Can India develop in a sustainable manner?
Deeksha Palepu |
TEDxBathUniversity
• March 2018
Deeksha has a passionate interest in sustainable development and in finding solutions to mitigate the impact human activities are having on the environment. She has worked with NGOs under the Scholars for Change campaign organised by the Indian Institute of Management and her School in projects such as providing learning assistance to underprivileged children and Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan which is a community project aimed at raising social awareness towards hygiene and cleanliness in her town. Her talk will focus on the energy needed to fuel development in India, the impact this could potentially have on world CO2 emissions and the options India could adapt in reducing the carbon intensity of its primary energy demand.