Faculty

Professor P. R. Shukla currently holds the position of Co-Chair, IPCC Working Group III (Mitigation) since October 2015. He has a PhD from Stanford University and has been a Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad since 1979. He has been awarded the Certificate for the ‘CONTRIBUTION TO THE AWARD OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE’ FOR 2007 TO THE IPCC’ and Certificate for Contribution to Climate Change Research, by the Hon’able Prime Minister, Government of India in 2007

Coordinated and delivered numerous research and consulting assignments for national and international organizations on global technology policy, energy demand forecasting, energy and environment modeling and policy analysis, environment management, environment impact assessment, sustainable development, climate change policy, operations management, project management, logistics, and manufacturing strategy. Clients include various Ministries and Government of India, National and State Government Agencies in India, Indian and International Corporations, NGOs, bilateral and multilateral agencies and consulting firms.
 

PAPERS IN JOURNALS AND BOOKS 
•    S. Dhar, M. Pathak and Shukla P.R. (2018).Transformation of India's transport sector under global warming of 2 °C and 1.5 °C scenario. Journal of Cleaner Production.172 (20). 417-427.
•    S. Mittal, E.O. Ahlgren, P.R. Shukla. (2018).Barriers to biogas dissemination in India: A review. Energy Policy. 112. 361-370.  
•    A. Garg, P.R. Shukla, S. Parihar, U. Singh, B. Kankal.(2017). Cost-effective architecture of carbon capture and storage (CCS) grid in India. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 66. 129-146.
•    S. Dhar, M. Pathak & Shukla P.R. (2017). Electric vehicles and India's low carbon passenger transport: a long-term co-benefits assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production. 146.  
•    A. Garg, P.R. Shukla, B. Kankal and D. Mahapatra. (2017). CO2 emission in India: trends and management at sectoral, sub-regional and plant levels. Carbon Management. 8 (2). 111-123.
•    S. Dhar, Shukla P.R., M. Pathak. (2017). India’s INDC for Transport and 2oC Stabilization Target. Chemical Engineering Transactions. 56. 31-36.
•    Mittal S., M. Pathak, Shukla P.R., Ahlgren E. (2017). GHG Mitigation and Sustainability Co-benefits of Urban Solid Waste Management Strategies: A Case Study of Ahmedabad, India. Chemical Engineering Transactions. 56. 457-462.
•    Mittal S., Dai H and Shukla P.R. (2016).Low carbon urban transport scenarios for China and India: A comparative assessment. Transport Res Part D. 44. 266-276.
•    Pathak, M., Shukla P.R. (2015). Co-benefits of low carbon passenger transport actions in Indian cities: Case study of Ahmedabad. Transport Res. Part D. 44. 303-316.  
•    Mittal S, Hanaoka T, Shukla P.R. and Masui T. (2015). Air pollution co-benefits of low carbon policies in road transport: a sub-national assessment for India. Environ. Res. Lett. 10.
•    Shukla P.R. and Dhar, S. (2015). Energy policies for low carbon sustainable transport in Asia. Energy Policy. 81. 170-175.  
•    Hourcade J-C and Shukla P.R. (2015). Cancun Paradigm Shift and COP21: to go beyond rhetoric. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics. 15(4). 343-351.
•    Jean-Charles Hourcade, P.R. Shukla, C. Cassen. (2015). Climate policy architecture for the Cancun paradigm shift: building on the lessons from history. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics. 15(4). 353-367.  
•    Shukla P.R. and M. Pathak. (2015). How can research serve international policymaking towards the low-carbon development path? Looking forward. Energia Ambiente e Innovazione. 47(27).  94-97.
•    Dhar, S. and Shukla P.R. (2015). Low carbon scenarios for transport in India: Co-benefits analysis. Energy Policy. 81. 186-198.
•    Garg, A., Naswa P and Shukla P.R. (2015).Energy infrastructure in India: Profile and risks under climate change. Energy Policy. 81. 226-238.
