Tejal Kanitkar

Tejal
Associate Professor
Phone
080-22185167
E-mail
tejalk@nias.res.in
Department
Tejal Kanitkar

Tejal Kanitkar is an Associate Professor in the Energy, Environment, and Climate Change Program, in the School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, at NIAS. She is a mechanical engineer by training and has worked on in the area of energy and climate studies since 2006.

Tejal did her PhD in energy science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, a master’s in mechanical engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering in Mumbai University. She has been teaching since 2011.   

Her research interests lie in the areas of energy, development, and climate policy. She works on trying to integrate perspectives from the natural sciences, engineering, and social sciences to understand the interconnected aspects of energy production, environmental constraints, and economic development, with a perspective that prioritizes equity in the era of acute environmental crises such as climate change. 

Publications
An Integrated Forecasts Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
An integrated framework for energy-economy-emissions modelling: A case study of India.
Springer International.
2020
India in a warming world Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Equity in long-term mitigation In: India in a Warming World: Integrating Climate Change and Development edited by Navroz K. Dubash.
New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 92-113.
2019
Equity and Burden Sharing in Emission Scenarios: A Carbon Budget Approach Tejal Kanitkar
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Equity and Burden Sharing in Emission Scenarios: A Carbon Budget Approach
In: Handbook of Climate Change and India, Development, Politics and Governance, Oxford University Press
2012
NIAS Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
A new scenario framework for equitable and climate-compatible futures
Co-authored with Ranjan, A., & Jayaraman, T. (2024). A new scenario framework for equitable and climate-compatible futures. Climate and Development, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2024.2365939
17 June 2024
Journal Articles
Equity assessment of global mitigation pathways in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Equity assessment of global mitigation pathways in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
Co-Authored with Akhil Mythri & T. Jayaraman, Climate Policy
4 March 2024
Journal Articles
S1 Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Role of Agrometeorological Advisory Services in Enhancing Food Security and Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change
Co-authored with Nannewar, R. G. & Srikanth, R. (2023). Role of Agrometeorological Advisory Services in Enhancing Food Security and Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change. Weather, Climate, and Society, 15(4), 1013-1027.
1 October 2023
Journal Articles
CSTP Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Affordable and sustainable transportation: Key drivers and policy choices for a megacity in India
Co-Authored with Tanmay Ghosh, R. Srikanth. Case Studies on Transport Policy 13: 101061.
28 September 2023
Journal Articles
CSTP Tejal Kanitkar
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Assessing equity in public transportation in an Indian city
Co-authored with Ghosh, T. & Srikanth, R. (2022). Assessing equity in public transportation in an Indian city. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 10(4), 2337-2349.
28 December 2022
Journal Articles
Equity assessment of global mitigation pathways in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Tejal Kanitkar
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Equity Assessment of Global Mitigation Pathways in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
Co-authored with Akhil Mythri and T Jayaraman. OSF Pre-print
3 November 2022
Journal Articles
Current Science, Vol 122, p 0557 Tejal Kanitkar
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Analysing the implications of electrification of public transport buses in Pune city, India
In: Current Science, Vol 122, p 0557
28 March 2022
Journal Articles
Current Science, Vol 122, Tejal Kanitkar
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
A methodology to correlate short-term regional climate action and long-term global temperature goals
In: Current Science, Vol 122, pp 0689
28 March 2022
Journal Articles
Equity in Global Climate Policy and Implications for India’s Energy Future Tejal Kanitkar
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Equity in Global Climate Policy and Implications for India’s Energy Future
In: Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 56, Issue No. 52
28 December 2021
Journal Articles
Equity in Global Climate Policy and Implications for India’s Energy Future Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Equity in Global Climate Policy and Implications for India’s Energy Future
Economic & Political Weekly, 25 December 2021
25 December 2021
Journal Articles
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Indian Economy: A Critical Analysis Tejal Kanitkar, R Ramakumar
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Indian Economy: A Critical Analysis
28 August 2021
Journal Articles
The COVID-19 lockdown in India: Impacts on the economy and the power sector. Global Transitions Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
The COVID-19 lockdown in India: Impacts on the economy and the power sector
In: Global Transitions, 2, pp 150-156
29 July 2021
Journal Articles
image Tejal Kanitkar, Nikhil Thejesh, Upasna Ranjan
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Cost of avoided carbon: Optimizing power supply in southern India
Energy Policy, February 2021
1 February 2021
Journal Articles
Electricity (Amendment) Bill Tejal Kanitkar, Sudha Mahalingam, R Srikanth
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Electricity (Amendment) Bill
In: Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. 55, Issue No. 41
10 October 2020
Journal Articles
image Tejal Kanitkar, Sudha Mahalingam, R Srikanth
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020: Inviting a bigger crisis
October 2020
1 October 2020
Journal Articles
Economic and Political Weekly Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
An incomplete story of the political economy of the power sector. Review of “Mapping power: The political economy of electricity in India’s states” by Navroz K Dubash, Sunila S Kale and Ranjit Bharvirkar
New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2018. Economic & Political Weekly 55(42): 27-28.
