The Bharti Institute of Public Policy  organized its first session of the Distinguished Speaker Series with the PGP Class of 2016 on May 1st. ISB-Mohali was host to Mr. Jairam Ramesh as the 1st speaker in this series.Mr. Ramesh is a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and has held a number of Ministries during the UPA's tenure at the Center, including Rural Development, Sanitation, and Environment. He has also served as a member of the Planning Commission. Mr. Ramesh has also authored a number of books, including "Making Sense of Chindia: Reflections on China and India" and "Kautilya Today".Mr. Ramesh has recently penned his experiences in the Environment Ministry in the form of a book, "Green Signals: Ecology, Growth and Democracy in India". His talk was focusing the same.