India’s INDC in Paris convention pledges an emission intensity reduction by 33-35% of 2005 level, creation of additional carbon sink through additional tree and forest cover, and increase in electricity capacity from non-fossil based fuel resources by 40% by 2030 (INDIA-INDC, 2015). All three pledges and a promise for access to electricity to all, demanded stern actions from electricity sector of India. Presently the sector is dominated by fossil fuel, especially coal. India is the third largest emitter of greenhouse…

Conventional coal power plants in India presently are facing challenges that are weird and unsettling. In usual circumstances, few years back, India was seen as a rising economy with huge potential for growth. With growth in economy, energy demand too was on the rise. The GDP value still as an indicator shows a rising trend but even the experts agree to the fact that scenario is not exactly what it was predicted to be years ago. Per capita electricity consumption…

Every other day, there is a story of either some top lady achiever, or on some organization’s endeavor to work towards gender diversity and inclusiveness,in various media. Some of these reports are really inspiring and bring an instantaneous emotion in those women, who have been on a journey along the professional career path for a long time, smoothing the roughs, but have not quite reached the destination! Without going into the well-known topics like glass ceiling etc. in this context,…

The survey-report by KPMG in India’s Board Leadership Center and WomenCorporateDirectors India (WCD) assess the progress and challenges, which companies faced in identifying, appointing, inducting and integrating the right women candidates into corporate boardrooms after the regulatory changes mandated that there be at least one woman on the corporate boards of listed and certain other companies. The findings of the survey-report concludes with key recommendations to achieve greater diversity in the Indian boardrooms.

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