New Delhi, 25 November 2025: The Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association’s (IVCA) GreenReturns Summit 2025 entered its second day today, bringing together investors, policymakers, climate innovators and industry leaders to discuss India’s climate priorities and the investment pathways needed for a resilient, low-carbon future.
Delivering the keynote address, Dr V Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) to the Government of India, highlighted the need to align India’s climate action with its growth trajectory.
He noted that India’s climate mitigation efforts are fundamentally linked to the country’s fiscal outlook, developmental needs, and long-term competitiveness.
He said, “India’s climate agenda must strengthen—not slow down—our growth priorities. As a fast-growing economy that has not yet reached peak energy consumption, we have to ensure the availability of affordable and reliable energy while steadily lowering the energy intensity of our growth. The transition must be designed around our development needs, not at their expense.”
He further emphasised the centrality of climate adaptation for developing economies. “Adaptation has to come first for countries like India, because most climate-related losses arise from vulnerability rather than emissions.
Strengthening coastal protection, water systems, heat resilience, and climate-smart agriculture will reduce systemic risks and make our transition more stable.
As we invest and innovate, we must be fact-based and complete in our assessments, ensuring that our climate pathway is both environmentally sound and economically durable,” he added.
The Summit showcased India’s climate-tech ecosystem through startup presentations, sector deep-dives, and discussions on financing instruments for clean energy, climate resilience, and industrial decarbonisation.
Investors and founders highlighted the need for stable policies, demand-side efficiency solutions, and innovations that reduce the energy intensity of growth.
The gathering also underlined India’s approach of sequencing climate action—prioritising resilience, strengthening domestic capabilities, and using innovation to drive a transition that supports economic growth, job creation, and sustainable development.
The IVCA GreenReturns Summit 2025 served as a call for collaborative efforts between government, industry, and investors to build a climate-resilient, future-ready India.
About Dr V Anantha Nageswaran
Dr V Anantha Nageswaran was appointed Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) to the Government of India in January 2022 and is set to continue in this role till March 2027.
Before assuming this role, Dr Nageswaran had a distinguished career as a writer, author, teacher, and consultant, and served as a part-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister from 2019 to 2021.
He is also one of the founders of the Takshashila Institution and helped launch the Aavishkaar Venture Capital Fund, both of which are recognised for advancing India’s policy and venture capital ecosystem.
In academia, Dr Nageswaran has served as Dean of the IFMR Graduate School of Business and has been on the Academic Advisory Boards of the DAV Group of Schools, Tamil Nadu, and the Indian School of Public Policy.
His corporate career, spanning 17 years (1994–2011), included leadership roles such as Currency Economist at the Union Bank of Switzerland (now UBS), Head of Research and Investment Consulting at Credit Suisse Private Banking in Asia, and Global Chief Investment Officer at Bank Julius Baer.
He has also served as an Independent Director on the Boards of TVS Supply Chain Solutions, Sundaram Fasteners, TVS Srichakra Ltd, Delphi TVS, and Aparajitha Corporate Services.
A respected economic commentator, Dr Nageswaran has written a weekly Mint column since 2007 and co-authored books such as The Rise of Finance: Causes, Consequences and Cures and Derivatives.
He holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (1985), and a Doctorate in Finance from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1994), where his research focused on exchange rate behaviour.
Under his leadership as CEA, India’s economy has demonstrated strong resilience, with GDP growth projected above 6.8% for FY26, driven by robust private investment and policy reforms.
About Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA):
The Indian Venture and Alternate Capital (IVCA) is a not-for-profit, apex industry body promoting the alternate capital industry and fostering a vibrant investing ecosystem in India.
IVCA is committed to supporting the ecosystem by facilitating advocacy discussions with the Government of India, policymakers, and regulators, resulting in the rise of entrepreneurial activity, innovation, and job creation in India and contributing towards the development of India as a leading fund management hub.
IVCA represents 450+ funds with a combined AUM of over $350 billion. Our members are the most active domestic and global VCs, PEs, funds for infrastructure, real estate, credit funds, limited partners, investment companies, family offices, corporate VCs, and knowledge partners.
These funds invest in emerging companies, venture growth, buyout, special situations, distressed assets, and credit and venture debt, among others.
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