Akshar Sharma

Akshar Sharma is a Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia, based in Ahmedabad, where he works on the Emissions Trading Scheme project in Gujarat. His work focuses on the measurement systems supporting the particulate emissions market, including government emissions databases, CEMS data architecture, systems integration, and processes used to assess plant emissions and permit liability. He also analyses market data across compliance periods to understand trading behaviour among participating industries.

Prior to joining J-PAL, Akshar worked in engineering research at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on a computer vision project and as a research intern at IIM Lucknow on time-series modelling. He subsequently worked at Echelon Edge, where he led competitive research on enterprise software, and at Ambient Scientific as a data scientist. He also worked on a survey research project at INSEAD, managing the data pipeline and co-authoring two policy reports for the French Ministry of Economy and Finance.

Akshar holds a Master’s in Management from INSEAD, France and Singapore, and a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai.