Technical Officer, Industrial Program
Devaki Sakhamuru, Technical Officer, Industrial Program, provides technical expertise on offset project review and verification oversight for ACR projects on a variety of sectors with an emphasis on industrial projects (ozone depleting substances (ODS) destruction, low GWP refrigerants, fuel switching, mine methane and transportation). She is responsible for accurate and timely review of documents for listing, certification, and registration of California and ACR projects.
Devaki is passionate about identifying new methods to lower CO2 emissions using a systems thinking approach. Before joining ACR, Devaki has served as executive chair and department representative for graduate women at MIT, researched at the MIT energy initiative, and served as operations director at the MIT energy night. She received a master’s degree in Engineering and Management in the System Design and Management program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology along with a Sustainability certificate from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Her master’s thesis at MIT focused on strategic decarbonization of the Indian Cement Industry. She has an undergraduate degree in Architecture from Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University in India.
