
Angus McCrone
Angus McCrone
Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Morten Dyrholm
Morten Dyrholm
Vestas
@MDyrholm
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Morten Dyrholm
- A Leap Into The Offshore (Offshore Wind)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
Group Senior Vice President at Vestas Wind Systems A/S. Based in Copenhagen, he is heading up Vestas’ Global Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs function. He has played a growing role at Vestas over the last 10 years – originally in China and then globally in public affairs and business development. During that period, he has helped Vestas expand into new markets and supporting the development of effective wind and renewable energy policy in countries around the globe.

Arundhati Bhattacharya
Arundhati Bhattacharya
State Bank of India
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Arundhati Bhattacharya
- Plenary Session: Bankers’ Perspective on Renewables
4 Oct | 1000-1130 | Plenary Hall 1
Mrs Arundhati Bhattacharya was first ever Women Chairperson of State Bank of India, a Fortune 500 company and served as the Chairperson till she retired in October 2017 She has expertise & deep understanding and insights of Financial services, particularly of Banking industry and related areas of Digital Banking. Under her leadership SBI metamorphosed into a digitally advanced Bank while continuing to play a pivotal role in national development, as SBI commands almost 25% of banking market share. SBI was adjudged as one of Three Best Places to work in India, by Global Job site based on 15 million reviews surveyed on the basis of overall employees experience under Mrs Bhattacharya's leadership. She was awarded Forbes Magazine ranked her 25th in their List of Most Powerful Women in the world and 5th in Most Powerful Women in Finance and was also included in the Top 100 Global Thinkers in 2014 by Foreign Policy Magazine. Mrs Bhattacharya was featured in Fortune List of Top 50 Globally Most Powerful Women in business and Ranked among Top 5 in the Asia Pacific region. She is associated with various institutions and initiatives for empowering the challenged and differently able, with an aim of integrating them in society.

Timothy Charles Karlsson
Timothy Charles Karlsson
International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
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Timothy Charles Karlsson
- Technical Session: NextGen Renewables
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6A
Tim Karlsson is Executive Director of the International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE), an inter-governmental partnership of 18 countries and the European Commission that works to help facilitate the transition to clean & efficient energy, mobility, industry, and built environment systems using fuel cells and hydrogen. Previously, Mr. Karlsson held various posts including Director of Environmental & Clean Energy Industries in the Canadian Department of Industry. Mr. Karlsson has worked on numerous policy issues related to energy and the environment including climate change as a delegate to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He has a Masters degree in Economics from the University of British Columbia.

Rahul Walawalkar
Rahul Walawalkar
Customized Energy Solutions India Pvt Ltd
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Rahul Walawalkar
- Technical Session: Storage Solutions
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
Dr Rahul Walawalkar is President & MD of Customized Energy Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. He leads the Emerging Technologies practice for Customized Energy Solutions globally with focus on energy storage, renewables, demand response, electric vehicles and smart grid technologies. Rahul is the Founder and Executive Director of India Energy Storage Alliance since 2012. He served as Board Member for Energy Storage Association, USA during 2009-15 and currently serves as Vice Chair for Global Energy Storage Alliance. In 2014, he was nominated as part of Standing Committee on Energy Storage and Hybrid systems by MNRE and is currently working on drafting the national energy storage mission. He served as member of national taskforce for renewable integration by Central Electricity Authority & Ministry of Power during 2013-14. Under Rahul’s leadership Customized energy solutions has received various awards including IPPAI Power Innovation Award for creation of India Energy Storage Alliance in 2016-17, Brad Roberts Award for outstanding industry contribution by Energy Storage Association (USA) in 2016, USAID’s PACEsetter Fund Award for MICRO initiative in 2016 and CII Innovative Energy Services Award for Tata Power Demand Response program in 2012. He was recognized with India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) President’s Award in 2018 for outstanding contribution to growth of smart grids in India. He is also recipient of Energy Storage Crusader Award from Renewable Energy India Expo in 2017, DSK Energy Award from Institution of Engineers in 2014 and Computer Society of India’s Young IT Professional Award for 2000 and 2001. Rahul holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, M.S. in Energy Management from NYIT and B.E. from Walchand College of Engineering.

Manoj Kohli
Manoj Kohli
SB ENERGY – SoftBank Group
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Manoj Kohli
- Sunnyside Up: Future of Solar Energy
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
- Special Session: India’s Energy Basket 2030
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
- #RENNOVATE: Masayoshi Son, Chief Executive Officer, SoftBank Group
3 Oct | 1000-1100 | Plenary Hall 1
Manoj Kohli is Executive Chairman of SB Energy. SoftBank, Bharti Enterprises and Foxconn have formed the JV, SB Energy, which will invest $20 billion over 10 years on renewable energy. Before this, Manoj was Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises and responsible for the growth and operations of Bharti group of companies. Manoj's key contribution has been building Airtel as no 3 telco in the world. He was Managing Director and CEO (International), Bharti Airtel, and was responsible for leading the Africa operations, which was acquired in 2010. Manoj joined Bharti Airtel in 2002 and led Bharti Airtel’s India operations for 8 years during which the customer base grew from 2 to 150 million. Manoj was adjudged “Telecom Man of the Year” in 2000 and “Telecom Person of the Year” in 2004 by Media TransAsia and Voice & Data respectively. He is on the Board of HK University, a member of the Academic Council of the Faculty of Management Studies and has been awarded the “Best Alumni Award” by Shriram College of Commerce, Delhi University. Manoj holds degrees in Commerce, Law and MBA from Delhi University. Manoj also attended the “Executive Business Program” at the Michigan Business School and the “Advanced Management Program” at the Wharton Business School.

Jayant Parimal
Jayant Parimal
Adani Green Energy Ltd
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Jayant Parimal
- Sunnyside Up: Future of Solar Energy
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
Shri Jayant Parimal is an IAS Officer (1989 batch). He has done his B.E in Electrical in 1988 from MNIT, Allahabad, CFA in 2002 from ICFAI, Hyderabad, Masters of International Law & Economics in 2004 from World Trade Institute, Bern and LL.B in 2007 from Gujarat University. During his long and illustrious career in Indian Administrative Service, Mr. Parimal has worked in various capacities with Government of Gujarat and Government of India, till 2006. Presently, Shri Jayant Parimal is working as Chief Executive Officer (Renewable Energy) in Adani Group, looking after Group’s Renewable Business. Before joining with Adani Group, he was with Reliance Industries Limited, as President (Special Projects) in Mumbai.

Rangan Banerjee
Rangan Banerjee
IIT Bombay
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Rangan Banerjee
- Sunnyside Up: Future of Solar Energy
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
Rangan Banerjee is the Forbes Marshall Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay – a Department that he helped start in 2007. His areas of interest include energy management, modelling of energy systems, energy planning and policy, hydrogen energy and fuel cells. He is on the editorial board of Energy for Sustainable Development, International Journal of Sustainable Energy, International Journal of Sustainable Engineering and International Journal of Thermodynamics and Frontiers in Energy Research. He has been involved in setting up a Megawattscale Solar Thermal Power Testing, Simulation, Research Facility sponsored by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. He was the faculty advisor to Team Shunya the first Indian Student team selected for the finals of the Solar Decathlon 2014 held in Europe that involves designing and constructing a fully functional Solar house. He is a member of the TIFAC Technology Vision 2035 – Apex Committee and Chairman of the Energy Technology Theme. He was a Convening Lead Analyst for Industrial End Use Efficiency and a member of the executive committee for the Global Energy Assessment (2008-2011) coordinated by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. He was a member of the Working Group on New and Renewable Energy for the Elleventh and Twelfth Five Year Plans and a member of the Planning Commission’s Integrated Energy Policy. He was a Member of International committee to review UK’s Energy Research Programme in 2010 (RCUK Review of Energy). He has co- authored a book on Planning for Demand Side Management in the Power sector, a book on Energy Cost in the Chemical Industry and a book on Engineering Education in India. He has conducted two international training programmes on solar energy and several National programmes on renewable energy and Energy Management. He is also an Adjunct faculty (Honorary) in the Department of Engineering & Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University. He has been the Dean(R&D) of IIT Bombay. He has received the Excellence in Teaching Award from IIT Bombay and is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

Sanjiv Malhotra
Sanjiv Malhotra
The United States Department of Energy (DOE)
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Sanjiv Malhotra
- Technical Session: Storage Solutions
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
- Sunnyside Up: Future of Solar Energy
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
Dr Sanjiv Malhotra is the first Director of the Energy Investor Center (EIC), located within the Office of Technology Transitions at the U.S. Department of Energy. As the center’s first Director, Dr. Malhotra has been responsible for standing up the EIC, which serves as a single point of contact for investors within the DOE for accessing promising projects, and subject matter experts. EIC works with program offices within DOE as well as with DOE’s National Labs in crafting innovative models for Public Private Partnerships with the objective of enhancing private sector investment for DOE funded projects. Previously, from 2005 to 2014, he served as the founder, President, and CEO of Oorja Protonics, a global leader in the design, development, and manufacturing of methanol fuel cells. During his time at the company, he attracted more than $32 million in investments from leading private sector equity firms including Sequoia Capital, DAG Ventures and several others, and he was instrumental in leading the company to profitability. Over the course of his diverse career, he has been an advisor at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers, served as part of the executive management team at DCH Technology and H Power Corp, and worked as a researcher at DOE’s Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory. He led H Power to a successful IPO in Aug’2000 raising $104 Million from the Public Market. Dr. Malhotra holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, a master’s degree in business administration, and a doctoral degree in chemical and biochemical engineering from the University of Iowa.

Reji Kumar Pillai
Reji Kumar Pillai
India Smart Grid Forum
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Reji Kumar Pillai
- Technical Session: Renewable and Grid Challenges
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
- Country Session: France: Renewables & Technology: Indo-French Partnership for the Planet
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Reji is the President of India Smart Grid Forum since its inception in 2011 and is also the Chairman of Global Smart Grid Federation presently. He is an internationally renowned expert with over three decades of experience in the electricity sector in diverse functions covering the entire value chain and across continents. He is spearheading a mission to leverage technology to transform the electric grid in India and light every home at affordable cost through sustainable developmental models. Reji played the pivotal role in formulation of the Smart Grid Vision and Roadmap for India (August 2013) and the launch of a National Smart Grid Mission (March 2015) by Government of India, issue of Model Smart Grid Regulations (June 2015) by Forum of Regulators; and issue of Standards for Smart Meters (IS 16444 -2015 and IS 15959 Part 2) by Bureau of Indian Standards. He is presently advocating for a “Right to Electricity Act” that will ensure lifeline supply of electricity to all citizens in the country. His current areas of research cover: Electric Vehicle Policies and Infrastructure Plans, WiFi as Last Mile Connectivity Solution for Smart Metering, Smart Grids as Anchor Infrastructure for Smart Cities, Development of Smart City Maturity Model, Grid Interactive Buildings and Campuses; Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Blockchain for power sector.
In November 2016 Reji was unanimously elected as Chairman of Global Smart Grid Federation (GSGF), a global umbrella organization of smart grid associations from various countries. As an entrepreneur, Reji has built successful enterprises in India and overseas and exited them. Reji has studied Engineering, Finance, Management and Law; worked with NTPC and IBM and has been senior consultant with ADB, World Bank and USAID. A recognized thought leader in smart grid technologies and concepts of smart cities, Reji is a popular key-note speaker at international symposiums and conferences on smart grids and smart cities. He has also contributed to several articles and books.

Rahul Tongia
Rahul Tongia
Brookings India
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Rahul Tongia
- Technical Session: Renewable and Grid Challenges
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
- Technical Session: NextGen Renewables
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6A
Dr Rahul Tongia is a Fellow with Brookings India, where he leads the energy and sustainability group. His work focuses on technology and policy, especially for sustainable development, with a focus across the entire gamut of electricity. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, where he was previously on the faculty for a dozen years. He was the founding Technical Advisor for the Government of India’s Smart Grid Task Force and remains Founding Advisor for the India Smart Grid Forum. He has a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Engineering & Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.

