Chandra Bhushan @Bh_Chandra

#Webinar| The Indo-Gangetic Plain is one of the world's most polluted regions. Uncontrolled fuel use across sectors is a key driver, affecting the health, productivity, and livelihoods of millions iFOREST invites you to join the launch webinar of our new report: "Reducing Emissions from Unmitigated Fuel Usage: Data-Driven Strategies for Air Quality and Climate Action in the IGP." This first-of-its-kind study in India examines unmitigated fuel use at the district level, drawing evidence from two contrasting Indo-Gangetic Plain districts: #Ludhiana and #Varanasi. The report maps both controlled and uncontrolled fuel use and the resulting emissions across key sectors, including industry, households, commercial cooking, agriculture, and MSMEs. The webinar will present data-driven strategies to tackle unregulated fuel use and drive cleaner air and climate action at the district level. 🔗 Register Now: lnkd.in/gWxwenET 📅 June 19, 2026 🕛 3:00pm - 4:30pm @Bh_Chandra| @sresthab| @mandvi7| @SKKanchan_ | @udhaya018| @prats_phoenix #CleanAir #AirQuality #IndoGangeticPlain #ClimateAction #iFOREST #EnvironmentPolicy #Sustainability

Session 1 | Technology & Market Readiness At the launch of iFOREST's latest report- Roadmap for Heat Pump Adoption in India. Session 1 brought together experts to assess where the ecosystem stands and what it will take to scale. 💡Key takeaways from the discussion: 1️⃣Adoption is strongest below 120°C, with the greatest value in shifting thermal loads from boilers, not replacing them. 2️⃣MSMEs are the next frontier: The biggest untapped market for industrial decarbonisation. 3️⃣Standards are the missing link: No certification frameworks, testing protocols, or accredited labs means weak market confidence. @Bh_Chandra @mandvi7 @Ganesha_123 @SKKanchan_ @rohit_bagai #EnergyEfficiency #HeatPumps #ClimateChange #Technology #HeatTechnology

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As @narendramodi becomes India’s longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister, it is worth asking: What is his environmental philosophy, and what drives his environmentalism? In my latest op-ed in @FinancialXpress, I examine how his environmentalism has evolved. financialexpress.com/opinion/decodi…

#iFORESTOpinion|As Prime Minister @narendramodi becomes India’s longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister, iFOREST CEO @Bh_Chandra decodes his environmentalism in his latest piece for the @FinancialXpress. Read the full article to understand the ideological moorings behind the Prime Minister’s consequential environmental vision for India. @sresthab @mandvi7 @prats_phoenix @SKKanchan_ #SwachhBharat #ClimateAction #RenewableEnergy #SustainableConsumption

Launching Soon! Heating and cooling account for nearly 50% of India's total energy use, yet the energy transition in this space has barely begun. #HeatPumps are one of the most powerful tools we have to decarbonise India's residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. Efficient, electric, and increasingly affordable, they're ready to scale. The question is whether our policies are. To answer that, iFOREST is launching a first-of-its-kind policy report — "Advancing Heat Pump Adoption in India: Potential, Opportunities & Challenges" — at a National Conference bringing together Policymakers, Manufacturers & Technology Providers, Financial Institutions, Industries & Urban Bodies to make this transition real. 🔗To join the conversation register now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… @Bh_Chandra|@sresthab|@mandvi7| @prats_phoenix|@SKKanchan_| @Ganesha_123 #HeatPumps #HeatDecarbonisation #CleanEnergy #EnergyTransition #EnergyEfficiency #IndiaEnergy #ClimateAction #NetZero #Decarbonisation #ThermalEnergy

iFOREST invites you to join an online session on the National Lifecycle Refrigerant Management Framework India, Climate and Energy Modelling Forum for India hosted by @NITIAayog . In the session we will present findings from its latest national-level research — grounded in household surveys, AC technician surveys, and stakeholder consultations conducted across the country, examining the growing challenge of refrigerant emissions in India, ground realities of handling and servicing practices, gaps in recovery, reuse, and disposal systems, and the institutional and policy requirements needed to build a future-ready, sustainable cooling ecosystem for India. 📅 Tuesday, 2nd June 2026 ⏰ PM – PM IST 🔗Register Now👇nitiaayog.webex.com/nitiaayog/j.ph… @Bh_Chandra| @sresthab| @mandvi7| @SKKanchan_| @prats_phoenix| @Ganesha_123 #RefrigerantManagement #CoolingForIndia #SustainableCooling #ClimateAction #EnergyEfficiency

