He also holds a PhD in condensed matter physics from the University of Oxford, St. John's College,[1] where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

[3][4] He previously served in the administration of President Joe Biden as managing director for clean energy and senior advisor to the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, where he created the First Movers Coalition.

[5][12][6][7] His policy experience also includes serving as senior energy advisor to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

In the private sector, he served as the Chief Technology Officer of ReNew Power, a multibillion-dollar company that is India's largest producer of renewable energy, and was earlier a consultant for McKinsey & Co.[14] Sivaram serves on the boards of the Atlantic Council and the Breakthrough Institute and is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Sivaram argues, however, that solar's current surge is on track to stall, dimming prospects for averting catastrophic climate change.

Sivaram is also lead author of Energizing America: A Roadmap to Launch a National Energy Innovation Mission.