Pratik Agarwal
Pratik Agarwal
Sterlite Power Transmission Ltd
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Pratik Agarwal
- Technical Session: Renewable and Grid Challenges
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
Mr Pratik Agarwal is a Non-Executive Director of the Company and is the CEO of Sterlite Power Transmission Limited. A Wharton graduate and MBA from London Business School, he has over 10 years of experience in building core infrastructure assets in India. He founded the infrastructure business of the Group in 2009 and built it up to levels where it now has significant investments in ports, power transmission, and broadband networks.

Ramesh Abhishek
Ramesh Abhishek
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)
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Ramesh Abhishek
- Special Session: India’s Energy Basket 2030
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Mr. Abhishek joined Indian Administrative Service in the year 1982 in Bihar Cadre. He has a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School. He also has a Masters Degree in Business Administration in Finance as well as a Masters Degree in International Relations.
He has worked in Bihar for over 15 years in the posts of Divisional Commissioner, Patna and District Magistrate, Patna and East Champaran. In the Government of India, he has been Chairman of the Commodity Derivative Markets Regulator, Forward Markets Commission. During his term, he brought about far-reaching reforms in the regulation of the market.
Mr. Abhishek has also worked in the Supreme Court of India as a key Member of the E-Committee that is entrusted with the task of bringing e-Governance in Judiciary. He has also worked in the United Nations in Kosovo as Civil Affairs Officer.
Since 1st March, 2016 he is Secretary to Govt. of India in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, the key Department which is spearheading key Government initiatives such as Make in India, Start-up India, Ease of Doing Business, Intellectual Property Rights and Industrial Corridors in the country.
During his term, India has seen a remarkable jump of 30 ranks in the World Bank Doing Business Report 2018. Several FDI reforms were done and record FDI inflow of 60 billion US $ received in 2016-17. Administration of Intellectual Property Rights has also seen a dramatic turnaround during his term. As Chairman of Invest India, he has guided the investment promotion agency into facilitating over 85 billion US $ of 500+ foreign investment proposals in just two years out of which over 7.5 billion $ have already been grounded.

Michael Eckhart
Michael Eckhart
Citigroup, Inc.
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Michael Eckhart
- Technical Session: Financing Challenges
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
- Solar Investment Plenary: ISA – The Trillion Dollar Opportunity
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | Plenary Hall 2
Mr Michael Eckhart is a Managing Director and Global Head of Environmental Finance in the Corporate and Investment Banking Division of Citigroup in New York City. Previously, he was founding President of the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE), a Washington DC-based non-profit organization, where he emerged as a national and global leader in the renewable energy field.
Earlier, Mr Eckhart developed financing for solar energy under the SolarBank Initiative in Europe, South Africa and India; was Chairman & CEO of United Power Systems, Inc.; Vice President of Areté Ventures, Inc.; a strategic planner of General Electric Company’s power systems sector; and a Principal with the energy practice of Booz, Allen & Hamilton.
He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including Renewable Energy Man of the Year of India in 1998, the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship in 2008, the Good Deal for All Award in 2009, the ISES Hermann Scheer Global Leadership Award in 2013, and Biofuels Financier of the Year in 2014.
He has received a degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, and served in the US Navy Submarine Service.

Angus McCrone
Angus McCrone
Bloomberg New Energy Finance
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Angus McCrone
- Technical Session: Financing Challenges
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
Mr Angus McCrone has overall editing responsibility for BNEF’s research on clean energy and transport, working closely with BNEF’s 120-strong team of analysts. He writes about energy investment trends, project finance, and early-stage technologies. Before joining New Energy Finance in 2007, Mr McCrone was a financial journalist for UK national newspapers for 18 years. He also worked as senior economist for a leading London-based think tank, and founded an FSA-authorised financial services firm. Mr McCrone has a MSc Economic History, London School of Economics, MA Economics and Modern History, St Andrews University and Certificate of Investment Management

Ashok Haldia
Ashok Haldia
PTC India Financial Services Ltd
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Ashok Haldia
- Technical Session: Financing Challenges
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
Dr Ashok Haldia is the Former Managing Director, PTC India Financial Services Limited (PFS) an Infrastructure Finance Company – a leading Financial Institution in renewable power projects. He is a Chartered Accountant, Management Accountant, and, a Company Secretary. He has wide experience in the power sector, policy and reforms, infrastructure financing, public sector reform and policy, corporate governance, regulation, mobilization of funds, and, formulation of accounting standards. He was/is members of the committee(s) of trade and industry associations, professional bodies, government, and other national and international bodies.

Tomas Kåberger
Tomas Kåberger
Renewable Energy Institute
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Tomas Kåberger
- Technical Session: Renewable and Grid Challenges
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
- Sunnyside Up: Future of Solar Energy
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
- Technical Session: Financing Challenges
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
Dr Tomas Kåberger is Professor in Industrial Energy policy at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and Executive Board Chair of Tokyo based Renewable Energy Institute. He serves as a non- executive director of the European power company Vattenfall, as senior Advisor to Beijing based GEIDCO, and as member of the Swedish National Climate Policy Council. He has previously served as Director General of the Swedish National Energy Agency, and in leading positions of renewable energy companies, environmental and renewable energy organisations. He is an elected member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences and the Swedish Association of Energy Economists.

Ulrik Stridbæk
Ulrik Stridbæk
Ørsted Wind Power
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Ulrik Stridbæk
- A Leap Into The Offshore (Offshore Wind)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
Ulrik Stridbaek, Vice President at Ørsted, is the Head of Regulatory Affairs. He is responsible for managing Ørsted’s stakeholder engagement on regulatory and policy issues. He has worked at Ørsted for 10 years. Before joining Ørsted he was a senior policy advisor at the International Energy Agency, where he was responsible for electricity sector analysis, giving policy advice to member governments. He worked at the IEA for 4 years. Ulrik Stridbaek has worked in the energy sector on energy sector analysis, regulation and policy for more than 20 years. He holds a Masters degree in Economics.

Rajeev Sharma
Rajeev Sharma
Power Finance Corporation
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Rajeev Sharma
- Plenary Session: Bankers’ Perspective on Renewables
4 Oct | 1000-1130 | Plenary Hall 1
Mr Rajeev Sharma has taken over as the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the company with effect from 1 October, 2016.Before joining PFC, Sharma was the CMD of Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC), another financier of power projects under the aegis of the power ministry.
Under his leadership, Sharma helped REC scale greater heights by doubling the revenue and profits in the last five years. Mr Sharma is also considered the architect of the government’s flagship schemes like Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana and Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP).
Mr Sharma holds a B.Tech (Electrical) and Masters Degree in Engineering from IIT Roorkee and also a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University. Sharma has more than 30 years of experience and has served in various positions in the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the power ministry, Powergrid and PFC as as Director-Projects.
While in CEA, Mr Sharma was involved in the design, engineering and consultancy of Nathpa Jhakri HE Project (1,500 Mw). During his tenure as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Power, important projects like 2,000 MW Talcher-Kolar HVDC Bipole and Tala Transmission System (first public private partnership) of Powergrid Corp were approved by the government.

K Balaraman
K Balaraman
National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE)
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K Balaraman
- A Leap Into The Offshore (Offshore Wind)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
Mr Balaraman is the Director General at National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE).

Steve Sawyer
Steve Sawyer
Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC)
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Steve Sawyer
- Global RE Regulatory Trends
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
- Winds of Change
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
- A Leap Into The Offshore (Offshore Wind)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
Steve Sawyer, Secretary-General of GWEC, has worked in the energy and environment field since 1978, with a particular focus on climate change and renewable energy since 1988. He spent many years working for Greenpeace International, representing the organization at intergovernmental and industry fora primarily on energy and climate issues. At GWEC he is focused on working with intergovernmental organizations such as the UNFCCC, IPCC, IRENA, IEA, IFC, and ADB to ensure that wind power takes its rightful place in the energy options for the future; and with opening up new markets for the industry worldwide.

Ramesh Kymal
Ramesh Kymal
Siemens Gamesa Renewables Ltd
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Ramesh Kymal
- Winds of Change
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
- Plenary Session: Making Renewables in India
5 Oct | 1000-1130 | Plenary Hall 1
Ramesh Kymal is the Chairman & Managing Director of Siemens Gamesa India. Siemens Gamesa established its presence in India in the year 2009. Since then Kymal has piloted the company’s growth successfully by commissioning over 5500 MW of wind power, over 400 MW of solar power projects across the country and leads a team of over 2500 people.
He has over 25 years of experience in the renewable energy industry, casting his leadership traits across multi – national renewable energy corporations thus bringing out continuous growth in India’s renewable energy business.

Simon Stolp
Simon Stolp
World Bank, South Asia
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Simon Stolp
- The Sun Overhead: Rooftop Solar in India
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
Mr Simon Stolp currently leads the World Bank’s $5 billion energy sector engagement in India, which is growing rapidly and providing significant financing and technical support for India’s renewable energy development, and to investments aimed at turning around India’s financially stressed distribution sector. The World Bank will commit over $1 Billion in financing to India’s solar PV development this year, and has signed a joint declaration in support of the Indian led International Solar Alliance. Previously, he led the Bank’s energy sector engagement in the Middle East and North Africa region, managing energy policy and strategy dialogue and a portfolio of loan and technical assistance projects to the energy sector. Mr Stolp’s earlier career involved public and private development of renewable energy infrastructure throughout Australia and SE Asia with Hydro Tasmania, Australia’s largest renewable energy supplier. He Stolp has also consulted to government, international development agencies, private developers and financiers in the international energy sector. Through these roles Mr Stolp has led the planning, financing and development of over $20 Billion of infrastructure assets.

Sanjeev Aggarwal
Sanjeev Aggarwal
Amplus Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd
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Sanjeev Aggarwal
- Special Session: Start-Ups
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6A
- The Sun Overhead: Rooftop Solar in India
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
Mr Sanjeev Aggarwal is the Founder CEO of Amplus Energy Solutions, one of India’s fastest growing distributed solar companies. He has 20+ years of experience in the thermal & RE sectors. Under his leadership, Amplus has built up a portfolio of over 300 MW of Rooftop & Open Access solar projects spread across 200+ sites. In 2013, Mr Aggarwal was recognized as a Young Leader by FICCI. He has also won the Global CEO Award (Finance Monthly) consecutively in 2017 & 2018, for leading Amplus on its remarkable growth path. Mr Aggarwal is a Mechanical Engineer and an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad.

Vinay Rustagi
Vinay Rustagi
Bridge to India
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Vinay Rustagi
- The Sun Overhead: Rooftop Solar in India
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
Mr Vinay Rustagi is Managing Director at BRIDGE TO INDIA, a specialist renewables-focused consulting and research company. He advises companies, institutions and policy makers on a vast range of strategic, policy, financial and business development issues. He is passionate about developing successful business models that solve India’s energy problems in an environmentally sustainable manner. Prior to this, Mr Rustagi worked at Standard Charted Bank as Senior Director, Project Finance, South Asia and financed several wind and solar projects in India. Other previous job stints include working at National Australia Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and ICICI Securities where he was responsible for debt financing of energy and infrastructure projects. He holds an MBA degree from London business School and IIM Ahmedabad in addition to BE Mechanical from Delhi Technological University.

Arun Kumar
Arun Kumar
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Roorkee)
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Arun Kumar
- RE-Powering Small Hydro (Small Hydro)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Dr. Arun Kumar serves as the MNRE Chair Professor (renewable energy) and Professor of AHEC, IIT Roorkee. Dr. Kumar served as the Head of Alternate Hydro Energy Centre (AHEC), IIT Roorkee from 1998 to 2011. He has over 34 years of experience in the field of Hydro Power Development. He served as Coordinating Lead author for Hydropower on Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change– working group III during 2009–11.

