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  • In this sixth and final episode of Environomy, we will explore how India has dealt with issues related to biodiversity and climate change since the 1991 economic reforms. Since the national government has taken a strong position on climate change in recent years, this episode will also try to connect the past with the present and the future.

    Explore other episodes of Environomy where S. Gopikrishna Warrier took us through the journey of how environmental economics got interlocked after the economic reforms of 1991. This is a journey for which he had a ringside ticket as a journalist, reporting and writing on the environment for the past three decades.

    Writer and producer: S. Gopikrishna Warrier
    Production Editor: Kartik Chandramouli
    Audio editor: Tejas Dayanand Sagar

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  • Though farming contributes less than 20% of India's GDP, it provides livelihood support to nearly half of the country's population. It is an extremely challenging occupation, with many from the younger generation unwilling to pursue agriculture.

    When the post-economic reforms financially benefited sections of Indian society, how did the farmers feel left out?

    In the fifth episode of Environomy, the host discusses the impact of economic reforms on the agricultural sector.

    Through Environomy, S. Gopikrishna Warrier takes us through the journey of how environmental economics got interlocked after the economic reforms of 1991. This is a journey for which he had a ringside ticket as a journalist, reporting and writing on the environment for the past three decades.

    Writer and producer: S. Gopikrishna Warrier
    Production Editor: Kartik Chandramouli
    Audio editor: Tejas Dayanand Sagar

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  • There are traffic jams on India’s hill stations and mountain roads across the year. It wasn’t always like this.

    Increased incomes of the Indian middle class after the 1991 economic reforms translated to improved mobility. Many made their way to the mountains. And the most significant impact of India's increased mobility has been on the environment of the mountains.

    Through Environomy, S. Gopikrishna Warrier will take you through the journey of how environmental economics got interlocked after the economic reforms of 1991. This is a journey for which he had a ringside ticket as a journalist, reporting and writing on the environment for the past three decades.

    Writer and producer: S. Gopikrishna Warrier
    Production Editor: Kartik Chandramouli
    Audio editor: Tejas Dayanand Sagar

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  • The legislature, the executive, and the judiciary, form the three pillars of Indian democracy.

    The legislature consisting of the parliamentarians, and legislators are the policy makers who draw up acts and policies. The executive is the government, consisting of the Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, Chief Ministers, and their officials. The judiciary are the lawyers and the judges in the courts, from the lower ones to the Supreme Court and also the National Green Tribunal.

    During the past three decades, the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary, recalibrated their positions. This impacted the environment. Listen to the third episode of Environomy to find out more.

    Through this show, S. Gopikrishna Warrier will take you through the journey of how environmental economics got interlocked after the economic reforms of 1991. This is a journey for which he had a ringside ticket as a journalist, reporting and writing on the environment for the past three decades.

    Writer and producer: S. Gopikrishna Warrier
    Production Editor: Kartik Chandramouli
    Audio editor: Tejas Dayanand Sagar

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  • In the early 1990s, the anti-Tehri dam and anti-Narmada dam movements were India's most well-known environmental protests. It was not as if only environmental activists were involved with these movements. The developments in Tehri and Narmada were watched keenly by people across the country. In the coming decade, something changed.

    In this episode, hear about how a distinct economic and political identity for the Indian middle class after the economic reforms of 1991 changed the way in which they dealt with environmental issues.

    Through our show Environomy, S. Gopikrishna Warrier will take you through the journey of how environmental economics got interlocked after the economic reforms of 1991. This is a journey for which he had a ringside ticket as a journalist, reporting and writing on the environment for the past three decades.

    Writer and producer: S. Gopikrishna Warrier

    Production Editor: Kartik Chandramouli

    Audio editor: Tejas Dayanand Sagar

    Additional music and archival material courtesy the documentary film Words on Water, written and directed by Sanjay Kak; Kodaikanal Won’t, written and performed by Sofia Ashraf, produced by Justice Rocks Initiative, Vettiver Collective; and the William J. Clinton Presidential Library.