•    Johansson D. J. A,  Lucas P.L, Weitzel M, Ahlgren E. O, Bazaz A.B, Chen W, den Elzen M, Ghosh J, Grahn M, Liang Q. M,  Peterson S, Pradhan B.K, van Ruijven B.J, Shukla P.R., van Vuuren D. P, Wei Y-M. (2014). Multi-model comparison of the economic and energy implications for China and India in an international climate regime. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategy for Global Change. 
•    Garg, A., Shukla P.R., Maheshwari, J., and Upadhyaya, J. (2014). An assessment of household electricity load curves and corresponding CO2 marginal abatement cost curves for Gujarat state, India. Energy Policy. 66. 568-584.
•    Chaturvedi V, Eom J, Clarke L. E, Shukla P.R. (2014). Long term building energy demand for India: Disaggregating end use energy services in an integrated assessment modeling framework. Energy Policy. 64. 226–242.
•    Chaturvedi V and Shukla P.R. (2013). Role of energy efficiency in climate change mitigation policy for India: Assessment of co-benefits and opportunities within an integrated assessment modeling framework. Climatic Change. 123 (3/4). 597-609.
•    Sathaye J and Shukla P.R. (2013). Methods and Models for Costing Carbon Mitigation. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 38. 137-168.
•    Lucas, P.L., Shukla P.R., Chen, W., van Ruijven, B.J., Dhar, S., den Elzen, M.G.J., van Vuuren, D.P. (2013). Implications of the international reduction pledges on long-term energy system changes and costs in China and India. Energy Policy. 63. 1032-1041.
•    Hourcade J.C and Shukla P.R. (2013). Triggering the low carbon transition: climate finance in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Climate Policy. 13. 22-35.
•    Van Sluisveld, M.A.E., D.E.H.J. Gernaat, S. Ashina, K.V. Calvin, A. Garg, M.Isaac, P.L. Lucas, I. Mouratiadou, S.A.C. Otto, S. Rao, P.R. Shukla, J. Van Vliet and D.P. Van Vuuren. (2013). A multi-model analysis of post-2020 mitigation efforts of five major economies. Climate Change Economics. 4(4). 1340012.  
•    Hourcade J.-C. and Shukla P.R. (2013). Triggering the low-carbon transition in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Climate Policy. 13. 22 – 35. 10.1080
•    M. Namazu, S. Fujimori, Shukla P.R., Y. Matsuoka. (2013). Two low carbon development pathways in India. Global Environmental Research. 17 (1). 119-128.
•    Calvin, K., Clarke, L., Krey, V., Blanford, G., Kejun, J., Kainuma, M., Kriegler, E., Luderer, G., Shukla P.R. (2012). The role of Asia in mitigating climate change: Results from the Asia modeling exercise. Energy Economics. 34. 3S251-S260.
•    Shukla P.R. and Chaturvedi V. (2012). Low carbon and clean energy scenarios for India: Analysis of targets approach. Energy Economics. 34. S487–S495.
•    Kainuma M, Shukla P.R. and Kejun Jiang. (2012). Framing and modeling of a low carbon society: An Overview. Energy Economics.34.S316–S324.
•    Mahapatra D, Shukla P.R. and Dhar S. (2012). External cost of coal based electricity generation: A tale of Ahmedabad city. Energy Policy. 49. 253-265.
•    Garg Amit, Shukla P.R. and Upadhyay Jigeesha. (2012). N2O emissions of India: an assessment of temporal, regional and sector trends. Climatic Change.110 (3-4).755-782.
•    Toshihiko Masui, Kenichi Matsumoto, Yasuaki Hijioka, Tsuguki Kinoshita, Toru Nozawa, Sawako Ishiwatari, Etsushi Kato, Shukla P.R., Yoshiki Yamagata and Mikiko Kainuma. (2011). An emission pathway for stabilization at 6 Wm−2 radiative forcing. Climatic Change. 109. 59-76.
•    Garg Amit, B. Kankal, Shukla P.R. (2011). Methane Emissions in India: Sub-regional and sectoral trends. Atmospheric Environment. 45(28). 4922–4929.  
