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Arunabha Ghosh      

Chief Executive Officer Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

Arunabha Ghosh is an internationally recognized public policy expert, author, columnist, and institution builder. He is the Chief Executive Officer of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), one of South Asia's leading policy research institutions and climate think tanks. Ghosh has also been actively involved in the design of the International Solar Alliance since its inception. The International Solar Alliance is comprised of more than 120 signatory countries working for the efficient consumption of solar energy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

With experience in 48 countries, Ghosh previously worked at Princeton, Oxford, the United Nations Development Programme, and the World Trade Organization. He advises governments, industry, civil society, and international organizations around the world, including India’s Prime Minister’s Office, on energy/resources security, renewable energy, energy-trade-climate linkages, climate and water governance, and international regime design.

Ghosh is a member of several international expert advisory groups and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Clean Air, having previously been a member of the Global Future Council on Energy. He is co-author/editor of four books and dozens of research papers and reports. His regular columns have been published in newspapers worldwide. He has hosted a documentary on water in Africa; been featured in National Geographic and Discovery Channel documentaries on energy and climate change; and delivered a TED Talk on air quality. He has been regularly interviewed on Al Jazeera, BBC, CNBC, CNN and Voice of America, among other media.

Ghosh was a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader; an Asia Society Asia 21 Young Leader; and a Kamalnayan Bajaj Fellow (fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network). He was previously an Oxford-Princeton Global Leadership Fellow. In 2022, the Asia Society honoured him with their Asia Game Changer Award and in 2023, the Government of Australia appointed him a Canberra Fellow.

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