Presentations

Podcasts 

Papers presented

  • Paper on ‘Inspecting the impact of financial inclusion on emissions in India: The Banking Channel’ at the Second Biennial Conference on Development: Sustainable Development Goals Amidst Multiple Global Shocks: Progress, Challenges and Way Forward organized by the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, December 21-23, 2022.
  • Presentation on ‘Macroeconomic impacts of coal transition’ at the CDEP ‘Writeshop’, IIM Kolkata, 19-20 December, 2022.
  • Presentation on ‘Industrial Policy to address climate change’ at the CDEP ‘Writeshop’, IIM Kolkata, 19-20 December, 2022.
  • Presentation on ‘Global Value Chains in autos and EVs: experience of India’ at the GERPISA Seminar, October 14, 2022.
  • Presentation on ‘Regional value chains: Opportunities for India and ASEAN post Covid-19?’ at the DSE workshop on trade and development, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, September 16-17, 2022.
  • Presentation on ‘India and global value chains’ at webinar organised by Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement (NIICE), May 6, 2022.
  • Presentation on Indian EV Market and Enabling Policies, at the Roundtable on India EV investment policies, organized by Climate Works Foundation, Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Invest India, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, February 15, 2022.
  • Presentation at the P2P seminar at ICRIER on “Writing a book proposal”, February 10, 2022.
  • Paper presentation on ‘Integration of Indian Inventors into Global value chain in the Indian Pharmaceuticals Industry’ at the Winter School, Delhi School of Economics, December 17, 2021. (Presentation by Ashish Gosain).
  • Paper on ‘Inspecting the impact of financial inclusion on emissions in India’ presentation at the PSDRN conference, 9-10 December, 2021. (Presentation by Vasundhara Thakur).
  • Paper presentation ‘Inspecting the impact of financial inclusion on emissions in India’ at the ICRIER Half Baked Seminar, 30 November, 2021. (Presentation by Vasundhara Thakur).
  • Presentation on ‘Regional value chains: Opportunities for India and ASEAN post Covid-19?’ at the IIFT conference, 16-17 December, 2021.
  • Presentation on ‘Four possible pathways: structural transformation and inequality in India’ at the UNESCAP conference on Building Forward Fairer – Economic Policies for an Inclusive Recovery and Development” on 1-3 December, 2021.
  • Presentation on ‘Global Value Chains in the Pharmaceutical sector: the Indian case’ at Session 1 on Supply Chains and China: Dependencies and Fragilities at the virtual conference on global supply chains, national resilience and dependence on China organised by IDFC Institute, Mumbai and the Policy Institute, King’s College, London and on 8 th October, 2021.
  • Presentation on ‘Regional value chains: Opportunities for India and ASEAN post Covid-19?’ at the SANEM conference, 18 th June, 2021.
  • Presentation on ‘How India went from inclusion without growth to growth without inclusion’ at webinar at IIT Kanpur on 12 th November, 2020.
  • Panelist at webinar ‘Managing Energy Transitions in Developing Countries’ organised by ICRIER and KAPSARC on 14 th July, 2020. Presentation on ‘Energy challenges for India: Transitioning to a low carbon economy’
  • Presentation on ‘’Global Value Chains and the Missing Links: Cases from Indian Industry’ on November 22, 2019 at the launch of the book Global Value Chains and the Missing Links at India International Centre, New Delhi.
  • Presentation on “Role of technology, innovation and technical efficiency for moving up the automotive value chain in India” at consultation workshop in Delhi from 15 November 2019 under the project “UDAY-PRIDE (UNIDO-DHI-ACMA Yojana – Professionalism, Responsibility & Innovation in Driving Excellence) – Supporting Small and Medium-sized Manufacturers in the Automotive Component Industry in India.
  • Presentation of the report ‘Financing Resilience of Natural Disasters’ at the Stakeholder Consultation and report release on 30 th September, at New Delhi.
