Browsing by Author "Dr. Madhubanti Sadhya, - Supervisor"

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Analysing gaps in reporting sustainability in supply chains in India
(National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2023-10-13) Mudgal, Aditya; Dr. Madhubanti Sadhya, - Supervisor
As the concept of sustainability expands out of the popular tone of environment and the world gets more conscious about the actions of supply chains of businesses, acting as the veins of the global economy, the need for regulators to catch up with the developments grows overtime. Mixed with the demands of the communities and impact organisations working to make businesses liable for their actions, the need for a regulation to mandate businesses to report their due diligence and make more quantifiable metrics public has grown immense. France become the first country to release a mandatory sustainability reporting regulation but the regulations of Germany and Norway some years down the line turned out to be stricter, progressive and wider. In the same light, India has released various regulations from guidelines to reporting mandates. In the current scenario of sustainability reporting, the BRSR framework released by SEBI is the first mandatory action taken in India at the regulatory level. Though an initial step to catch up with the global developments, this study compares the Indian regulations to the benchmarks of sustainability reporting globally. This study compares the regulations on 4 dimensions of Scope, Obligations, Stakeholder Engagement and Enforcement and contains a document analysis to compare the provisions of each regulation with their dimension to identify the gaps that Indian framework has in contrast to the global benchmarks.
The impact of policy levers on adoption of battery swapping technology: insights using technology acceptance model [TAM]
(National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2023-10-18) Mahadevan, K Akhilesh; Dr. Madhubanti Sadhya, - Supervisor
The ecosystem of ‘Battery swapping technology’ (BST) and ‘Battery-as-a-Service’ (B-a-a-S) business brings a variety of benefits to the consumers that have been identified as potential barriers to the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles. The literature that is currently available is skewed towards plug-in electric vehicles or electric vehicles in general, especially in the Indian context. In essence, there has been very little literature from the point-of-view of emerging sustainable mobility solutions in general and battery swapping ecosystem in specific. Contemporary research on battery swapping in the Indian context has not explored the acceptance and adoption of this technology by consumers. This study addresses this research gap by application of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to the battery-swapping ecosystem. In this study, a hypothetical model incorporating policy levers from the battery-swapping policy was constructed and tested. Finally, the study has attempted to extend the work done on the ‘Policy Acceptance Model’ (PAM) by developing a similar framework. The study has found that, contrary to several criticisms laid on the policy, the levers provided are significant in driving EV adoption. Two specific policy levers viz., ‘Implementation and Institutional Framework’ and ‘Standardisation and Interoperability’ are found to be comparatively more significant than other policy levers. In addition to this, alternative mechanisms such as ‘low-cost financing’ and ‘Disincentives for ICE adoption’ also play a crucial role in driving EV adoption in the near future.