Dr. Naveed Arshad, Director, Lums Energy Institute

Dr. Naveed Arshad directs the LUMS Energy Institute, one of Pakistan’s leading research centres on energy systems, policy, and transition. LUMS has been a key convener of national and regional conversations on clean energy, hosting the Asia Energy Transition Summit and providing an academic platform where government, industry, and civil society can engage with the research needed to guide Pakistan’s power sector transformation. The Energy Institute’s work spans technical modelling of power systems, policy analysis on renewable energy regulation, and engagement with the financial and governance dimensions of decarbonising Pakistan’s electricity grid. Dr. Arshad’s leadership of this institution places him at the centre of Pakistan’s intellectual infrastructure for the energy transition, a role that becomes more consequential as the country faces decisions about grid investment, fossil fuel phase-out, and the management of a rapidly growing distributed solar sector.