David S Renne
David S Renne
International Solar Energy Society
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David S Renne
- The Sun Overhead: Rooftop Solar in India
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
Dr Dave Renne work focuses on solar and wind technologies and resources for clients such as World Bank, Asia Development Bank, International Renewable Energy Agency, private companies, Previously, Dr Renne worked at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (1991-2012) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (1975-1991) where his focus was on solar and wind energy resources, international programs, environmental studies. He is a Member of International Solar Energy Society, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and American Meteorological Society and has over 100 publications; numerous public presentations. Dr Renne is also a recipient of Charles Greeley Abbott Award from ASES. Dr Renne has done a MS and PhD from Colorado State University, BA from Kalamazoo College

Awadh B Giri
Awadh B Giri
International Hydropower Association
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Awadh B Giri
- RE-Powering Small Hydro (Small Hydro)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
A.B. Giri is qualified in mechanical engineering and business management; he has over 45 years of experience in technical, general management and business leadership positions, across various industries.
His entry into hydropower was a result of his work manufacturing and marketing graphite products for the competitive global market. The technology and processes required for manufacturing graphite led him to search for sources of electricity that were stable in both price and supply.
His efforts to develop a competitive and reliable power supply led him to look at hydropower differently, resulting in a strategic integration of the financing, engineering and execution of hydropower projects. The result was three hydro power projects executed under his leadership in much shorter periods than is considered normal and with a far smaller budget. These include the 16 MW Tawa Project, 86 MW Malana-I and 303 MW Maneri Bhali-II projects, besides many others which have been developed for subsequent execution in this mode.

Tammy Chu
Tammy Chu
Entura
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Tammy Chu
- RE-Powering Small Hydro (Small Hydro)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Ms Tammy Chu is the Managing Director of specialist power and water consulting firm Entura. She has extensive experience in the engineering consulting industry in Australia and internationally, focusing on hydropower, renewables and water infrastructure.
Other work experiences
As a civil engineer, Ms Chu specialised in the design and construction of hydropower systems, feasibility studies, environmental assessments and approvals, water resource investigations and management.
Membership/Awards/Publications etc
Ms Chu is a member of the Board of the International Hydropower Association. She was the first female president of the Tasmanian Division of Engineers Australia, and an Engineers Australia National Congress representative.

C S Laxmi Narasimhan
C S Laxmi Narasimhan
Shell India Markets Pvt Ltd
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C S Laxmi Narasimhan
- The New Green Revolution (Bio-Energy/Biofuels)
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Dr Laxmi Narasimhan, C S, is a Technology Leader and is currently serving as IH2 Technology Advocacy Lead in Shell India Markets Private Limited and is supporting commercialization of IH2® Technology which can convert any Biomass into directly drop-in Hydrocarbon fuels. He has served as General Manager, Centre of Novel Catalytic Materials & Research Director for CRI Biofuels at Shell Technology Centre Bangalore and was managing the R&D and Technical Service activities here. During his tenure in Shell he was instrumental in and contributed significantly to the development and derisking of IH2® Technology, which is a game-changing technology to convert waste biomass into drop-in hydrocarbon fuels. He led various technology teams and delivered innovative technologies and helped in their commercialization. He has passion for inspirational R&D leadership. He has over 30 years of Research, Development, and Technology applications experience primarily in the area of Refining. Before joining Shell in 2006 he served as Head, Technology Centre for British Oxygen and before that he was Manager, Hydroprocessing R&D at Corporate R&D of Indian Oil Corporation Limited for 17 years.

Y B Ramakrishna
Y B Ramakrishna
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG)
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Y B Ramakrishna
- The New Green Revolution (Bio-Energy/Biofuels)
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Member – Working group on Bio Fuels, MoP&NG
Member – Apex committee on Methanol Economy – NITI Aayog
Chairman – Task force on Methanol production from Biomass/MSW and sources other than Coal
Chairman – Study Steering Committee on Biomass availability – DST-TIFAC
Other work experiences
Chairman – Working group on Bio Fuels, MoP&NG between June 2015- June 2018
Chairman – Karnataka State Bio Fuel Development Board 2010-13
Chairman – Task force on Bio Fuels, Karnataka 2008-10
President – CEO : C Cube Electronics 1997-2014
Country Manager : Arrow Electronics Inc, 1983-1996

S Dasappa
S Dasappa
Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
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S Dasappa
- The New Green Revolution (Bio-Energy/Biofuels)
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Prof. S Dasappa is a faculty at the Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science. He received his education at the Indian Institute of Science and obtained Masters and Ph. D degree from the faculty of engineering. He is also Associate faculty in Inter Disciplinary Centre for Energy Research. His area of research has been solid, liquid and gaseous fuel combustion science and technology. The work has resulted in the understanding of various processes occurring during gasification and answered several myths in the area of gasification. He has over 150 publications in various international and national journals, conferences and edited books and 18 patents. Prof. Dasappa has been involved in technology transfer for bioenergy devices in India and abroad. He has been involved in several national and international projects. He has won several awards in the area of Biomass energy – national and international. Further both the scientific and technological superiority has resulted in technology transfer to developing and developed nations. These technological interventions in industries have resulted in saving over 1000 tons of oil annually resulting in mitigating over 3000 tons of CO2.

Shahid Hasan
Shahid Hasan
King Abdullah Petroleum Studies & Research Center
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Shahid Hasan
- Technical Session: NextGen Renewables
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6A
Shahid is a research fellow at KAPSARC working on topics related to the future development of a regional electricity market in the GCC & MENA region. As an energy specialist with over two decades of consulting and research experience, he has consulted extensively on policy, regulatory and electricity market design issues. Before moving to Riyadh, Shahid spent nearly two decades at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi. He has also contributed to a number of government reports aimed to facilitate transition of the energy sector. Shahid has worked closely with the government, regulatory commissions, utilities, and international organizations and research institutions. He has both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, India.

Rajit Gadh
Rajit Gadh
Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
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Rajit Gadh
- Technical Session: NextGen Renewables
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6A
Dr. Rajit Gadh is a Professor at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA, and the Founding Director of the *UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center* or *SMERC*. He is also Founder and Director of the *Wireless Internet for Mobile Enterprise Consortium* or *WINMEC*. Dr. Gadh's research interests include Smart Grid Architectures, Smart wireless communications, sense and control for Demand Response, Micro Grids and Electric Vehicle Integration into the Grid, Mobile Multimedia, Wireless and RFID Middleware, RFID and Wireless sensors for Tracking Assets, RF-sensor-control interfaces,and Visualization. He has over 150 papers in journals, conferences and technical magazines, and, 3 patents granted. He has a Doctorate degree from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a Masters from Cornell University and a Bachelor's degree from IIT Kanpur. He has taught as a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley, has been an Assistant, Associate and Full Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and did his sabbatical as a visiting researcher at Stanford University for a year. He has won several awards from NSF (CAREER award, Research Initiation Award, NSF-Lucent Industry Ecology Award, GOAL-I award), SAE (Ralph Teetor award), IEEE (second best student-paper, WTS), ASME (Kodak Best Technical Paper award), AT&T (Industrial ecology fellow award), Engineering Education Foundation (Research Initiation Award), William Wong Fellowship award from University of Hong-Kong, etc., and other accolades in his career. He is on the Editorial board of ACM Computers in Entertainment Publication and the CAD Journal.

Gurbuz Gonul
Gurbuz Gonul
International Renewable Energy Agency
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Gurbuz Gonul
- Global RE Regulatory Trends
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Mr. Gurbuz Gonul joined the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in 2014 as Head of Regions Unit and currently serves as Acting Director for the Country Support and Partnerships Division.
Formerly, he worked as Senior Energy Economist of the Islamic Development Bank between 2010 and 2014, where he led the work for the development of an Energy Sector Policy for the Bank as well as complex loan and technical assistance projects in Africa and Asia. Between 2004 and 2010, Mr. Gonul served as a Senior Expert at the Energy Charter Secretariat in Brussels, where he spearheaded policy analysis, sectoral in-depth reviews, and regional and country reviews concerning energy investments, trade and transportation.
He also held positions in the European Commission Delegation in Ankara and Turkey’s Ministry of Energy since 1993.

Manu Srivastava
Manu Srivastava
Government of Madhya Pradesh
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Manu Srivastava
- Global RE Regulatory Trends
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Mr. Manu Srivastava, a 1991 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh Cadre, has held various responsibilities during his administrative career, both with Central Government and State Government. Currently, as Principal Secretary, New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of M.P. and Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited, he is spearheading the task of energizing the State with renewable energy.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Srivastava was Chairman of MP Discoms and Managing Director of M.P. Power Management Company Limited, the holding company of M.P. Discoms during 2012-15 and set roadmap for long term endeavours of the Discoms through 24×7 power to State and Atal Jyoti Abhiyan, which had substantial power cuts earlier. During initial years of his administrative career, he successfully discharged various responsibilities pertaining to Revenue Administration and Revenue Law in the State including Collector of Balaghat (1998-2000), Chhindwara (2000-02) and Khandwa (2002-04)
Mr. Srivastava had a very remarkable stint with Ministry of Commerce & Industries (MoCI) and Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG), Government of India 2004 to 2012. During 2004-06 in his tenure with MoCI, he looked after, inter alia, WTO matters, Free Trade Agreement discussions, patent issues and dumping matters. At MoPNG during 2006-12, he dealt with natural gas activities such as pricing, allocations, distribution, transportation, City Gas Distribution projects and LNG. He handled all issues pertaining to KG-D6 gas, including allocation and court case of GoI, RIL and RNRL. He gained a lot of experience in international negotiations and contract development during long discussions of trans-national pipelines, namely, Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) and Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India(TAPI).
As a brilliant student belonging to the members of IIT fraternity, Mr. Srivastava earned both his degrees, B. Tech. (Electrical Engineering) and M. Tech. (Telecommunications), from IIT, Delhi.

Jörg Gaebler
Jörg Gaebler
GIZ
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Jörg Gaebler
- Global RE Regulatory Trends
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Jörg Gäbler, a German-American citizen, with many years of experience in the Indo-German-American business culture. He has been appointed Principal Advisor of the Indo German Energy Programm since March 2016. He is heading projects related to distributed solar rooftop and grid integration of vRE / distributed storage / and EV charging. Prior, Mr Gaebler was the Managing Director of Wagner Solar Inc from 4/2009 – 11/2015; the US division of Wagner & Co; the German pioneer of solar energy system manufacturing. Mr Gäbler holds a BA Business Administration from Northeastern University and M.Sc from the TU Vienna in renewable energy technologies. His master thesis covered the solar thermal market of North America; a process of 3 years of research and market entry preparation for Wagner Solar.
His education is MSc – Renewable Energies at Technical University Vienna; BA – International Studies Northeastern University, Boston.

Neeraj Menon
Neeraj Menon
Trilegal
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Neeraj Menon
- Global RE Regulatory Trends
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Neeraj is an expert in the areas of Energy, Infrastructure and Natural Resources. He has extensively advised the private sector on bidding and developing energy and infrastructure projects. Neeraj is an active contributor to the policy debate on energy and infrastructure issues. He is a member of CII’s National Committee on Renewable, Wind and Solar Energy. Neeraj advised IFC and Government of MP on the Rewa Solar project which was mentioned in the Government of India’s Prime Minister’s Book of Innovation, 2017 and won the World Bank Group’s President award for Innovation and Excellence. Neeraj is the India editor for Law Business Research’s Electricity, Energy and Mining series and is recognised by IFLR 1000, IBLJ and Vahura as a leading practitioner in Energy & Infrastructure in India. Neeraj is an alumnus of Symbiosis Law School, Pune University, and a member of Bar Council of Delhi, India.

