Manisha Jain
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Dr. Manisha Jain is a Assistant Professor at IGIDR since January 2018. She completed her doctoral research in the Interdisciplinary Program in Climate Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
in 2017. Prior to joining the PhD program, she has worked in energy policy research and consulting. She holds M Tech in Energy systems engineering and B Tech in Electrical Engineering. In her doctoral
dissertation, she has examined consumer response to energy efficiency policy in India and its implication for climate change mitigation. In the research and consulting assignments, she has
looked at a variety of issues in the Indian energy sector. She is currently exploring India’s progress in meeting it energy and climate change goals using top-down approaches.
Conference Proceedings
- Energy Intensity and CO2 emissions: India’s progress towards energy and climate change mitigation goals. Jain Manisha. Energy Covid and Climate Change, 1st IAEE Online Conference, 7-9th June 2021. International Association of Energy Economics, 2021
- Impact of Standards and Labelling Program on Consumer Discount Rate-An Experimental Study in India. Jain, Manisha, Anand Rao, and Anand Patwardhan. Meeting the Energy Demands of Emerging Economies, 40th IAEE International Conference, June 18-21, 2017. International Association for Energy Economics, 2017.
Opinion and popular writing
- Carbon dioxide emissions from India’s industries: Data sources and discrepancies. Jain Manisha, Ideas for India, May 2022.
- India’s progress in meeting its climate goals. Jain Manisha, Ideas for India, April 2021.
- Tracking India’s greenhouse gas emission intensity target. Jain Manisha, Ideas for India, August 2020.
Working Papers
- Access to Clean Cooking Fuel and Women Outcomes Nandwani Bharti, Manisha Jain. IGIDR Working Paper No. 2024-017 (2024)
- India’s progress in meeting its climate goals: A comparative analysis using countryreported and external data Jain, Manisha. IGIDR Working Paper No. 2021-007 (2021)
- Drivers of change in India’s energy-related carbon dioxide emissions during 1990-2017 Jain, Manisha. IGIDR Working Paper No. 2020-019 (2020)
Journal Papers
- Energy savings from efficiency improvements in past three decades: Estimates from 144 countries. Jain, Manisha. Applied Energy, 381, p.125129. (2025)
- Debt as catalyst: Empowering renewable energy in developing countries. Kushawaha, Deepak, and Manisha Jain, Energy Policy, 194, p.114336. (2024)
- Assessing India’s Energy Balances: Climate and SDG Jain, Manisha. Economic and Political weekly (2023): LVIII No.29 30-35.
- Estimates of energy savings from energy efficiency improvements in India using Index Decomposition Analysis. Jain, Manisha. Energy for Sustainable Development (2023), 74, pp.285- 296.
- Energy Cost Information and Consumer Decisions: Results from a Choice Experiment on Refrigerator Purchases in India Jain, Manisha, Anand B. Rao, and Anand Patwardhan. The Energy Journal 42.2 (2021).
- Appliance labeling and consumer heterogeneity: A discrete choice experiment in India Jain, Manisha, Anand B. Rao, and Anand Patwardhan. Applied Energy 226 (2018): 213-224.
- Consumer preference for labels in the purchase decisions of air conditioners in India Jain, Manisha, Anand B. Rao, and Anand Patwardhan. Energy for Sustainable Development 42 (2018): 24-31.
- Employment Outcomes of Renewable Energy Technologies: Implications of Policies in India. Jain, Manisha, and Anand Patwardhan. Economic and Political weekly (2013): 84-89.
Posters
- Consumer preference in purchase and utilisation of energy intensive appliances with Dr Anand B.Rao and Dr Anand Patwardhan in Poster presentation at the Fourth International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, Mumbai, India, 2013
- Appliance efficiency and consumer choice – An empirical study of Indian consumers with Abhishek Sethi, Akshay Soni and Dr Anand B. Rao in Poster presentation at the Fourth International Symposium of McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership, Mumbai, India, 2012
Book
- Global Estimates of Energy Efficiency Savings in Electricity Supply, in International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, Volume-2, Springer Nature 49-56, 2024
- Environmentally Extended MRIO-SDA Analysis on Indias Emissions During 20052014, Yashna Kumar, Manisha Jain, International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, Volume-1, Springer Nature 527-541, 2024
- India’s progress towards climate change mitigation goals: An analysis using countryreported GHG emission inventories Jain, Manisha, India Development Report 2022, edited by Mahendra Dev, Oxford University Press
- Appliance Standards and Incremental Price of Efficiency Jain, Manisha, Anand B. Rao, and Anand Patwardhan. Advances in Energy Research, Vol. 1. Springer, Singapore, 2020. 695-704.
