Primer on Electric Vehicles in India

Prof. Saon Ray is an economist, specializing in international trade and industry issues. Her areas of interest include global value chains, technological upgrading of Indian industries, free trade agreements and trade creation effects, technology transfer, foreign direct investment, efficiency and productivity of firms, financial inclusion, energy, and climate change-related issues. She has published widely on these issues in books and journal articles. Her Ph.D. in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University examined the role of intellectual property rights in transferring technology to developing countries.Dr. Deb Mukherji has been working in the automotive industry in India for the past 35 years. He has held CEO-level positions for more than 10 years for large Japanese and other MNCs in India. He was instrumental in bringing in several foreign joint venture partners and set up successful projects in India. He successfully set up and ran several large-scale businesses in India and abroad. An entrepreneur for the past 10 years, Dr Mukherji runs several businesses successfully. In 2018, he merged his companies with Anglian Omega, an international business group into automotive and infrastructure businesses in India.

• Introduction.- Sourcing Minerals for the Battery.- Technology for EVs.- Value Chain for Manufacture and Assembly.- Imports and Exports of Components.- FDI and Investment Gap in the EV Sector.- PoliciesRegulations at the Central Level and States.- Financing EV Transition in India.- Skills and Workforce Training.-Conclusion and Way Ahead.