•    Shukla P.R. and Dhar Subash. (2011). Climate agreements and India: aligning options and opportunities on a new track. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics.11 (3). 229-243.
•    Shukla P.R. and Mahapatra D. (2011). Dynamic Life-cycle Analysis of India’s Electricity System, International Energy Journal. 12(1). 43114.
•    Halsnaes, K, Markandya A and Shukla P.R. (2011). Introduction: Sustainable Development, Energy, and Climate Change. World Development. 39 (6). 983–986.
•    Shukla P.R. and Chaturvedi V. (2011). Sustainable Energy Transformations in India under Climate Policy. Sustainable Development. 21 (1). 48–59.
•    Shukla P.R. and Pathak M. (2011). Low Carbon Future: Investing in Renewables. Renewable Watch. 1 (4). 46-47.
•    Shukla P.R. and Pathak M. (2011). Bioenergy Strategies: Moving into a greener future. Energy Next. 1 (4).
•    Shukla P.R., Dhar S and Fujino J. (2010). Renewable energy and low carbon economy transition in India. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 2. 31005.
•    Menon-Choudhury Deepa and Shukla P.R. (2009). An integrated strategy for urban Air Quality Management in India. International Journal of Environment and Pollution. 39 (3/4). 233-252.
•    Dhar S and Shukla P.R. (2009). Regional Cooperation towards Trans-country Natural Gas Market: An Socio Economic Assessment for India. International Journal of Energy Sector Management. 3(3). 251-274.  
•    Garg A and Shukla P.R. (2009). Coal and energy security for India: Role of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (CCS). Energy: The International Journal. 34. 1032–1041.
•    Shukla P.R., Dhar, S., Victor, D.G, and Jackson, M. (2009). Assessment of demand for natural gas from the electricity sector in India. Energy Policy. 37 (9). 3520-3534.
•    Garg Amit, Dhiman R. C., Bhattacharya Sumana and Shukla P.R. (2009). Development, Malaria and Adaptation to Climate Change: A Case Study from India. Environment Management. 43 (5). 779-789.  
•    Shukla P.R., Dhar, S and Mahapatra D. (2008). Low Carbon Society Scenarios for India. Climate Policy. 8. S156-S176.
•    Halsnæs K., Shukla P.R. and Garg A. (2008). Sustainable development and climate change: lessons from country studies. Climate Policy. 8 (2). 202–219.
•    Halsnaes K and Shukla P.R. (2007). Sustainable development as a framework for developing country participation in international climate change policies. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategy for Global Change. 13. 105-130.
•    Garg A, Shukla P.R., Kapshe M. (2007). From Climate Change Impacts to Adaptation: A development perspective for India. Natural Resources Forum. 31. 132-141.
•    Shukla P.R., Garg A, Kapshe M, and Nair R. (2006). India’s Non-CO2 GHG Emissions: Development Pathways and Mitigation Flexibility. Energy Journal. Special Issue. 461-483.
•    Garg A, Shukla P.R. and Kapshe M. (2006). The sectoral trends of multigas emissions inventory of India. Atmospheric Environment. 40 (24). 4608-4620.
•    Zhang C, Shukla P.R., Victor, D. G, Heller, T. C, Biswas, D, Nag, T. (2006). Baselines for Carbon Emissions in the Indian and Chinese Power Sectors: Implications for International Emissions Trading. Energy Policy. 34 (14). 1900-1917.
•    Shukla P.R., Rana A, Garg A, Kapshe M, Nair R. (2006). Global Climate Change Stabilization Regimes and Indian Emission Scenarios: Lessons for Modeling of Developing Country Transitions. Environment Economics and Policy Studies. 7 (3). 205-231.
•    Sathaye J, Shukla P.R. and Rabindranath NH. (2006). Climate Change, Sustainable Development and India: Global and National Concerns. Current Science. 90 (3). 314-325.