1 January 2020
Journal Articles
Long term climate goals and action: challenges for India Tejal Kanitkar
Long term climate goals and action: challenges for India
10th Annual Conference on Climate Change. Mumbai: Tata Institute of Social Sciences
1 January 2019
Journal Articles
Framework for energy economy and emissions modeling: A case for India Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Framework for energy economy and emissions modeling: A case for India
Energy 167: 670-679.
1 January 2019
Journal Articles
Deepening the Climate Crisis Tejal Kanitkar
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Deepening the Climate Crisis
In: Economic and Political Weekly, January 10, 2016, Vol XLV, No.1
10 January 2016
Journal Articles
Energy for Sustainable Development Tejal Kanitkar
Impact of economic structure on mitigation targets for developing countries
In: Energy for Sustainable Development
28 December 2015
Journal Articles
Review of Agrarian Studies Tejal Kanitkar
What should the Global Climate Goal be?
In: Review of Agrarian Studies
28 November 2015
Journal Articles
Review of Agrarian Studies, vol. 4, no. 1. Tejal Kanitkar
Climate Change and Food Production Systems
In: Review of Agrarian Studies, vol. 4, no. 1.
28 June 2014
Journal Articles
Current Science, Vol. 104, No.7, 2013 Tejal Kanitkar
Carbon Budgets for Climate Change Mitigation: A GAMS Based Emissions Model
Current Science, Vol. 104, No.7, 2013
28 May 2013
Journal Articles
Journal of Economic Policy and Research, 7(1), 1-23. Tejal Kanitkar
Power sector planning in India
In: Journal of Economic Policy and Research, 7(1), pp 1-23
28 October 2011
Journal Articles
Deconstructing the Climate Blame Game, Commentary Tejal Kanitkar
Deconstructing the Climate Blame Game, Commentary
Economic and Political Weekly Vol XLV, No.1
28 January 2010
Journal Articles
How Much Carbon Space Do We Have, The physical constraints on India’s Climate Policy and its Implications Tejal Kanitkar
How Much Carbon Space Do We Have, The physical constraints on India’s Climate Policy and its Implications
In: Economic and Political Weekly,
2 January 2010
Journal Articles
Equity and the Allocation of Mitigation Burdens: A Carbon Budgets Approach Tejal Kanitkar
Equity and the Allocation of Mitigation Burdens: A Carbon Budgets Approach
In: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, USA
Journal Articles
An integrated modeling framework for energy economy and emissions modeling: A case for India Tejal Kanitkar, Rangan Banerjee, Jayaraman
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
An integrated modeling framework for energy economy and emissions modeling: A case for India
Journal Articles
image Tejal Kanitkar, Nithin Nagaraj, Narendar Pani, Tarun Menon, Srikumar M Menon
Towards an Institutional Strategy for the Study of Sustainability
Reports, 2020, (NIAS/U/RR/09/2020)
2020
Optimal Electricity Mix for the Southern Region Tejal Kanitkar, R Srikanth, Nikhil Thejesh
Optimal Electricity Mix for the Southern Region: Summary Report of NIAS – MOES Workshop 17th January 2020
Reports, 2020, (NIAS/NSE/EEP/U/WR/07/2020)
2020
Rethinking the Economics of Climate Change Tejal Kanitkar
Rethinking the Economics of Climate Change
Rethinking Economics India Network
22 November 2022
The real issue at COP27 is energy equity Tejal Kanitkar
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
The real issue at COP27 is energy equity
Co-authored with Ankita Rajan. The Hindu
5 November 2022
Other Publications
Foregrounding Equity in Climate Action Tejal Kanitkar
Foregrounding Equity in Climate Action
NIAS Policy Brief (NIAS/NSE/EEC/U/PB/15/2022)
28 March 2022
Policy Briefs
Climate Change and India’s Energy Future Tejal Kanitkar
Climate Change and India’s Energy Future
Oxford Energy Series
28 November 2021
Lectures
Why the Climate Equity Monitor is Needed Tejal Kanitkar
Why the Climate Equity Monitor is Needed
The New Indian Express
3 November 2021
The Net Zero Subterfuge Tejal Kanitkar
The Net Zero Subterfuge
The Indian Express
31 October 2021
Other Publications
The Message from the IPCC Report Tejal Kanitkar
The Message from the IPCC Report
The Hindu
17 August 2021
Other Publications
The Message from the IPCC Report Tejal Kanitkar
The Message from the IPCC Report
The Hindu
17 August 2021
Other Publications
Are Net-Zero Targets Ambitious Tejal Kanitkar
Are Net-Zero Targets Ambitious
University of Sussex
28 June 2021
Lectures
Deconstructing declarations of carbon neutrality, Tejal Kanitkar
Deconstructing declarations of carbon neutrality,
The Hindu
8 April 2021
Op-Eds and Comments
Tejal Kanitkar
The Continued Relevance of Equity in Climate Change
Conference on Advancing Reformed Multilateralism in Changing the World, Indian Council of World Affairs, December 2020
28 December 2020
Conference Papers
Why Farmers are Protesting the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020 Tejal Kanitkar
Why Farmers are Protesting the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020
Newsclick
16 December 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
Why farmers are protesting Electricity Amendment Bill, 2020 Tejal Kanitkar
