M.V. Ramanais the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security and Professor at theSchool of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, and the author of The Power Of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy In India. He is a member of the InternationalPanelonFissileMaterials, the CanadianPugwashGroup, the International Nuclear Risk Assessment Group, an affiliate of the Centre for Climate Justice at UBC, and the team that produces the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report