•    Shukla P.R. (2006). India’s GHG emission scenarios: Aligning development and stabilization paths. Current Science. 90 (3). 354-361.
•    Shukla P.R., Nag T and Biswas D. (2005). Electricity reforms and firm level responses: changing ownership, fuel choices and technology decisions. International Journal of Global Energy Issues. 23(2/3).
•    Shukla P.R., Balasubramaniam S. and Yajnik A. (2004). CDM and India: Firm Responses, Baselines and Development Dynamics. Journal of International Research in Environment Strategies. 5 (1). 257-272.
•    Garg A, Shukla P.R., Kapshe M and Menon D. (2004). Indian Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions and Mitigation Flexibility. Atmospheric Environment. 38 (13). 1965-1977.
•    Arnulf Grübler, Nebojša Naki?enovi?, Joe Alcamo, Ged Davis, Joergen Fenhann, Bill Hare, Shunsuke Mori, Bill Pepper, Hugh Pitcher, Keywan Riahi, Hans–Holger Rogner, Emilio Lebre La Rovere, Alexei Sankovski, Michael Schlesinger,.P.R. Shukla, Rob Swart, Nadejda Victor, and Tae Yong Jung. (2004). Emissions Scenarios: A Final Response. Energy and Environment. 15 (1). 11–24.
•    Naki?enovi?, N., Grübler, A., Gaffin, S., Jung, T. Y., Kram, T., Morita, T., Pitcher, H., Riahi, K., Schlesinger, M., Shukla P.R., van Vuuren, D., Davis, G., Michaelis, L., Swart, R. and Victor, N. (2003). IPCC SRES revisited: a response. Energy and Environment. 14 (2-3). 187-214.
•    Nair R, Shukla P.R., Kapshe M, Garg A and Rana A. (2003). Analysis of Long-term Energy and Carbon Emission Scenarios for India. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 8 (1). 53-69.
•    Garg A, Shukla P.R., Ghosh D, Kapshe M and Nair R. (2003). Future GHG and Local Emissions for India: Policy Links and Disjoints. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 8 (1). 71-92.  
•    Ghosh, D., Shukla P.R., Garg, A. and Ramana, P. V. (2002). Renewable Energy Technologies for the Indian Power Sector: Mitigation Potential and Operational Strategies. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. 6 (6). 481-512.
•    Garg A, Kapshe M, Shukla P.R. and Ghosh D. (2002). Large Point Source (LPS) Emissions from India: Regional and Sectoral Analysis. Atmospheric Environment. 36. 213-234.
•    Garg A, Shukla P.R., Bhattacharya S and Dadhwal VK. (2001). Sub-region (District) and Sector Level Greenhouse Gas Emissions for India: Assessment of Inventories and Mitigation Flexibility. Atmospheric Environment. 35 (15). 2679-2695.
•    Rana A and Shukla P.R. (2001). Macroeconomic Models for Long-term Energy and Emissions in India. OPSEARCH (Special Issue on Energy and Environment Modelling). 38(1). 87-108.
•    Garg A, Ghosh D and Shukla P.R. (2001). Integrated Modeling System for Energy and Environment Policies. OPSEARCH (Special Issue on Energy and Environment Modelling). 38(1).
•    Garg A, Shukla P.R., Bhattacharya S and Dadhwal VK. (2001). Sub-region (District) and Sector Level SO2 and NOX Emissions for India: Assessment of Inventories and Mitigation Flexibility. Atmospheric Environment. 35 (4). 703-713.
•    Shukla P.R., Sokona Y and Halsnaes K. (2000). Mitigation and adaptation cost assessment concepts, methods and appropriate use: special issues and problems related to cost assessment of developing countries. Pacific and Asian Journal of Energy. 10 (1).
•    Ramana PV, Sinha C and Shukla P.R. (2000). Penetration of Renewable Energy Technologies and Climate Change Policies in India. International Journal of Global Energy Issues.
•    Jung T.Y, La Rovere E. L, Gaj H, Shukla P.R. and Zhou D. (2000). Structural Changes in Developing Countries and Their Implications to Energy-related CO2 Emissions. Journal of Technology Forecasting and Social Change.
