IIT Gandhinagar to Host a Conference on “Energising Agriculture and Enabling Just Energy Transitions in South Asia” from February 6

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), Kiran C Patel Centre for Sustainable Development (KPCSD) has collaborated with International Water Management Institute (IWMI) to organise a conference on “Energising Agriculture and Enabling Just Energy Transitions in South Asia” from February 6 to 8, 2023. 

The event at IIT Gandhinagar has been organised under the ‘Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience in South Asia’ (SoLAR) Project of IWMI. The project has been funded by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

The two day conference will consist of discussions and seminars on the following five topics:

• Solarising Smallholder Irrigation: Policy landscape and empirical evidence of the impact of solar irrigation pumps (SIPs) on farmers’ incomes and livelihoods. 
• Conserving Groundwater Through Solar Irrigation: Empirical evidence and future projections. 
• Connecting Off-Grid to the Grid: Pilots and lessons from grid-connected solar irrigation projects. 
• Renewable energy in agricultural value chains: Institutional models, policies, and case studies on livelihoods and impacts. 
• Making energy transitions inclusive and equitable: Is renewable energy transition in South Asia GESI (gender, equity, and social inclusiveness) compatible? 

Regional Researchers, Policy makers and professionals in the renewable energy sector will be participating in the conference. 

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