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