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Event Topic : Science Technology and Energy

Energizing India: Scenarios for India’s Energy Future

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Mon, Apr 17, 2017 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

Speaker: Suman Bery, former chief economist, Shell Corporation Moderator: Rohit Chandra, Ph.D. candidate, Harvard Kennedy School Suman Bery will present some of the results and larger ideas of a joint study conducted by Shell and various Indian think tanks about potential scenarios for India’s energy future. He will discuss India’s energy mix, constraints and possibilities on its […]

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Assessing Impact of Feed-in-Tariff on Electric Grids in the Developing World: A Socio-economic Perspective

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Tue, Dec 13, 2016 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

Science and Technology Seminar Fahad Javed, Aman Fellow, Harvard South Asia Institute Discussant: Afreen Siddiqi, Visiting Scholar, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Feed-in-tariffs to support solar photovoltaic (PV) cells deployment for home consumers has been one of the most actively supported policy measure across the globe for a […]

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Energy Access in Remote Communities – A Practitioner’s Experience

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Wed, Oct 19, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

Science and Technology Seminar Anshuman Lath, Co-Founder, Gram Oorja  Chair: Ignacio Perez-Arriaga, Visiting professor, MIT; Professor and Director of the BP Chair on Sustainable Development, Comillas University Gram Oorja Solutions Private Limited (www.gramoorja.in), founded in 2007, has worked in over 120 remote villages of India, providing electricity, drinking water and cooking fuel to tribal communities. A key feature […]

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Mobile Technology Summer Program Final Presentation

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Mon, Sep 21, 2015 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

SAI Special Event This summer, with support from Harvard’s President’s Innovation Fund for International Experiences, SAI ran an 8-week summer program in India for Harvard College students to explore the potential of mobile technology to enable economic and social mobility, which combined academic coursework and experiential learning. The program culminated in a final project, which the […]

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Climate Change Diplomacy: The Road to Paris 2015

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Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 04:30pm, ET

Science, Technology and Energy Seminar Jairam Ramesh, Economist, Member of the Indian National Congress, Fisher Family Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Ramesh is a Fisher Family Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project and a leader in international climate negotiations. A Member of Parliament from Andhra Pradesh, Ramesh was chief negotiator for India at the 2009 United Nations […]

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Environmental Inspections in India

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Wed, Apr 16, 2014 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

Science, Technology and Energy Seminar Rohini Pande, Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School Sponsored by the Harvard Environmental Economics Program’s Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy Seating is limited. Seminars in this series are presentations and fairly technical economics papers. Some background in economics is helpful. 

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Nature Beyond Borders: Science, Society, and Conservation in India

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Thu, Apr 10, 2014 from 01:30pm — 03:00pm, ET

Science Technology and Energy Seminar Mahesh Rangarajan, Professor, Delhi University; Director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Chair: Ajantha Subramanian, Professor, Social Anthropology Program, Harvard University Cosponsored with the Political Anthropology Working Group Mahesh Rangarajan is a researcher, author and historian with a special interest in environmental history and colonial history of British India. He […]

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China-India Space Race: Rhetoric or Reality?

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Wed, Feb 26, 2014 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

Science Technology and Energy Seminar Bharath Gopalaswamy, Deputy Director, South Asia Center, Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C. Jaganath Sankaran, Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School Co-Sponsored by the Harvard Asia Center, Modern Asia Seminar Series   

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The Power of Promise: Examining the Feasibility of A Rapid Expansion of Nuclear Energy in India

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Fri, Dec 6, 2013 from 02:00pm — 03:30pm, ET

Science Technology and Engineering Seminar M. V. Ramana, Nuclear Futures Laboratory & Program on Science and Global Security, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Princeton University Chair: Matthew Bunn, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School […]

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India’s Energy Scenario: View from the States

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Mon, Nov 25, 2013 from 05:15pm — 06:30pm, ET

Science Technology and Engeneering Seminar Sudhir Kumar, Indian Administrative Service, Former Secretary of Power, Government of Bihar Gulzar Natarajan, Indian Administrative Service, Former Managing Director, Eastern Power Distribution Company Ltd., Government of Andhra Pradesh Chair: Rohit Chandra, Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School  Co-sponsored with Harvard Kennedy School’s Sustainability Science Program.    

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Something Old, Something New: Maladies of India’s Energy System and Possible Remedies

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Wed, Oct 9, 2013 from 05:15pm — 06:45pm, ET

Science, Technology, and Engineering Seminar Varun Rai, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty Fellow, Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy (CIEEP), University of Texas at Austin Discussant: Laura Diaz Anadon, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Co-Faculty Chair, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, Associate Director, Science, Technology and Public […]

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