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EPISODE · Oct 20, 2021 · 59 MIN

Electrifying India — Elizabeth Chatterjee

from In Pursuit of Development · host Dan Banik, Elizabeth Chatterjee

Dr. Elizabeth Chatterjee is an assistant professor of environmental history at the University of Chicago. Her research explores how non-Western energy histories disrupt conventional understandings of capitalist development, the social dynamics of climate change, and green political thought."India and the 1.5°C warning: The power of political targets" (The Asia Dialogue)"The Asian Anthropocene: Electricity and Fossil Developmentalism"(Journal of Asian Studies , 2020)“New Developmentalism and Its Discontents: State Activism in Modi’s Gujarat and India” (Development and Change, 2020)"The politics of electricity reform: Evidence from West Bengal, India" (World Development, 2018)"Dissipated energy: Indian electric power and the politics of blame" (Contemporary South Asia, 2012)Liz Chatterjee on TwitterDan Banik and In Pursuit of Development on Twitterhttps://in-pursuit-of-development.simplecast.com/ Host:Professor Dan Banik, Centre for Global Sustainability, University of OsloSubscribe:Apple Spotify YouTubehttps://globaldevpod.substack.com/

Dan Banik and Elizabeth Chatterjee discuss India's achievements in extending electricity coverage, recent reforms in the power sector and the role of public-private partnerships, the country's heavy dependence on coal and whether renewable energy is going to be enough to meet its future energy needs.

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