Decarbonisation isn't goal, human welfare is: World Resources Institute CEO

Dasgupta tells Subhomoy Bhattacharjee that India's requirements to ensure energy for all its citizens and raise per capita income should be an acceptable part of global climate strategy

In June this year, Aniruddha Dasgupta became the first Indian president & CEO of World Resources Institute (WRI), a global research non-profit of investment bankers, Wall Street philanthropists and former heads of MNCs. WRI members sit with GOI in several key committees on urban and energy issues just as it has been involved with the UN and the World Bank to offer practical solutions that spur investments in sectors that improve people’s lives yet protect nature. Dasgupta, who holds a master's degrees in city planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has worked with the World Bank, tells