  • Presentation on ‘Structural Transformation: Case Study of India,’ at the session Developers Dilemma, at WIDER Development Conference -Transforming Economies 11-13 September 2019, Bangkok.  Organized by UNU-WIDER.
  • Presentation of ‘Low Carbon Pathways for Growth in India’ at launch of book at IHC on 30 th September at New Delhi.
  • Panelist at panel discussion on the Union Budget 2019 at the British High Commission on Friday, July 26 at New Delhi on “$5tn economy by 2024: Is the 2019 budget moving in the right direction?”
  • Presentation on “RCEP study on goods and services” to Ministry of Commerce, 3 rd June, 2019.
  • Presentation on “RCEP goods and services” at Stakeholder Consultation organised by ICRIER in collaboration with WTC, Mumbai at Pune, 10 th May, 2019.
  • Presentation on “Financing Resilience against Natural Disasters” at Stakeholders’ Consultation at New Delhi, 3 rd May, 2019.
  • Presentation on “RCEP goods” at Stakeholder Consultation organised by ICRIER in collaboration with ICC at Kolkata, 10 April, 2019.
  • Presentation on “RCEP study on goods and services” to Ministry of Commerce, 9 April, 2019.
  • Presentation on “RCEP study on goods and services” to Ministry of Commerce, 1 April, 2019.
  • Presentation on ‘Climate adaptation in manufacturing industries: lessons from Surat’ at seminar organized by ICRIER, 4 th January, 2019.
  • Presentation on ‘Deconstructing India’s imports: the role of intermediates’ at seminar organized by ORF, 11 th September, Kolkata, 2018.
  • Presentation on ‘Application of Innovative Technologies for Promoting Financial Inclusion in India’ at Stakeholder Consultation organized by ICRIER on 15 th June, 2018 at New Delhi.
  • Presentation on ‘Impact of financial technology on payment and lending in Asia’ at Workshop on ‘Digital Economy in Asia: What is it and How Can it Transform Asia?’ organized by AIC-RIS with ADBI at New Delhi on 21-22 February 2018.
  • Presentation on ‘Economic Development and Energy Consumption in India’ at forum on “Conventional and New Energy cooperation among ancient Civilizations” organised by CNPC Economics & Technology Research Institute of
    China in collaboration with ICEC Council, India at Beijing, November 2017.
  • “Impact of Railways on Economic Growth in the BRICS” on 18 th April, 2017 at ICSSR Sponsored Project Workshop BRICS: Trans-Regional Cooperation from the Global South at JNU, New Delhi.
  • Presentation on “Energy” at China India Dialogue 2016 at Beijing on August 18-19, 2016.
  • Presentation on “Decarbonisation of Indian Railways – demand side” at report launch organized by ICRIER and Climate Policy Initiative with NCE, on July 22, 2016 at New Delhi.
  • Presentation on “Decarbonisation of Indian Railways – demand side” at stakeholder workshop organized by ICRIER and Climate Policy Initiative, on June 22, 2016 at New Delhi.
  • “Upgrading in the Indian garment industry – a study of three clusters” – paper presented at the 11th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development held at Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Delhi on 17 – 19 December 2015.
  • Presentation of “GVC activity of Indian firms: summary of the findings from the survey” on 16 th March, 2015 and on “Enhancing India’s participation in Global Value Chains” on March 17, 2015 at Final Workshop on “Enhancing India’s Participation in Global Value Chains” at New Delhi.
  • Presentation on “Air quality and industry” at workshop organised for Low Carbon Pathways for growth in India, April 10, 2015 at New Delhi.
  • Presentation on “Impact of American Investment in India” at American Chamber of Commerce in India, Kolkata Chapter on June 30, 2014 at Kolkata.
  • Presentation on “India-US Business to Business Relations: Addressing constraints to US FDI flows into India” on August 26, 2014 at New Delhi.
