Deepika Nagabhushan leads the CCS program at Clean Air Task Force (CATF), which develops policy and advocacy strategies aimed at making carbon capture & storage (CCS) technologies widely available, globally by mid-century. Deepika develops analysis and leads advocacy efforts related to CCS policy, in the US both federally as well as at the state level. Some of her projects include power sector modeling that studied CCS deployment in the US under federal 45Q tax credit that the Congress passed in 2018, an assessment of the role of a decarbonized grid in developing countries, and securing a CCS protocol under the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard program. She works across policy, regulatory and market-based areas related to CCS.

Prior to joining CATF, Deepika spent 5 years with Schneider Electric, where she led the deployment of global marketing operations across Asia-Pacific countries and managed marketing communication projects for Schneider Electric’s energy management solutions in the United States. She also helped expand the reach of Schneider Electric Access to Energy initiative by identifying partner companies and frameworks for collaboration.

Deepika graduated in 2015 from The Earth Institute at Columbia University with a Master of Science in Sustainability Management. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Bangalore University in Karnataka, India. She is currently based in San Francisco.