world’s first eco-novel for children, co-authored by me and my 9 year old niece Prakrithi. While the novel is suited for children of all ages beyond 6, children in the age group 7-13 will find the book especially interesting. You can download the book free from www.malarmugam.com
Solar Mango
Solar Mango provides effective, expert guidance for the adoption of solar energy for all user segments - from Watts to Gigawatts, from off-grid to rooftop solar to large-scale solar farms. We are also India's largest web resource for solar energy and its applications
Oilgae - online resource for algae
Started in 2007, Oilgae originally had a focus on biofuels, but has today grown into a comprehensive resource providing intelligence on a wide range of fuel and non-fuel products and solutions from algae.
Push Trust - Education and Financial Support to Orphanage
Push Trust is an orphanage for small children, in the outskirts of Chennai. My company has been continually supporting the trust for over 8 years now, through a mix of financing, educational and also other material support. While the experience has been satisfying, it also showed me how such discrete assistance can only make a marginal difference - what's needed is a more powerful and effective framework to make a sustainable difference to such organizations and its members.
ISB Cleantech Contest Judge - 2015
I was one of the judges of the MBA school cleantech contest organized by ISB in 2015. It was an interesting experience - while it showed the potential such contests have, it also showed how little even the top rung MBA schools in the country appreciated the real challenges in cleantech
A Sustainable Software Company at Chennai - SolverMinds
I had the opportunity in 2014 to do a brief assignment for a Chennai-based software firm, SolverMinds. My assignment revolved around rooftop solar, but I discovered the company had implemented many green processes - natural daylight and other green building concepts, energy efficient laptops, waterless urinals, waste minimization at canteen, water harvesting, sewage waste management, waste segregation at source, employee involvement in sustainability, diesel efficiency in buses...an inspiration!
Yes 3D BY Kerala Industries Dept - Moderator for Session - Sep 12 Cochin
Young Entrepreneur Summit (YES) was organized by the Kerala govt in Cochin in Sep 2017. The objective for the event was to be a starting point and a catalyst for startups and entrepreneurs in Kerala. I was the moderator for the cleantech conference session that was held as part of this event. http://www.yeskerala.org/yes-3d-2017
Going Solar - A Webinar Co-hosted by Me for IITM Alums Worldwide
I recently had the pleasure of co-hosting a webinar for my alum IIT Madras, on solar power plants. The webinar was presented by Mux Narasimhan, a 1995 IIT alum who runs PlaySolar, and was part of the cleantech special interest group under the IIT Madras alumni outreach program. I was the host for the event - was a fun experience, coordinating a webinar for the first time in my life. More from here - https://fundoo.info/going-solar-commercial-residential/
Solar Business Opportunities - A Value Chain Perspective
A white paper I co-authored on the various current and emerging business opportunities in the solar energy value chain. This white paper had a focus on the solar photovoltaic sector, and is one of the few documents that in my opinion has analysed the value chain in such a manner that a company wishing to diversify or a startup will find it to be a ready reckoner
My Videos
Suseum - the Sustainability Museum
Renergy 2012 - An introduction by Narasimhan
KSIDC (Kerala) Workshop: Sharing My Views on Renewable Energy Resources
Why a Solar Panel is Like Your Wife!
Basics of Rooftop Solar - An Intro by Solar Mango