The India Sustainable Growth Hub (ISGH) is a platform that brings together expertise to support India’s transition to a sustainable, net-zero future. 

Our Mission: 
To ensure that India’s transition to a sustainable, net-zero future is informed by credible evidence and grounded in practical realities.  

Our Approach:
We fund high-quality research that informs policy and practice, while building partnerships that connect research expertise with real-world problem statements from practitioners. Through our global network, we convene leading researchers, and at the same time, seek to strengthen a domestic community of practice on climate and sustainability in India.

Focus Areas:
Our work spans a broad range of sustainability themes including – energy, water, agriculture, manufacturing and trade, housing, macroeconomics and climate. See our current projects portfolio. 

The Hub’s leadership includes Prof. Chetan Ghate, Prof. E Somanathan, and Ms. Nidhi Sharma. Prof. Ghate and Prof. Somanathan are both senior ISI faculty members with deep expertise and longstanding engagement with India’s policymaking community. Prof. Ghate was recently appointed to the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India. Ms. Sharma brings more than a decade of experience across private, public and philanthropic sectors, building and leading initiatives that advance environmental sustainability and social impact. 

Dr. Anant Sudarshan, a leading economist on energy, environment, and development, supports ISGH in his capacity as Lead Academic. 

ISGH was established in 2024, as a collaboration between CECFEE at Indian Statistical Institute – Delhi and International Growth Centre at London School of Economics, seeded through the Bezos Earth Fund.