Mr. Shwetal Shah is the Technical Advisor – Climate Change for the Government of Gujarat, India. Climate Policy, Climate Actions, adaptation and mitigation strategies, climate finance are his areas of work and interest. He is spearheading activities of Climate Change Department viz. renewable energy policies, State Action Plan on Climate Change, Covenant of Mayors of Gujarat, Promotion of Electric Vehicles in Gujarat, National and International Collaborations and state-wide climate change awareness campaign.
He has obtained M. Tech. (Energy Management) and M. Sc. (Environment Management) from Forest Research Institute University (FRI), Dehradun. He has worked as the Chief Minister’s Fellow during the year 2010-11 with the then Chief Minister of Gujarat and now Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi and worked on crucial issues of Resource Conservation, Solid and Liquid Waste Management, Renewable Energy, Marine Debris and Green Buildings.
He is visiting faculty at School of Liberal Studies (SLS), Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU). He has delivered more than 200 talks and presentations on various subjects of climate change, environment management, disaster management in UN, Universities, Conferences, Seminars both at National and International levels. He has also written papers on carbon neutral town concept, vision for Sustainable Development Goal 2030, District Adaptation framework, Climate Change Action Plan etc. He has been trained as Climate Leader by former US Vice-President Mr. Al Gore in Los Angeles during 2018. He has travelled in four continents to deliberate on environmental issues.