Books/Chapters in Books

• Energy Efficiency Matters Ajay Mathur, Leher V Thadani https://www.amazon.in/Energy-Efficiency-Matters-Concerned-Citizen-ebook/dp/B0BQGNC88W
• Environmental Sustainability and Economic Development: Convergence in Practice and Action; Ajay Mathur In MODI@20 Dreams Meet Delivery; by by Sudha Murty; Arvind Panagariya; S. Jaishankar (Author), Sadhguru (Author), & 4 More; pp 193-208 https://www.amazon.in/MODI-20-Dreams-Meet-Delivery-ebook/dp/B09VKRY5FJ?asin=B09VKRY5FJ&revisionId=cbb75fe&format=1&depth=1
• Green, Reliable and Viable – Perspectives on India’s Shift Towards Low-Carbon Energy; Edited By Ajay Mathur, Adair Turner, Noëmie Leprince-Ringuet https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.1201/9780429296024/green
• Foreword by Dr Ajay Mathur in the book “Sustainable Energy Technology and Policies” A Transformational Journey Volume 1; – Editors – Sudipta De; Santanu Bandyopadhyay; Mohsen Assadi, Deb A Mukherjee; pp v to ix https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-10-8393-8
• Accelerating Energy Efficiency in India; Ajay Mathur; In Advances in Solar Energy Science and Engineering – Volume 4: 2017; Editor-in-Chief – H P Garg; Editors – S K Singh and T C Kandpal; pp 339-354

• Energy Use in India: Implications of Constrained Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Dr Ajay Mathur; in Global Energy Stategies Living with Restricted Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Edited by James C Whiite; pp 147-183 https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Global_Energy_Strategies.html?id=UUcGCAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y
• Decarbonization: Models for Sharpening the Trajectory; Dr Ajay Mathur; Mr Souvik Bhattacharjya; Mr Karan Mangotra and Mr. Nitin Bajpai; in the Next Stop – Natural Gas and India’s Journey to a Clean Energy Future; edited by Vikram Singh Mehta; pp 576-595; https://scroll.in/article/991030/a-new-book-argues-that-natural-gas-is-indias-best-choice-for-moving-away-from-coal-and-fossil-fuels
• Non-Traditional Security Challenges to the Maritime Order in the Indian Ocean Region; Dr Ajay Mathur, Mr Saurabh Bhardwaj and Dr Nitya Nanda; In Wither Indian Ocean Maritime Order? Contributions to a Seminar on Narendra Modi’s SAGAR Speech; In Whither Indian Ocean Maritime Order? Edited by Yogendra Kumar; pp 91-102; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19480881.2018.1545407?journalCode=rior20
• India’s Clean Energy Transition; Dr Ajay Mathur; In A New Reform Paradigm,  Festschrift in Honour of Isher Judge Ahluwalia by Dr. Radhicka Kapoor; pp 300-330; https://icrier.org/publications/a-new-reform-paradigm-festschrift-in-honour-of-isher-judge-ahluwalia
• Foreword by Dr Ajay Mathur in the Indonesia Solar Energy Outlook The emergence of solar PV in fueling Indonesia’s energy transition 2023; https://iesr.or.id/en/pustaka/indonesia-solar-energy-outlook-2023#:~:text=Indonesia%20Solar%20Energy%20Outlook%202023%20The%20emergence%20of,as%20well%20as%20its%20challenges%20and%20market%20opportunities
• India and Paris: A Pragmatic Way Forward; Ajay Mathur; In India in a Warming World Integrating Climate Change and Development; Edited by Navroz K Dubash; pp 222-229; https://academic.oup.com/book/35227/chapter/299752383
• Incentivizing change in Energy Choices (Chapter 12); A Mathur, K Cherail, D. Mahajan; In India’s Energy Security edited by Ligia Noronha & Anant Sudarshan, Routledge, 2008, pp 179-190; https://www.routledge.com/Indias-Energy-Security/Noronha-Sudarshan/p/book/9780415502030
• An Adaptation Mosaic: A Sample of Emerging World Bank Work in Climate Change Adaptation; Ajay Mathur, Ian Burton and Maarten van Aalst; World Bank ,2004; http://web.worldbank.org/archive/website00530/WEB/PDF/ANADAPTA.PDF
• Capacity building for Technology Transfer (Chapter 8); Ajay Mathur; In Capacity building for technology transfer in the context of climate change, TERI, 1997
• Energy Policies and the Greenhouse Effect; Michael Grubb, Steve Rayner, , Jeremy Russell, Michele Ledic, Ajay Mathur, and Peter BrackleyAkira Tanabe; Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1989; https://www.osti.gov/etdeweb/biblio/5304525

Refereed Journal Articles

• Heat Transfer to a bayonet heat exchanger immersed in a gas fluidized bed
  A Mathur, S. C. Saxena, Z. H. Qureshi, International Communication in Heat & Mass Transfer
  Volume 10, Issue 3, May- June 1983, Pages 241-252, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1933(83)90009-X.
   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/073519338390009X
• Effect of Vertical Boiler Tube Diameter on Heat Transfer Co-efficient in Gas Fluidized Beds
  T.R. White, A. Mathur, S. C. Saxena
  The Chemical Engineering Journal, Voule 32, Issue 1, February 1986, Pages 1-13
  https://fdocuments.in/document/effect-of-vertical-boiler-tube-diameter-on-heat-transfer-coefficient-in-gas-fluidized.html
• Hydrodynamic Characteristics of gas-fluidized beds over a broad temperature range
  A Mathur, S. C. Saxena, Z. F. Zhang
  Powder Technology, Elsevier, Volume 47, Issue 3, August 1986, Pages 247-256, DOI: 10.1016/0032-5910(86)80086-9
  https://ur.booksc.eu/book/19751323/aace10
• Particle Classification Scheme of saxena and ganzha and high temperature bed voidage data at minimum fluidization
  A Mathur, S. C. Saxena
  Elsevier, Powder Technology, Volume 45, Issue 3, February 1986, Pages 287-289, DOI: 10.1016/0032-5910(86)80125-5 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Particle-classification-scheme-of-saxena-and-ganzha-Mathur-Saxena/32ebc5b974945ecfcbac7ee57cbd59af6b3df89f
• Short-term monitoring methods used in Documenting The Performance of Individual Efficiency Improving Measures for Space Heating Systems In Multifamily Building
  John Katrakis, Ajay Mathur, Dilip Kathuria, Richard Heiman
  Proceedings of American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, 1986
  
• Total and radiative Heat Transfer to an immersed surface in a gas-fluidized bed
  Ajay Mathur, S. C. Saxena; AICHE Journal, Volume 33, Issue 7, Pages 1124-1135, July 1987
  https://ur.booksc.eu/book/295409/66a06e
• A stochastic model for particle convective heat transfer in gas-solid fluidized beds
  Ajay Mathur; International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, DOI: DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(90)90224-I, 1990
  
• Energy policies and the greenhouse effect: A study of national differences
  Michael Grubb, Steve Rayner, Akira Tanabe, Jeremy Russell, Michele Ledic, Ajay Mathur, Peter Brackley
  Energy Policy, Elsevier, Volume 19, Issue 10, December 1991, Pages 911-917
  