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  • How did the 1991 economic reforms impact the course of the Indian environment in the past three decades? Listen to Environomy's first episode, where we will look at how the Indian middle class acquired a distinct economic and political identity after the economic reforms of 1991.

    Through our show Environomy, S. Gopikrishna Warrier will take you through the journey of how environmental economics got interlocked after the economic reforms of 1991. This is a journey for which he had a ringside ticket as a journalist, reporting and writing on the environment for the past three decades.

    Writer and producer: S. Gopikrishna Warrier
    Production Editor: Kartik Chandramouli
    Audio editor: Tejas Dayanand Sagar

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  • The economic reforms of 1991 caused a radical shift in India's economic and social structure. It gave a new life to the middle class. But did you know that the reforms also changed how India dealt with its environmental issues?

    Join S Gopikrishna Warrier, Managing Editor of Mongabay-India, as he takes us through three decades of India's environmental history. Delve deep into the important environmental movements in India, meet the people behind them, and learn their history and significance.

    The first episode will be released on February 9, 2024.

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  • Lake-hopping is Anoop Ambili’s thing. For Ambili, a paleoclimatologist, the Lonar Lake in Maharashtra, Tso Moriri in Ladakh and Renuka in Himachal Pradesh hide clues that help him reconstruct past climate changes going back to 10,000 years.

    Ambili is also studying microplastic pollutants in these freshwater lakes. For example, he is looking for pollutants such as microplastics in Renuka lake, a popular tourist spot and also the largest lake in Himachal Pradesh. Information about the changes in the lakes, Ambili believes, will shape how we design policies that address human-caused changes to natural ecosystems.

    In this episode, you’ll hear what India’s lakes tell us about our past, present and future. If you listen to Ambili’s poignant observations of lakes and the challenges they face today, I’m sure you’ll look at these water bodies from a different perspective.

    Guest: Anoop Ambili, Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER-Mohali

    Host and producer: Sahana Ghosh

    Co-producer and cover designer: Kartik Chandramouli

    Audio editor: Tejas Dayanand Sagar

    Copy editors: Sapna Verma and Priyanka Shankar

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  • Looking at sediment under a microscope is a window into past environments and climates. In a dot of sediment, you may find thousands of microfossils - tiny remains of bacteria, protists, fungi, animals, and plants.

    Rajani Panchang, an oceanographer and micropaleontologist, uses microfossils from oceans, of tiny marine organisms, to interpret how the climate and environment may have been when they were alive. Such work gives us ideas about the chemistry and temperature of the ocean, ocean currents and wind patterns of the past.

    Paleoclimate research eventually feeds into reports that give us the large picture of climate change and our means of recovery. It starts with studying sediments.

    Guest: Rajani Panchang, oceanographer and micropalaentologist, Savitribai Phule Pune University

    Host and producer: Sahana Ghosh

    Co-producer and cover designer: Kartik Chandramouli

    Audio editor: Tejas Dayanand Sagar

    Copy editors: Sapna Verma and Priyanka Shankar

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  • Imagine this: When modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa, they saw creatures such as giant prehistoric elephants, a hippopotamus and a zebra-like horse, alongside other great beasts. Infact, these large mammals stuck around in the region for at least 20,000 years after the arrival of humans.

    A low-magnitude extinction began about 30,000 years ago when some megafaunal species, such as the giant elephants, started disappearing. This is in contrast to the Americas, Europe and Australia, where the arrival of humans led to more rapid, large-scale extinctions of megafauna such as woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers.

    So why did the megafauna persist even after the arrival of modern humans on the Indian subcontinent? Why did some species disappear? Why do we still have animals like elephants, tigers, and rhinos in India but not elsewhere on the planet? In this episode, we have paleobiologist Advait Jukar, who is trying to answer these questions. And his clues lie in fossils. His work helps us understand how biodiversity has changed through time with the arrival of humans and climate change.

