Shuva Raha
Shuva leads CEEW’s International Cooperation programme spanning five regions – Asia-Oceania, West Asia, Africa,
Europe, and the Americas. Her portfolio includes energy and resource security, the macroeconomics of emerging
economies, global governance and multilateralism, digitalisation and AI, climate resilience, and nexus challenges.
Shuva anchors CEEW's advisory to multilaterals such as the G20, G7, BRICS, and the UN; has been a UNFCCC CoP
Observer since 2016, and is a champion of ‘the India Story’ of the aspirations and achievements of 1.4 billion people.
Shuva has 26+ years of experience across public policy, information technology, project management, branding, and
institutional leadership. She engages with governments, institutions, and industry with a pragmatic worldview of
priorities and realities, and is a thought-provoking international speaker and author.
In 2014, as Chief Operating Officer of CMYK Multimedia, a firm of The Pioneer (est. 1864) newsgroup, Shuva segued
from her 15-year infotech career – journeying from the dotcom era to deploying advanced ERP and intranets for
some of India’s biggest corporates – to policy.
As Head – New Initiatives, Energy & Infrastructure of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), she led major
assignments that helped exponentially scale India’s renewables and biofuels sectors, and supported the formative
years of the International Solar Alliance.
In 2010, Shuva instituted the Subir Raha Memorial Scholarship for underprivileged engineering students. An avid gamer
since the ‘80s, she volunteered as Staff Writer for Metacritic-listed AdventureGamers.com for over a decade.
Shuva is a Postgraduate in Advertising & Communications Management from NMIMS, Mumbai, where she topped her
class and was awarded the Advertising Agencies Association of India Raman Memorial Trophy. She has a BSc Honours
with Distinction in Life Sciences and Biochemistry from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.
Affiliations | Ongoing/recent
• 2016 – | UNFCCC Conference of Parties | Observer
• 2022 – | Global Solutions Initiative, Berlin, Germany | Fellow
• 2026 – | Global South Policy Hub, Washington DC, USA | Non-Resident Fellow
• 2024 – | Plataforma CIPÓ Science-Policy Board, Brazil | Member
• 2024 – | UN Civil Society Conference ImPACT Coalitions | Co-convener, Science-Policy; Member, IFA-FfD
• 2024 – | Delhi Management Association ESG Committee, India | Member
• 2025, 2026 | India Energy Week Technical Committee | Member
• 2026 | G7/T7 France Task Force Co-Chair | Standardising and strengthening accountability for biodiversity finance
• 2024 | G20/T20 Brazil Task Force Co-chair | Sustainable climate action and inclusive just energy transitions –
Accelerating Transition to a Low-carbon Economy and Sustainable Consumption/Production