ISID-IWF Policy Roundtable on Pathways to Green Industrialization in India: Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Lessons

The roundtable examined India’s evolving policy landscape for green industrial transition and the challenges, opportunities, and pathways to accelerate the transition to clean industrial transition by bringing together senior experts from policy think-tanks and the UN agencies for brainstorming. The program was moderated by Prof Nagesh Kumar, Director, ISID. Speakers at the roundtable included Mr Karthik Ganesan, Director, Strategic Partnerships, CEEW; Mr Shikhar Jain, Executive Director (Sustainability), CII; Mr Debajit Das, National Project Coordinator, UNIDO India; Mr Jatin Mathur, CLASP (Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program) and E4A (Efficiency for Access). This was followed by discussion by Dr Anjali Tandon, Associate Professor, ISID who also coordinated the session.

The Background

Against the backdrop of net zero emission (NZE) targets that have provided a new stimulus to the revival of industrial policy globally, this policy roundtable will examine India’s evolving policy landscape for green industrial transition and the challenges, opportunities, and pathways to accelerate the transition to clean industrial transition. The policy roundtable will bring together senior experts from policy think-tanks and the UN agencies for brainstorming.

The roundtable is organized as a side event of the larger International Conference on Water, Energy and Environment Nexus being organized at the Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi, on 5-6 December 2024 by the India Water Foundation in collaboration with the UNESCAP and three Ministries of the Government of India and supported by several public sector undertakings and international organizations.