    Guest: Advait Jukar, Gaylord Donnelley Postdoctoral Associate, Bioanthropology and Archaeology at Yale University

    Host and producer: Sahana Ghosh

    Co-producer and cover designer: Kartik Chandramouli

    Audio editor: Tejas Dayanand Sagar

    Copy editors: Sapna Verma and Priyanka Shankar

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  • India's renewable energy dreams have been big since the country shifted gears post-Paris climate summit in 2015. The country is now working towards achieving 500 GW of installed capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030. However, every choice has a cost. Rapid renewable energy installation and the transition have left several aspects overlooked. And they have given rise to new issues.

    Issues related to land availability and acquisition for mega-renewable projects, impact on biodiversity, lack of involvement of local communities and gender-based plans, lack of financing solutions, absence of waste management and recycling policies, etc.

    Considering its impact on society, experts fear that the clean energy sector will follow in the footsteps of the fossil-fuel industry.

    The shift from fossil fuels to renewables is needed eventually, but it poses loud questions: What will happen to the states that'll stop producing coal? What'll happen to the millions working in coal and related industries? Are they skilled enough to switch to the renewable sector? Also, is renewable energy coming up in coal-dependent regions in the first place, or is it happening elsewhere? How will the state departments and economy cope with this shift?

    In this episode, we will try to understand the challenges that this sector's rapid but probably unplanned growth has thrown. We will examine if there are solutions and what needs urgent attention.

    Listen to GigaWhat and explore some of the biggest questions, challenges, and opportunities in India's transition from fossil fuel to clean energy sources. Mongabay-India is an online publication dedicated to bringing you stories on science and the environment in India.

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    Guests:

    Bhargavi Rao, Senior Fellow and Trustee at Environment Support Group

    Balasubramanian Viswanathan, Policy Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development

    Selna Saji, Research Analyst, Council on Energy, Environment and Water

    Credits:

    Host: Mayank Aggarwal

    Writer and producer: Kartik Chandramouli

    Audio editor: Tejas Dayananda Sagar

    Copy editor: Priyanka Shankar

    Podcast production assistant: Sapna Verma

    Episode cover art: Pooja Gupta

  • What can shells tells us about marine paleoclimate? Shells and molluscs store a wealth of paleoclimate information. Molluscs build their shells with calcium carbonate from the sea water. Their shells record the sea water chemistry, which lets us decipher the changes that occurred in their environment.

    Paleoclimate scientist Devapriya Chattopadhyay studies mollusc fossils which help reconstruct the marine paleoenvironment. Her findings revealed that even periods of slight warming affected mollusc diversity in an area considered to be less affected by changes in the climate. In the context of present-day climate change, this paleoclimate research is considered to be very useful in bridging some knowledge gaps.

    In this episode of Imprints, Chattopadhyay talks about her fossil-hunting adventures, interesting discoveries and the people she encounters on the field. She also speaks about how infrastructure development could erase records of natural history and the challenge that India faces in setting up a museum for natural history.

    Guest: Devapriya Chattopadhyay, Associate Professor, Earth and Climate Science, Paleobiology and Marine Ecology, Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER)

    Host and producer: Sahana Ghosh, Contributing Editor, Mongabay-India

    Co-producer and cover designer: Kartik Chandramouli

    Audio editor: Tejas Dayanand Sagar

    Copy editors: Sapna Verma and Priyanka Shankar

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    Links:

    Colonial history and global economics distort our understanding of deep-time biodiversity

    Predation to climate change: what does a fossil shell tell us?

    Response of the Oligo-Miocene Bivalve Fauna of the Kutch Basin (Western India) to Regional Tectonic Events

    The Distribution Pattern of Marine Bivalve Death Assemblage From the Western Margin of Bay of Bengal and Its Oceanographic Determinants

  • It is fascinating how scientists unearth data for climate science in unusual locations. Atreyee Bhattacharya’s work takes her to lakebeds and libraries. She’s a paleoclimatologist who looks back at past climates to develop the context for understanding recent climate change.

    She analyses sediments drilled from old lakes and scours British archival records to reconstruct past rainfall changes. This aids in predictions of future climates.

    “Without paleoclimate research, we just wouldn't know that we are in a climate crisis.”

