wanted to show off the village’s new power plant—a sign of progress. Jaiswal couldn’t help but see the environmental repercussions of the emissions spewing from the towering smokestacks. India and the United States have two important things in common: they have large Englishspeaking populations and are democracies, making collaboration easier than in other rapidly developing countries, such as China. Though NRDC’s work in India is full of potential, Jaiswal says, the challenges that lie ahead are significant: some 80 percent of the infrastructure the country will need by 2030 has yet to be built, and the number of motor vehicles on the road is expected to quadruple by 2020. The environmental ramifications of India’s path forward will be felt around the world. Jaiswal and Jacob Scherr, director of NRDC’s international program, launched the India initiative last June. Their goals include fostering U.S.-India cooperation on clean energy and climate, strengthening environmental compliance and enforcement, and incorporating energy-efficiency standards into building codes to reduce carbon emissions. “One of the great challenges in India is that there are laws on the books that are not implemented or enforced,” Scherr says. “Anjali is in an excellent position to explain how we handle these problems in the United States and to translate her experiences to meet the needs in India.” Jaiswal sometimes thinks back to her father’s village in Gujarat. The memory she recalls is a hopeful one—that of a relative proudly leading her up to the roof to show off a new possession, the village’s first solar cookstove.
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John H. Adams Founding Director, NRDC; Chair, Open Space Institute
Daniel R. Tishman Chair; Chair and CEO, Tishman Construction Corp. of New York
Richard E. Ayres The Ayres Law Group
Arjun Gupta Founder and Managing Partner, Telesoft Partners
Frederica Perera, Ph.D. Professor, Columbia University; Director, Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health
Henry R. Breck Partner, Heronetta Holdings, Inc., L.L.C.
Philip B. Korsant Managing Member, Korsant Partners, L.L.C.
Robert Redford Actor; director; conservationist
Anna Scott Carter Consultant, NRDC; environmentalist
Nicole Lederer Co-founder, Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)
Laurance Rockefeller Conservationist
Susan Crown Principal, Henry Crown and Company; executive, foundation chairman, community activist
Maya Lin Artist/designer
Jonathan F. P. Rose President, Jonathan Rose Companies, L.L.C.
Shelly B. Malkin Landscape painter; conservationist
Thomas W. Roush, M.D. Private investor; environmental activist
Josephine A. Merck Artist; founder, Ocean View Foundation
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Michel Gelobter, Ph.D. Founder, CEO, Cooler, Inc.
Peter A. Morton Chairman/founder, 510 Development Corp. Wendy K. Neu Senior Vice President, Hugo Neu Corp.; grassroots community organizer and activist
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James Taylor Singer/songwriter Gerald Torres Bryant Smith Chair, University of Texas Law School Elizabeth Wiatt Environmentalist; founder, Leadership Council George M. Woodwell, Ph.D. Founder, Woods Hole Research Center
John R. Robinson Attorney
Kirby Walker Independent film/ video producer
Nathaniel P. Reed Businessman; conservationist
Frederick A. Terry, Jr. Senior Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell
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