Epica Mandal Sarkar

Epica Mandal Sarkar is a Research Consultant working with the materials group. She has completed M.E. in Chemical Engineering from Jadavpur University Kolkata, West Bengal, and her B.Tech, in Chemical Engineering from West Bengal University of Technology. Prior to joining CSTEP, Epica worked as Research fellow at Jadavpur University. Her areas of interest include renewable energy, material flow analysis, and process optimisation.

Electrified transport: Countdown to 2030
The Government of India is aiming to have only electric vehicles operating in the country by 2030. Despite the various policy initiatives that are being undertaken to make progress towards this ambitious target, the adoption of electric vehicles remains quite low. In this article, Sarkar and Sarkar discuss why this is so and what can be done to stimulate sale of electric vehicles in India.