    She looks at paleoclimatology as a guidebook to human society - when did humans prosper and didn’t due to climatic factors? Using this knowledge, scientists can work with policymakers to mitigate adverse outcomes.

    In this episode of Imprints, Atreyee talks about the toolkit for her profession, her work with economists to understand past famines, the importance of paleoclimatology and the challenges it faces.

    Guest: Atreyee Bhattacharya, Research Faculty, University of Colorado, Boulder

    Host and producer: Sahana Ghosh

    Co-producer and cover designer: Kartik Chandramouli

    Audio editor: Tejas Dayanand Sagar

    Copy editors: Sapna Verma and Priyanka Shankar

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    Show notes:

    Atreyee Bhattacharya

    Most famines in south India under British rule due to minor rainfall fluctuations, rather than extreme events

    A paleoclimate database for the Indian subcontinent

  • India has an ambitious clean energy target that needs technology and innovation. While government and private sectors have their role to play, startups are critical for innovation and faster execution. They identify local, national and global problems, find opportunities and develop solutions.

    India is home to the third-largest startup ecosystem, with about 57,000 startups. A fraction of this number is working in sustainability and solving climate change issues. Worldwide, it’s noted that the number of government policy measures to help startups get new clean energy technologies to the market, has risen sharply since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015.

    From bringing solar power-based products to provide job opportunities in rural India, to companies innovating to increase the life of batteries, startups are addressing various needs of the different stages in the renewable energy journey.

    But are they enough ideas? Enough startups? And enough support for such startups?

    And more importantly, is there money to be made? Is there money to invest?

    In this episode, we will speak to stakeholders involved in a startup’s journey to success. A co-founder, an investor and an incubator.

    Listen to GigaWhat and explore some of the biggest questions, challenges, and opportunities in India’s transition from fossil fuels to clean energy sources.

    Guests:

    Pankaj Sharma , co-Founder, Log 9 Materials

    Smita Rakesh, Vice President and Partner at Social Alpha

    Arpit Agarwal, Director, Blume Ventures

    Credits:

    Hosted by Mayank Aggarwal

    Produced and scripted by Kartik Chandramouli.

    Edited and mixed by Tejas Dayananda Sagar

    Copy edits by Priyanka Shankar

    Episode artwork is by Pooja Gupta

  • It is fascinating how scientists unearth data for climate science in unusual locations. Fossils, trees, lake sediment, other natural objects, and archival documents are like time portals. They tell us when and how ancient organisms and ecosystems experienced past environmental changes.

    On Imprints, you will hear how scientists look at the past to understand the modern climate. The show will shine a light on a lesser-discussed science in India. We will listen to five paleo scientists who put our Earth in context and suggest actions to mitigate future climate change impacts and biodiversity loss.

    Subscribe to our podcast for updates about the show.

    Host: Sahana Ghosh
    Producer and cover art designer: Kartik Chandramouli
    Sound editor: Tejas Dayanand Sagar
    Copy editor: Aditi Tandon

  • We are all familiar with the buzzing sound under high-voltage power lines and transmission towers. The electricity passing through it is generated from coal power plants, solar parks, wind farms, dams and other sources. It passes through transmission networks and substations to eventually reach the end users.

    Day by day, the share of renewable power entering this system is increasing. However, the solar and wind farms that are coming up or expanding to meet India’s renewable energy goal are concentrated within a few states. India will need to upgrade and expand its transmission infrastructure to evacuate the power generated here and feed it into the national electricity grid to be distributed across all regions.

    The transmission infrastructure in India needs two trillion rupees! But there isn’t enough money flowing for the development.

    Without adequate transmission systems in place, renewable energy plants can turn into stranded assets. And that’s a fear for project developers and investors.

    Listen to GigaWhat and explore some of the biggest questions, challenges, and opportunities in India's transition from fossil fuel to clean energy sources. Mongabay-India is an online publication dedicated to bringing you stories on science and the environment in India.

