Centre constitutes high-level group for South Asia energy security; Head – Ram Vinay Shahi
- The Central Government has set up a high-level group to build a South Asia-focused energy security architecture
- The high-level group, named the South Asia Group for Energy (SAGE), will be headed by former Union Power Secretary Ram Vinay Shahi.
- SAGE has been set up under the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)-run think tank Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS).
- Objective: to achieve a balanced and optimal development of energy infrastructure through mutual understanding and cooperation, by promoting, initiating and facilitating effective policy dialogue and capacity building on bilateral, sub-regional and regional basis for energy and related issues, among South Asian countries.
Other members of SAGE are
- Amar Sinha, former economic relations secretary in the MEA and India’s former ambassador to Afghanistan;
- Preeti Saran, former secretary east in MEA;
- Chandan Kumar Mondol, director commercial at NTPC Ltd, India’s largest power generation utility;
- Rakesh Nath, former chairman of Central Electricity Authority, the apex power sector planning body;
- Anil Sardana, managing director, Adani Power; and
- Deepak Amitabh, chairman and managing director, PTC India Ltd, the country’s largest electricity trader.
Source: LiveMint