External Engagements in March 2024

Amita Batra spoke at the “Eminent Persons Virtual Consultation of SASEC Vision 2035”, hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) | March 24 

Veda Vaidyanathan met Puneet Kundal, Additional Secretary East & Southern Africa Division, MEA and discussed the Africa Initiaitve work at CSEP. She provided updates and sought feedback on the critical minerals project | March 20  

Veda Vaidyanathan spoke at the event “India’s Influence in Africa” organised by the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) | March 18

Rahul Tongia was a speaker at the event “Power Markets and Carbon Markets” as part of India Smart Utility Week 2024 | March 15 

Sanjay Kahturia was a speaker at the “1st Asia Pacific E-Commerce Policy Summit” organised jointly by ICRIER with UNESCAP and MSL | March 14 

Rahul Tongia was the moderator for the session on Policy and Regulatory Support for Fast Tracking the Transition to Net Zero Power Systems at the India Smart Utility Week 2024 |

Laveesh Bhandari delivered a special lecture titled “The Path to Net Zero: Challenges and Opportunities” at the National Conference on Public Finance Issues at Madras School of Economics, Chennai | March 7 

Laveesh Bhandari released the book titled “India’s Contemporary Macroeconomic Themes – Looking Beyond 2020” to honor Dr. C. Rangarajan on his 90th Birth Anniversary | March 6 

Anoop Singh spoke at the conference “Fiscal Governance in India: Lessons from the 15th Finance Commission” | February 2024