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    Guests:

    Balawant Joshi, Managing Director, Idam Infra

    Deepak Krishnan, Associate Director, WRI India (Energy)

    Links:
    Financial Constraints in Renewable Energy Sector, Ministry of New And Renewable Energy

    Power Map of India

    Renewable Energy Industry in India, IBEF

    Renewables Integration in India, IEA

    Renewable Energy Management Centers

    Credits:

    Host: Mayank Aggarwal

    Writer and producer: Kartik Chandramouli

    Audio editor: Tejas Dayananda Sagar

    Copy editor: Priyanka Shankar

    Podcast production assistant: Ayushi Kothari

    GigaWhat cover art: Pooja Gupta

  • The clean energy sector maintains that it is crusading the fight against climate change. But first, governments and companies have to fix the road to making clean energy technologies.

    The supply chain to create clean energy technologies is riddled with issues. Unsustainable mineral extraction to make solar cells, wind turbines, electric vehicle batteries and other clean technologies pose high social and environmental risks. These scenarios are visible worldwide, especially in less industrialised nations.

    A secure and sustainable supply chain can contribute to a clean energy transition.

    In this episode of GigaWhat, Mongabay-India Contributing Editor and the podcast host, Mayank Aggarwal, speaks with Jessie Cato (natural resources programme manager, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre) and Saurav Goyal (founding member, Metastable Materials) about various aspects of the clean technology supply chain.

    Guests:

    Jessie Cato, Programme Manager, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

    Saurav Goyal, Founding Member, Metastable Materials

    Links

    The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions, IEA

    Critical Minerals for India, Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP)

    Securing Clean Energy Technology Supply Chains, IEA

    Climate-positive, high-tech metals are polluting Earth, but solutions await, Mongabay

    Corporate sustainability due diligence, EU

    India’s market regulator takes a step towards sustainable finance, Mongabay-India

    KABIL Set up to Ensure Supply of Critical Minerals

    GigaWhat episode 1: Clean Waste

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    Credits:

    Produced and scripted by Kartik Chandramouli

    Edited and mixed by Tejas Dayananda Sagar

    Copy edits by Aditi Tandon

    Production assistance from Ayushi Kothari

    GigaWhat artwork by Pooja Gupta

  • Lack of energy access limits the rural economy. But reliable electricity creates an infrastructure for rural entrepreneurs and gives people a chance to work on their aspirations.

    In rural India, decentralised renewable energy options – primarily solar power – are creating livelihood and business opportunities. Decentralised renewable energy systems are primarily independent of the central power grid and the energy is generated close to its area of use. To address daily issues that arise out of lack of power, startups and organisations are creating and modifying decentralised renewable energy (DRE) solutions in India’s villages, burgeoning towns and metros.

    In this episode of GigaWhat, Mongabay-India Contributing Editor and the podcast host, Mayank Aggarwal, speaks with startup founders and managers to learn the innovations happening in the DRE sector that are helping to boost the livelihoods of people in India’s hinterlands.

    Produced and scripted by Kartik Chandramouli

    Edited and mixed by Tejas Dayananda Sagar

    Copy edits by Priyanka Shankar

    Production assistance from Ayushi Kothari

    GigaWhat artwork by Pooja Gupta

    Guests:

    Ananth Aravamudan, Sector Lead - Climate Action, Villgro (Powering Livelihoods

    Kunal Vaid, Director, Resham Sutra

    Abhishek Pathak, Founder, Greenwear

    Manish Kumar, Staff Reporter, Mongabay-India

    Links:

    Mongabay series: Clean Energy

    Solar mini-grids fuel women-led enterprises in Jharkhand’s Gumla district

    Decentralised solar setups give power access to small farmers, facilitate innovations

    Framework to promote decentralised RE livelihood applications

    Powering Livelihoods Globally through Clean Energy, a GCF-CEEW report.

    The Future of Distributed Renewable Energy in India

  • Hydropower has been an old and reliable source of energy in India. Until a few years ago, India considered a hydropower project renewable only when the installed capacity was less than 25 megawatt (MW). But then, in 2019, the government of India decided to consider large hydropower projects as renewable projects too. This makes hydroelectricity a vital part of India's clean energy targets - installing 500 gigawatt (GW) of non-fossil fuel-based capacity by 2030.

