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Monday, February 16, 2015

Breaking the Hurdles to E-Commerce, Opinion in Business Standard, 14 February 2015

The e-commerce industry in India is constantly evolving, and so must the regulatory and policy regime that governs it. It should not be penalised because the government is unable to understand it.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivan-sharan-breaking-down-hurdles-to-e-commerce-115021401410_1.html

Report co edited with Sunjoy Joshi on The Future of Energy, January 2015

A key takeaway from the discussions and joint research that culminated in this report is that the global energy community must learn from shared experiences. Ultimately, decision-making cannot function in isolation of global and local political and economic trends. It is precisely towards the goal of providing a baseline for understanding the policy context that this report makes a significant contribution.

https://www.economic-policy-forum.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ORF-EPF-Final-Report-The-Future-of-Energy.pdf

Press Briefing/Video Bridge (RIA Novosti) on upcoming BRICS Summit in Russia, 22 January 2015

Policy Brief on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with Sunil Suri, September 2014

The global community is currently engaged in a wide-ranging process to define a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015. The scope of the SDGs has been informed by the deliberations of the Open Working Group (OWG) on the SDGs, which produced an Outcome Document in July 2014. This will serve as the basis for inter-governmental negotiations on the post-2015 agenda.

http://orfonline.org/cms/export/orfonline/modules/policybrief/attachments/Policy_perspective_2_1413269199562.pdf