Mapping Power The Political Economy of Electricity in India's States

Ranjit Bharvirkar directs the India program at the Regulatory Assistance Project, a global non-profit focused on energy policy and climate change. He has more than 16 years of experience in electricity policy analysis and technical advice and assistance to state- and national-level policymakers in the U.S. and India. Mr. Bharvirkar recently contributed to India's Renewable Electricity Roadmap Initiative undertaken by the ?Government of India. Mr. Bharvirkar has co-authored several journal articles, conference papers, technical reports, discussion papers, and a book chapter. Navroz K Dubash is a senior fellow at CPR. He works on climate change policy and governance, energy and water policy, and regulation and has published widely in these areas. He has been an author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and a member of Government of India committees on climate change, energy and water. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals including Climate Policy, Global Environmental Politics, and Energy Research in Social Science. In 2015 he was conferred the 12th T N Khoshoo Memorial Award in recognition of the impact of his work on Indian climate change policy and the international discourse on global climate governance. Dr. Dubash holds an MA and PhD in energy and resources from the University of California, Berkeley, and an AB in public and international affairs from Princeton University. Sunila S. Kale is Associate Professor in the Jackson School of International Studies and Chair of South Asia Studies at the University of Washington. Her teaching and research focus on the politics and political economy of India and South Asia, history and politics of energy and electricity, development studies, and the history and present-day manifestations of capitalism.