•    Kanudia A and Shukla P.R. (1998). Modelling of Uncertainties and Price Elastic Demands in Energy-environment planning for India. OMEGA, International Journal of Management Science. 26 (3).
•    Ghosh D, Majumdar S and Shukla P.R. (1998). Demand-Side Management at Ahmedabad Electricity Company. Energy Management.
•    Majumdar S and Shukla P.R. (1997). Electric Load Forecasting Using Artificial Neural Networks and Deficit Management. Energy Sources. 19 (8).
•    Shukla P.R. (1997). Biomass Energy in India: Transition from Traditional to Modern. The Social Engineer.6 (2).
•    Shukla P.R. (1997). Energy for Sustainable Development: A Social Engineering Perspective. The Social Engineer. 6 (2).
•    Ramana PV, Shukla P.R. and Hommes EW. (1997). Rural Electrification in India: Role of Renewables, The Social Engineer. 6 (2).
•    Fisher-Vanden K, Shukla P.R., Edmonds JA, Kim SH and Pitcher HM. (1997). Carbon Taxes and India. Energy Economics. 19. 289-325.
•    Shukla P.R. (1996). Wood Energy and Global Climate Change. Wood Energy News.11 (3).
•    Shukla P.R. (1996). The modelling of Policy Options for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in India. AMBIO. XXV (4). 240-248.
•    Banerjee D and Shukla P.R. (1996). Benchmarking Manufacturing Performance: An Application to the Indian Automotive Component Manufacturing Industry. International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management. 2 (2).
•    Shukla P.R. (1995). Greenhouse Gas Models and Abatement Costs for Developing Nations: Critical Assessment. Energy Policy. 23 (8). 677-687.
•    Chandra P and Shukla P.R. (1994).Manufacturing Excellence and Global Competitiveness: Challenges and Opportunities for the Indian Industries. Economic and Political Weekly. XXIX (9).
•    Shukla P.R. and Modak S. (1992). Strategic Management of Energy Conservation: A Case Study of Ashok Organic Industries Ltd. Energy Management.
•    Moulik TK, Dholakia BH, Dholakia RH, Ramani KV and Shukla P.R. (1992). Energy Planning in India: Relevance of Regional Planning for National Policy. Energy Policy. 20 (9).
•    Rathnam S, Arun MR, Chaudhury A and Shukla P.R. (1992). The Design, Implementation and Application of A DSS For Media Planning. INTERFACES.
•    Moulik TK and Shukla P.R. (1991). Management of Energy Conservation- Perspective and Framework. Energy Management.
•    Moulik TK, Dholakia BH and Shukla P.R. (1990). Energy Demand Forecast for Agriculture in India. Economic and Political Weekly.
•    Shukla P.R. and Moulik TK. (1986). Impact of Biomass Availability on Selection of Optimal Energy Systems and Cost of Energy. Energy Journal.7 (2).

 

Masters and Doctoral level courses in the area of:
•    Carbon Finance
•    Managing Energy Businesses
•    Environment Management
•    Energy and Environment Policy
•    Electric Power Economics and Policy
•    Environmental Risk Analysis
•    Agribusiness and Energy Markets
•    Computer Aided Decision Models
•    Operations Management
•    Manufacturing Policy
•    Multiple Criteria Decision Making
 

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER/ GUEST EDITOR/ADVISOR FOR JOURNALS

• Co-Guest Editor, Special Issue of the Journal International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and  Economics (Elsevier) on The Economics of the Paradigm Shift in the Climate Negotiations, Volume 15, No. 4, November 2015
• Co-Guest Editor, Special Issue of the Journal Energy Policy (Elsevier) on Low Carbon Transport in Asia: Energy Policies for Gaining Co-benefits, 2015
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Climate Policy , Taylor and Francis
• Member, Editorial Board, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, (COCUST), Elsevier
• Member, Editorial Board, Environmental Modeling and Assessment, Baltzer Science Publishers, Amsterdam
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, International Energy Journal Published by The Regional Energy Resources Information Center (RERIC), Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
• Member (2006-08), Editorial Advisory Board, Natural Resources Forum, A United Nations Sustainable Development Journal, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.., Oxford, U.K.
