Tata Power and India's Energy Transition: Balancing Growth and Decarbonization

About this episode

The episode discusses Tata Power's strategies for balancing economic growth with its net-zero commitment in India.

As bonus episode of Climate Rising, we feature a conversation among Tata Power CEO Dr. Praveer Sinha, Harvard Business School Professor Vikram Gandhi, and HBS Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Brian Kenny that explores how India’s largest private power company is navigating its net-zero commitment while supporting a rapidly growing economy. With energy demand projected to quadruple by 2047, Tata Power has committed to phasing down coal and expanding renewables, distributed generation, and smart grid investments. This conversation, based on the HBS case “Tata Power and India’s Energy Transition” and originally recorded for the HBS Cold Call podcast, explores how Tata Power balances profitability and purpose, the role of technology and grid modernization, and how energy transition in the Global South differs from the Global North. Dr. Sinha also shares insights on employee reskilling, engaging customers as “prosumers,” and why long-term vision is critical to executing a climate-aligned business strategy. This episode is part of Climate Rising’s Global South series, which features companies and organizations at the intersection of business and climate in India and Brazil…

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Praveer Sinha

Topics covered

• energy transition
• decarbonization
• renewable energy
• economic growth
• technology
• employee reskilling

Keywords

• Tata Power
• energy demand
• net-zero
• renewables
• smart grid
• employee reskilling
• climate strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tata Power, Harvard Business School, HBS Cold Call, Climate Rising

Places: India, Global South, Global North

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