Divya Rajasekaran
Dublin
Summary
Offering strong ability to lead teams with confidence and clear communication. Knowledgeable about strategic planning, problem-solving, and decision making. Ready to use and develop leadership, project management, and organisational skills in the Transformation Delivery role.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
2036
2036
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Programme Executive Funded research RDD
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Dublin
2023.09 - 2026.02
- Project & Programme Delivery
- Key lead of SEAI RDD KPIs. Lead PMO-style coordination for 50+ active national innovation projects (€multi-million portfolio), ensuring progress tracking, milestone achievement, risk management, compliance and reporting. Delivering high quality outputs under deadlines across technical and policy-driven environments. Drive the annual RDD Call Topic Consultation Process, coordinating cross-departmental inputs (SEAI, D/Climate, DAFM, industry and academia), ensuring alignment to Ireland’s climate and energy ambitions. Support performance management of RDD KPIs across internal SEAI teams. Introduced improvements to reporting workflows, improving accuracy and turnaround time. Contribute to shaping SEAI’s Research & Innovation Strategy through structured consultation, insights gathering, data analysis and cross-team collaboration
- Transformation & Communications
- Lead of Research to Policy transformation and communication activities of SEAI RDD., Lead and support national-level research engagement initiatives as RDD Seminar Series (biannual), National Energy Research & Policy Conference – Research Sprint, Women in Energy Research Programme, SEAI–DAFM collaboration events for 2025, Energy Shows, Energy awards Judging panel committee
Postdoctoral Fellow Lv-1 RA
CRANN, TCD
2021.07 - 2023.09
- Led technical delivery on polymer recycling/upcycling workpackage of BioICEP Horizon 2020 consortium spanning 7 EU partners + China. Coordinated multidisciplinary stakeholders across geographically dispersed teams, ensuring alignment and seamless collaboration. Represented TCD at annual consortium meetings in Spain (2023) and Serbia (2022). Full lifecycle project oversight: scope, schedule management, risks, deliverables, milestone reporting and budget monitoring
Postgraduate researcher
PhD IIT Roorkee
Roorkee
2016.01 - 2021.07
- Worked as a full-time researcher on development of recycling methodologies for mixed polymer wastes, blends/composites. Alongside of working on an independent project, Managed lab operations, supervised graduate students, coordinated equipment training, and presented findings internationally. Built expertise in research project planning, reporting, and execution
Education
Micro-credential - Energy Economics and Policy
University of Limerick
IrelandPh.D. - Polymer and Process Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee, India 2016.01 - 2021.01
Master of Technology - Polymer Science and Engineering
Anna University, College of Engineering
India 2012.01 - 2014.01
Bachelors in Technology - Polymer Technology
Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology
India 2008.01 - 2012.01
Skills
- Project & Programme Management
- PMO Operations, Governance & Reporting
- Delivery of results
- Stakeholder & Partner Engagement
- Strategic Transformation Delivery
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
- Workshop Design, Facilitation & Public Engagement
- Strategic marketing campaigns
FEATURED
- Women in Energy Research and Innovation SEAI RDD Video
- Polymer Research Professional Interview Portal
- Women in Energy Research and Innovation SEAI RDD Video
RESEARCH, LEADERSHIP & REPRESENTATION
- Lead: Research to Policy of SEAI RDD
- Lead and featured in Women in Energy RDD Video (Link in section featured)
- SEAI Representative: Environ 2025, TRA Conference, SEAI Energy Show
- Judge: SEAI Energy Awards 2024
- Lead: RDD Seminar Series (2024–2025)
- Lead: Research Sprint (National Energy Research & Policy Conference 2024)
- Lead: Women in Energy Research Initiative (Ongoing)
- Coordinated : DAFM Bioeconomy event 2025
- EU Horizon 2020 Representative – BioICEP Annual Meetings (Spain 2023, Serbia 2022)
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Programme Executive Funded research RDD
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
2023.09 - 2026.02
Postdoctoral Fellow Lv-1 RA
CRANN, TCD
2021.07 - 2023.09
Postgraduate researcher
PhD IIT Roorkee
2016.01 - 2021.07
Ph.D. - Polymer and Process Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
2016.01 - 2021.01
Master of Technology - Polymer Science and Engineering
Anna University, College of Engineering
2012.01 - 2014.01
Bachelors in Technology - Polymer Technology
Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology
2008.01 - 2012.01
Micro-credential - Energy Economics and Policy
University of Limerick