Shanthie Mariet D'Souza, PhD Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Chair, and the School of Public Policy present the India Lab Webinar Series on India's Climate, Energy and Geopolitics.
Curated and Moderated by Dr. D'Souza, the third lecture in the series, India's Energy Policy and Practice, will be presented on April 12, 2024, 9:30 AM EST by Narendra Taneja, Global thought leader on energy policy and geopolitics; Chairman, Independent Energy Policy Institute, New Delhi; Distinguished Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, UK.
Narendra Taneja is a noted global thought leader on the geopolitics of energy. He is often cited as “a powerful voice” on the issue of energy and climate, especially in the context of the Global North and the Global South.
He serves as Chairman of the Independent Energy Policy Institute, a new think tank based in New Delhi. He also presides over the World Energy Policy Summit, a reputed conferencing organisation. He was the Founder President of the World Oil & Gas Assembly, a meeting place of top CEOs and policy-makers, from 2001 to 2011. He sits on several International Advisory Boards, including that of the ONS Foundation of Norway and the Energy Intelligence Group of the United States.
His areas of research and expertise range from energy geopolitics and governance to energy security, transition and associated climate issues.
Narendra Taneja is a known conversationalist and moderator on live platforms like TV channels, talk shows and conferences. He is a regular on Indian and international TV channels in debates and conversation and has appeared in global iconic shows like the BBC HARDTalk and CNN’s Amanpour. Also a known political thinker, he had served as the National Convener of Energy Cell and as a National Spokesperson of the BJP, India’s governing party, for several years until recently.
He had earlier served as Chairman of the Energy Security Group of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Chairman of the Energy and Green Economy Working Group (India) of the BRICS Business Council. He had in his early days served as the South Asia Bureau Chief for a number of European business newspapers for over 15 years. He was also Managing Director of the NHST Monde Communications Pvt Ltd, an international joint venture, focussed on emerging economies.
His books include “The Far People – A Norwegian Journal”, motivational “My Thoughts, My Motherland – The Quest for a Golden India” and “Meethi Dhoop”, a collection of short stories in Hindi. He is currently working on two books.
He read economics, business, commerce, policy, leadership, diplomacy and international affairs at St John’s College, Agra in India and at the University of Oslo and the University of Oxford.
https://www.oxfordenergy.org/authors/narendra-taneja/
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Previous lectures in the India Lab series:
India's Climate Policy presented by Shyam Saran
Shyam Saran is a former Foreign Secretary of India and has served as Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change. After leaving government service in 2010, he has headed the Research and Information System for Developing Countries, a prestigious think tank focusing on economic issues (2011-2017) and was Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board under the National Security Council from 2013 to 2015. Shyam Saran is currently the President of the India International Centre and a Honorary senior Fellow with the Centre for Policy Research. His book, “How India Sees the World” was published in September 2017. He has recently published his second book, “How China Sees India and the World.” On January 26, 2011, Shyam Saran was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the President of India for his contribution to Civil Service. The Padma Bhushan is the third highest national award in the country. The Emperor of Japan decorated him with the Spring Order, Gold and Silver Star on July 30, 2019, for his services to promoting India-Japan Relations.
Fueling India's Development: ESG and the Geopolitics of Climate Change presented by Dr Sanjaya Baru
Sanyaya Baru is Founder-Trustee, Forum for National Security Studies, India; and, Distinguished Fellow, United Service Institution of India (www.usiofindia.org) and Centre for Air Power Studies (https://capsindia.org/) . He has been editor of India's major financial newspapers and was Media Advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (2004-09). He was Director for Geo-economics and Strategy, International Institute of Strategic Studies, London (2011-16); and Secretary-General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (2017-18). Baru was a member of India’s National Security Advisory Board (1999-2001). He was member of the Governing Board of the Centre for Policy Research and Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore and Indian School of Public Policy, Delhi. He was professor of economics at University of Hyderabad and Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations. He was also a member India-ASEAN Eminent Persons Group, 2010. His publications include The Strategic Consequences of India’s Economic Rise (2006); India and the World: Essays on Geo-economics and Foreign Policy( 2016); The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh (2014);Powers Shifts and Trade Blocs (Editor, 2015); The Bombay Plan: A Blueprint for Economic Resurgence (Editor, 2018); Beyond Covid's Shadow: Mapping Indian Economy's Resurgence (Editor, 2020); India's Power Elite: Caste, Class and a Cultural Revolution, (Penguin Viking, 2021); The New Cold War: Henry Kissinger and the Rise of China, (HarperCollins, 2021).
India Lab at the UMass Amherst School of Public Policy is meant to deepen and broaden awareness, knowledge and dialogue about India by inviting some of the top experts on current affairs to speak and engage with Indian, U.S. and other researchers and students. India Lab is organized and hosted by Dr. Shanthie Mariet D'Souza, PhD Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Chair.