Temperatures in Nagpur are soaring up to 44°C, and in this heat, our team of researchers is on the ground working with the @ngpnmc to strengthen their existing Heat Action Plan and co-create the city's first #IHCAP. The team found that the city has 170 cooling shelters, 7 dedicated heat-relief shelters operated by NMC, and 118 mapped water points spread across the city. With better activation, improved visibility, strategic placement, and targeted public awareness, these existing resources have strong potential to serve thousands of vulnerable residents, particularly during peak afternoon hours when heat stress is at its highest. Watch this space as iFOREST works with NMC to strengthen these systems and develop Nagpur's first Integrated Heat and Cooling Action Plan. @Bh_Chandra| @sresthab| @mandvi7| @prats_phoenix| @SamreenDhingra| #HeatActionPlan #Nagpur #ExtremeHeat #UrbanResilience #ClimateAction #NagpurMunicipalCorporation #CoolingForAll

✍️#Opinion| भू-राजनीतिक और जलवायु परिवर्तन का सामना कर रहे हैं भारतीय किसान। एक तरफ स्ट्रेट ऑफ हॉर्मुज़ की अनिश्चिता ने कृषि में उपयोग होने वाले यूरिया कीमतों को प्रभावित किया है, दूसरी और जलवायु परिवर्तन के चलते इस वर्ष मानसून का समय और मात्रा दोनों प्रभावित होने की आशंका है। iFOREST प्रमुख चंद्रभूषण, नवभारत टाइम्स में लिखते हैं कि,"इन आकस्मिक विपदाओं से किसानों को सुरक्षित रखने के लिए हरित उर्वरक, खेती में बिजली का उपयोग, प्राकृतिक खेती और जलवायु आधारित खेती को बढ़ावा देना होगा, साथ ही पूरी कृषि व्यवस्था में बदलाव करना होगा तब ही वे बदलते मौसम और राजनैतिक अनिश्चितताओं के बीच अपनी आजीविका संभाल पाएंगे"। पूरा लेख पढ़े| @Bh_Chandra @sresthab @mandvi7 @prats_phoenix @SKKanchan_

#iFORESTOpinion| Heatwave crisis needs a vision not just policy Writing in @IndianExpress, @rohit_bagai, Programme Associate, iFOREST, argues that with heatwaves being recommended in the list of nationally notified disasters, @NDMA_India must move beyond short-term fixes and invest in climate-sensitive urban planning, green infrastructure, better building design, and sustainable cooling solutions. Read the full article to understand why policy development must now follow suit to fully unlock this financial support and translate it into long-term, on-ground resilience against extreme heat. 🔗indianexpress.com/article/opinio… @Bh_Chandra| @sresthab| @prats_phoenix| @SKKanchan_ | @mandvi7 #Heatwave #ClimateAction #IndiaClimate #HeatActionPlan #NDMA #UrbanResilience #iFOREST

iFOREST is delighted to support the Government of #Assam in achieving its ambitious target of 5,000 MW of pumped storage capacity by 2035, building the knowledge and capacity needed to turn this vision into reality. The team at iFOREST facilitated an exposure visit to the #Pinnapuram Integrated Renewable Energy Project (IREP) in #AndhraPradesh for 12 senior officials from Assam's power sector, representing, @apdclsocial @apgcl and @aegclofficial With such initiatives, iFOREST will continue to support Assam in accelerating its clean energy transition. @Bh_Chandra| @sresthab | @prats_phoenix | @SKKanchan_ |@mandvi7| #CleanEnergy #PumpedStorage #RenewableEnergy #AssamEnergy #EnergyTransition #iFOREST #EnergyStorage

