Niraj Bhargava

Founder & CEO - The New Energy Group

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University

Niraj Bhargava (P.Eng, MBA, ICD.D) is Founder and CEO of The New Energy Group (NEG), and also is currently Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Sprott Business School, at Canada's Capital University, Carleton University.

Recently, Niraj was Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Energate Inc., a venture-backed tech company specializing in home energy management and smart grid solutions, including technology deployed in the successful smart grid project awarded the highest global industry honors in 2013 by avoiding 200 MW of new power generation through efficiencies. Over ten years with Niraj as its leader, Energate was thrice awarded a place on Canada's Green 15 list of successful green technology companies and has been listed on the Global Smart Grid 50 and Deloitte's Fast 50.

Previously, Niraj was President and CEO of Enerstat Limited, the company that first commercialized the electronic programmable thermostat, and led it through a turnaround and acquisition. After Enerstat, he became CEO of QCED Inc., a faculty member in Entrepreneurship at Queen's University, a Director of the Queen's Executive MBA, and then Dean of the Business School at Royal Roads University. Earlier in his career, Niraj practiced engineering at Bell-Northern Research and IBM, marketing and business development at Northern Telecom and General Electric, and was the founding General Manager of GE Energy Management.

Niraj has a BASc. from University of Waterloo and an MBA from Ivey Business School, as well as an International Business certificate from Stockholm School of Economics. Niraj lives in Ottawa and Bali in Asia, embraces the outdoors, and travels extensively with his family focusing on international development and sustainability.