167:, Survey of Electricity Regulatory Commissions, Primer on Electricity, Solar Roof-Top Photovoltaics (PV) in India, Activist Guide for better electricity service, Challenges before the Indian Coal Sector and Energy Requirement for decent living. Prayas's outputs include newspaper articles on topics like Solar Options for Agriculture, Energy Efficiency and Clean Cooking Challenges. There are also presentations/interviews on topics like India energy challenges, Energy policy, and Indian energy sector trends.
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Prayas works on governance, regulation and policy related aspects of electricity and energy sectors. There are four major areas of work, namely: Electricity generation & supply, Energy efficiency, Renewable energy and Energy, resources & development. It covers many Indian states and national
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Prayas was founded in 1994 by three professionals - two doctors and an engineer – with the aim of using professional skills to promote public interest, including that of disadvantaged sections of the society and of the environment. Prayas has four groups working on different sectors - health, energy,
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Work outputs of Prayas include reports, guides and regulatory or policy submissions, all of which are available on its website. Some major outputs are, Analysis of Enron-
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issues. There are also a few international initiatives, undertaken with collaboration with other organisations. These include analysis of
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Khosla, Radhika; Dukkipati, Srihari; K Dubash, Navroz; Sreenivas, Ashok; Cohen, Brett (5 December 2015).
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Sense-making in turbulent times : every-day strategic changing by Indian NGDOs
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Purkayastha, Prabir (June 2005). "Much more than a Primer-Book Review".
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565:"Realising smokeless kitchens for all: From LPG connections to use"
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718:"Planning Commission Launches India Energy Security Scenario 2047"
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Chitnis, Ashwini; Josey, Ann; Dixit, Shantanu (22 December 2012).
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Gambhir, Ashwin; Sant, Girish; Deshmukh, Ranjit (20 March 2010).
103:. The aim of Prayas is to make energy a tool for sustainable and
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Dabadge, Ashwini; Josey, Ann; Sreenivas, Ashok (16 April 2016).
388:"WB-Orissa Model of Power Sector Reform-Cure Worse than Disease"
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293:"Dabhol Project PPA-Structure and Techno-economic implications"
411:"Is Anything Being Learnt from Past Programmes? Power for All"
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Sant, Girish; Dixit, Shantanu; Wagle, Subodh (25 April 1998).
689:"India Energy Security Scenarios – Stake holders, NITI Aayog"
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Sant, Girish; Dixit, Shantanu; Wagle, Subodh (17 June 1995).
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resources & livelihoods, and learning & parenthood.
776:"Empowering people: A governance analysis of electricity"
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Singh, Daljit; Chunekar, Aditya; Sant, Girish (2012).
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365:"How Reliable are Agricultural Power Use Data?"
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