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Why farmers are protesting Electricity Amendment Bill, 2020
News Click
16 December 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
Incomplete Story of the Political Economy of the Power Sector, Tejal Kanitkar
Incomplete Story of the Political Economy of the Power Sector,
Economic & Political Weekly, 55(42), pp 42
12 December 2020
Other Publications
Knowledge Production on Climate Change and the Global South Tejal Kanitkar
Knowledge Production on Climate Change and the Global South
Azim Premji University
27 October 2020
Lectures
Reject this Inequitable Climate Proposal Tejal Kanitkar
Reject this Inequitable Climate Proposal
The Hindu
18 September 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
Reject this inequitable climate proposal. Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Reject this inequitable climate proposal.
The Hindu, 18 September 2020.
18 September 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
Is India concerned about its energy security? Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Is India concerned about its energy security?
The India Forum, 2 October 2020. 7 pages.
1 September 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
image Tejal Kanitkar
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on the Indian economy: A critical assessment
NIAS Working Paper, September 2020
1 September 2020
Working Papers
Is India concerned about its energy security? Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Is India concerned about its energy security?
The India Forum, September 2020
1 September 2020
image Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
The COVID-19 lockdown in India: Impacts on the economy and the power sector.
Global Transitions, August 2020
28 August 2020
Power Play Tejal Kanitkar
Power Play
Frontline
17 July 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
imageImpact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Indian Economy: A Critical Analysis Tejal Kanitkar
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the Indian economy: A critical analysis.
Investigation Economica, July 2020
1 July 2020
Slowdown not the answer to clean air Tejal Kanitkar
Slowdown not the answer to clean air
Frontline
19 June 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
Slowdown not the answer to clean air Tejal Kanitkar
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Slowdown not the answer to clean air
Frontline 37(12): 31-33. 19 June 2020.
19 June 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
Power Play Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Power Play.
Frontline 37(14): 75-78, 17 July 2020.
17 June 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
No, the lockdown is not a green moment Tejal Kanitkar
co-authored
No, the lockdown is not a green moment
The Hindu
22 May 2020
No, the lockdown is not a green moment. Tejal Kanitkar
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
No, the lockdown is not a green moment.
The Hindu, 22 May 2020.
22 May 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
A jolt to National Energy Security Tejal Kanitkar
A jolt to national energy security
The Hindu
19 May 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
A jolt to national energy security. Tejal Kanitkar
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
A jolt to national energy security.
The Hindu, 19 May 2020.
19 May 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
A time for extraordinary action Tejal Kanitkar
A time for Extraordinary Action
The Hindu
10 April 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
A time for extraordinary action Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
A time for extraordinary action
The Hindu, 10 April 2020.
10 April 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
A time for extraordinary action Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
A time for extraordinary action.
The Hindu, 10 April 2020.
10 April 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
What the 9-minute event means for the power grid. Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
What the 9-minute event means for the power grid.
News Click, 4 April 2020.
4 April 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
Story of COP25: Climate Ambition in the Face of Climate Inaction Tejal Kanitkar
Story of COP25: Climate Ambition in the Face of Climate Inaction
Newsclick
2 April 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
Newsclick Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Why India’s Covid-19 package is grossly inadequate.
News Click, 2 April 2020.
2 April 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
Optimal Electricity Mix for the Southern Region Tejal Kanitkar, Nikhil Thejesh, R. Srikanth
co-authored
Optimal Electricity Mix for the Southern Region
Summary Report of NIAS-MoES Workshop
28 January 2020
Other Publications
Story of COP25: Climate Ambition in the Face of Climate Inaction Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Story of COP25: Climate ambition in the face of climate inaction
NewsClick, 17 Dec 2019.
