Centre for Research on Energy Security

Core areas

• Energy security
• Geopolitics of energy
• Energy pricing and subsidies
• Energy regulation and policy frameworks
• Patterns of energy demand and supply

  Projects undertaken

• The study on the reform of India's fossil fuel subsidies, sponsored by International Institute for Sustainable Development and Global Subsidies Initiative.
• Evaluation of the pilot project on Direct Benefit Transfer of Kerosene subsidies in Alwar sponsored by IISD and GSI
• A multi-year study on energy security policy in India, sponsored by the Nand Jeet and Khemka Foundation
• A study on the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor sponsored by Institute of Chinese Studies, Ministry of External Affairs.
• Energy Project on South and South West Asia sponsored by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
• A comparative study on power generation costs, sponsored by the Petroleum Federation of India.
• A study on the patterns of rural energy consumption and inequities in India, as a part of the Norwegian Framework Agreement sponsored by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Other studies under the Norwegian Framework Agreement include:

1. Mapping multilateral energy institutions
2. Global oil markets and India's vulnerability to oil shocks
3. The international trends in natural gas markets and its relevance to India

• A study on the European external energy governance, sponsored by Volkswagen Stiftung

  Events

• 8 February 2008: "Lifestyles, Energy Security, and Climate", an event by CeRES and the Asian Energy Institute during Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2008 with support from the Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation.