On 7 Dec 2025, we launched the India LEDS Research and Action Platform at IIMA, as part of the LT-LEDS track at India Management Research Conference (IMRC) 2025.

Kalpa Impact has partnered with the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad to catalyse progress on India’s Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS), supported by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) and IMRC 2025.

Over 80 participants joined us in-person and online for this milestone moment.
We are grateful to everyone who joined us for the event last Sunday and contributed to the energy in the room.

We were honoured to have with us:

• Sunjay Sudhir – Former Ambassador to the UAE and Maldives; India’s Permanent Representative to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
• Ashish Khanna – CEO, Adani Green Energy Limited
• Usha Zehr – Executive Director, Grow Indigo
• Maithilee Shirgaonkar Jamsandekar – CEO, Raintree Foundation
• Ankit Todi – Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra Group
• Arabinda Mishra – Trustee and Chairperson, Development and Environment Futures Trust (DEFT)
  
  

Their insights added immense value to the launch and discussion.

Our hosts: Prof. Sandip Chakrabarti, Prof. Ranjan Kumar Ghosh, and Sushant Kumar guided us through the discussions and shared the vision behind this initiative.

We were also pleased to have Prof. Bharat Bhaskar join us, reaffirming IIMA’s commitment to advancing climate action.

The conversations continued with a panel discussion, shaped by thoughtful questions from participants. Insights from the discussion will be shared soon.