Augustine Peter served as Director General, PPAC, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas during 2011-2014. As part of this he was part of discussions on energy and environmental issues at the national and international forums like the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Later as Consultant in the Research and Information System for developing countries (RIS) he researched and advised on issues like Competition Policy and Law and Sustainability, Just and Fair Energy Transition and Net Zero related issues.

An Advocate on Record since 2013, he had LLB (2006) from the Kerala Law Academy, Kerala University and LLM (2009) from the Delhi University. Over 16 years he has been practicing in the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court and other Courts and Tribunals in a wide range of areas including regulatory issues. He specialises in Energy and Environment and Competition Law.

A law graduate (BA LLB) (Hons), she has deep interest in regulatory laws. She is registered with the Bar Council of Delhi since 2022. Her areas of specialisation are Banking & Finance and Energy and Environment.

Somit Dasgupta was a Member of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) during 2015-19. He is an erstwhile officer of the Indian Economic Service (IES) of the 1984 batch and has had a long association with the power sector, having worked for more than 22 years in various capacities in the Ministry of Power, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) and also the Niti Aayog (formerly known as Planning Commission). During his stint with the government spanning over three decades, he has also worked in other Ministries/ Departments of the Government of India such as the National Building Organization, Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Somit Dasgupta holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University (1980-82) and he had acquired his M. Phil Degree on ‘Economic Planning’ from the University of Glasgow (1997-98). He was awarded his Ph.D. in the year 2013 from Jawaharlal Nehru University and the subject of his dissertation was ‘Power Sector Reforms in India’.

Before taking over as Member (Economic & Commercial) in the CEA in July, 2015, he was working as Advisor (Power & Coal) at Niti Aayog and was responsible for formulation of policy, development of long term plans, appraisal of plan schemes etc. He has also served in the Board of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and the Bhartiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd. (BHAVINI).

As Member (Economic & Commercial) in CEA, Somit Dasgupta looked after areas such as tariff determination, all other financial and economic issues concerning the power sector, electricity laws and its regulations including policies such as the National Electricity Plan and the Tariff Policy, litigation in matters pertaining to the electricity sector etc. He also functioned as the Internal Financial Advisor for CEA.

The areas of specialisation of Somit Dasgupta include energy transition, electricity laws and regulations, regulatory economics, determination of electricity tariffs, electricity markets and climate change issues.