• Member (2006-2009), Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Energy Sector Management, Emerald Publishing Group, London.
• Member, Editorial Committee, Research Publications, Centre Social Humaine, New Delhi
• Co-Guest Editor, World Development, Vol. 39, No. 6, 2011.
• Co-Guest Editor, Special Issue on Climate Change, and India, Current Science, Vol. 90, No. 3, February 2006.
• Co-Guest Editor, Special Issue on Energy and Environment Modeling, OPSEARCH, The Journal of Operations Research Society of India, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2001.
• Co-Guest Editor, Special Issue on Energy and Development, The Social Engineer, Vol. 6, No. 2. 1997.
• Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, U.S.A.

• Member, Steering Committee, Integrated Assessment Modeling Community (IAMC)
• Member, Steering Committee, Low Carbon Asia Network (LoCARNet)
• Member, Steering Committee, Low Carbon Society Network (LCSRNet)
• Member, Technical Steering Committee for India's Second National Communications for Greenhouse Gases, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India
• Member Advisory Committee on ‘Equity and Climate Change’, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.
• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Design to Win: Prioritizing Worldwide Philanthropic Investment Strategies for Global Warming, An International Initiative (2008-09)
• Member, Steering Committee, Japan – UK Joint Research Project “Developing visions for a Low Carbon Society through Sustainable Development”, Sponsored by The Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MoEJ) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK, Since March 2006.
• Member, Climate Change Core Group, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, since 2002
• Member, Steering Committee, Global Technology Strategy Project, Battelle-PNNL, Washington D.C. since 1999.
• Member, National Steering Committee for India's Initial National Communications for Greenhouse Gases, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, 2002-4
• Member, Advisory Committee for Pitamber Pant National Environment Fellowship Award, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, 2003
• Member, Climate Change Advisory Group, Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Resources, Government of India, 2003
• Member, Task Group on Capacity Building for Clean Development Mechanism, Planning Commission, Government of India, 2003
• Member, Steering Committee, State of Environment Report, Gujarat State, 2003
• Member, Auto Fuel Policy Committee, Government of India, 2001-2002
• Invited Member, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council 2002
• Member, Ministry of Environment and Forests Sub-Committee on "Environment in Management Education" 2002
• Member, Government of India Delegation for the "Eighth Conference of Parties (COP 8) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change", 2002
• Member, Advisory Council on Climate Change, Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Resources, Government of India, 2001-2
• Member, Eco-Asia Panel, Government of Japan, 2002
• Member, The Indian Man and Biosphere Research Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India (2001-02)
• Member, Ecosystems Research Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India (1999-2001)
• Member, Global Energy Technology Strategy Project, An International Public and Private Partnership, Coordinated by Battelle Memorial Institute, Washington DC (1998-2009)
• Member, Group for Integrated Assessment Modelling - A Research Group of Indian Institutions Developing Regionally Sensitive Integrated Assessment Model (1998-2000)
• Member, South-Asia Committee for START (SASCOM) - 1999-2000
• Member, Energy Task Force, Confederation of Indian Industries, Gujarat State (1998-2000)
• Member, Expert Group on Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Scenarios and National Communication, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India (1999)
• Member, Expert Group on Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India (1999)
• Member, Expert Group on Impacts of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India (1999)
• Member, Core Group, Integrated Assessment Modelling in Developing and Transitional Economies, An initiative by START and IPCC (1997-99)
• Member, Working Group on Framework Convention on Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India (since 1996)
• Member, Expert Committees on Environmental Pollution, Appointed by the Hon’ble High Court of Gujarat State, India (1995-1997)
• Member, Rural Energy Pricing Committee, Planning Commission, Government of India (1988)

• Reviewer IEA World Energy Outlook (Annual Reports from 2009-2013)
• Contributing Author, Global Energy Outlook 2013, International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, Austria
• Leader of Collaborative Research on Strategies for Energy Conservation and Environmental Pollution, with University of Twente, Netherlands
• Consultant on Energy Conservation to several Industries in India
• Invited Expert: Biomass Energy Workshop, International Energy Agency, Paris.
