International Steering Committee

The WSDS Secretariat seeks the guidance of its esteemed International Steering Committee (ISC) members in the preparation of the Summit.

Mr Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi


Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India

Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad


Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India

H.E. Mr Hans Jacob Frydenlund


Ambassador, Royal Norwegian Embassy

Ms Frances Beinecke


Dorothy S. McCluskey Fellow in Conservation, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies & President Emerita, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Mr Suman Bery


Non-Resident Fellow, Bruegel & Former Chief Economist Strategy and Business Environment, Shell International Limited

Ms Preety M Bhandari


Chief of the Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management Thematic Group; concurrently Director Sustainable Development & Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Mr Yvo de Boer


Former Director General, Global Green Growth Institute, Korea & Former Executive Secretary, UNFCCC

Ms Rachel Kyte


Dean, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Ms Kathleen McGinty


Vice President & Chief Sustainability, Government and Regulatory Affairs Officer, Johnson Controls

Mr Manjeev Puri


Former Indian Diplomat

Prof. Kazuhiko Takeuchi


President, Institute for Global Environmental Studies (IGES), Japan

Ms Nicole Thomas


India Programme Manager, International Energy Agency (IEA)

Mr Arne Walther


Former Secretary General of International Energy Forum & former Chairman, International Energy Agency