  • Presentation at workshop on ‘Global Value Chains and Trade in Value Added in India: Concepts, Measurement, Data and Research’ on 3 rd April 2014 at New Delhi. Presentation on Overview of the project and Findings from the Pilot Survey.
  • Presentation on “Impact of Transaction taxes on Commodity Derivatives Trading in India” on December 23, 2013. Report co-authored with Neha Malik.
  • Presentation on “Economic Resilience of Cities in a Changing Climate” at conference organized by ACCRN –TARU at New Delhi on December 10, 2013. Policy brief co-authored with Meenu Tewari, Sahana Roy Chowdhury, Indro Roy, Amrita Goldar, Zeba Aziz and Vidhya Unnikrishnan.
  • Presentation on “Collaboration between India and Korea in R&D” at the 12 th Indo-Korea dialogue held in New Delhi on October 24-25, 2013. Paper co-authored with Kavleen Chatwal.
  • Presentation on “SAFTA: Achievements and Challenges” in South Asia Economic Integration: A Strategic and Economic Appraisal’ co-organised by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), and the Regional Programme SAARC of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) in Colombo, Sri Lanka on June 10-12, 2013.
  • Presentation on “Firm Heterogeneity and Productivity: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing” at national seminar on emerging issues in International Trade: Theory and Empirics, organized by Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, at Kolkata on March 21-22, 2013.
  • Presentation on “India and Pakistan Textile Sectors” at the Annual Conference of Normalizing India Pakistan Trade, organized by ICRIER at New Delhi, March 14-15, 2013. Paper with Prithvijit Mukherjee and Mishita Mehra.
  • Presentation on “Strengthening the Textile and Clothing Sector in South Asia: India report” at Final Workshop for the project on Strengthening the Textile and Clothing Sector in South Asia, organized by ICRIER at New Delhi on November 16, 2012. Paper with Prithvijit Mukherjee and Mishita Mehra.
  • Presentation on “Indo-Korea cooperation in Petrochemicals” at the 11 th Indo-Korea dialogue at Seoul, October 17-18, 2012. Paper with Swati Saluja.
  • Paper on “Efficiency vs. Productivity: Two Sides of the same coin? At the 3 rd Asia Pacific Innovation Conference at Seoul, October 13-14, 2012.
  • Presentation on “Strengthening the Textile and Clothing Sector in South Asia: India report” at the inception workshop for the project on Strengthening the Textile and Clothing Sector in South Asia, organized by ICRIER at New Delhi on March 30, 2012.
  • Paper on “Opening India’s Garment sector to South Asia”, presented at the Forum for Global Knowledge Sharing VI Annual International Conference on “Agglomeration, Technology Clusters, and Networks” on November 18-20, 2011 at Goa. Paper with Nisha Taneja and Neetika Kaushal.
  • Presentation on Investment in the Indo-Korea CEPA at the 10 th Indo-Korea dialogue at Chennai, November 8-9, 2011. Paper with Neetika Kaushal.
  • Presentation on Indo-Korea CEPA: Trade in Services at the 10 th Indo-Korea dialogue at Chennai, November 8-9, 201. Paper with Nisha Taneja and Neetika Kaushal.
  • Paper presented at National Conference on Environmental Pollution: Data Gaps organised by CSO at Jaipur, March 24-25, 2011.
  • Presentation on ‘Making SAFTA Effective: An Approach to Prune Sensitive Lists in South Asia’ at the final workshop for the project Making SAFTA Effective: An Approach to Prune Sensitive Lists in South Asia, organised by ICRIER at New Delhi, on December 13, 2010.
  • Presentation on ‘Implications of the Ethanol Blending Policy’ organised by the Stakeholders consultation on Implications of the Ethanol Blending Policy in India organised by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers on September 23, 2010
  • Presentation on ‘India Turkey FTA: Implications for the Goods Sector’ at the Stakeholder consultation jointly organised by ICRIER and FICCI on July 28, 2010.