• Energy Use in India: Implications of constrained Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Ajay Mathur
  Global Energy Strategies, Environmental Science Research Volume 47, 1993, Pages 147-154
  https://www.sciencegate.app/document/10.1007/978-1-4899-1256-5_18
• Demonstration of coal gas run molten carbonate fuel cell concept
  Ajay Mathur, Sanjay Bali, Malini Balakrishnan, Ramkumar Perumal, Vidya S. Batra
  International Journal of Energy Research, Volume 23, Issue 13, 25^th October 1999, Pages 1177-1185 https://www.academia.edu/52643935/Demonstration_of_coal_gas_run_molten_carbonate_fuel_cell_concept
• Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells for Power Generation from High-Ash Indian Coals
  Peramul R., Bali S., Balakrishnan M., Mathur A.
  Energy Conservation Engineering Conference, 1997, IECEC-97, Proceedings of the 32^nd Intersociety, 27^th July to 1^st August, 1997, Honolulu, IEEE, Volume 2 Pages 811-816 https://www.sciencegate.app/document/10.1016/s0140-6701(98)97460-4
• Past as Prologue: an innovation-diffusion approach to additionalilty
  Ajay Mathur, Ananth P. Chikkatur, Ambuj D. Sagar
  Climate Policy, Volume 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 230-239 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14693062.2007.9685651
• 14 Innovating for Energy Efficiency: a perspective from India; Ankur Chaudhary, Ambuj D. Sagar, Ajay Mathur; Innovation & Development, Special Issue: Sustainability oriented innovation systems in China & India, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-66 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/2157930X.2012.667212
• 15   Energy Transition in Emerging and Developing Countries: Promoting the New Paradigm; Ajay Mathur, Thomas Spencer; T20 Japan 2019; May 2019. https://www.g20-insights.org/policy_briefs/energy-transition-in-emerging-and-developing-countries-promoting-the-new-paradigm/

Policy brief & Research papers

• Will India attain its forestry NDC target of achieving 2.5–3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030? 11 Feb 2021 
  Dr Ajay Mathur, Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma, Dr Priyanka, Dr Subhash Ashutosh
  https://www.teriin.org/policy-brief/will-india-attain-its-forestry-ndc-target-achieving-25-3-billion-tonnes-co2-equivalent
• Innovative financial mechanisms to achieve additional 2.5–3.0 billion tonne of CO2e through additional forest and tree cover in India by 2030; 11 Feb 2021 
  Dr Ajay Mathur, Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma, Dr Syed Arif Wali, Dr Priyanka
  https://www.teriin.org/policy-brief/innovative-financial-mechanisms-achieve-additional-25-30-billion-tonne-co2e-through
• Scope and potential of coastal ecosystem towards mitigating climate change; 11 Feb 2021; Dr Ajay Mathur, Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma, Dr Priyanka, Ms Aparna Tyagi https://www.teriin.org/policy-brief/scope-and-potential-coastal-ecosystem-towards-mitigating-climate-change
• Designing the methodology to establish minimum support prices of trees grown outside forests
  11 Feb 2021; Dr Ajay Mathur, Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma, Dr Yogesh Gokhale, Ms Priya Sharma, Ms Aparna Tyagi
  https://www.teriin.org/policy-brief/designing-methodology-establish-minimum-support-prices-trees-grown-outside-forests
• Baseline and quantification of sequestration of 2.5–3 billion tonne of CO2e by 2030; 11 Feb 2021; Dr Ajhay Mathur, Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma and Dr Priyanka https://www.teriin.org/policy-brief/baseline-and-quantification-sequestration-25-3-billion-tonne-co2e-2030
• Estimation of the current emission and sequestration, as well as future potential of sequestration/emission reduction to achieve land degradation neutrality in India, 11 Feb 2021Dr Ajay Mathur, Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma, Dr Reena Singh, Dr Priyanka, Mr Siddharth S Edake, Mr Yatish A Lele, Dr Sangram Keshari Lenka – https://www.teriin.org/policy-brief/estimation-current-emission-and-sequestration-well-future-potential
• G20: Aid developing economies to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors; 24 Jun 2019; Dr Ajay Mathur, Mr Thomas Spencer https://www.teriin.org/policy-brief/g20-aid-developing-economies-decarbonise-hard-abate-sectors
• Vulnerability of child health to climate related agricultural productivity threat in India; Meena Sehgala, Sujit Kumar, Ghoshb Kanwal, Nayan Singhc, Vidhu Gupta, dKanhaiya LalPhDd, Anu, Sehgale, Ajay Mathur
• Sustainable Production and Consumption, Volume 27, July 2021, Pages 2090-2100 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352550921001512?via%3Dihub
• Public costs and private benefits: the governance of energy efficiency in India; Ajay Mathur
• Building Research & Information ,Volume 47, 2019 – Issue 1: Special issue: Energy and climate change solutions: India’s building stockPages 123-126 | Published online: 20 Sep 2018; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09613218.2018.1514743?journalCode=rbri20
• Deploying Low-carbon Technologies in Developing Countries: A view from India’s buildings sector; Radhika Khosla,Ambuj Sagar,Ajay Mathur
• Environmental Policy and Governance (Volume27, Issue2Special Issue: Multi‐level Climate Governance: The global system and selected sub‐systemsMarch/April 2017 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eet.1750