Kanika Chawla
Kanika Chawla
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
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Kanika Chawla
- Global RE Regulatory Trends
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Ms Kanika Chawla is a policy specialist, working at the intersection of India’s two revolutions: in renewable energy and in financial markets. She manages the Council’s work on renewable energy policy, markets, finance, and socio-economic benefits. Her current responsibilities include analysing financial risks affecting renewable energy investments in India, decoding market dynamics, managing The Council’s periodic surveys on renewable energy jobs, and convening a high-level working group on renewable energy finance (comprising investors, developers and manufacturers). Actively engaged with private and public enterprises within and outside India to design and develop new financial de-risking instruments and new financial institutions, such as green banks, her research has been used within government, by electricity regulators, and by international agencies and strategic philanthropies.
She has also undertaken extensive research on the International Solar Alliance, work which has been used periodically by the Government of India and other countries. She has represented The Council at various international forums, including the International Renewable Energy Agency, the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) Steering Committee, and the UNFCCC’s Conference of the Parties. Her columns have been published in various newspapers.

Kuldeep Jain
Kuldeep Jain
CleanMax Solar
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Kuldeep Jain
- Special Session: Start-Ups
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6A
- The Sun Overhead: Rooftop Solar in India
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
Mr Kuldeep Jain founded Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd (now Clean Max Solar). Clean Max Solar is today India’s No. 1 rooftop solar developer (with 28% market share). Clean Max serves leading Indian and global corporates including groups such as Tatas, Mahindras, Godrej, Bajaj, TVS, Birlas and top global MNCs. Previously he held a position of global partner at the leading McKinsey practices in Energy and Corporate Finance in India. In his 12 years stint with McKinsey, he led various M&A, Management Consultancy, Business Strategy & Corporate Finance assignments across different industries including Power, Infrastructure, Cement, FMCG etc. for leading Indian Corporate, MNCs and Government Organizations in India and Internationally. IIM Ahmedabad recognized Mr Jain, as a ‘Young Achiever’ in 2018 under the Entrepreneurship Category for his outstanding contribution and achievement in shaping CleanMax Solar as the no.1 rooftop developer in India. Mr Jain done a PGDBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) (1997-99 batch) and Chartered Accountant (CA) and ICWA (1997 batch). He has worked with Deloitte Touche Kohmatsu (then SB Billimoria) as part of CA articleship.

Daniel Farb
Daniel Farb
Leviathan Energy
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Daniel Farb
- Winds of Change
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
CEO and Founder of Leviathan Energy group, which has renewable energy innovations in small, medium, and large wind, in-pipe hydro, run of river hydro, and waves. He has previously served as the CEO of UniversityOfBusiness, an e-learning company.

Per Vølund
Per Vølund
COWI
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Per Vølund
- A Leap Into The Offshore (Offshore Wind)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
Mr Per Volund is Project Director at the Danish Engineering Consultant COWI in the wind department. He has a Master in engineering and a degree in business administration. His career started with a decade in wind turbine research at the Technical University of Denmark. Since 1995 Volund has worked with offshore wind projects, including almost a decade at what has become Orsted. During recent years he has worked in offshore wind consultancy, including the last three years as COWIs Project Manager in the EU-financed project FOWPI, which assists India in preparing for the First Offshore Windfarm Project in Gujarat.

Rajnish Sharma
Rajnish Sharma
Equinor ASA
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Rajnish Sharma
- A Leap Into The Offshore (Offshore Wind)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
Mr Rajnish Sharma currently serves as Technology Director – wind & low carbon solutions at Equinor. Previously, he has had an experience of more than 20 years in the oil and gas industry, where he had a variety of management roles within Research, Development and Innovation, Technology qualification, Project development, Onshore/Offshore operations and Sales & Marketing. Rajnish holds a higher degree in Systems and Control Engineering.

Marcin Chelkowski
Marcin Chelkowski
IVW Polska Ltd
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Marcin Chelkowski
- The New Green Revolution (Bio-Energy/Biofuels)
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Marcin Chelkowski is General Manager and CEO of engineering company IVW Polska, being a part of IVW Group. Marcin is a Chartered Engineer and has university degree in civil engineering, with 24 years of professional experience in construction and environmental sector in both the public and private sector.
Previous experience was obtained with German planning and construction companies – L.U.S. Lausitzer Umwelt- und Sanierung GmbH (RWE Group), Polish municipal company – TESKO Ltd in Zakopane, where Marcin was general manager and with an international engineering company Arup where he acted as Europe Resource and Waste Business Leader.
Marcin has a broad experience in waste-to-energy sector, obtained as a member of project teams for e.g. three biggest Polish incinerators: Pozna? Waste to Energy Plant (210k tons/year), Krakow WtE Plant (220k tons/year), Warsaw WtE Plant (305k tons/year). He has been also involved in a number of international waste projects in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Albania.

Kunal Upadhyay
Kunal Upadhyay
Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship
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Kunal Upadhyay
- Special Session: Start-Ups
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6A
Mr. Kunal Upadhyay serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship. Mr. Upadhyay serves as Chief Executive Officer at Infuse Ventures. He joined CIIE in 2007 and co-founded CIIE's investment arm, raising over $10 million for seed-funding of high-tech ventures. He set-up the incubator and seed-fund – leading incubation of investment in over 25 early stage ventures across the technology sectors, including a dozen focused on the cleantech sector. At CIIE, he directly led many of the investments and continues to guide on various aspects like hiring, fund-raising and strategy. Mr. Upadhyay worked with start-ups across information and communications technology, cleantech, healthcare and materials sector. Mr. Upadhyay led conceptualization of many initiatives at CIIE including the iAccelerator, The Power of Ideas, MentorEdge, Renewable Energy Search and Stay Hungry Stay Foolish. He was a Co-Founder at Sarvajal, focused on the drinking water market and also bootstrapped a campus social network and recruitment start-up. Prior to joining CIIE, Mr. Upadhyay worked across continents as an internal strategy and operation Consultant with Citigroup and American Express. He serves as a Board Observer at Aspiration Energy private limited. He serves as a Member of Board of Directors at Green India Building Systems and Services Private Ltd. He has several years of incubation, investment, entrepreneurial and consulting experience. He is an M.B.A. from IIM Ahmedabad, B.Tech from IIT Madras, and an alumnus of London School of Economics.

Rene Van Berkel
Rene Van Berkel
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNI
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Rene Van Berkel
- Technical Session: Solar Thermal Process Heat
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6B
- The New Green Revolution (Bio-Energy/Biofuels)
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Mr Berkel is the representative of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for the Regional Office in India. Responsible for coordination of work of UNIDO in India and region for inclusive and sustainable industrial development, with emphasis on industrial energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean technology and inclusive and responsible value chains.
Other work experiences
30 years’ experience in industrial resource efficiency, cleaner production, industrial ecology, social responsibility and innovation, including assignments as Unit Chief Cleaner and Sustainable Production at UNIDO and Professor of Cleaner Production at Curtin University in Australia.

Michael Waldron
Michael Waldron
International Energy Agency
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Michael Waldron
- Plenary Session: Bankers’ Perspective on Renewables
4 Oct | 1000-1130 | Plenary Hall 1
- Special Session: India’s Energy Basket 2030
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Mr Michael Waldron is an Energy Investment Analyst and a lead author of the World Energy Investment report at the International Energy Agency. He currently focuses his work on investment in the electricity and renewables sector and trends in energy financing. He was previously the project manager and a lead author of the IEA’s Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report. At the IEA he has also worked as an oil demand and biofuels analyst. Prior to joining the IEA, Mr Waldron worked as a Senior Energy Analyst at Lehman Brothers in New York and London. Mr Waldron obtained his Masters in International Energy Policy & International Economics at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and his Bachelor’s degree in Economics & Government at Cornell University.

Laurel Harmon
Laurel Harmon
LanzaTech
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Laurel Harmon
- The New Green Revolution (Bio-Energy/Biofuels)
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Dr Harmon joined LanzaTech from Striatus Inc, where she consulted on proposal and project development in advanced technologies, including energy and renewable fuels. After receiving her PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Michigan, Dr Harmon joined ERIM, a non-profit research organization, to conduct applied R&D for a variety of defense and other government customers. Later, she was a technical co-founder of Nonlinear Dynamics, a company specializing in applied pattern recognition. Dr Harmon provides policy direction and leadership on international legislative and regulatory matters and develops collaborative research and demonstration projects.

Sumant Sinha
Sumant Sinha
ReNew Power Ltd
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Sumant Sinha
- Winds of Change
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
- #RENNOVATE: Sumant Sinha, Chairman & Managing Director, ReNew Power Ventures
5 Oct | 1000-1030 | Plenary Hall 1
Mr Sumant Sinha, aged 53 years, is the Chairman and Managing Director of our Company. He holds a Bachelors in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and a Masters in International Affairs from the Columbia University. He is also a CFA charterholder and a member of the Institute. He worked as an investment banker in the United States and the United Kingdom at Citicorp Securities and ING Barings Services Limited, respectively, before returning to India as Senior President, Finance, of the Aditya Birla Group and subsequently as the Chief Executive Officer of Aditya Birla Retail. Subsequent to this, he joined Suzlon in 2008 and served as the Chief Operating Officer until 2010.

Greg Tracz
Greg Tracz
International Hydropower Association
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Greg Tracz
- RE-Powering Small Hydro (Small Hydro)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Greg Tracz is Chief Development Officer at the International Hydropower Association (IHA) where he leads business development for members and strategic outreach for the association. He has been involved in public policy and communication in the energy sector for over ten years. At IHA, he is responsible for identifying business opportunities for members, including organisations involved in hydropower development and operation, and supervises the delivery of key projects, including the World Hydropower Congress, a biennial policy forum for decision-makers in the water, climate and energy sectors. He holds a masters’ degrees in political science from Sciences Po (Paris) and a master’s in environmental law from Paris-Sorbonne University. Prior to IHA, Greg has worked in climate and energy-related positions in France and the United States.

Dharendra Yogi Goswami
Dharendra Yogi Goswami
University of Florida
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Dharendra Yogi Goswami
- Sunnyside Up: Future of Solar Energy
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
- Technical Session: Solar Thermal Process Heat
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6B
Dr D Yogi Goswami is a Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Clean Energy Research Center at the University of South Florida. Professor Goswami is the Editor-in-Chief of the Solar Energy journal, and Progress in Solar Energy. He has published 21 books and more than 350 refereed technical papers. He also holds 22 patents, some of which have been successfully commercialized. Dr. Goswami has developed successful industrial ventures based on his inventions and other innovations and has served on the boards of many companies.
Prof Goswami has served as President of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES), a Governor of ASME-International, and President of the International Association for Solar Energy Education (IASEE).
Dr Goswami is a recipient of the highest awards of many professional societies related to solar energy including the Farrington Daniels Award from ISES, Frank Kreith Energy award and medal from ASME, John Yellott Award for Solar Energy from ASME, the Charles Greely Abbott award and Hoyt Clark Hottel award of the ASES and the Karl Boer award and medal from the University of Delaware.
Dr Goswami has been inducted in the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Most recently, his invention of Photo-electrochemical oxidation (PECO) technology for air purification, which is commercially available as Molekule, was picked as one of the 25 best inventions by Time magazine.

Chetan Singh Solanki
Chetan Singh Solanki
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), India
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Chetan Singh Solanki
- Special Session: Clean Cooking
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
Dr Chetan Singh Solanki is currently professor in Department of Energy Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), India. He is an expert crystalline Si technology, Si-nanostructures (including quantum dots), thin film Si solar cells, PV concentrator systems and carbon nanotubes. He received his PhD degree from the specialist silicon laboratory, IMEC (Inter-university Micro-electronics Center, Ketholik University, Leuven, Belgium). He has worked on several sponsored projects by government as well as companies. The projects are focused on crystalline Si solar cells both wafer-based as well as thin film nanomaterials based. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has sponsored a project titled as National Center for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE) of worth 47.5 Cr, where he is one of the Principle Investigators. Dr Solanki has recently incubated a solar company names kWatt Solutions Pvt at IIT Bombay incubation center, Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The company focuses on economizing renewable to make it affordable.

