The U.S. Consulate General in Chennai and the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) are jointly organising an international conference on ‘Energy security challenges in India’ in the city on December 12 and 13.
Former Ambassador and permanent representative of India to the United Nations and governor for India at the International Atomic Energy Agency T.P. Srinivasan will inaugurate the seminar.
Tom Cutler, director of Cutler International LLC, who was instrumental in the development of major U.S. programmes in energy cooperation and investment with India and South Asia, will deliver the keynote address. Cultural Affairs officer of the US Consulate Andie De Arment will speak.
‘India Energy: The Struggle for Power’ written by Raymond Vickery, a leading advisor on US-India relations and a central figure in the passage of the US-India civil nuclear agreement, will be released at the conference.
Since 2009, the U.S.-India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE) has mobilised nearly $2.4 billion in public and private clean energy finance to support India’s clean energy goals and $125 million for research on solar, biofuels, and energy efficient buildings through the U.S.-India Clean Energy Research and Development Centre.
Speakers at the conference include former Indian Atomic Energy Regulatory Board Chairman A. Gopalakrishnan.
