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Ashwini K Swain is the Director of Centre for Energy, Environment & Resources (CEER), New Delhi. Earlier, he has worked for CUTS Institute for Regulation & Competition, Agence Françaisede Développement, BBC Media Action, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and University of York. His current research looks into electricity policy and governance, and agricultural resource use in India. His other work includes examining the interface between energy service needs and climate mitigation goals, and emerging energy-climate governance architecture in India. In the past, he has studied the policy process, regulation, and governance in the Indian electricity sector. He also works on political economy of regulation and the rise of the ‘regulatory state’ in India, with a focus on infrastructure. Dr Swain holds a Ph.D. in Politics from University of York and M.Phil. and M.A. degrees in Political Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University.