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Vikram S Mehta
Vikram S Mehta is Chairman and Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress.
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If you want migration to work, look at the success storiesSubscriber Only
March 03,2025 07:11:51 AM
Migration can work for all if governments across countries collaborate with successful immigrants.
Mon, Mar 03, 2025
Despite Donald Trump’s loud claims, why ‘baby may not drill’Subscriber Only
February 03,2025 06:55:46 AM
His pronouncement most likely won't lead to a substantive change in the international energy market
Mon, Feb 03, 2025
Steering towards stability after a year of uncertaintySubscriber Only
January 06,2025 06:55:38 AM
The year ended with the world at the junction of multiple crossroads — geopolitics, geoeconomics, geoenergy and geotechnics. The global community should create multidisciplinary institutions and respond to these uncertainties collectively
Mon, Jan 06, 2025
To crack the profit vs principles puzzle in business, an ancient Sumerian solutionSubscriber Only
December 02,2024 04:20:19 AM
The ‘Gilgamesh solution’ suggests a two-pronged approach. One, it endeavours to build institutions that facilitate cooperation and not competition. Two, find the ‘narrow corridor’ that balances divergent interests and expectations of society, shareholders and the regulator
Mon, Dec 02, 2024
Why I hope India participates in the Champions Trophy in Pakistan next yearSubscriber Only
November 05,2024 04:55:43 AM
What bridges the border between the often opposed nations is their shared joy for cricket. India’s participation in the championship emerges as an unlikely aid
Wed, Nov 06, 2024
In 2024, a world driven dangerously close to the edgeSubscriber Only
October 07,2024 04:00:46 AM
Narrow nationalisms and leaders with large egos have pushed the world towards a wider, prolonged conflict. But there is hope in power pivoting away from politicians towards those who can use technology to forestall it
Mon, Oct 07, 2024
Why there is a need to reimagine corporate governance in the AI ageSubscriber Only
September 02,2024 07:35:22 AM
Indian boards comprise, in the main, elderly individuals with similar experiences. This results in the homogenisation of corporate thinking and (inadvertently perhaps), the shrinkage of space for contemplating ‘out of the box’ alternatives. This needs to change.
Mon, Sep 02, 2024
From Uttarakhand to Wayanad: Balancing realpolitik with green transitionSubscriber Only
August 07,2024 07:05:03 AM
Challenge for our leaders is to walk the line between sustainability and demands of national security and economic growth
Wed, Aug 07, 2024
Uttarakhand forest fires: Why villagers don’t help the state in risk managementSubscriber Only
July 01,2024 07:57:02 AM
The forest department has, in local expertise, a valuable asset. They must harness it even if to do so they have to reintroduce an incentive scheme.
Mon, Jul 01, 2024
Why the old script can’t work for India’s green transitionSubscriber Only
June 03,2024 08:36:09 AM
India’s energy sector is on a cusp. Fossil fuels will dominate it for decades more, but the overriding priority is to reduce its share. The next government’s challenge is to accelerate the latter against the backdrop of a polarised international geopolitical context and exponential technological innovation
Mon, Jun 03, 2024
The clean energy transition has become messySubscriber Only
May 06,2024 08:17:44 AM
The war in the Middle East, Russia and Ukraine, and sanctions by the US have created a fragmented market in the petroleum industry. It is facing a set of challenges that may be the most complicated to date.
Wed, May 08, 2024
Even under capitalism, there is hope for climate change solutionsSubscriber Only
April 01,2024 07:55:23 AM
The book contains several more stories. ‘The Reformer’ is about the CEO of a US oil MNC who is investing cash generated from the production of oil in carbon capture. ‘
Mon, Apr 01, 2024
This is what’s slowing down the clean energy transitionSubscriber Only
March 04,2024 08:00:09 AM
With Big Oil's 2050 forecast that places oil and gas at the centre of energy basket, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve net-zero carbon emissions targets
Mon, Mar 04, 2024
Ukraine war, Gaza conflict and Middle East strikes: It’s time businesses prepare for political riskSubscriber Only
February 05,2024 08:00:19 AM
Scenario planning is not a panacea, but it does offer a methodological process for better preparing corporate leaders to respond to the unexpected
Mon, Feb 05, 2024
How the psychology of Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden and MBS is driving oil pricesSubscriber Only
December 02,2023 18:00:08 PM
The dominant drivers of the crude oil market today are not the fundamentals of demand and supply, but the non-fundamentals, the psychology of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Joe Biden and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Tue, Dec 05, 2023
The self-serving overreach of Benjamin Netanyahu in GazaSubscriber Only
November 06,2023 05:35:48 AM
Democracy has the built-in check of electoral accountability. But that happens only every 4- 5 years. In the interim, leaders have considerable latitude to exercise power ostensibly for the purpose of ‘national security’
Wed, Nov 08, 2023
Current green transition solutions disregard social and political realities, both international and domesticSubscriber Only
September 04,2023 05:30:19 AM
Institutions have to be built that facilitate global cooperation, skill development and technology transfer and also enable the mediation of the domestic and international conflicts that have been inevitably aroused
Mon, Sep 04, 2023
Vikram S Mehta writes on the climate crisis: The global way outSubscriber Only
August 07,2023 07:07:12 AM
In ‘era of global boiling’, challenge can only be met if we act in political, economic, financial concert
Mon, Aug 07, 2023
Vikram Mehta writes: Locate the many IndiasSubscriber Only
July 03,2023 07:35:50 AM
Advice to potential investors: Do not presume the business models that have worked for you elsewhere will be successful in India
Mon, Jul 03, 2023
New custodians of corporate governanceSubscriber Only
June 05,2023 07:10:59 AM
Vikram Singh Mehta writes: Private firms should fill the vacancies of independent directors with those who are younger, technically savvy, with domain knowledge to tackle future uncertainties
Mon, Jun 05, 2023
Vikram Mehta writes: Why we can’t ‘pause’ AISubscriber Only
May 01,2023 07:44:40 AM
Mixed views on AI reflect the international community’s inability to look beyond narrow interests to address problems of global commons
Mon, May 01, 2023
Vikram Mehta writes: India’s fossil fuel lessons for net zeroSubscriber Only
April 03,2023 07:36:37 AM
As the transition to clean energy becomes imperative, India’s tryst with hydrocarbons can offer a roadmap of what not to do
Mon, Apr 03, 2023
Vikram S Mehta writes: What India, as president of G-20 and architect of credo of non-violence, can do on UkraineSubscriber Only
March 03,2023 12:57:04 PM
Is there not a threshold beyond which the severity of human suffering renders meaningless words like “political sovereignty”, “national security” and “territorial integrity”? There are examples from recent history that show the way to de facto peace, even while the political disagreement continues
Mon, Mar 06, 2023
Price cap, energy geo-politicsSubscriber Only
February 06,2023 07:04:40 AM
US petroleum firms have benefited the most from sanctions on Russia. Europe has been pushed into a relationship of energy dependency with the US
Mon, Feb 06, 2023
The path to decarbonisation in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflictSubscriber Only
January 02,2023 07:40:39 AM
Against this international backdrop, India must pivot the needle of its energy compass towards short-term energy security and long-term decarbonisation. Irrespective of who is to blame for global warming, India cannot afford to develop first and clean up later
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