Ashish Toby

I began my career eager to dive into energy research, but soon realised how slow the industry was to adopt new technologies. To gain a broader perspective, I joined EDF, where I loved turning market data into strategic insights. Now, my focus is on bridging energy investments, economics, and technological innovation to help accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future.

Here are some of my achievements:

• Nearly doubled baseline perovskite solar cell efficiency in a two-member team.
• Improved regional investment accuracy in the upcoming energy sector of Europe and America.
• Negotiated administrative reforms as the General Secretary of the institute and led a 100K-attendee campus festival with €90K+ budget.

I want to drive renewable adoption.

I believe in sustainable solutions.

I am here to make a positive impact in the energy sector.

Électricité de France (EDF)

Paris

Strategy Analyst – Energy Investments

May – Nov 2023

• Advised 5 key technological decisions in the renewable energy sector, evaluating geopolitical risk and ROI projections, leading to cross-collaboration with the French government.
• Enhanced regional investment data, covering €500 M+ assets across Europe & Americas, using Python for financial projections.
• Synthesized competitor benchmarking reports and presentations on 15 European energy majors, identifying partnership and technology gaps to inform M&A strategy.

CNRS-IPVF

Paris

Research Consultant, Solar Technologies

Mar – Sep 2022

• Improved perovskite solar cell efficiency from 10% to 18% by identifying technical bottlenecks and optimizing experimental design in a lean two-member team.
• Redesigned lab processes, reducing workforce dependency by 50% and material use by 20%.
• Automated data‑processing pipelines in Python, improving efficiency and accuracy by 90%.

École Polytechnique (X) 

Paris

MSc&T Energy Environment: Science, Technology and Management 

2021-2024

• Fondation ParisTech Scholar (1 of 3/250), specialized in economic modelling of value chains in hydrogen, carbon capture, battery storage, wind and solar energy sector.
• Project Management – Building Transformation: Increased energy efficiency by 70% and reduced project duration by 30% in a four-member team.
• Predictive modelling project: Achieved 98% accuracy for sea‑level projections vs. IPCC benchmarks using R and Python.

National Institute of Technology Calicut

Kozhikode

B.Tech Mechanical Engineering 

2017 – 2021

• Ranked top 1% in national entrance (1.2 M+ applicants).
• General Secretary, Student Affairs: Negotiated administrative reforms and led 100K-attendee campus festival with €90K+ budget, managing 12 cross-functional teams.