Coal Assessment and Extraction in India: Issues and Prospects

Presentation at ETIP Seminar Series, Cambridge, Mass

In this presentation, Chikkatur outlines the role coal plays in China, presents the various challenges the coal sector faces in 21st Century India, and discusses a high-level seminar series in India that is addressing these issues. He gives special treatment to several key issues, namely: resource/reserve assessments, technologies for coal extraction, social and environmental Issues, human resource and capacity building, and institutional and pricing reforms.