22 January 2007
India joins IEA international collaborative programmes. On 22 January
2007, India joined two IEA Implementing Agreement energy technology R&D
programmes. The signing took place in New Delhi on 22 January in the
presence of R.V. Shahi, Secretary, India's Ministry of Power, and Claude
Mandil, IEA's Executive Director. Mr. T. Sankaralingam,
Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC, India's largest thermal electricity
producer, signed the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme that deals
with reducing greehouse gas emmissions from fossil fuel use. Dr. Ajay
Mathur, Director-General of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, signed
the IEA DSM Programme dealing with demand-side management of electricity
use.
Presentation by Claude Mandil
