The Centre for Policy Research invites you to a talk on:
Leveraging the Green Transition: A Manifesto on Catalysing India’s Employment
Chair:
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP)
Speaker:
Ejaz Ghani, Senior Visiting Fellow, CPR
Monday, 5 January 2026, 4:00 PM IST onwards.
This event will be held in a hybrid mode at the CPR Conference Room and online via Zoom. Please register to attend.
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About the Talk:
India has made rapid progress in expanding non-fossil energy capacity, surpassing 50 per cent of total installed power much ahead of schedule and recording significant renewable energy additions in recent years. This shift marks not only a turning point in India’s climate commitments, but also an important moment for industrial transformation and employment generation.
This talk will present a manifesto of the Networked Green Economy, a blueprint to transition India from a “Take-Make-Waste” legacy to a $1.1 Trillion Green Dividend by 2047. It will examine how India’s green transition can be leveraged as a source of large-scale employment, with a focus on renewable energy, electric mobility, and decentralised energy systems, including the growing role of household and rooftop solar initiatives. It will explore how these changes could reshape regional economies, create new forms of work, and support workforce transitions in carbon-intensive and legacy sectors.
The discussion will situate the green transition within India’s longer-term goals towards Viksit Bharat 2047, and reflect on the policy choices required to ensure that this transformation is economically productive, socially inclusive, and institutionally durable.
About the Speaker:
Ejaz Ghani is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research and was Lead Economist at the World Bank, having worked on Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Corporate Strategy, and the Independent Evaluation Unit. He writes economic opinion columns for Business Standard, The Hindu, Financial Express, Mint, VoxEU, and Project Syndicate, and is an agenda contributor for the World Economic Forum.
He has edited several books, including India’s Pathways to Success: Winning in the Next Decade, Rupa Publications India 2023 (with Ganesh Natarajan); Reshaping Tomorrow: Is South Asia Ready for the Big Leap? Oxford University Press 2011; The Poor Half Billion in South Asia, Oxford University Press 2010; The Service Revolution in South Asia, Oxford University Press 2010; Accelerating Growth and Job Creation in South Asia (with S. Ahmed) 2009; Promoting Economic Cooperation in South Asia (with S. Ahmed and S. Kelegama), 2009; and Growth and Regional Integration (with S. Ahmed) Macmillan 2007.
Prior to joining the World Bank, he taught economics at St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford and Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi. He obtained an M.Phil. and D.Phil. in Economics from the University of Oxford. He did his schooling in Bihar, bachelor’s degree at St. Stephen’s College, and master’s at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. He is an Inlaks scholar.
