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ESP, SIS organises a talk by Prof. Daisuke Hayashi

ESP, SIS organises a talk by Prof. Daisuke Hayashi

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ENERGY TALK

Energy Transitions in China and India

By

Prof. Daisuke Hayashi

RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY

JAPAN

Date: 31st August 2018, Friday

 

Time: 10:30 AM

 

Venue: Room No. 128, SIS –II

Jawaharlal Nehru University

ALL ARE INVITED

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Abstract:

China and India are undergoing rapid transitions towards renewable energy. The leapfrogging in renewable energy technologies in China and India is largely because of strong government targets and policy support. It indicates how government policy can guide energy transitions. The talk will focus on how government policy influences development and deployment clean technologies; will explore what challenges remain for the further scaling up of the clean-energy industries, and will draw lessons for a transition into a low-carbon power sector.

Speaker Bio:

Daisuke Hayashi is Associate Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy at the Department of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan. His research focuses on the design of policies and institutions for low-carbon development in emerging economies, particularly China and India. He serves as a board member of the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Japan.

RSVP: Dr.Nanda Kumar Janardhanan, Asst. Professor, Energy Studies Programme, SIS (nandakumar@mail.jnu.ac.in)

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.