Nandan Sharalaya

Climate Catalyst • 28th August 2025

Can government procurement shift the trajectory of steel decarbonisation in India?

This is the first of a three part series of blogs on Green Public Procurement (GPP) of low carbon steel in India. In early 2023, we found ourselves asking a simple question: can the government’s purchasing power help accelerate decarbonisation in...

Climate Catalyst • 17th December 2024

Can ship recycling green India’s steel sector? 5 key findings from our research

Steel forms the backbone of modern economies, and India, as the world’s second-largest steel-producer, is on a path of rapid expansion. By 2030, India’s steel production is projected to double, driven by rising demand from infrastructure and...

Climate Catalyst • 10th December 2024

Turning the Tide: Ship Recycling as a Source of Green Steel in India

India stands at a critical juncture in its journey toward steel sector decarbonisation. As the world’s second-largest steel producer with a significant carbon footprint, the country faces the dual challenge of meeting growing steel demand while...

Climate Catalyst • 1st October 2024

Forging a sustainable future: India’s bold roadmap for green steel production

Steel is essential to India’s industrial and infrastructure development, but its production carries a significant environmental cost. The sector accounts for 10-12% of the country’s total greenhouse gas emissions. As the global shift towards net-zero...

India Climate Collaborative • 28th August 2023

Leading with Purpose

Shloka Nath, CEO, ICC, and Nandan Sharalaya, Senior Manager — India Climate Leaders Program, ICC, dwell on a much-awaited donor convening hosted by the India Climate Collaborative in Italy from 28 August to 1 September, 2023, and its significance in...

The/Nudge Foundation • 21st September 2021

Panel Discussion: Empowering Voices on the Ground for Equitable Cities

Nandan moderates a panel discussion at Nudge Foundation's annual flagship event Charcha 2021

Nandan Sharalaya • 26th August 2021

Launch of the Citizen Innovation Lab

Nandan Sharalaya speaks on the launch of the Citizen Innovation Lab

Omidyar Network India • 12th April 2021

ONward Talks with Viraj Tyagi, CEO eGov Foundation

Viraj Tyagi, CEO, eGov, talks to Nandan Sharalaya, about how the company is helping create an enabling environment for urban transformation by partnering with state governments and city administrators to improve the quality of life in India’s cities....

SCMC BLOG • 18th July 2020

Understanding What Makes a Successful Career

The near future would see the batch of 2021 graduate and step into a world of new and unexpected challenges. Mr. Nandan Sharalaya, an alumni of SCMC and presently a Senior Consultant at FTI Consulting stepped in as a guest lecturer for this session to...

FTI Consulting • 27th November 2019

Asia Disclosure Index 2019- How Asia's Leading Listed Companies Fare On Voluntary Disclosure

Corporate disclosure practices are a proxy for management culture and behaviour. It reveals the ‘tone from the top’ by the board and management team. Public companies are being scrutinised for non-financial information by stakeholders, and...

FTI Consulting • 12th May 2019

ESG Risks: Investors & Indian Boards

Companies that successfully incorporate sustainability into their core business strategy are better positioned to lead in an evolving, complex and increasingly transparent marketplace. These companies are also more attractive to institutional...

FTI Consulting • 12th May 2019

India Election Update: An Arranged Marriage in Delhi

With over 900 million eligible Indian voters likely to use their voting rights to elect 543 members for the lower house of the India parliament, a certain level of nervousness on the part of the political class seems natural. The central plot is a...

The Diplomat • 12th August 2018

Taking India’s Climate Migrants Seriously

Last year, a little over 1,300 people lost their lives and several thousands were displaced because of incessant flooding in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. The scale of the destruction was massive, with over 41 million people affected and 950,000 houses...

Medium • 6th July 2018

The Good Days Are Over: The Indian Economy has an Oil Problem

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office in 2014, the price of crude oil was an astronomical $106.85 per barrel. To his great fortune, in a short period of 15 months, the price would fall to an all-time low of $28.08 per barrel, with India’s...

Scroll.in • 11th February 2018

Climate change: Powerful US cities are filling the space vacated by Donald Trump

When US President Donald Trump announced that his country would be pulling out of the Paris agreement, the immediate reaction across the globe was one of despair, anger and helplessness. The Paris agreement is widely seen as the last opportunity for...

The Conversation • 15th June 2017

How World Cities Moving Forward on Climate Change Leave the US President Behind

When US President Donald Trump announced that his country would be pulling out of the Paris agreement, the immediate reaction across the globe was one of despair, anger and helplessness. The Paris agreement is widely seen as the last opportunity for...

The Wire • 18th June 2017

How World Cities Moving Forward on Climate Change Leave the US President Behind

When US President Donald Trump announced that his country would be pulling out of the Paris agreement, the immediate reaction across the globe was one of despair, anger and helplessness. The Paris agreement is widely seen as the last opportunity for...

Project Earth • 11th February 2018

The Global Community of Cities Will Overcome Trump's Antiquated Climate Actions

When US President Donald Trump announced that his country would be pulling out of the Paris agreement, the immediate reaction across the globe was one of despair, anger and helplessness. The Paris agreement is widely seen as the last opportunity for...

Mint • 26th July 2017

The Vexed Question of Financing Indian Cities

About 814 million people are expected to live in Indian cities by 2050. Just in terms of scale, the task of effectively managing cities in India will potentially be touted as the world’s greatest managerial challenge. And while China might have an...

Ideas for India • 11th February 2018

Financing Cities in India

At present, the government’s flagship urban development schemes including the Smart Cities Mission, AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation)1, HRIDAY (Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana)2 , etc. funds only a...