Centre constitutes high-level group for South Asia energy security; Head - Ram Vinay Shahi 

Centre constitutes high-level group for South Asia energy security; Head – Ram Vinay Shahi 

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

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