This book deal with energy reforms and security with a substantial focus on India and South Asia. It covers a wide range of issues on energy including trends in oil markets, oil diplomacy, political economy of reforms, environment issues, interaction between macroeconomic policies and the energy sector, technology challenges and innovations in the oil industry, and national energy policies.
INTRODUCTION - NAJEEB JUNG ; SECTION I: ECONOMICS OF ENERGY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH ; 1. AN ESSAY IN TWO PARTS IN HONOR OF VIJAY KELKAR - DANIEL YERGIN ; 2. A PIONEER'S THINKING AROUND GROWTH FUNDAMENTALS: A TRIBUTE TO DR VIJAY KELKAR ; - R. K. PACHAURI AND SHAILLY KEDIA ; 3. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN A COALITION GOVERNMENT: THE EVOLUTION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS - VIKRAM SINGH MEHTA ; 4. CHANGING PATTERN OF INDIA'S ENERGY PROFILE: AN INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS OF LINKAGES - SHAHID AHMED AND ANJALI TANDON ; SECTION II: INTERNATIONAL OIL: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL CONTEXT ; 5. INTERNATIONAL OIL: A ZERO-SUM GAME? - SANJIV MISHRA ; 6. INDIA'S OIL: PAST, PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE - RITA NANGIA ; 7. SUBSIDY ELIMINATION WITH AND WITHOUT A GLOBAL PRICE SHOCK: THE MACROECONOMICS OF OIL PRICE POLICY REFORM - SUDIPTO MUNDLE, N. R. BHANUMURTHY, AND SUKANYA BOSE ; 8. OIL AND GAS IN AN ASIAN CENTURY - ASHA RAM SIHAG ; 9. DEVELOPMENT OF AN OIL AND GAS PROJECT IN RAJASTHAN - BILL GAMELL ; SECTION III: INDIA'S ENERGY SECURITY ; 10. CHALLENGES TO INDIA'S ENERGY SECURITY - LIGIA NORONHA ; 11. INDIA'S ENERGY SECTOR: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE - FEREIDUN FESHARAKI AND PRAVEEN KUMAR ; 12. INDIA'S ENERGY CHALLENGES IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT: AN INVESTOR'S PERSPECTIVE - AFSANEH BESCHLOSS, WITH ADRIENNE VILLANI AND SHOMIK DUTTA ; 13. DR VIJAY KELKAR: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS - MANI SHANKAR AIYAR ; SECTION IV: NATURAL GAS IN INDIA'S ENERGY BASKET AND POLICY DEBATES ; 14. ROLE OF NATURAL GAS IN INDIA'S ENERGY BASKET IN THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY ; AJIT KAPADIA AND KIRIT N. NAIK ; 15. THE GAS POLICY DEBATE: ORIGINS AND CHALLENGES - ANIL JAIN ; ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTOR ; INDEX