EP.200 Suman Bery, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog

Energy Unplugged by Aurora

On our 200th episode of Energy Unplugged, which also marks our first India-focused episode, we are delighted to welcome a very special guest: Suman Bery, Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog. He takes a deep dive into the Indian market with Dan Monzani, Managing Director at Aurora, who oversees our activities in India.

Mr. Bery is an eminent economist, academic, writer, and policy leader who has spent the better part of the last three decades at the World Bank, eventually becoming their Lead Economist. Between 2012 and 2016, he served as Shell’s Chief Economist. In India, he has been a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council and the Reserve Bank of India’s Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy.

NITI Aayog is both India’s Ministry of Planning and its apex public policy think tank, bringing together senior Union Ministers and all the Chief Ministers of the states. Mr. Bery currently serves as NITI Aayog’s Vice Chairman, reporting directly to the Prime Minister, who acts ex officio as its Chair.

Main topics include the following:

• The development of India’s energy infrastructure in the context of the country’s economic growth.
• The Indian Energy Transition and its ambitious target of deploying 50GW of renewables per annum, including the roles of PPAs and green hydrogen.
• The Government’s vision in promoting liquid, open, competitive markets, and the importance of foreign direct investment.

Aurora opened an office in Delhi earlier this year and will be launching its coverage of the Indian power market from July 2024. If you would like to contact the team and find out more about our work, please email [e-mail].

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