Short Bio:
Swati Ganeshan has over 15 years of research experience and media experience. She was Fellow and Area Convenor, Centre for Resource Efficiency & Governance, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi.
Her research is largely focused on policy analysis and geopolitical issues in the field of energy, climate, oceans and SDGs.
She has led and contributed to research on the energy and climate policy, Blue economy and sustainable development issues, regional energy cooperation, carbon-neutral strategy roadmap for the Indian States, the role of energy in European Union (EU) and emerging power relations (emerging 5), assessing energy risks across fuels, coal and nuclear energy, hydro politics in GBM basin, critical non-fuel minerals for India’s strategic interests, and global and regional energy security cooperation, among others. She has led and been part of projects supported by Asian Development Bank, AETS France, UNESCAP, GIZ, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, EU, DFID and Volkswagen Foundation, among others.
She successfully led and managed several programmes and initiatives at TERI. She was network manager of Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) South Asia Secretariat hosted by TERI. She coordinated TERI-ITEC capacity building programmes for international participants supported by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and has several publications to her credit.
Swati is also a member of the South Asia Women in Energy Network (SAWIE).
She has a Masters in International Studies (Security Studies) from the University of Birmingham, UK, and Masters in Mass Communication from Jamia Milia Islamia University, Delhi and Bachelors in Journalism from Kamala Nehru College, New Delhi.
