Two E&P joint secretaries in Ambani think tank: What they say carry clout – 26 Oct 2021

Former petroleum ministry bureaucrats, who has been join secretaries in the E&P division of the ministry in particular, play very important roles in the Ambani-funded think tank, the Observer Research Foundation (ORF).

One of them, Sunjoy Joshi, former E&P JS in the ministry, is the chairman of the ORF now.

And another, JM Mauskar, again a former E&P JS, is the advisor

Both of them came to know the Ambanis well while dealing with them in the petroleum ministry

Mauskar went on to garner a lot of governmental experience before landing up in the ORF while Joshi joined ORF soon after he was transferred out of the petroleum ministry

Both are now influential thinkers and what they say carry a lot of clout

Clearly, both have found comfortable sinecures outside of the bureaucracy

Here is a report authored by Mauskar for the ORF on the constraints that India faces while reacting to climate change goals