Draft:Jay Doorga

Dr Jay Doorga (born 24th April 1993) is a Mauritian GIS expert and author, in the field of Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Management, Geospatial Modelling. He was a finalist for the Commonwealth Youth Awards 2023. and is a well established climate change expert in Mauritius

In 2019, he led his team to the construction of a wave energy prototype which is patented under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,and he advocated to invest strategically in wind and solar farms in Africa, worked to identify flood risk areas in Mauritius due to climate change, and researched on geospatial optimization of energy infrastructure in Africa

In 2022, he also co-authored a book called Geospatial Optimization of Solar Energy :Cases from Around the World which explains the challenges by policymakers regarding the planning and exploitation of solar energy, and how to optimize solar energy using GIS.

Education
Dr Doorga attended College du St-Esprit, where he was proclaimed Laureate and won the prestigious State Scholarship, which awards top students in Mauritius

He then went on to complete his further studies at the University of Oxford

Published Works( Selected)

 * Modelling the global solar radiation climate of Mauritius using regression techniques: JRS Doorga, SDDV Rughooputh, R Boojhawon, Renewable energy 131, 861-878
 * GIS-based multi-criteria modelling of flood risk susceptibility in Port Louis, Mauritius: Towards resilient flood management :JRS Doorga, L Magerl, P Bunwaree, J Zhao, S Watkins, CG Staub, ...International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 67, 102683
 * Geospatial multi-criteria analysis for identifying optimum wind and solar sites in Africa: Towards effective power sector decarbonization:JRS Doorga, JW Hall, N Eyre:Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 158, 112107
 * Forecasting mesoscale distribution of surface solar irradiation using a proposed hybrid approach combining satellite remote sensing and time series models; JRS Doorga, KR Dhurmea, S Rughooputh, R Boojhawon; Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 104, 69-85
 * Exploiting the rooftop solar photovoltaic potential of a tropical island state: case of the Mascarene Island of Mauritius:JRS Doorga, R Tannoo, SDDV Rughooputh, R Boojhawon: International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering 12, 401-418
 * A novel modelling approach to the identification of optimum sites for the placement of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) power plant: application to the tropical island ...JRS Doorga, O Gooroochurn, BA Motah, V Ramchandur, S Sunassee; International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering 9 (4), 363-382
 * Risk assessment of coral reef vulnerability to climate change and stressors in tropical islands: The case of Mauritius :Jay R.S. Doorga, Olivier Pasnin , Yeshna Dindoyal , Clara Diaz
 * Geographic carbon accounting: The roadmap for achieving net-zero emissions in Mauritius Island;JRS Doorga, PNK Deenapanray, SDDV Rughooputh; Journal of Environmental Management 333, 117434