Author: Joyashree Roy

Mainstream development best for rising India

by Joyashree Roy | Oct 6, 2015

As India stands on the crossroad of choosing its development path, it is time to question the past experiments in the confused search for an alternative growth path, from the point of view of both efficiency and justice

Many a times I hear a debate on how should India rise in next two and half decades as by then population growth will be peaking. Should India reinvent the wheel of progress or…Read more

Indian industries doing their bit to go green

by Joyashree Roy, Shyamasree Dasgupta | Aug 29, 2014

While India continues to shy away from taking on legally binding actions to cut greenhouse emissions, Indian industries are in fact doing their bit to mitigate climate change as opposed to the general perception, say IPCC coordinating lead author Joyashree Roy and contributing author Shyamasree Dasgupta

The current political position of India in international climate negotiation is non-commitment…Read more

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