Feature Articles (last six years)

• What the Paris Agreement means for the climate crisis; Source: United News of India; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 9 Dec 2021 http://www.uniindia.com/india-can-achieve-cost-effective-round-the-clock-renewable-power-dr-ajay-mathur/east/news/2587951.html
• The transformative potential of One Sun One World One Grid; Source: The Hindustan Times; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 7 Nov 2021 – https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/the-transformative-potential-of-one-sun-one-world-one-grid-101636288371553.html
• World urgently needs a solar revolution; Source: The Gulf News; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 27 Oct 2021; https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/world-urgently-needs-a-solar-revolution-1.83244977
• Bright Hope: Is a transnational solar grid possible? International Solar Alliance is pursuing this as the quantum leap in renewables the world needs; Source: The Times of India; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 19 October 2021 – https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/bright-hope-is-a-transnational-solar-grid-possible-international-solar-alliance-is-pursuing-this-as-the-quantum-leap-in-renewables-the-world-needs/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_camp
• To reduce emissions and fight climate crisis, de-carbonise power sector; Source: The Hindustan Times; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 10 Aug 2021 https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/to-reduce-emissions-and-fight-climate-crisis-de-carbonise-power-sector-101628598861449.html
• Economic pre-feasibility report on solar global grid by next month; Source: The Economic Times Ajay Mathur;Published date: 11 July 2021- https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/economic-pre-feasibility-report-on-solar-global-grid-by-next-month-ajay-mathur/articleshow/84476982.cms?from=mdr
• Solar is the key to climate action; Source: Asia Times; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 11 June 2021; https://asiatimes.com/2021/06/solar-is-the-key-to-climate-action/
• What the Paris Agreement means for the climate crisis; Source: The Hindustan Times; Ajay Mathur and Ritu Ahuja; Published date: 11 Dec 2020 https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/what-the-paris-agreement-means-for-the-climate-crisis/story-DVnGjs1StDBC7Wa4MleyAN.html
• Gold prices and stocks are moving in tandem – but how long will this merry march continue; Source: Gulf News; Dr Ajay Mathur; Published date: 19 Nov 2020 – https://gulfnews.com/business/markets/gold-prices-and-stocks-are-moving-in-tandem—but-how-long-will-this-merry-march-continue-1.1605769413965
• India must not let global pressure force it off growth path; Source: The Indian Express; Ajay Mathur and Karan Mangotra;  Published date: 18 Nov 2020 – https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/carbon-emission-paris-covid-19-7055252/
• OPINION: Making net zero emissions a mission possible in Source: ET Energy World; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 15 Oct 2020; https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/opinion-making-net-zero-emissions-a-mission-possible-in-india/78676875
• The low carbon path; Source: The Indian Express; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 30 July 2020 – https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/the-low-carbon-path-6531098/
• Two big ideas towards green growth: The only viable path to development left to us; Source: The Times of Inida; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 15 Jan 2020; https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/two-big-ideas-towards-green-growth-the-only-viable-path-to-development-left-to-us/
• Tackling volatility in the supply of water; Source: The Telegraph; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 25 October 2019; https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/tackling-volatility-in-the-supply-of-water/cid/1714015
• Enhancing prosperity through resource efficiency in India; Source: Down to Earth; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 18 June 2019; https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/energy-efficiency/enhancing-prosperity-through-resource-efficiency-in-india-65149
