This book is written by prominent academics and practitioners, exploring problems and opportunities of growth in different aspects of sustainable development. The overarching themes running throughout the book are energy access, policy, climate change, human development and resource allocation in the context of India. The book will benefit policymakers and researchers with its inclusion of new evidence and solutions to meet developmental challenges.

Dr Piyush Tiwari is Professor of Property at University of Melbourne, Australia. Prior to his current position he was Director Policy at Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), India. He has held positions at the University of Aberdeen, UK, HDFC, India and the University of Tsukuba, Japan. His research interests include housing economics and mortgages, commercial real estate investment and valuation, land economics and financing infrastructure in developing countries. He is Member, International Land Measurement Standards Committee which is engaged in writing standards for land measurement.

Professor Kirit Parikh is currently the Chairman of Integrated Research and Action for Development, New Delhi. He was formerly Member, Planning Commission, Government of India Chairman, and Founder-Director (Vice Chancellor), Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai An Advanced Research Institute. He was honoured with Padma Bushan by the President of India in March 2009. He was also the Chairman of the Integrated Energy Policy Committee, Planning Commission, and a Member of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) of the Prime Ministers of India, Atal Behari Vajpayee, P.V. Narasimha Rao, Chandra Shekhar, V.P.Singh and Rajiv Gandhi. In the past he had also been a member of the National Committee for Environmental Planning& Co-ordination, the National Committee on Science and Technology, and the Fuel Policy Committee.

Part 1-Energy Transition and Security.- Chapter 1.      Indian energy transition: need for a more balanced and market-oriented approach.- Chapter 2.   Projection of water demand in india in a macroeconomic consistency framework incorporating the food, water and energy nexus.- Chapter 3.      Greener future through Regional cooperation.- Chapter 4.      Regional Energy Trade in BIMSTEC Region: Facilitating clean energy Transition and sustainability.- Chapter 5.      Indias Energy Security: The case of oil.- Part 2-Climate Change- Some Mitigation Measures.- Chapter 6. Importance of Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES) System towards RE integration and as an enabler towards Zero-emission concept.- Part 3-Energy Access and Women Empowerment.- Chapter 7. Women's Land Ownership And Household Decisions: Implications For Child Health In Rural India.- Chapter 8. Gender Aspects of Transition to Clean Cooking Energy: Evidence from two states of India.- Part 4-Efficiency of firms.- Chapter 9. Structural Efficiency of the Indian Petroleum Industry: Restructuring Options for Indian National Oil Companies.- Part 5- Sustainable Urban Development.- Chapter 10. Benchmarking Urban Sustainability: An Indicator-based assessment of selected Indian and Megacities.- Chapter 11.  Are PPP arrangements different in green infrastructure sectors? An exploratory analysis of Indian PPP projects.- Part 6- Quality of Growth, Human Development and Raising Resources.- Chapter 12.  ­What drives the quality of growth? An Empirical Analysis.- Chapter 13.  Human Development of India: Why Does It Always Look Challenged?.- 12.  Auctions in Kautilyas Arthasastra.