Saumya Bhavsar

M.Sc. – Economics and Business Administration (Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment), Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Norway

M.Sc. – Sustainability and Social Innovation, HEC Paris, France

B.Tech. – Production Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat, India

Saumya Bhavsar is Project Manager on the Pan-Canadian Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Bus Demonstration and Integration Trial. In this role, Saumya manages the launch and implementation of demonstration and early scale deployment projects with a specific focus on hydrogen-based transit applications.

Prior to joining CUTRIC, Saumya has most recently worked as an energy-efficiency programming consultant, policy researcher at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, and a thought leader at a co-founded sustainability education and consulting organization. Prior to postgraduation, Saumya worked for several years as a project planner on Engineering – Procurement – Construction (EPC) projects in the midstream oil and gas industry in Canada and Malaysia.

Saumya Bhavsar is currently based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.