• Flexible’ power system key to renewables push; Source: The Hindu Business Line; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 22 Feb 2019 https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/flexible-power-system-key-to-renewable-push/article26343039.ece
• Clean, green and viable: Tomorrow’s electricity system; Source: Energy World; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 8 Feb 2019 https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/energy-speak/clean-green-and-viable-tomorrow-s-electricity-system/3441
• Incentivising collection key to Plastic Waste Management; Source: The Financial Express; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 5 June 2018; https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/incentivising-collection-key-to-plastic-waste-management/1193651/
• Green funds will help make the benefits of clean energy a reality for India; Source: The Hindustan Times; Frances Beinecke and Ajay Mathur; Published date: 12 April 2018; https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/green-funds-will-help-make-the-benefits-of-clean-energy-a-reality-for-india/story-xOsoTL5wW30XbJtG6YJafN.html
• Changing health climate through better nutrition; Source: The Pioneer; Ajay Mathur, Meena Sehgal and Rakesh Tuli; Published date: 7 March 2018; https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/columnists/changing-health-climate-through-better-nutrition.html;
• What makes the Bonn meet on climate critical; Source: The Hindustan Times; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 8 Nov 2017; https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-lucknow/20171108/282123521785051
• Innovation in solar panels, batteries, EVs may not have big impact, but here is what makes them disruptive; Source: The Financial Express; Umakant Panwar & Ajay Mathur; Published date: 12 Sept 2017 Innovation in solar panels, batteries, EVs may not have big impact, but here is what makes them disruptive – The Financial Express
• Will Donald Trump’s anti-climate stance stop India’s actions? No, it won’t; Source: Business Standard; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 3 Jun 2017 https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/will-donald-trump-s-anti-climate-stance-stop-india-s-actions-no-it-won-t-117060300211_1.html
• Why India has just ten years to decarbonise; Source: Business Standard; Ajay Mathur, Adair Turner and B N Suresh ; Published date: 3 June 2017 https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/why-india-has-just-ten-years-to-decarbonise-117032500768_1.html
• Why sustainability can no longer be about CSR initiatives divorced from business objectives; Source: The Financial Express; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 7 Oct 2016; https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/why-sustainibility-can-no-longer-be-about-csr-initiatives-divorced-from-business-objectives/409418/
• From Paris to Kigali – India to leapfrog to climate friendly technologies while achieving its development goals; Source: The Times of India; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 7 Oct 2016; https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/from-paris-to-kigali-india-to-leapfrog-to-climate-friendly-technologies-while-achieving-its-development-goals/
• The marathon that became a sprint; Source: India Today; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 6 Oct 2016; https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/up-front/story/20161017-climate-change-paris-agreement-kyoto-protocol-us-829698-2016-10-06
• Climate change: Here’s why India needs to be at the forefront of effort to phase out HFCs; Source: India Today; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 21 Sep 2016; https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/climate-change-heres-why-india-needs-to-be-at-the-forefront-of-effort-to-phase-out-hfcs/383796/
• Renewables are not enough; Source: Mint; Ajay Mathur, Adair Turner; Published date: 13 May 2016; https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/mU8pP1CCqd1LAXEh1nuOhJ/Renewables-are-not-enough.html
• Nationalising climate action; Source: Hindustan Times; Ajay Mathur and Ritu Ahuja; Published date: 4 May 2016; https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/opinion/story/20160516-climate-change-ajay-mathur-energy-resources-828851-2016-05-04
• Acting together on climate change; Source: Mint; Ajay Mathur; Published date: 22 Apr 2016; https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/BRJYaHhqNf0FTLB3WGBLON/Acting-together-on-climate-change.html