Workshop on Greening Progressive Punjab

A state workshop on 'Greening Progressive Punjab' was organized by TERI at Punjab Bhawan in Chandigarh on 13 February 2014 under the project "Initiative on Green Growth and Development in India". The project is being implemented by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in collaboration with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). The Department of Science, Technology & Environment, Government of Punjab is the nodal agency for the project.

To initiate the consultative process, Dr R K Pachauri (Director General, TERI) gave a presentation on the relevance of green growth. Shri Rakesh Singh (Chief Secretary, Government of Punjab) made interventions along with Smt Seema Jain (Principal Secretary, Department of Science Technology & Environment), Shri Anirudh Tewari (Principal Secretary, Power) and Shri Siddarthan Bala (India Country Head, GGGI). Dr Prodipto Ghosh (Distinguished Fellow, TERI) chaired the three thematic presentations by the study team on sectoral overview; options in renewable energy technologies; and institutional models for natural resource management & ecosystem services.