• Invited Expert: Non-Commercial Energy Planning, Bogota, Colombia
• Invited Expert: Biomass Energy Future, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Consultant to Regional Wood Energy Development Programme, FAO, Bangkok on study of Biomass Electricity Generation Technologies
• Consultant for Rural Energy Planning to Central and State Government Ministries and Nodal Agencies
• International Expert and Lead Author, Renewable Energy on the World Market: A Policy Study, International Energy Agency (IEA), Prepared by Advanced International Studies Unit, Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Washington DC
• Project Director, Project on Strategies and Instruments for Sustainable Growth - Energy Management and Environmental Protection in India, Sponsored by Indo-Dutch Programme for Alternatives in Development.
• Coordinator, Least Cost Power Sector Planning, Project Sponsored by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
• Coordinator, State Level Electricity Sector Reforms and Structural Changes in India and Its Impacts on Global Warming, Joint Project with Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, U.S.A, Sponsored by USAID.

• Lead Author, Chapter 6 – Assessing Transformation Pathways, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), Working Group III (WGIII).
• Coordinating Lead Author, IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4 - Working Group III) on Climate Change, Chapter 2 – Framing Issues.
• Convening Lead Author, IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR - Working Group III) on Climate Change, Chapter 8 - Global and Regional Costs and Ancillary Benefits, Working Group III.
• Lead Author, IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES)
• Lead Author, IPCC Special Report on Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer, Chapter 11 (Energy Supply).
• Coordinator, International Workshop on Integrated Assessment Models for Climate Change Policy for Asia, Sponsored by Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research, 1998
• Coordinator, Training Workshop for Integrated Assessment Models for Climate Change Policy Analysis, Sponsored by Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research, 1998
• Lead Author, IPCC Technical Paper IV: Implications of Proposed CO2 Emissions Limitations (1997)
• Lead Author, IPCC Technical Paper I: Technology, Policies and Measures (1996)
• Lead Author, UNEP/IPCC discussion paper: Mitigation and Adaptation Cost Assessment: Concepts, Methods and Appropriate Use (1997-98)
• Contributing Author, Human Choice and Climate Change, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, U.S.A.
• Lead Author, Climate Change 1995 - Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change, Second Assessment Report of the IPCC (Chapters 8, 9 and 10), Working Group III
• National Consultant for Global Environment Facility (GEF) Projects
• Invited Expert at the Global Climate Change Institute, Organized by UCAR/OIES, Snowmass, Colorado, USA, July 1994
• Invited Expert: Third IEA Modelling Seminar on Uncertainty and Energy Policy Choices to meet UNFCCC Objectives, International Energy Agency, Paris
• Invited expert to US Country Studies Program on Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
• Invited Expert, First IPCC Asia-Pacific Workshop on Integrated Assessment Models, Tokyo, March 10-12, 1997
• Invited Expert, Asia Least-Cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategies (ALGAS) Project Sponsored by Asian Development Bank.
• Invited Expert, International Workshop on the Technology Strategy, February 1998, Tokyo, Japan
• Invited Expert, International Workshop on Integrated Assessment Modelling (IAM) - Organized by Energy Research Institute and State Development Planning Commissions Beijing, China, October 11 - 13, 1998
• Invited Expert, Second IPCC Workshop on Integrated Assessment in Africa, Kadoma, Zimbabwe, November 22-25, 1998
• Collaborative Research with Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Washington DC on Climate Change Modelling
• Consultant to Government of India on Energy-Environment Modelling and Policy Analysis
• Collaborative Research on Energy and Greenhouse Gas Policy for India using MARKAL Model, with McGill University and GERAD, Montreal (1994-96)
• Collaborative work on the IMACLIM-NEXUS model with Centre for International Research in Environment and Development, Paris (ongoing)
• Collaborative Research with National Institute for Environment Studies, Tsukuba, Japan, on the Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM) for Evaluating Policy Options to Reduce GHG Emissions and Global Warming impacts (ongoing)
• Expert and consultant to GEF Secretariat for preparing “Case Study on India” for the GEF Review of Enabling Activities.
