BRICS and the New World Order

1.  BRICS, Global Economic Order, and Challenges for Development: An Introduction
 Lakhwinder Singh, Sukhpal Singh, and Reena Marwah

Section 1: BRICS Transformation Towards Knowledge Economy

2. BRICS and the Knowledge Economy: Building Sustainable Economic Futures
Christabell P J, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram

3. Innovation driven economic growth in BRICS countries; Trends, Challenges and policy implications
Swati Mehta

4. The Fiscal Foundation of Human Capital: How Budgetary Provisions Impact Educational Equity in BRICS
Satvinderpal Kaur and Deeksha Sharma

Section 2: BRICS Strategy for Climate Change and Sustainable Future

5. BRICS and Climate Change: Driving Transformation through Green Finance and Energy Transition towards a Sustainable Future
Rakesh Ranjan and Anjana Rajagopalan

6. BRICS’ GHG Emissions and Reliance on Fossil Fuels: A Comparative Analysis
Varinder Jain

7. Climate Change and Water Security in BRICS: A Looming Crisis?
Neeraj Singh Manhas and Raosaheb Bawaskar

Section 3. BRICS in Transition

8. Tax convergence in BRICS countries
Anna Kireenk

9. Is BRICS Prepared for De-Dollarization? Dollar Dependence and the Growing Pushback
Anshi Goel and Reena Marwah

10. Equal Partners, Sustainable Goals: The NDB as BRICS' Distinctive path to Collaborative Development

Priyanka Marwah and Anchal Mehta

Section 4- Country Strategies for Building a Strong BRICS

11. Thailand’s Potential Contribution to BRICS in the Evolving Global Order

Titipol Phakdeewanic

12. Historical Overview of the Indian Health Economic-Industrial Complex: reflections for the BRICS+ countries  
Manuel Gonzalo and Henrique Jorgielewicz Rogovschi

13. Role of India in BRICS: Navigating global geo-political-economic landscape
Oindrila Dattagupta

Biography

Lakhwinder Singh serves as Professor of Economics at Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Visiting Professor at the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi. As President of the Society for Pathways to Sustainability, he previously led the 65th Indian Society of Labour Economics conference. He formerly headed the Department of Economics at Punjabi University, Patiala, where he established the Centre for Development Economics and Innovation Studies. With over 32 years of teaching experience and 21 supervised Ph.D.s, he founded and edits the SCOPUS-indexed journal Millennial Asia, published by SAGE since 2009.

Sukhpal Singh teaches at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is a Fellow of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, and President Elect of its 2026 Annual Conference. He has held visiting fellowships at IDS Sussex, Chulalongkorn University, University of Manchester, and Copenhagen Business School. As founding editor of Millennial Asia journal, he has authored 15 books, over 170 research papers, and 100 review articles. He has contributed to policy committees for the Planning Commission, NITI Aayog, and various government ministries at national and state levels.

Reena Marwah, former Professor at Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, holds a Ph.D. in International Business and serves as Secretary General of the Association of Asia Scholars. A recipient of the World Bank's McNamara Fellowship (1999-2000) and Asian Scholarship Foundation's Asia Fellowship (2002-03), she is Founding Editor of Millennial Asia, a SCOPUS-indexed journal published by SAGE. With 23 authored and edited books plus numerous research articles, her expertise focuses on Southeast Asian international relations and economic development issues.