Aneri Patel, in one week, will be graduating the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with honors and distinction, and with bachelors in International Studies with an environmental studies concentration. Starting in June, she will be working in Washington, D.C. as a Legal Assistant at the leading international firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP. She became interested in her research topic of renewable energy from interning in the office of Policy Coordination and Initiatives in the Oceans, Environmental and Scientific Affairs Bureau at the Department of State. Shortly after, she completed an international energy assessment program in the U.K at Cambridge University. This past year she worked on her undergraduate honors thesis on renewable energy project barriers and successes in rural India. Her presentation will highlight her case study chapter from her thesis.

Author of: Renewable Energy Development in Rural India: A Case Study of Wind Energy in Tamil Nadu and Solar Energy in West Bengal