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Legendary Peace Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi ji @k_satyarthi presented 👇his recent book ‘Karuna:The Power of Compassion’ to me. share.google/wfiwdxROz9ugVw… I presented our Mashelkar - Borde book ‘More from Less for More’ to him. share.google/OnwhcOsLDMCBmo… My day was made with his most kind & gracious remarks on the book ‘with my deepest love & regards to Mashelkar Bhai Saheb, who I believe is one of the most compassionate & wisest human being’ 👇 But our joy was even more, when Kailash ji said that these two books are two sides of the same coin, Indeed! ‘Karuna’ speaks to the moral energy that drives change; ‘More from Less More’ book speaks to the innovative pathways that deliver it at scale. Compassion provides the why—the deep human impulse to care, to include, to uplift. “More from Less for More” provides the how—the discipline of creating affordable excellence, reaching the unreached, and multiplying impact with limited resources. Together, they form a powerful synthesis: purpose with performance, empathy with execution, soul with scale. In that union lies a new paradigm for the world—where we do not merely grow, but grow justly and where the true measure of progress is how effectively we transform human concern into universal well-being. @PuneIntCentre @sushilborde @anilgb @dinakholkar @amitabhk87 @aparanjape @anil_kakodkar

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💡iFOREST is proud to support #Odisha in accelerating rooftop solar deployment under @mnreindia's #PMSuryaGhar Muft Bijli Yojana. The state has now moved up from 13th to 10th improving its national ranking in rooftop solar deployment. Within just four months (Jan–Apr 2026), coordinated efforts by the iFOREST team, state and city technical teams, DISCOMs, and partners drove a sharp surge in rooftop solar installations across these cities: 1⃣Bhubaneswar nearly doubled installations, adding ~11.9 MW 2⃣Cuttack tripled installations, adding ~9 MW 3⃣Puri recorded sevenfold growth, adding ~3.4 MW The next phase will focus on financing access, ward and Gram Panchayat-level expansion, stronger local government participation, and data-driven targeting to sustain momentum. @Bh_Chandra @sresthab @mandvi7 @SKKanchan_ @prats_phoenix @mnreindia #CleanEnergy #RooftopSolar #EnergyTransition #RenewableEnergy #SolarEnergy #ClimateAction #SustainableDevelopment

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#iFORESTOpinion| Heat pumps can bail out small industries "India has not focused on replacing gas use with more efficient & environment-friendly technology, leading to dependence on a fuel whose supply isn’t always reliable,"writes @Ganesha_123, Senior Programme Associate, iFOREST in his latest piece for @FinancialXpress. Read the complete article to know how heat pumps can offer India's small industries a cleaner, more reliable, and cost-effective alternative to gas — and what policy shifts are needed to make the transition happen. @Bh_Chandra | @sresthab | @mandvi7 | @SKKanchan_ #HeatPumps #CleanEnergy #SmallIndustries #EnergyTransition #iFOREST

Thanks Parimal @Fintech03 for recalling these historic battles. As Chairman of @WIPO SCIT Committee, I remember emphasising to the assembly of 190 member states that knowledge generated by my ancestors in ‘laboratories of life’ has to be treated ON PAR with knowledge generated in ‘formal research laboratories’ of the west. Traditional Knowledge was not considered as a knowledge at all in the International Patent Classification System till then, which was then was forced to change. Please read and hear my first hand account of this battle in share.google/LcHXZT6eDhbdud… youtu.be/ga6TYwXfUyg?si…

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In the 1990s, India was facing a Biological Colonization. If Dr. R.A. Mashelkar had not stepped in, we might have ended up paying a royalty to a US corporation every time we used turmeric on a wound/exported Basmati rice. In 1997, a Texas-based company called RiceTec was granted

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Is India really facing an LPG shortage, and are we being pushed to shift to PNG? From the LPG vs PNG debate to shrinking supply and the ripple effects of global energy tensions, this is more than just speculation. 🔗 Watch the full episode to understand what’s really at stake. lnkd.in/gwvwH-V7 @Bh_Chandra @sresthab @mandvi7 @prats_phoenix #EnergySecurity #IndiaEnergy #WestAsiaConflict #StraitOfHormuz #CrudeOil