    However, activists and researchers who have been working on issues related to the displacement of communities due to dam construction, and ecologists who study the impacts of dams on aquatic species and the region's biodiversity, think otherwise. They opine that the terms' clean' and 'green' used to describe hydropower could be misleading, as it does not consider the livelihoods lost and the cost of biodiversity lost at stake.

    In this episode, we'll hear about how dams are perceived as a more stable source of energy when compared to solar and wind. We'll also hear about the true cost of relying on this form of energy. Our conversations raise a contentious question: Can hydropower be considered clean and renewable? Or is it simply a case of clean-washing?

    Listen to GigaWhat and explore some of the biggest questions, challenges, and opportunities in India's transition from fossil fuel to clean energy sources. Mongabay-India is an online publication dedicated to bringing you stories on science and the environment in India.

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    Guests:

    Ammu Susanna Jacob, Research Scientist, CSTEP

    Shishir Rao, ecologist

    Prakash Bhandari, environmental researcher and activist, Himdhara

    Links:

    A twin-state hydropower project could drown livelihoods and biodiversity

    Fish & small hydropower projects in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India

    The return of the mega hydropower projects across India

    Credits:

    Host: Mayank Aggarwal

    Writer and producer: Kartik Chandramouli

    Audio editor: Tejas Dayananda Sagar

    Copy editor: Aditi Tandon

    Podcast production assistant: Ayushi Kothari

    GigaWhat cover art: Pooja Gupta

  • What are the high hurdles for India to uplift its people and realise its potential on the world stage? Two of the most significant ones are securing food for its large population and providing enough energy to power homes and industries.

    As it has always been, land, as a resource, is a precious commodity for both farming, and energy production. On the one hand, it is estimated that nearly 58 percent of India’s 1.2 billion people are engaged in agriculture, which occupies 60 percent of its total land area.

    On the other hand, to generate electricity, the country requires thousands of square kilometres of land for coal mines, thermal power plants, and renewable energy projects to meet its energy needs.

    A 2019 study noted that fulfilling India’s 2022 goal of 175 GW of renewable energy could impact agricultural areas nearly the size of Himachal Pradesh.

    Solar power projects that will contribute to more than half of our 450 GW renewable energy target by 2030, require a lot of land for its most popular form of large solar parks. In places where a solar project eyes fertile and cultivated land, it could lead to social unrest from people directly or indirectly losing livelihoods. This, in turn, means delays and financial losses for energy companies.

    What is the solution to this complex challenge? Agricultural and energy researchers are turning to one design-based solution to optimise land usage. The idea is to use the same plot of land to harvest crops…and energy by placing solar panels over fields. The system is called agrivoltaics.

    In this episode, we will hear from some of the forerunners in agrivoltaics in India. They'll speak about the potential and roadblocks in the field. We'll discuss what this new way of looking at farmland could mean for a key stakeholder in agrivoltaics - the farmer.

    Listen to GigaWhat and explore some of the biggest questions, challenges, and opportunities in India's transition from fossil fuel to clean energy sources. Mongabay-India is an online publication dedicated to bringing you stories on science and the environment in India.

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    Guests:

    Nutan Kaushik, Director General, Amity Food and Agriculture Foundation

    Maximilian Vorast, Research Assistant, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems

    Shravan Sampath, CEO, Oakridge Energy

    Links:

    Agrivoltaics in India: Fertile Ground?

    Agriculture in India

    Agrivoltaics in India: Overview of operational Projects and relevant Policies

    Renewable Energy and Land Use in India: A Vision to Facilitate Sustainable Development

    Credits:

    Host: Mayank Aggarwal

    Writer and producer: Kartik Chandramouli

    Audio editor: Tejas Dayananda Sagar

    Copy editor: Priyanka Shankar

    Podcast production assistant: Ayushi Kothari

    Episode cover art: Mohit Negi

    GigaWhat cover art: Pooja Gupta