A wide angle long exposure shot of India Gate (formerly known as the All India War Memorial) with light trails of moving vehicles at Rajpath road, New Delhi, India.
In India, we partner with government and private-sector entities to create a shared, clean, and connected mobility future that promises to provide Indians with affordable, efficient, and reliable transportation options to support and enhance their daily lives. We are also working with a coalition of global and Indian stakeholders toward our mission of decarbonizing the buildings and electricity sectors, primarily through an innovation competition—The Global Cooling Prize—that looks to drastically reduce the amount of energy required to meet the growing demand for comfort cooling in the country.
Aerial view of Pune city, India
In order for the world to achieve a clean, prosperous, and secure low-carbon future, the most populous and highest emitting countries must play a leading role in the energy transition. While India has the third highest carbon dioxide emissions of any country and is home to 14 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities, it has ambitious leadership that aims to transform the country’s energy and mobility systems and serve as an example to the rest of the world. With a rapidly growing population and GDP, India is at a critical moment for defining its energy and mobility future through investments in research and through deployment of innovative business models.
RMI is working closely with India’s premier national policy think tank, the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), on thought leadership for mobility transformation, and with the Ministry of Science and Technology, Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE), and CEPT University to host and administer the Global Cooling prize in India. We work with many additional government and industry experts to explore technologies, business models, and policies, and to develop actionable steps to help India achieve an advanced mobility and energy future. Since April 2019, Rocky Mountain Institute and RMI India have been collaborating on various projects.
We’re developing a platform to support a replicable process to transform the way goods and people move in Indian cities, by identifying, integrating, implementing, and scaling cost-effective and clean pilot projects.
We’re publishing policy briefs with and offering technical support to the national government on solutions in the mobility sector, targeting economic market segments through policy and business model innovation.
RMI is working with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to support Indian cities in approaching mobility in a holistic manner. This work has included developing a set of capacity-building documents on the topics of e-mobility, freight, and mobility data to serve as a guide for integrated, long-term policy planning and project implementation.
In September of 2018, RMI served as a knowledge partner for MOVE, a global mobility summit hosted by the Government of India. RMI co-authored three reports with NITI Aayog on the topics of shared mobility, efficient freight, and the role of data in the transportation sector. The reports were presented to the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, at the inaugural session.
In February of 2017, RMI and NITI Aayog co-hosted a charrette bringing together 75 leaders from the private and public sectors in India to brainstorm solutions to India’s mobility challenges. The resulting report establishes a vision for the future of India’s mobility system, outlines a set of actionable solutions to realize the vision, and estimates the impact of such a transformation. This report continues to be a central touchstone for a very active national conversation.
Main Bazar, Paharganj known for its concentration of hotels, lodges, restaurants, dhabas and a wide variety of shops catering to both domestic travellers and foreign tourists, especially backpackers and low-budget travellers.
India’s “leapfrog” vision of an electric, shared, and connected mobility system may result in a $300 billion domestic market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries between now and 2030, representing more than one-third of global EV battery demand over this time period.
A feebate policy, optimized for India’s unique conditions, can incentivize robust production and widespread procurement of EVs without the use of public funds.
James Newcomb
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Clay Stranger
Senior Principal
Garrett Fitzgerald
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Dave Mullaney
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Ryan Laemel
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Emily Goldfield
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Marshall Abramczyk
Senior Associate
Samhita Shiledar
Senior Associate
Vindhya Tripathi
Director of Communications
Audrey Allen
Program Coordinator
Pranav Lakhina
Associate
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