S Vijayanand
S Vijayanand
Amara Raja Batteries Ltd
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S Vijayanand
- Technical Session: Storage Solutions
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
Mr Vijayanand S has done his Post Graduation in Chemical Engineering. His journey in Amara Raja started in the month of November 1992 as Assistant Manager. He has also undergone a General Management and Leadership Development Programme in Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. During his tenure, he handled Marketing, Research and Engineering and various other roles. He is the Merit award winner for his contribution to the “yellow hat / kantori startup team” by JCI in May 2005. He headed the Industrial Batteries SBU of ARBL before and was also the CEO of Amara Raja Power Systems Business. He’s now the CEO of ARBL.

Sean Kidney
Sean Kidney
Climate Bonds Initiative
@seankidney
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Sean Kidney
- Technical Session: Financing Challenges
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
- Solar Investment Plenary: ISA – The Trillion Dollar Opportunity
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | Plenary Hall 2
- Country Session: India-UK Collaboration: Accelerating Innovative Financing and Technologies for RE
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6C
Mr Sean Kidney is CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative, an international NGO working to mobilize debt capital markets for climate solutions. Projects include a green bond definitions and certification scheme with $34 trillion of assets represented on its Board and some 200 organizations involved in its development and governance; working with the Chinese central bank on how to grow green bonds in China; an international Green Infrastructure Investment Coalition; market development programs in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Nigeria and East Africa; and a green finance aggregation platform with UNDP. He is a member of the EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, co-Chair of the India Green Bonds Council and a member of the Astana International Finance Centre’s Green Advisory Committee. He has previously been a consultant on green bonds to the United Nations Secretary General, a member of the European Commission's High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance and the UK Government’s Green Finance Task Force.

Kuljit Singh Popli
Kuljit Singh Popli
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd (IREDA)
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Kuljit Singh Popli
- Country Session: US-India Clean Energy Finance Task Force: Investors Round Table on IREDA Fund
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6C
- Plenary Session: Bankers’ Perspective on Renewables
4 Oct | 1000-1130 | Plenary Hall 1
- Roadshow of 1500 MW Solar Project in Madhya Pradesh
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | Select Venue
- Solar Investment Plenary: ISA – The Trillion Dollar Opportunity
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | Plenary Hall 2
Mr Kuljit Singh Popli is the Chairman & Managing Director of IREDA, which is a pioneering developmental financial institution dedicated to the financing of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in India. He has been instrumental in bringing out several new and innovative financial products and to help meet financing requirement for the renewable sector. He is also Country Representative –International Solar Alliance – Affordable Finance at Scale.
Mr Popli has a rich experience of working over 35 years in the Indian Power Sector. He has worked with National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), where he was associated with design, engineering, and supervision of hydro-electric projects and Power Finance Corporation (PFC), where he worked for appraisal and financing of Thermal, Hydro, Transmission & Distribution projects.
Mr Popli is on the management board of several organisations of national importance and official member of various high-level committees set up by the Government of India in the field of Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency.
Mr Popli is an engineer by profession with added qualifications in finance and law.

Pradeep Monga
Pradeep Monga
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
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Pradeep Monga
- Technical Session: Financing Challenges
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
- Solar Investment Plenary: ISA – The Trillion Dollar Opportunity
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | Plenary Hall 2
As Deputy Executive Secretary at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Dr Monga provides strategic support to the Executive Secretary and the Secretariat to implement the mandate and activities of the Convention that links environment and development to sustainable land management, and contributes to the global efforts to reverse and prevent desertification and land degradation, and to mitigate the effects of drought in affected countries in order to support climate action and environmental sustainability.
The Convention’s parties work together to improve the living conditions for people in dry lands, to maintain and restore land and soil productivity, and to mitigate the effects of drought. The UNCCD is particularly committed to a bottom-up approach, encouraging the participation of local people in combating desertification and land degradation. The UNCCD secretariat facilitates cooperation between developed and developing countries, particularly around knowledge and technology transfer for sustainable land management.
As the dynamics of land, climate and biodiversity are intimately connected, the UNCCD collaborates closely with the other two Rio Conventions; the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to meet these complex challenges with an integrated approach and the best possible use of natural resources.

Kirk R Smith
Kirk R Smith
University of California, Berkeley
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Kirk R Smith
- Special Session: Clean Cooking
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
Dr Kirk R. Smith is Professor of Global Environmental Health and Director of the Collaborative Clean Air Policy Centre, New Delhi. Prof. Smith’s research focuses on environmental and health issues in developing countries, particularly those related to health-damaging and climate-changing air pollution from household energy use, and includes field measurement and health-effects studies in India, China, Nepal, Mongolia, Mexico, and Guatemala as well as development and application of tools for international policy assessments. He also develops and deploys small, smart, and cheap microchip-based monitors for use in these settings. Prof. Smith has demonstrated that the highest exposures to air pollutants occur in rural, indoor settings in developing countries where biomass and coal are the principal fuels. He has documented the associated risk for pneumonia and adverse birth outcomes in children and cataracts, tuberculosis, heart disease, and chronic lung disease in women as well as developed a range of small, smart, cheap microchip-based devices for field measurements. Dr Smith has a Ph.D. Biomedical and Environmental Health: Energy & Environment (1977), University of California Berkeley, a M.P.H. Environmental Health Sciences (1972), University of California Berkeley and B.A. Physical Sciences: Physics and Astronomy (1968), University of California Berkeley

Venkat Venkataraman
Venkat Venkataraman
Bloom Energy
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Venkat Venkataraman
- Technical Session: NextGen Renewables
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6A
Venkat Venkataraman is the CTO and EVP of Engineering at Bloom Energy. He leads the development of highly efficient and low cost Bloom Energy Servers. During his tenure at Bloom, he led the company through many technological breakthroughs bringing SOFC technology from early stages of development to a very matured state enabling deployment of highly efficient commercial systems. Over the years, Venkat has assembled, led and mentored a very strong team of engineers and innovators around the world in the areas of stack technology, system integration and power electronics, who have made tremendous strides in that time, solving the key technical challenges that had previously prevented the commercialization of SOFC technologies. Besides managing the technology at Bloom Energy, he manages IT and customer installation groups.
Prior to joining Bloom Energy, Venkat was a Principal Technologist at Aspen Technology, Inc. where he led the commercial development of high end design, simulation and optimization software for the chemical and petrochemical industries.
Venkat is a winner of AIChE award in the area of chemical process optimization.
He has authored/co-authored several patents in the areas of SOFC technology, fuel processing, heat integration and control systems.

Sushil Kumar Soonee
Sushil Kumar Soonee
Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO)
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Sushil Kumar Soonee
- Technical Session: Renewable and Grid Challenges
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
Mr S K Soonee is the Advisor of Power System Operation Corporation Limited and has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of POSOCO. He served as an Executive Director of System Operations at Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. Mr. Soonee has 30 years of work experience. He has first-hand three decades experience of Power System Operation of Eastern, Southern and Northern Grids of India. He joined Central Electricity Authority through Central Power Engineering Services in 1978. He has worked extensively in Integration of State Grids to form a Regional Grid and subsequent integration of Regional Grids leading to the formation of the National Grid. He has specialization in Power System Operation, Planning, Commercial, Settlement, Restoration and entire gamut of Power Pooling and Governance. Other areas of expertise of Mr. Soonee include Electricity Markets including Power Exchanges, Open Access in Inter-State Transmission System, and Regulatory affairs besides expertise in Load Despatch Technology, integration of Renewable Energy Sources including REC Mechanism, Transmission Pricing and development of Ancillary Services. Prior to joining PowerGrid Corporation of India Ltd. in January 1995, he worked in the CEA. He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India), Senior Member of IEEE and represents India on the CIGRE Study Committee C2 on Power System Operation and Control. He graduated with a Bachelor of Technology Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

Douglas J Arent
Douglas J Arent
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Douglas J Arent
- Global RE Regulatory Trends
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
- Technical Session: Renewable and Grid Challenges
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
- Special Session: US-India Clean Energy Finance Task Force: Financing Through Demand Aggregation
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6A
As Deputy, Doug Arent supports integrating the Scientific Computing and Energy Analysis (SCEA) directorate’s cross-cutting technical capabilities and will bolster the strategic positioning and growth of the entire laboratory.
Arent is Sr. Visiting Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, serves on the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Steering Committee on Social Science and the Alternative Energy Future, is a member of the National Research Council Committee to Advise to U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), and is a Member of the Keystone Energy Board. Arent is the Editor in Chief for Renewable Energy Focus and is Associate Editor for the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Arent serves on the World Economic Forum Future of Electricity Working Group and is a member of the International Advisory Board for the journal Energy Policy and for Energy Academy Europe.
His research interests are centered in energy and sustainability, where he has been active for more than 30 years. He has published extensively on topics of clean energy, renewable energy, power systems, natural gas, and the intersection of science and public policy. Arent has a Ph.D. from Princeton University, an MBA from Regis University, and a Bachelor's of Science from Harvey Mudd College in California.

Derek Parkin
Derek Parkin
CLP Holdings Ltd
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Derek Parkin
- Winds of Change
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
Mr Parkin joined CLP as the Group’s Chief Operating Officer in September 2015. He is responsible for the Group’s operations, engineering, construction and fuel procurement. He also leads CLP’s occupational health, safety, security and environment function.
Mr Parkin has over 30 years of engineering and business management experience across Europe, Russia, Asia and South America. Prior to joining CLP, Mr Parkin was the Chief Operating Officer/Chief Executive Officer of UK Coal and served on the executive board of power and gas giant E.ON UK for more than five years before being appointed as the Managing Director of New Build and Technology of E.ON.
Earlier in his career, Mr Parkin worked in the construction industry with a FTSE 100 company and worked on a number of major infrastructure projects worldwide, including the construction of the Hong Kong International Airport, the Channel Tunnel and Heathrow Terminal 5.

Venkatachalam Anbumozhi
Venkatachalam Anbumozhi
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and EAST ASIA
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Venkatachalam Anbumozhi
- RE-Powering Small Hydro (Small Hydro)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Dr Venkatachalam Anbumozhi has published several books, authored numerous research articles and produced many project reports on resource management policies, energy infrastructure design, and private sector participation in Green Growth. Dr Anbumozhi was invited as a member of the APEC Expert Panel on Green Climate Finance and the ASEAN Panel for promoting climate-resilient growth. He has taught resource management, International cooperation and Development Finance at the University of Tokyo and has speaking engagements at some of the leading international organisations. He obtained his PhD from the University of Tokyo.

Namita Vikas
Namita Vikas
YES Bank Ltd
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Namita Vikas
- Special Session: India’s Energy Basket 2030
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Ms Namita Vikas is a senior business leader with 28 years of diverse global experience in Banking, Technology & FMCG, with a particular focus on Design Thinking, Sustainable Finance, Climate Action, ESG Risk Management, Public Policy & Corporate Citizenship. Namita was ranked one of the “Leading Women in Business Sustainability" by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and was globally recognized as the "Sustainability Leader of the Year" by Ethical Corporation UK in 2017. She was recently awarded a scholarship by FMO, the Dutch Development Bank of the Netherlands, to be part of the Executive Leadership Program at the THNK School of Creative Leadership, Netherlands.
Her well-rounded global experience spans specializations in climate strategy, responsible & green banking, triple bottom line accounting, and large-scale sustainable development projects. She has a strong track record of leadership development and institution building aimed at deepening the understanding of green banking and mainstreaming sustainability across verticals.
A certified independent director and a prominent speaker at influential national and international platforms such as the UN General Assembly and G20 amongst others, Namita holds a number of key positions. She has been elected as the Chairperson of UN Natural Capital Finance Alliance; Chairperson of UNGC, West & serves on the boards of YES FOUNDATION; Asia Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN); UNEP-FI Banking Commission; World Resource Institute – India GHG Program; and Indian Centre for CSR (ICCSR). Namita is also an active member of key councils & committees of industry bodies such as the BIS, CII, FICCI, IMC, and BCCI.
Proficient in building, leading brands & public institutions, throughout her management positions with Marico, Microsoft Corporation and CII, Namita has served onboard the jury of the World Bank's Development Marketplace, TATA Innovista & Americares Social Entrepreneurship Awards. Namita is an alumna of Columbia Business School, Svenska Institutet, Sweden, and Mumbai University.

