Ranjan K Bose

Bio

Dr. Ranjan K. Bose is a Group Leader in the Mobility and Energy Transitions Analysis (META) Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He is recognized as a leading international authority on transportation technology assessment, transportation energy and emissions modeling, fuel quality, emissions standards, climate and sustainable transportation policy. He has communicated his work through publications in international respected journals, contributions made as a Fulbright Post-doctoral Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, US and a Visiting Scientist in the Riso National Laboratory, Denmark.

Ranjan was one of a select group of IPCC experts who wrote and edited the “Chapter 5: Transport and its Infrastructure” in the 2007 IPCC report, “Mitigation of Climate Change”. IPCC was bestowed with the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 and for this publication he was recognized as a major contributor.

Prior to joining ORNL in November 2022, Ranjan was at the World Bank in Washington DC for 15 years and served as the Bank’s Senior Energy Specialist, after a long illustrious career in The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, India. At the Bank, he has expanded his research interests to include the impacts of urbanization on energy demand and emissions in the developing world, considering not just transport but all sectors. Ranjan has a proven track record in addressing complex urban energy and mobility systems, delivering value and innovation in tools, policy, strategy and planning.  His analysis includes fast tracking of electric vehicle regulations and policies worldwide, all the while addressing broader transportation issues such as urban structure, travel demand, infrastructure investment, and fiscal policy.

With significant global experience, his work focused on the design of innovative data-driven city diagnostic tools for sustainable urban energy planning, dissemination of knowledge products and guidebooks for practitioners. He examined a wide range of planning, technology and policy issues associated with reforms of public transport systems to design economically, environmentally, and socially inclusive sustainable urban mobility programs.

Ranjan received a PhD in Sustainable Urban Energy Management from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Master’s in Statistics from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, and a Bachelor’s in Mathematics (Honors) from Delhi University.