  • Presentation on ‘Ten Years of the India Lanka Trade Agreement’ at the conference Ten Years of the ILFTA organised by at Colombo, on May 24-25, 2010.
  • Presentation on ‘Making SAFTA Effective: An Approach to Prune Sensitive Lists in South Asia’ at the Inception workshop for the project Making SAFTA Effective: An Approach to Prune Sensitive Lists in South Asia, organised by ICRIER at New Delhi, on April 29, 2010.
  • At 5 th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, December 16-18, 2009. Paper entitled “International technology Diffusion and Productivity”.
  • At International conference on Science, Technology, and Economy: Emerging and Developed countries. Forum for Global Knowledge Sharing conference at TISS, October 9-10, 2009, Mumbai. Paper entitled “International technology Diffusion and Productivity”.
  • At Jawaharlal Nehru University CESP- DSA conference, Jan 31-Feb 2, 2008, New Delhi. Paper entitled “International technology Diffusion and Productivity”.
  • At National Conference on Contemporary Issues in Development Economics, Jadavpur University, Dec 19-20, 2007, Kolkata. Paper entitled “The Role of Market Power in Selecting Winners and Losers”.
  • At National Conference on Expanding Freedom: Towards Social and Economic Transformation in a Globalizing World, Institute of Economic Growth, April 11-13, 2007, Delhi. Paper entitled “The Role of Market Power in Selecting Winners and Losers”.
  • At International Seminar on Present Scenario of Post Multi Fibre Agreement (MFA) – A Comparative Study of India and China, January 27-28, 2006, Nagpur. Paper entitled “Moving up the Value Chain? The Indian textile Industry post MFA”.
  • At seminar on “The Future of the Global Economy: Regional Trajectories and Global Institutions” organized by organized by CSH, New Delhi and ITD, SIS, JNU on March 15 th -16 th , 2004. Paper entitled “Technological progress as an engine of growth in the EU”.
  • Medal finalist at the Global Development Network (GDN) Fifth Annual Global Development Conference held on January 28-30, 2004, at New Delhi for the Paper presented “Economic reforms and efficiency of firms: the Indian manufacturing sector during the nineties”.
  • At conference on ‘Impact of Globalization on Indian Industry: Productivity, Efficiency and Growth’ at Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, September 2003. Paper entitled “MNEs, Strategic Alliances and Efficiency of Firms: Emerging Trends in the Liberalization Era”.
  • At conference on Models and Methods in Economics at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata in March 2003. Paper entitled “Does Technology Transfer Depend on the Patent Regime? The implications of Weak Patent Regimes in Host Country”.
  • At the Institute of Economic Growth, in November 2002. Paper entitled “The changing role of technological factors in explaining efficiency in Indian firms”

Discussant /panel discussion

  •   Panelist at the panel on ‘Innovate to Mitigate‘ at the second convening of the Climate Action     Champions Network (CACN), organised by ORF at New Delhi, on February 12th- 14th, 2023.
  • Panelist at the panel on ‘Supply chains: shorter, stronger, resilient‘ at the 6th India US Forum organised by Ananta Centre, 13-14 January, 2023.
  • Panelist at session on “A Pathway to Deep Decarbonise Heavy Industries” at an event on Accelerating Clean Energy organised by WRI on 18-19th October, 2022 in New Delhi.
  • Panelist at the launch of the report “Digital Financial Inclusion of Women in MSMEs: G20 and India” organised by ICRIER on September 23, 2022.
  • Panel speaker at Session on aClean Energy and Just Transitions Conference for MSMEs in India, organised by WRI, 27th June, 2022.
  • Panelist at discussion at 1st CII ‘Being Future Ready’ Business Summit 2022 held on 11-12 May 2022 at the Session on ‘Circularity: The Imperative for the Future.’
  • Panelist at  discussion at Dun and Bradstreet organised session on Decoding the Opportunity in Cross-Border E-commerce, February 23, 2022.