Rahul Munjal
Rahul Munjal
Hero Future Energies Ltd
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Rahul Munjal
- The Sun Overhead: Rooftop Solar in India
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
Mr Rahul Munjal is the Chairman and Managing Director of Hero Future Energies. The company which came into existence in the year 2012, is the first-ever initiative of the Hero Group to foray into renewables. He is the third-generation scion of one of leading industrial houses of India, the Hero Group. It is the largest two-wheeler manufacturer in the world. Rahul has an avant-garde entrepreneurial spirit, which combined with his passion for the environment, has led him to establish Hero Future Energies(HFE) in 2012 of which he is the chairman and managing director. HFE is a wind and solar energy integrated power producer(IPP) and is one of the biggest success stories in renewable energy in India. With offices in London and Singapore HFE is on its way to expanding globally and becoming an MNC. Rahul is presently Co-chair of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) National Council on Solar Energy. He also serves as Director of Rockman Industries Ltd. Rahul is a trustee of Raman Kant Munjal Foundation which manages CSR initiatives of the group companies. He has been awarded ‘GLOBAL EXCELLENCE AWARD – 2014’ in renewable energy by Energy and Environment Foundation (EEF) and national awards for excellence as Renewable Energy Leader & Entrepreneur of the Year 2015 by World CSR Congress.

Bruce Hogg
Bruce Hogg
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
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Bruce Hogg
- Technical Session: Financing Challenges
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
Mr Bruce Hogg is the Head of the recently-established Power & Renewables (P&R) team at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). CPPIB is a professional investment management organization that invests the funds not needed by the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to pay current benefits on behalf of 20 million contributors and beneficiaries. Bruce's mandate is to build a diversified global portfolio of value-add power and renewables investments, taking advantage of growing market opportunities as the energy sector transitions and global power demand grows, especially for low-carbon energy alternatives. Since its establishment in late 2017, the group has invested approximately C$2.8 billion in three transactions across North America, South America and Europe.
Most recently, Bruce was Managing Director, Head of Americas for Infrastructure where he was responsible for teams in Toronto, Sao Paulo and Sydney. Prior to joining the CPP Investment Board in October 2007, Bruce led the private markets infrastructure team at OPTrust. Previously, he spent a number of years working with Macquarie Bank in London and Toronto in corporate finance after having worked in investment banking at RBC Dominion Securities.
Bruce holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta and Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Toronto.

Rajiv Ranjan Mishra
Rajiv Ranjan Mishra
CLP India Pvt Ltd
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Rajiv Ranjan Mishra
- Solar Investment Plenary: ISA – The Trillion Dollar Opportunity
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | Plenary Hall 2
Mr Rajiv Mishra is responsible for running the business of CLP in India. He joined the CLP Group in 2002 and has over 20 years’ of experience in the power industry, both in India and internationally, mostly involved in project financing, investment appraisal, finance and accounting, and general management. He transformed CLP India from a single-asset and project management company to a fully-grown organisation with presence across conventional and renewables sources of energy.
Before assuming the role of Managing Director of CLP India, Rajiv has held a variety of senior positions in the Power Industry viz Deputy Managing Director/Chief Financial Officer of BLCP Power in Thailand, Finance Director of PowerGen India and Finance Director of LG Energy in Seoul, South Korea.
Rajiv has also served as the Chairman of Association of Power Producers, a grouping of nearly 90% of India’s Private Power Generators and is the Co-Chairman of CII National Committee on Power, together with one of India’s largest Industry body representing both the Public and Private sectors.
Rajiv is also a member of a select group of Private sector Entrepreneurs and CEOs, formed by India’s NITI Aayog (the government think-tank) and the Prime Minister’s Office, to advise the Government of India on the policy changes required to create a World-Class Infrastructure in India by 2022.

Sonam Wangchuk
Sonam Wangchuk
Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh
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Sonam Wangchuk
- #RENNOVATE: Sonam Wangchuk, Founding Director, Students Educational & Cultural Movement of Ladakh
3 Oct | 1400-1430 | Plenary Hall 1
Sonam Wangchuk was born in the trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Though a Mechanical Engineer by education, he has been mostly working in the field of education reform for more than 27 years. In 1988, just after he finished his engineering studies he founded SECMOL (Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh) www.secmol.org, which aims to bring reforms in the government school system in Ladakh.
In 1994 he was instrumental in the launch of Operation New Hope, a triangular collaboration of the government, village communities and the civil society to bring reforms in the government schools system. The programme involved formation of Village Education Committees to take ownership of state schools, training of teachers in child friendly ways and re-writing and publishing localised text books for Ladakh. As a result the pass percentage at 10th grade (matriculation) rose from the dismal 5% to 55% in seven years and 75% these days.
For students who still failed in their state exams he founded the SECMOL Alternative School Campus near Leh, a special school where the admission criteria is failure in exams and not grades. However with the supportive and creative environment at the school, the so called failures have excelled in their chosen fields and risen to international acclaim as entrepreneurs, film makers, politicians, teachers and so on.
As an engineer Sonam Wangchuk has been teaching innovation at the SECMOL Alternative School, where together with the students he designed and built solar heated buildings that are low cost, made of earth/mud but maintain +15 C even when the outside temperature is – 15 C in Ladakhi winters.
In order to solve the water crisis facing mountain regions due to climate change and fast melting glaciers he invented the Ice Stupa artificial glacier which stores the wasting stream waters in winter in the form of giant ice cones or stupas and releases the water in late spring as they melt… just when farmers need water.
Sonam Wangchuk was granted several awards and titles, such as :-
The GQ Men Of The Year Award for Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 in India, The Rolex Award for Enterprise 2016 in Hollywood USA, The Terra Award 2016 for World’s best Earth Buildings in Lyon France, The UNESCO Chair for Earth Architecture for India in 2014; ‘Real Heroes’ Award by CNN IBN Channel in 2008, ‘Green Teacher’ Award by Sanctuary Asia Magazine in 2005, Ashoka Fellowship by Ashoka: Innovators for the Public in 2002, ‘Man of the Year’ by The Week magazine in India in 2001 and the Governors Medal by the J&K State Government in 1996.

Gregory Krupnikovs
Gregory Krupnikovs
Rika Biofuels Developments Ltd
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Gregory Krupnikovs
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Punjab
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
- The New Green Revolution (Bio-Energy/Biofuels)
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Rika Biofuels Developments Limited was established to develop, own and operate a pipeline of large scale AD plants, utilising DVO Inc technology, a market leading US AD technology.
Gregory has been involved in large scale renewable energy projects for over 10 years, was the founding JV partner of companies that own 82,000ha of farms in the Ukraine. He was a Consultant for the UNDP in Ukraine and Serbia.
As BD director Gregory signed the MoU for the development of BioCNG plants in the State of Punjab, and is leading development of new projects in Holland, Belgium and Ukraine.

Monish Ahuja
Monish Ahuja
Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Pvt Ltd
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Monish Ahuja
- The New Green Revolution (Bio-Energy/Biofuels)
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Mr Monish Ahuja, Managing Director is known in the Biomass fraternity as a dedicated and knowledgeable leader. He has been advocating the cause of establishing the increased usage of biomass applications for generation of Bio-Energy by encouraging Biomass Project Developers to engage them in such initiatives with attractive economic and commercial considerations. He is an eminent speaker at various seminars and forums conducted by agencies like MNRE (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, GOI) and CII.

Sunil Jain
Sunil Jain
Hero Future Energies Ltd
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Sunil Jain
- Winds of Change
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
Mr Sunil Jain assumed the role of CEO and ED at Hero Future Energies (HFE) in the year 2013. He has over three decades of experience in the entire aspect of business in automotive, infrastructure and cleantech, and manufacturing industry.
He specializes in creating new businesses and taking the start-ups to scale. Sunil has been involved in introducing new concepts of power selling in the Indian renewable sector, especially wind. He has been actively advocating for stable and meaningful policies to promote the cause of green energy. Sunil has a consistent record of delivering extraordinary results in growth, revenue, and operational excellence. His cumulative experience has been of setting up more than 2.5 GW capacity on-ground. Characterized as visionary and strategist, he has assumed the thought leadership position in the renewables sector in India.

Barrie Robertson
Barrie Robertson
Innogy Renewables UK
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Barrie Robertson
- A Leap Into The Offshore (Offshore Wind)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
- Country Session: India-UK Collaboration: Accelerating Innovative Financing and Technologies for RE
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6C
Actively looking at new offshore wind markets and opportunities in Asia-Pacific Region including India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
Working for Innogy/RWE for 13 years mainly as Project Manager responsible for M&A projects covering offshore wind, onshore wind, and hydro technologies. Prior to this, he had 10 years’ experience in various consulting roles within the UK and international energy sector.

Charles Yates
Charles Yates
CmY Consultants Ltd
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Charles Yates
- Plenary Session: Bankers’ Perspective on Renewables
4 Oct | 1000-1130 | Plenary Hall 1
- Country Session: India-UK Collaboration: Accelerating Innovative Financing and Technologies for RE
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6C
Mr Charles Yates is a specialist in renewable energy with a passion for delivering projects which are commercial and serve the public good. As the Managing Director of CmY consultants, he is supporting the bid by Inogy for the first Indian offshore wind project, coordinated the financial close of the $265m transmission link for the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind-farm and worked with the Governments of Taiwan and India on their offshore wind programmes. At accountants Grant Thornton, he led a team working on renewable energy transactions and regulation including advising Ofgem on the procurement of more than $1.8 billion of transmission links from four offshore wind farms. For thirteen years before this, he was an investment banker with Nomura International Plc including as a member of the Principal Finance Group, which acquired businesses with a total value of $21 billion. He has a track record of working effectively at board level and with senior civil servants. Mr Yates has an M Phil in Economics, Oxford University, and B.Sc. (1st Class Honours) Economics & Accountancy, University of Bristol.

Nitin Prasad
Nitin Prasad
Shell Group of Companies in India
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Nitin Prasad
- Special Session: Start-Ups
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6A
Mr Nitin Prasad is the Chairman of Shell Companies in India.
Nitin, a Fortune 40 under 40 awardee, is a dynamic and accomplished business leader with 20+ years of cross-cultural professional experience spanning industries from technology to energy and geographies from the USA, Singapore to India.
Nitin did his schooling from the Doon School, India before completing an engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and thereafter went on to complete his MBA from INSEAD.
Prior to the current role, Nitin was the Managing Director for Shell Lubricants for the cluster of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, which combined is the 3rd largest lubricants market in the world.
This role was preceded by several other roles in Shell across verticals of strategy, marketing, project delivery and supply chain in geographies of Asia Pacific, South East Asia, and the USA.

Nicholas Hyland Kitchin
Nicholas Hyland Kitchin
Cumulus Energy Storage Ltd
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Nicholas Hyland Kitchin
- Technical Session: Storage Solutions
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
- Country Session: India-UK Collaboration: Accelerating Innovative Financing and Technologies for RE
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6C
As the CEO and founder of Cumulus Energy Storage, Nick has established a multinational company with R&D in San Francisco and manufacturing in Sheffield. To date he has raised £4m for product development and is currently raising £4.6m for pilot line production of the lowest-cost grid-level energy storage batteries, using Copper/Zinc technology.
Nick has an experience of 30 years as a general manager, chartered engineer, MBA and strategy consultant.
Qualifications: MBA, CEng, BSc

Bruce Douglas
Bruce Douglas
SolarPower Europe
@solarpowerbruce
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Bruce Douglas
- Country Session: European Union – Rooftop Solar Market Trends
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6C
- Technical Session: Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers’ Roundtable
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6A
Bruce Douglas has been working in renewable energy for 20 years. He is currently the Deputy CEO of SolarPower Europe, a member-led association based in Brussels representing over 200 organizations active along the whole solar value chain.
He is also the coordinator of the RE-Source Platform – the European alliance for corporate sourcing of renewable energy – and the Co-Chairman of the Global Solar Council (GSC), the representative body for the entire global solar PV sector at an international level, representing over 2000 solar companies around the world.
Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer at WindEurope for 10 years, founding Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and Managing Director of FLiDAR, an offshore wind company.
He has a Master degree in renewable energy systems technology and is fluent in English and French.