17 December 2019
Op-Eds and Comments
Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Energy storage options for a renewable intensive future
01 October 2019.
1 October 2019
NIAS Comments
Modi’s 450 GW renewable energy: Who will foot the bill? Tejal Kanitkar
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Modi’s 450 GW renewable energy: Who will foot the bill?
NewsClick, 26 Sep 2019.
26 September 2019
Op-Eds and Comments
Why India’s Covid-19 Package is Grossly Inadequate Tejal Kanitkar
Why India’s Covid-19 Package is Grossly Inadequate
Newsclick
26 December 2018
Op-Eds and Comments
The Science and Politics of Climate Change Tejal Kanitkar
The Science and Politics of Climate Change
Manthan Samvad, Hyderabad
15 October 2018
Lectures
Tejal Kanitkar
The Mitigation Burden Beyond 2030 – Should Developing Countries be Thinking of New (I)NDCs
In: The Mitigation Burden Beyond 2030 – Should Developing Countries be Thinking of New (I)NDCs
28 December 2017
Conference Papers
The Paris Agreement, COP-23, and Equity Going Forward Tejal Kanitkar
The Paris Agreement, COP-23, and Equity Going Forward
Newsclick
7 December 2017
Op-Eds and Comments
Tejal Kanitkar
Energy Options for India in a Carbon Constrained World – Analysis Using GAMS
In: SEES
28 February 2016
Conference Papers
Tejal Kanitkar, R Ramakumar
co-authored
Impact of the Covid 19 Pandemic on the Indian Economy: A Critical Assessment
NIAS/NSE/EEP/U/WP/18/2020
28 September 2015
Working Papers
Tejal Kanitkar
Evaluation of the Contribution of On-Site Generation to Grid and Customer
SAE World Conference Proceedings, Detroit, USA
28 April 2011
Conference Papers
Global Carbon Budgets and Burden Sharing in Mitigation Actions, Discussion Paper for Conference on Global Carbon Budgets and Equity in Climate Change Tejal Kanitkar
Global Carbon Budgets and Burden Sharing in Mitigation Actions, Discussion Paper for Conference on Global Carbon Budgets and Equity in Climate Change
Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Ministry of Environment and Forest, GoI
28 June 2010
Conference Papers
Tejal Kanitkar
Balancing Regulation and Incentives to Enhance Energy Access to the Poor and Women in Privatising Energy Markets
Conference on Gender and Poverty Sensitive Energy Policies in Asia and the Pacific by ENERGIA and UNESCAP, November 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
28 November 2008
Conference Papers
Awareness and Action for Better Electricity Service – An agenda for the Community Tejal Kanitkar
Awareness and Action for Better Electricity Service – An agenda for the Community
Prayas Energy Group,
28 January 2008
Other Publications
Alternative Power Planning Tejal Kanitkar
Alternative Power Planning
Prayas Energy Group
28 September 2007
Other Publications
WTO: Trade Trumps a Sustainable World Tejal Kanitkar
WTO: Trade Trumps a Sustainable World
Newsclick
29 February 1916
India and the Paris Agreement: Concerns and a Possible Way Forward Tejal Kanitkar
India and the Paris Agreement: Concerns and a Possible Way Forward
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Lectures
There is No Planet-B: Lessons from the pandemic for Climate Justice Tejal Kanitkar
There is No Planet-B: Lessons from the pandemic for Climate Justice
Bengaluru Sustainability Forum and Bangalore International Centre
Lectures
Electricity Amendment Bill -2020 Tejal Kanitkar
Electricity Amendment Bill -2020
Environmental Support Group
Lectures
Tejal Kanitkar
Equitable access to sustainable development: An Indian approach
Report in the BASIC expert group compendium: Beijing, Brasilia, Cape Town and Mumbai. pp 59-77
Other Publications
Tejal Kanitkar
Energy Intensity and Climate Change Mitigation: A Comparative Analysis of Developed and Developing Countries
National Conference on Climate Change, IIT Delhi
Conference Papers
Drivers of Energy Access and Substitution: Results from 4 villages in Maharashtra Tejal Kanitkar
Drivers of Energy Access and Substitution: Results from 4 villages in Maharashtra
4th International Symposium on Energy & Environment: ACCESS, McDonnel International Scholars Academy
Conference Papers
Tejal Kanitkar
The Global Commons and the Paris Agreement
In: International Conference on Cities in the Global South, Mumbai, India.
Conference Papers