  • Discussant of ‘Weather Shocks And Economic Growth In India’ and ‘Export participation and environmental performance: Firm-level evidence from Indian manufacturing’ at INSEE-IIITD International Conference 2021, 15-17 December, 2021.
  • Panelist at the ORF Colaba Conversation on ‘Will the Banks Join in the Glasgow Agreement?’ December 2, 2021.
  • Presentation on ‘Commerce and connectivity in the Indo-Pacific region’ at the ORF conference on Commerce and Connectivity, November 10, 2021.
  • Discussion on Carbon Border Adjustment Measures at Energy Forum: Are Carbon Border Taxes Fair to Developing Countries? China’s Opportunity for Global Leadership, organised by Tsinghua University on 26 th October, 2021.
  • Panel discussion on ‘“Fostering Electric Mobility in Telangana: Policy, Innovations & Investments” at ConnectKaro, organized by WRI, 17 th September, 2021.
  • Presentation on ‘Resource efficiency, circular economy and G20/ B20’ at Panel discussion on Circular Economy: Building Partnerships for the Transition at CII 16 th Sustainability Summit on Building a Resilient Future: Leveraging Science, Technology and Finance. 3 rd September, 2021.
  • Presentation on ‘Carbon border adjustment tax: policy options for India’ at webinar organized by TPCI, 27 th August 2021.
  • Presentation on ‘India’s “Act East” Policy and its Implications on the Regional Manufacturing Activities and Future Growth Potential between India and ASEAN,’ organised by EEPC, 24 th August, 2021.
  • Presentation on ‘Investment and Skill gaps’ at the webinar for the study “Understanding Investment, Trade, and Battery Waste Management Linkages for a Globally Competitive EV Manufacturing Sector.” organised by ICRIER and IISD on 24 th June, 2021
  • Panelist at webinar ‘Energy, Environment and Economic Progress’ organised by Pune International Centre, January 17, 2021. Presentation on ‘Energy Economics: Green Financing, Jobs and Infrastructure.’
  • Panelist at Mint webinar ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat: Throw Back or Industrial Leap?’ Budget 2021, December 14, 2020.
  • Panelist at webinar ‘Indian Economy at Crossroads: Towards reform or further stagnation? Organised by Canadian International Council and Center for South Asian Studies, Munk School, November 15, 2020.
  • Panelist at webinar ‘Carbon Market Simulation: Leveraging Markets for Emission Reductions in India’ organised by WRI on 19 th May, 2020. Presentation on ‘MSMES, Emissions and carbon markets’
  • Discussant at presentation of paper on ‘US trade ‘Realignment’: The impact of GSP withdrawal on India’s top exports to the United States’ at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, February 14, 2020.
  • Discussant of paper ‘Foreign direct investment and Technology’ by Dr Dibyendu Maiti (Delhi School of Economics) at Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) seminar on 25 years of WTO-India partnership on 5-6 September 2019 at New Delhi.
  • Discussant at Roundtable organised by Centre de Sciences Humaines, 16 th May, 2019.
  • Panelist, event on Clean and Renewable Energy, organized by AIIB, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Finance, RIS, and FICCI at Bhopal, on 19 th May, 2018. 21. Roundtable discussion – ‘Sustainable Development, Uncertainties, and India’s Climate Policy: Pathways towards Nationally Determined Contribution and Mid-Century Strategy’, organized by CEEW at New Delhi on 21st February 2018.
  • Discussion on “India-U.S. Cooperation on Clean Energy and Climate Change” organized by CEEW and NRDC at New Delhi, February 22, 2017
  • Panelist at discussion on “Urban Climate Change Resilience: Knowledge Sharing Workshop,” organized by NUIA on 16 December 2016 at New Delhi.
  • Panelist at discussion on “Biofuels and implementation of the Ethanol Blending Programme” at the Release of the Paper “Fuel Blending in India: Learnings and Way Forward” organized by The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun along with the Centre for Study of Science, Technology & Policy, Bangalore and PLR Chambers, New Delhi at New Delhi, December 9, 2016.