- Energy Efficiency Policies in India: Implications for Climate Change Mitigation Jain, Manisha, Anand B. Rao, and Anand Patwardhan. Climate Change Signals and Response. Springer, Singapore, 2019. 289-303.
- Role of energy efficiency and fuel mix in power system transition: An index decomposition analysis, 9th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay, December 12-14, 2023
- Environmentally Extended MRIO-SDA Analysis on Indias CO2 Emissions during 2005-2014, 9th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay with Yashna Kumar, December 12-14, 2023
- Harnessing Data for Development (D4D), Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi, with Niti Aayog, November 1, 2023
- Empirical methods for the analysis of the Energy Transition, 5-day training program at Barcelona School of Economics in Barcelona, Spain 10-14 July 2023
- Economics of Energy and the Environment, Virtual Executive Education Course, Energy Institute at HAAS, 28th January-2nd February 2021.
- 2nd Annual Roundtable on Residential Electricity Consumption, New Delhi, Prayas Energy Group and Centre for Policy Research, August 28, 2019.
- Consumer preference in purchase and utilisation of energy-intensive appliances with Dr Anand B. Rao and Dr Anand Patwardhan in Poster presentation at the Fourth International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, Mumbai, India, 2013.
- Appliance efficiency and consumer choice An empirical study of Indian consumers with Abhishek Sethi, Akshay Soni and Dr Anand B. Rao in Poster presentation at the Fourth International Symposium of McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership, Mumbai, India, 2012.
- First Climate Science and Policy Workshop, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India, March 2014.
- Green Finance Opportunities and Challenges Workshop, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India, April 2013.
- Training program on International Performance and Measurement & Verification Protocol (IPMVP), Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy, Efficiency Valuation Organisation and USAID Eco III project, May 2009.
- Sustainable Urban Development – Smart Cities, GIZ, Germany, IGIDR, 2021.
- Development of Institutional framework for Demand Side Management (DSM), DSM Regulations and Cost-Benefit Analysis Guidelines, Forum of Regulators, 2009-11
- Development of Best Practices Guide for Design, Development, Implementation and Monitoring of Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards, IEA DSM Implementing Agreement, 2009-11
- Delhi Energy Efficiency Program, A case-based study involving household survey and stakeholder interaction, Delhi Transmission Company Limited, Government of NCT of Delhi, 2007- 2008
- Energy Security Policy of India, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, British High Commission, India, 2005- 2007
- Supply of clean energy services to the urban and peri-urban poor, Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD), 2006-2007
- Competition Issues in India’s Energy Sector, The World Bank, DFID & Competition Commission of India, 2005-06
- Evaluation of franchise system in electricity distribution system in rural areas, Ministry of Power and Rural Electrification Corporation, India, 2005-07
- Energy and Environment I, Aug-Dec 2019, Aug-Dec 2023, Jan-Jun 2025
- Energy and Environment II, Aug-Dec 2024
- Empirical research in energy and environment, Jan-June 2022, Jan-June 2023
- Climate Change Science Economics and Policy, January-July 2019, August-December 2020, Aug-Dec 2021.
- PhD supervisor of Mr Deepak Kushwaha (Title: Renewable Energy: Issues in Financing and Energy Security)
- PhD supervisor of Mr Rohan Yadav (Title: Socioeconomic Impacts of Rural Electrification in India)
- PhD Thesis Committee member of Mr Pratik Thakkar (Title: Essays on Impact of Climate Risks)
- MSc thesis guide of Mr Utkarsh Priyadarshni (Title: The Problem of Choice in Sustainability)
- MSc thesis guide of Mr Rajnikant Lal (Title: From Chores to Choice: The Ripple Effects of LPG on Household Dynamics)
- MSc thesis guide of Mr Alok Kumar (Title: From Subsidies to Sustainability: Evaluating the Effects of Fossil Fuel Subsidies on GDP and Environmental Health Across Nations)
- MSc thesis guide of Mr Aakash Kumar Sinha (Title: The Impact of PM 2.5 Concentration on Mortality Rates: A Cross-Country Analysis)
- MSc thesis guide of Ms Yashna Kumar (Title: Environmentally Extended MRIO-SDA analysis on Indias emissions during 2005-2014)
- MSc thesis guide of Mr Ashutosh Chauhan (Title: Evolution of Clean Cooking in India: A special focus on LPG)
- Graduate student Shruti Srivastava under the visiting student program during June-July 2019
- Graduate student Mr Vladimir Tunis under the European Master in Law and Economics program at IGIDR during April-June 2019
- Graduate student Jamil Matalam under the European Master in Law and Economics program at IGIDR during April-June 2018
