Section I : Economics of Energy and Economic Growth -- An Essay in two parts in honour of Vijay Kelkar -- A Pioneer’s thinking around growth fundamentals : A tribute to Dr Vijay Kelkar -- Changing pattern of India’s energy profile : an input-output analysis of linkages -- Section II : International oil : national and global context -- International oil : need for a cooperative regime -- India’s oil : the past, the present, and the future -- Subsidy elimination with and without a global price shock : the macroeconomics of oil price policy reform -- Oil and gas in an Asian century -- Development of an oil and gas project in Rajasthan Section III : India’s energy security -- Challenges to India’s energy security -- India’s energy sector : pride and prejudice -- India’s energy challenges in the global context : an investor’s perspective -- A Man for all seasons -- Section IV: Natural gas in India’s energy basket and policy debates -- Role of natural gas in India’s energy basket in the early twenty-first century -- The Gas policy debate : origins and challenges