The last decade has seen a phenomenal growth of renewable energy in India, but many challenges remain even today. In the inaugural episode of the India Energy Hour, Vinay Rustagi, co-founder & managing director, Bridge to India (BTI), joins Sandeep Pai & Shreya Jai to look back on the journey of renewable energy in India and discuss the current challenges and future opportunities. As a foremost consultancy in the renewable space, Rustogi is renowned for offering analytically critical views on energy policies and sector development.

Maheshwari GS

Graamcast - 27 Jan 2021

Graamcast - 28 Jan 2021

Graamcast - 29 Jan 2021

Graamcast - 1 Feb 2021

Graamcast

“Have a cup of coffee and calm down!” We often say this when things are not going our way. But can you imagine coffee also solving migration and helping women become financially independent?Well, this has happened in Koraput!<a href='https://bit.ly/KoraputCoffeeCultivation'>Article link</a>Guest: <a href='https://twitter.com/PrativaGhosh'>Prativa Ghosh</a>Audio Editor: <a href='https://twitter.com/tejastj88'>Tejas Dayananda Sagar</a>

Archita Puranik is a Bangalore based journalist, a community radio RJ and a writer.

Archita Puranik

Episode 1 - Coffee aur gharwapsi ft. Prativa Ghosh | Odisha

Why do the most intellectual social models fail? This episode tries to find an answer for the diminishing importance of the Pani Panchayat model in Naigaon - the drought-ridden village in Maharashtra from where Vilasrao Salunkhe had started his journey towards 'equitable water distribution'.Stay tuned with Aishwarya!<a href='https://bit.ly/PaniPanchayat'>Article link</a>Host: <a href='https://twitter.com/trip_aishwarya'>Aishwarya Tripati</a>Guest: Sunil Balasaheb DhumalAudio Editor: <a href='https://twitter.com/tejastj88'>Tejas Dayananda Sagar</a>

A multimedia journalist with 101Reporters and producer of THE INDIA ENERGY HOUR podcast.

Tejas Dayananda Sagar

The Pani Panchayat Politics ft. Sunil Balasaheb Dhumal | Maharashtra

Bhopal Zilla Panchayat is deploying local women to collect long-neglected panchayat taxes. This has been promising but it also means the administration has to work doubly hard to deliver basic services in these villages. Because these women aren’t going to simply collect taxes, they are going to fight for their community’s rights as well.<a href='https://bit.ly/TaxSakhi'>Article link</a>Host: <a href='https://twitter.com/Luvnbeer'>Ayswarya Murthy</a>Guests: Sannaver Shafi and Rajini PrajapatiAudio Editor: <a href='https://twitter.com/tejastj88'>Tejas Dayananda Sagar</a>

Bahu-Beti Tax ft. Sannaver Shafi and Rajini Prajapati | Madhya Pradesh

Reporting from the gender lens is important; reporting it right is indispensable. In this interaction with one of our seasoned reporters from Maharashtra, we talk about her experiences and learnings in covering two stories from Beed as a part of the Laadli Media Fellowship.The <a href='https://101reporters.com/article/society/If_she_had_a_voice_she_could_have_screamed_out'>first story</a> brings out the plight of people at the cross-section of gender and disability, while the <a href='https://101reporters.com/article/society/In_rural_Maharashtra_losing_husband_means_losing_right_to_life'>second story</a> brings to the fore the challenges of single women in rural areas. These two stories are also great examples of covering the gender beat with an intersectional lens.Knowing the nuances of this beat usually comes from workshops and resources on gender sensitive reporting, something which is up and coming in the Indian journalism scene.Tune right in because there's so much to learn in this one episode!Host: <a href='https://twitter.com/khwaish_g'>Khwaish Gupta</a>Guests: <a href='https://twitter.com/purnima_sah_'>Purnima Sah</a>Audio Editor: <a href='https://twitter.com/tejastj88'>Tejas Dayananda Sagar</a>

Refocusing the Gender Lens ft. Purnima Sah | Maharashtra

Off The Record

The last decade has seen a phenomenal growth of renewable energy in India, but many challenges remain even today. In the inaugural episode of the India Energy Hour, Vinay Rustagi, co-founder & managing director, Bridge to India (BTI), joins us to look back at the journey of renewable energy in India and discuss the current challenges and future opportunities. As the head of the foremost consultancy in the renewable energy space, Vinay is renowned for offering analytically critical views on the energy sector and its policies.

He is an award-winning journalist and researcher and author of a book “Total Transition: The Human Side of the Renewable Energy Revolution.”

Sandeep Pai

Renewable Energy in India: Blip, Boom or Bust? 

Coal provides nearly two-thirds of India's electricity but its long-term future is uncertain due to the rise of renewables. Understanding coal's future requires understanding its past. In our second episode, we spoke to Dr. Rohit Chandra, who is an Assistant professor at IIT Delhi and a visiting fellow at the Centre for Policy and Research. Rohit is an expert on India’s coal sector and public sector enterprises. In 2018, he defended his dissertation at Harvard University that focused on the economic and political history of coal in India. Rohit is one of the most balanced voices on the subject of fossil fuels and energy transition.

King Coal: Its Journey & the Endgame

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recently announced that rapid expansion of the natural gas-based economy is a must for the country to become an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ (Self-reliant India). However, in the past, the natural gas sector in India has seen very limited growth and is marred with both supply and demand side issues. In our third episode, we spoke to Swati D'Souza, about the prospects of a gas based economy. Swati is one of the top experts on oil and gas in India and is currently working as the Research Lead on climate change at the National Foundation for India.

Gas as a bridge fuel: a dream too far-fetched?

India’s energy sector policies are complex. Federal government ministries promote different energy policies that are sometimes at odds with one another. Adding to this complexity, state governments actually have to implement these policies but may have different priorities. In our fourth episode, we spoke to Anil Swarup about the complexity of energy policymaking in India and how India can balance its energy sector policies. Anil is the former federal coal secretary of India and one of India’s most well-known bureaucrats. Anil’s three decades working at various levels of government have given him a ringside view of policymaking. In this episode, he provides a 360-degree view of energy policies in India.

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