• Consultant, Climate Change Awareness and Outreach (CCAO) and Clean Technology Initiative (CTI) Projects, USAID (1999 – 2002)
• Coordinator, Development and Climate Project, Sponsored by UNEP RISO Centre on Climate Change, Denmark.
• Consultant, Financing for Development and Climate, Sponsored by RIVM, The Netherlands.
• Invited Expert, MAPS Project, Cape Town, South Africa 2012
• Member, Steering Committee Low Carbon Research Network
• Member, Technical Steering Committee of India’s First and Second National Communication to the UNFCCC
• Member, Sub-Group on Equity, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India

• Lead Author, Chapter 6 – Transformation Pathways, Working Group III, Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Cambridge University Press, June 2014.
• Lead Author, UNEP Bridging the Gap Report, 2011, 2012 and 2016
• Member UNEP Foresight Panel 2011 (for preparation of the UNEP Foresight Report)
• Coordinating Lead Author, Chapter 2 – Framing Issues, Working Group III, Third Assessment Report of the IPCC, Cambridge University Press, October 2007.
• Coordinating Lead Author, Chapter 8 - Global and Regional Costs and Ancillary Benefits, Working Group III, Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Cambridge University Press, June 2001.
• Lead Author, IPCC Special Report on Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer: Chapter 11 (Energy Supply), Cambridge University Press, June 2000.
• Lead Author, IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Cambridge University Press, June 2000.
• Lead Author, Developing Countries and Global Climate Change: Electric Power Choices for India, Report, Published by The Pew Center on Global Climate Change, November 1999.
• Principal Author, Biomass Based Power Generation and Wood Fuel Production Systems - Economic Analysis and Implementation Strategies, Report, FAO, Regional Wood Energy Development Programme in Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, 1998.
• Lead Author, Mitigation and Adaptation Cost Assessment: Concepts, Methods and Appropriate Use, Report, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), October 1998.
• Editor, Proceedings of Regional Conference on Climate Change Mitigation in Asia and Financing Mechanisms, Sponsored by UNEP/GEF/World Bank, Goa, India, May 1998.
• Contributing Author, Human Choice & Climate Change, Rayner, S & Malone, E (Eds.), Battelle Press, 1998.
• Lead Author, Implications of Proposed CO2 Emissions Limitations - IPCC Technical Paper IV, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva, October 1997.
• Lead Author, Technologies, Policies and Measures for Mitigating Climate Change - IPCC Technical Paper I, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva, November 1996.
• Lead Author, Chapter 8 - Estimating the Costs of Mitigating Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change 1995 - Social and Economic Dimensions of Climate Working Group III Second Assessment Report of the IPCC - Eds. J.P. Bruce, H. Lee and E. Haites, Cambridge University Press - 1996.
• Principal Lead Author, Chapter 9 - A Review of Mitigation Costs Studies, Climate Change 1995 - Social and Economic Dimensions of Climate Change, Working Group III Second Assessment Report of  the IPCC - Eds. J.P. Bruce, H. Lee and E. Haites, Cambridge University Press - 1996.
• Principal Lead Author, Chapter 10 - Integrated Assessment of Climate Change: An Overview and Comparison of Approaches and Results, Climate Change 1995 - Social and Economic Dimensions of Climate Change, Working Group III Second Assessment Report of the IPCC - Eds. J.P. Bruce, H. Lee and E. Haites, Cambridge University Press - 1996.
• Lead Author, Renewable Energy on the World Market: A Policy Study, International Energy Agency (IEA), Prepared by Advanced International Studies Unit, Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Washington DC, 1996.