As India's recent urea tender, received offers near $1,000 per ton on Iran war shock, the country's dependence on fossil-fuel-based fertilisers has never looked more vulnerable — with 90% of the urea consumed in India being import-dependent. In such a scenario, iFOREST's comprehensive study of 36 urea plants in India shows that green urea could become the most cost-effective option for a new urea plant by 2028. By 2050, this advantage widens to 100%. Read the full report to understand why the Indian government should launch a Green Urea Mission — with 2050 targets of: 1️⃣ Increasing the area under non-chemical farming to 30% 2️⃣ Improving nitrogen use efficiency by 30% 3️⃣ Reducing the proportion of urea in nitrogenous fertilisers by 30% 4️⃣ Transitioning the entire urea manufacturing sector to green urea 🔗 Full Report: lnkd.in/gVynJQGk @Bh_Chandra @sresthab @SKKanchan_ @prats_phoenix @mandvi7 #GreenUrea #GreenUreaMission #FoodSecurity #IndiaAgri #EnergyTransition

#iFORESTOpinion| From kilns to clean steel: Rethinking India’s sponge iron strategy Read the latest piece by @SKKanchan_, Director, ESG and Indistrial Decarbonisation for @NewIndianXpress on how India's coal-based sponge iron industry is a massive environmental problem, and the country urgently needs a smarter plan to clean it up. 🔗Read the full article below👇 newindianexpress.com/xplore/2026/Ap… @Bh_Chandra @prats_phoenix @mandvi7 @sresthab

💡iFOREST is delighted to partner with the @ngpnmc to strengthen its Heat Action Plan and develop a long-term Integrated Heat and Cooling Action Plan (IHCAP) for the city. Over the next two months, iFOREST will work closely with NMC to strengthen the existing Heat Action Plan prepared by the Health Department and design on-ground interventions to reduce heat risk for vulnerable residents. In parallel, iFOREST will develop the comprehensive IHCAP for Nagpur — a first-of-its-kind plan for the city that will provide a long-term response to the twin challenges of rising extreme heat and surging cooling demand. The partnership was formally taken forward at a high-level interdepartmental meeting convened by NMC chaired by @drvipinitankar (IAS), Commissioner, NMC, and brought together Deputy Commissioners Shri Ankit (IAS) and Smt. B. Vaishnavi (IAS), along with heads of key departments including Health, Fire Services, Town Planning, Public Health Engineering, Traffic Police, Slum Department, and Social Welfare, among others. @Bh_Chandra @sresthab @prats_phoenix @SKKanchan_ #iFOREST #NMC #nagpurMunicipalCorporation #nagpur #HeatandCoolingActionPlan #IHCAP

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लल्लनटॉप के साथ खास बातचीत में iFOREST के अध्यक्ष और सीईओ चंद्र भूषण ने बताया अमेरिका–ईरान संघर्ष के बाद वैश्विक सप्लाई चेन पर क्या असर पड़ा है? साथ ही समझाया कि स्ट्रेट ऑफ होर्मुज इतना अहम क्यों है? Full Interview: youtube.com/watch?v=TQcnUg… @Bh_Chandra @shrutiagl21 [US-Iran War, LPG Crisis, Strait of Hormuz]

iFOREST was honoured to have the opportunity to engage with Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Prof. @AjaySoodIISc , and Scientific Secretary Dr. Parvinder Maini. @Bh_Chandra, President & CEO, iFOREST, presented iFOREST's work on green urea transition and discussed the economic, environmental, and implementation pathways critical to advancing India's agricultural sustainability. The discussions focused on economic, environmental, and implementation pathways required to support India’s transition from grey to green urea production. The meeting was also joined by Sanjeev K Kanchan, Director, ESG and Industrial Decarbonisation, iFOREST; Dr. Vishal Choudhary, Scientist-F; and Dr. Sangeeta Agarwal, Scientist-F from the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser. @sresthab @mandvi7 @prats_phoenix #GreenUrea #AgricultureSustainability #EnergyTransition #GOI