Shalini Sarin
Shalini Sarin
Signify Foundation
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Shalini Sarin
- Solar Investment Plenary: ISA – The Trillion Dollar Opportunity
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | Plenary Hall 2
Dr Shalini Sarin is Chair, Signify Foundation (former Philips Lighting) and advisor Signify Solar business. She is also the Chair of the Global Task force of Foundation for ISA and an Independent Director at Linde India.
Shalini has led the HR function for over 3 decades in India, Europe and globally. She also has significant experience in CSR, base of the pyramid social venture & solar business.
She holds a Doctorate in Organization Behaviour, and a Masters in Sociology and Human Resource Management. She has an Advanced Human Resource from Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, an Executive Coach from Motorola University-Chicago and a Psychometrician from British Psychology Society.
Shalini has led and lived through several organization transformations, mergers, acquisitions, IPOs and Organization Restructuring.
Besides this, she loves to mentor and advise some start ups and is on the board of BD Foundation which promotes diversity and inclusion.
She is very passionate about mobilizing action to enable effective ecosystems at the base of the pyramid to build sustainable business models and mentors women leaders & social entrepreneurs. Shalini has authored many articles and presented at various Indian and International Conferences.

Yongping Zhai
Yongping Zhai
Asian Development Bank
@energyforall
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Yongping Zhai
- Solar Investment Plenary: ISA – The Trillion Dollar Opportunity
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | Plenary Hall 2
Dr Yongping Zhai has been working on energy development in Asia and Africa for more than 25 years. He is currently Chief of Energy Sector Group of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), in charge of overall energy policy coordination and technical support to ADB energy sector operations. He is also in charge of developing energy sector knowledge work for ADB and interacts with worldwide energy sector partners.
Prior to his current position, Dr Zhai was Director of South Asia Energy Division (2010-2015), ADB, covering energy sector operations in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. In this capacity, he led the support of ADB support to renewable energy, energy efficiency and power trade in South Asia. He also served as ADB’s Lead Energy Specialist (2008-2010), in charge of the energy sector in Southeast Asia including Indonesia, Philippines, and the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS). In particular, he was instrumental in leading ADB’s support to the power sector’s successful restructuring process in the Philippines. Moreover, Dr. Zhai has played a key role in promoting power trade and cooperation in GMS.
From 1993 to 2000, Dr Zhai was a Principal Program Coordinator/Public Utilities Economist at the African Development Bank (AfDB) in charge of energy projects in Southern African Development Community (SADC). Between 1990 and 1993, he served as an Assistant Professor at the Energy Technology Division (Energy Policy and Planning), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok, Thailand.
He graduated from the Thermal Energy Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (1983) and received a PhD in Energy Economics from Institute of Energy Economics and Policy, affiliated with the University of Pierre-Mendès France in Grenoble, France (1989).

Soma Banerjee
Soma Banerjee
Confederation of Indian Industry
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Soma Banerjee
- Global RE Regulatory Trends
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Ms Soma Banerjee is the Executive Director, Energy & Infrastructure at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). She works closely with senior officials of the Government of India, industry leaders, and experts from thinktanks and multilateral agencies supporting the economic growth of the country through policy advocacy, project execution, preparation of policy documents, and engagements.
Prior to being at CII, Ms Banerjee was National Economics Editor at the Economic Times for 22 years. She has written extensively and is recognized on a wide range of issues, including the energy sector.

Bob Smith
Bob Smith
Mytrah Energy Ltd
@MytrahEnergy
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Bob Smith
- Technical Session: Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers’ Roundtable
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6A
Mr. Bob Smith has 25 years experience in the energy sector, including the last 8 in renewables. He was previously Chief Development Officer at BP Solar, building on 15 years in international oil & gas operations with BP.
Mr. Smith joined Mytrah in 2013 after 4 years as CEO of a renewable energy technology start-up. He is a Chartered Engineer and has Masters Degrees in Engineering from Cambridge University and Management from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.

Charles Donovan
Charles Donovan
Imperial College Business School
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Charles Donovan
- Technical Session: Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers’ Roundtable
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6A
Dr Charles Donovan is the Director of the Centre for Climate Finance and Investment at Imperial College London. He is concurrently Principal Teaching Fellow at Imperial College Business School and a Corporate Fellow at the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment. In his corporate career, he was most recently Head of Structuring and Valuation for Alternative Energy at BP plc. Dr Donovan was an Energy Policy Analyst with the United States Environmental Protection Agency during the Clinton Administration and worked in principal investments at the Enron Corporation. He holds a bachelor degree from the University of Washington, an MBA from Vanderbilt University, and a doctorate in management from IE Business School. Dr Donovan is the editor and co-author of Renewable Energy Finance: Powering the Future.

Ashish Khanna
Ashish Khanna
Tata Power Solar Systems Limited
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Ashish Khanna
- Sunnyside Up: Future of Solar Energy
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
- Plenary Session: Making Renewables in India
5 Oct | 1000-1130 | Plenary Hall 1
Mr Ashish Khanna is the President – Renewables, Tata Power and also MD & CEO of Tata Power Solar – the largest integrated solar company in India. He joined Tata Power in 2007. Ashish has over 30 years of cumulative experience with a focus on project management and contracts in both India and abroad. Under his leadership, Tata Power Solar emerged as no.1 rooftop player in the industry. He has been instrumental in streamlining the business for increased efficiency and profitability by focusing on building state-of-the-art technology, engineering and strengthening customer and employee satisfaction. His relentless pursuit of excellence has helped Tata Power Solar build strong competencies leveraging technology and innovation. Tata Power Solar has more than doubled its revenue under the visionary leadership of Mr Khanna and during this period the company has commissioned several challenging and industry landmark projects. Besides being an Engineering graduate, Ashish holds a Master’s Degree in Management & Systems from IIT Delhi.

Douglass Sims
Douglass Sims
Natural Resources Defense Council
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Douglass Sims
- ISA-GGGI Solar Project Finance: Mobilising International Funding For Green Projects
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | Plenary Hall 2
- Technical Session: Financing Challenges
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
Mr Douglass Sims is Director of the Natural Resource Defense Council's (NRDC) Center for Market Innovation, where he leads a team that provides analysis, advocacy and thought leadership on innovative financing for low carbon and climate resilient infrastructure. Douglass began his career at Allen & Overy LLP, working on energy and infrastructure projects in Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean. Douglass was instrumental in the design and launch of the New York Green Bank in the United States and is a co-founder of global Green Bank Network, a membership organization whose founding members are the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (Australia), Connecticut Green Bank, GreenTech Malaysia, Japan Green Finance Organization, NY Green Bank and UK Green Investment Group, NRDC and the Coalition for Green Capital, announced at COP 21 in Paris. Douglass also regularly advises jurisdictions around the world on the green investment bank model and is a member of the Standards Board of the London-based Climate Bonds Initiative. Mr Sims holds a law degree from Harvard Law School and bachelor’s degree from Stanford University.

Arijit Basu
Arijit Basu
Global Alliance For Clean Cookstoves
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Arijit Basu
- Special Session: Clean Cooking
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
Mr Arijit Basu is the Regional Director for Market Development for Clean Cookstoves in Sub-Saharan Africa , Asia & Latin America. Before joining the Alliance, Arijit served as Uganda Country Director for Living Goods, a non-profit organization whose mission is saving lives, creating livelihoods, encouraging pro-poor innovation & ensuring sustainability in operations. Arijit helped Living Goods Uganda significantly grow its reach and impact. Arijit is an alumnus of Lamartiniere School, and St. Xaviers College, Calcutta University. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Sales & Marketing from Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan’s Rajendra Prasad Institute of Communication & Management, Mumbai.

David Rasquinha
David Rasquinha
Export-Import Bank of India
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David Rasquinha
- Technical Session: Financing Challenges
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
Mr David Rasquinha is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Export-Import Bank of India. He has a wide exposure in the field of export credit, having worked in the areas of Treasury, Multilateral Agency Funded Projects, Planning & Research, Risk Management, Trade Finance, Project Finance and Project Exports.
Mr David Rasquinha is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Export-Import Bank of India. He has a wide exposure in the field of export credit, having worked in the areas of Treasury, Multilateral Agency Funded Projects, Planning & Research, Risk Management, Trade Finance, Project Finance and Project Exports.

Carolin Gassner
Carolin Gassner
KfW Development Bank
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Carolin Gassner
- Plenary Session: Bankers’ Perspective on Renewables
4 Oct | 1000-1130 | Plenary Hall 1
Ms Carolin Gassner heads the Department South Asia within KfW Development Bank since April 2018. Carolin started her career with KfW in 1996. She occupied different positions in KfW Development Bank, in the Securitisation Department and in Credit Risk Management. Before taking over the South Asia Department this year, Carolin headed the Department Financial Institutions and Country Risk within Credit Risk Management Unit of the KfW Group. Carolin holds a degree as Diplom-Volkswirt (Economist) from Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen. Before joining KfW, Carolin worked for the Institute for Economic Research in Munich.

Anil K Garg
Anil K Garg
Energy And Environment Foundation, India
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Anil K Garg
- The Sun Overhead: Rooftop Solar in India
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
Dr Anil Kumar Garg is the Founder of Energy and Environment Foundation. Dr Garg has more than three-decade experience in the energy sector. Doctorate in chemistry and completed post-doctoral work at University of Oklahoma, Norman USA and has large number of publication in international journals of repute. He has promoted renewable energy and encourage the use of clean and green technologies to achieve carbon neutral growth for economic development. He is responsible for organizing annual international conferences, namely – World Renewable Energy Technology Congress, World PetroCoal Congress, World Water Summit apart from consultancy, training and research in energy sector. Dr Garg served Oil and National Gas Corporation Ltd in India for more than 26 years. He has been invited at number of International Conferences world over to deliver keynote address in energy sector specially in Renewable Energy on Rooftop Solar. He is a recipient of many national and international awards.

Mahesh P Bhave
Mahesh P Bhave
NTPC School of Business and BHAVE Power Systems
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Mahesh P Bhave
- Special Session: Clean Cooking
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
Dr Mahesh P Bhave is a Professor at NTPC School of Business, New Delhi, India and Founder, BHAVE Power Systems, San Diego. He is the author of The Microgrid Revolution: Business Strategies for Next Generation Electricity, 2016, Praeger. His company aims to substitute cooking based on LPG with solar PV+ batteries-based solutions. He demonstrated a prototype at World Environment Day of the United Nations, New Delhi, June 2018. He has worked in New Business Development, Corporate Strategy, and Product Management at Sprint, Hughes Network Systems, Citizens Utilities, and start-ups. Mahesh is an engineer from IIT Delhi with a Ph.D. from Maxwell School of the Syracuse University.

Pankaj Batra
Pankaj Batra
Central Electricity Authority
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Pankaj Batra
- Technical Session: Storage Solutions
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
- Special Session: India’s Energy Basket 2030
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Mr Pankaj Batra is Chairperson I/C and CEO of the Central Electricity Authority, responsible for overall development of the Indian Power System including Hydro, Thermal and Renewable Power as well as the Transmission & Distribution System of India. He is also the Member (Planning) and ex-officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India. He oversees various policy and planning functions, including Electric Power Survey Report on long term demand forecasting, National Electricity Plan on Generation Planning, Coal and Gas supply to power stations, renewable sources of energy, etc.
Mr Batra is a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering, has a Diploma in Systems Management, a Diploma in Financial Management and Diploma in Public Speaking.