  • Panelist at discussion on book “Labour in Global Value Chains in Asia” edited by Dev Nathan, Meenu Tewari and Sandip Sarkar. Cambridge University Press, 2016, at New Delhi, December 2, 2016.
  • Panelist at discussion at Launch of World Bank Group’s report on “South Asia’s Turn: Policies to Boost Competitiveness and Create the Next Export Powerhouse” on November 10, 2016 at New Delhi.
  • Panelist at discussion on “Sensitizing policy-making and practice” at Conference on ‘Enabling policy frameworks for climate resilient cities’ organized by TERI, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, at New Delhi on July 8, 2016.
  • Panelist at discussion on “Understanding existing and future use of resources in Indian automobile Industry” at workshop on ‘Resource Use and Efficiency Potential in Indian Automobile Industry’, organized by TERI and GIZ May 30, 2016 at New Delhi.
  • Panelist at discussion on release of “Stitches to Riches” organized by World Bank and ICRIER at New Delhi on April 25, 2016.
  • Discussion with Belgian delegation and Mayor of Leuven on “Smart Cities” organized by CEEW at New Delhi on April 19, 2016.
  • Discussant at BP Energy Outlook 2035 organised by ICRIER and BP, March 9, 2016. New Delhi.
  •  Discussant at Seminar on “Inequality – Trends Worldwide and in India”, organized by ICRIER and UNU-Wider, 22 January 2016 at New Delhi.
  • Panel discussion on ‘Strategic Framework for Cities: Linking Economic Performance and Climate Performance’ at FICCI – ICRIER Conference on “Strategies for Sustainable Development: Climate Action, Financial Reform on 3 rd August, 2015 at New Delhi.
  • Discussant at session on ‘India’s participation in GVCs’ at International Conference on “A Stocktaking of India’s Trade Policy: Past, Present and Future” organised by the Jindal Global Law School, Jindal Global University and World Trade Institute, New Delhi, May 21-22, 2015.
  • Discussant for paper on “Assessing India’s Rise and the Road Ahead” by Samuel Bergenwall, at Fellows Seminar at IDSA, on 27 March, 2015 at New Delhi.
  • Discussant at session on “Perspectives from India’s FDI Research Community” at NCAER workshop on Enhancing the Scope and Quality of Indian FDI Statistics on 10 th March, 2015 at New Delhi.
  • Panel discussion at Workshop on “Resilience” – An important aspect of Smart Cities organized by ACCRN, APCO and TARU, 9 th December, 2014 at New Delhi.
  • Workshop on Loss and Damage organized by International Institute for Environment and Development on 16-17 October, 2014 at New Delhi.
  • Discussant in the Energy session at the 2 nd Annual Conference for Normalizing Trade between India and Pakistan, organised by ICRIER, New Delhi, January 21-22, 2014.
  •  Meeting on BRICS, the trade and investment opportunities amongst the BRICS and the recent developments like the BRICS bank, organized by the US Embassy on 25 th September, 2014 at New Delhi.
  • Workshop on Loss and Damage organized by International Institute for Environment and Development on 16-17 October, 2014 at New Delhi.
  • Panel discussion on Global Value Chains and Trade in Value Added in India: Concepts, Measurement, Data and Research’ on 3 rd April 2014 at New Delhi.
  • Panel discussion on “Regulatory Challenges for ICT sector in India” organized by Neeti Foundation at IIC, New Delhi on December 19, 2013.
  • Panel discussion on “Green Investment” at the 8 th CII Sustainability Summit, New Delhi, October 14-15, 2013.
  • Discussant for paper by Pant and Mondal on “Productivity, Competition and Foreign Investment: A Case Study of Indian Manufacturing” at the conference on “Trade, Growth and Development: Two Decades of Reform in India and After” in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on April 3-4, 2012.