Marius de Waard
Marius de Waard
Mimi Moto
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Marius de Waard
- Special Session: Clean Cooking
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
Present Occupation – work areas:
Entrepreneur with a clear vision: Growth thru innovation and entrepreneurship. Focus industries are Healthcare, Communication and Bottom of Pyramid – markets.
Co-founder of several companies of which Mimi Moto (clean cooking) and In2Care (mosquito vector control – fighting Malaria, Dengue, Yellow Fever and Zika).
Before founding his own companies – Marius held several senior management / executive positions in the Telecom industry. Key areas of expertise are Product Development, Business Development, Marketing and Accounting.
Education Qualification:
University degrees — Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam and MBA, Michigan State University.

Anant Nahata
Anant Nahata
Exicom Power Solutions
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Anant Nahata
- Technical Session: Storage Solutions
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
Mr Anant Nahata is a promoter and Managing Director of Exicom Group which is present in India and South East Asia. His education is in Economics & Math from University of Pennsylvania. He worked in Credit Suisse Investment Banking from 2006-2008. Ever since he led the Exicom Group helping it to become a leading player in the Indian Power Electronics market. He is also the largest shareholder and a Board Member of a leading online E-Commerce company Koovs.com listed on London Stock exchange

Vinod Kala
Vinod Kala
Emergent Ventures India
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Vinod Kala
- Technical Session: Storage Solutions
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
Vinod founded Emergent Ventures India (EVI) and has led its growth from 2004, to becoming a leading service provide in Climate Change, Sustainability and Renewable deployment with a service foot print across 28 + countries. EVI has been involved with 15 GW+ of renewable energy projects since inception.
Vinod has carried out pioneering work in the area of Carbon Finance, launch of Renewable Aggregators, development of Energy Storage Roadmap, Smart Grids Wind Solar Hybrids etc.
He has also been involved in promoting Innovative business models to support grid interactive solar irrigation, utility anchored solar roof top aggregation, smart meter deployment etc. and Financing Instruments such as Green Bonds, specialized Credit Lines, Guarantee Funds etc.
Vinod is an Engineer with Post Graduation in Management from IIM Ahmedabad.

C Narasimhan
C Narasimhan
RAASI Group of Companies
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C Narasimhan
- Technical Session: Storage Solutions
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
Mr Narasimhan, Chairman – Raasi Group of Companies is a leading industrialist and a dynamic business personality who brings with him an extensive knowledge about the Domestic & international business scenarios. His analytical skills and unique vision about the market strategies sets him apart.Mr Narasimhan is a veteran entrepreneur with a track record of 35 years in both manufacturing and marketing enterprise. He started off by launching Raasi Enterprise (1978), an industrial unit for manufacturing chemicals. Under his leadership, the group launched various companies in various verticals – Raasi Enterprises, Raasi Marketing, Raasi Associates, Raasi Callnet, Raasi Technologies & Raasi Wealth Management.He is the President of Indian Solar Association, and an active member of several chambers of commerce. He was honoured with the Diamond Eye Award for Quality & Excellence at Geneva in 2012, and GOPIO International Excellence Awards in 2017.

A K Jain
A K Jain
Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Ltd
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A K Jain
- Technical Session: Storage Solutions
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
Mr A K Jain has worked for Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL) for 36 years in various capacities and disciplines. His leadership and out-of-box approach resulted in high growth for REIL and the launch of several innovative solutions – World’s first Electronic Milk-Adulteration Tester, Largest 11 MW off-grid Solar Project at 9400 Gram Panchayats, 1 MWp Solar Power Project at Katra Railway Station, over 1,00,000 solar systems for low cost rural housing in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. REIL emerged as the largest off-grid solution provider and the largest deployer of milk analyser in India, benefiting sixty million citizens and three hundred thousand villages.He has been a key professional in Government’s Missions like National Dairy Plan, Solar Mission, Make in India, Digital India, National Electric Mobility Mission and Swachh Bharat.

Ajit Kumar
Ajit Kumar
Khushi Social & Green Networks Pvt Ltd
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Ajit Kumar
- Special Session: Start-Ups
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6A
Mr Ajit Kumar has a career of 23 years in Social & Sustainable Development, Public Policy & Affairs, Stakeholder Consultation, Communication, Media, Advocacy and Infrastructure sector, working with top national and international organisations. He is the Founder of Khushigram, the Social & Green Enterprise Platform working on Integration & Aggregation across sectors- policy, projects, products and services. Khushigram is currently managed by Khushi Social & Green Networks (KSGN) Pvt Ltd.He is also the MD of KSGN, Editor & CEO, Radiance Media, Hon President, The Oceanic Group (since 1996) and Convener Global Leaders on Development. He is an institution builder an innovator, entrepreneur and motivator.

Thomas Schlegl
Thomas Schlegl
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
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Thomas Schlegl
- Sunnyside Up: Future of Solar Energy
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
- Technical Session: NextGen Renewables
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6A
Dr Thomas Schlegl is the Head of Department – Energy System Analysis. He is a physicist from universities Regensburg, Germany and Montpellier, France and received his doctorate at Fraunhofer ISE from the University of Regensburg for a dissertation on the conversion of low-energy radiation into electric power. His professional experience in the fields of semiconductor and solid-state technology with the focus on photovoltaics.
He was head of the strategic planning at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in 2005-2014. During this time, he also was Managing Director of the Fraunhofer Energy Alliance. In 2009, he established the research group Energy System Analysis.

Nishant Arya
Nishant Arya
JBM Group
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Nishant Arya
- Plenary Session: Making Renewables in India
5 Oct | 1000-1130 | Plenary Hall 1
Mr Nishant Arya took charge as Executive Director of USD 1.5-billion JBM Group in 2010. In the 8 years of his taking charge, the group has seen newer heights in terms of business and industry recognitions. His consistent focus on enhancing TECHNOLOGY, enabling INNOVATION and developing PEOPLE within the organization has been a key driver of growth for the group.
Amongst the important JVs done under his directorship are the alliances with prestigious companies like ArcelorMittal, Dassault Systemes, JFE Steel Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation, Magnetto (CLN Group), Ogihara, Solaris Bus & Coach and various others.
He is a graduate of Bradford University, UK and London School of Economics.

Rahul Kapil
Rahul Kapil
LONGi Solar
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Rahul Kapil
- Plenary Session: Making Renewables in India
5 Oct | 1000-1130 | Plenary Hall 1
Dr Rahul Kapil is presently working with LONGi Solar (LERRI Solar Technology (I) Pvt. Ltd. as Operations VP and Director. He has 21 years of working experience in Industry after completing his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. He has extensive experience in Business Management, Manufacturing Operations, Marketing, New Product Development, Product Management, R&D and Technology.
He has worked in different products and technologies e.g. Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell and Module, Heterojunction solar Cell and Thin Film solar cell and modules. Dr Rahul has published 18 research papers and filed 2 patents and is certified Six Sigma Black Belt from Motorola University

Ajay Mathur
Ajay Mathur
The Energy & Resources Institute
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Ajay Mathur
- The New Green Revolution (Bio-Energy/Biofuels)
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
- Country Session: France: Renewables & Technology: Indo-French Partnership for the Planet
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Dr Ajay Mathur is the Director General of TERI – The Energy & Resources Institute, and a member of the Prime Ministerial Council on Climate Change. Previously, he was the Director General of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency in the Government of India from 2006 to 2016, responsible for bringing energy efficiency into our homes, offices, and factories, through initiatives such as the star labelling programme for appliances, the Energy Conservation Building Code, and the Perform, Achieve and Trade programme for energy-intensive industries. Dr Mathur was earlier with TERI from 1986 to 2000, and then headed the Climate Change Team of World Bank in Washington DC. He was President of Suzlon Energy Limited, also headed the interim Secretariat of the Green Climate Fund. He has been a key Indian climate-change negotiator, and was also the Indian spokesperson at the 2015 climate negotiations at Paris.

Brajesh Pathak
Brajesh Pathak
Uttar Pradesh
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Brajesh Pathak
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Uttar Pradesh
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4A
A social worker, an advocate and a politician, Sri Brajesh Pathak assumed office as a Cabinet Minister in the Yogi Adityanath led UP government in March 2017. He won the election from Lucknow central. In November 2008, he was elected to Rajya Sabha, while from November 2004 to 2008 he was elected Member of the Fourteenth Lok Sabha.
Shri Brajesh Pathak currently holds the portfolio of Law and Justice and Additional Energy Resources, respectively. Under his able leadership, the state of UP has undertaken several measures to facilitate work in the area of energy and renewable energy as the focus has been to encourage private investment in the sector.
Shri Brajesh Pathak is a Bachelor of Commerce, L.L.B, educated in Lucknow University.

Alok Kumar
Alok Kumar
Government of Uttar Pradesh
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Alok Kumar
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Uttar Pradesh
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4A
Mr Alok Kumar is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. He holds a Bachelor in Civil Engineering from University of Roorkee and an MBA in Finance. Besides serving as the Principal Secretary at the Department of Additional Sources of Energy, Mr Kumar also is the Chairman UPPCL and UPNEDA, respectively. A veteran in this sector, Mr Kumar has previously worked in several departments such as Ministry of Power and Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, among others.

Banwari Lal
Banwari Lal
Haryana
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Banwari Lal
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Haryana
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4A
A medical practitioner-turned politician, Banwari Lal took oath as the State Minister in the Haryana Cabinet in July 2016 to take charge of the Public Health Engineering (PHE) & New Renewable Energy (NRE) sectors that have witnessed significant action over the past few years. Under his able leadership, the sector has developed, demonstrated and commercialized technologies for harnessing new and renewable energy sources through enabling policies.
Lal joined active politics in 2007 and first served as an MLA of the Bawal Constituency from 2014. Prior to that, he has worked as a Medical Officer in the Health Department, Haryana from 1984 to 2004. He also runs a small hospital at Bawal wherein he treats the poor

Ram Kumar Gupta
Ram Kumar Gupta
Sun Run Motors
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Ram Kumar Gupta
- Special Session: India’s Energy Basket 2030
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Mr. Ram Gupta is working on developing and manufacturing solar panels specially-made for electric vehicles. He is rolling out first product as solar-powered / self-charging electric rickshaw in India. He has previously served in executive positions at various technology companies such as Oracle and Yahoo in silicon valley. Prior to that, he also served as a Computer Scientist in Government of India. He is a graduate of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.

Pranav R Mehta
Pranav R Mehta
Global Solar Council
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Pranav R Mehta
- Special Session: India’s Energy Basket 2030
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Mr Pranav R Mehta, recognised as one of the top ranking Global Solar Leaders, is a leading environmentalist and technocrat from India known for his social and environmental concerns. He is the Chairman-Elect of the Global Solar Council (GSC), launched at Paris during COP 21 Climate Change related events (HQ at Washington DC, USA) and Founder Chairman of National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI), New Delhi.
He has made outstanding contribution in India’s solar growth starting from nearly zero MW to now 24000 MW, placing India amongst the top five solar countries in the world. He is a regular invitee in the World Solar Leaders Summit and Dialogues across the globe in different green energy and Climate Change. He has many a National Awards to his hat.

Shailendra Shukla
Shailendra Shukla
Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA)
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Shailendra Shukla
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Haryana
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4A
Shailendra Shukla took over as the Chairman of Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) in 2017. A veteran in the renewable energy sector, Shukla carries with him a rich experience of over 36 years wherein he mentored the electrification of over 1700 remote villages through decentralised renewable energy based power plants in his capacity as CEO of CREDA.
He has also undertaken projects for treatment of watershed areas with intervention of Solar Pumps. Under his able leadership, about 5,000 hectares of barren land have been brought under cultivation. Before joining HAREDA, Shukla has worked with Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA).

R P Gupta
R P Gupta
NITI Aayog
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R P Gupta
- Special Session: India’s Energy Basket 2030
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Mr R P Gupta is an Officer from Indian Administrative Service, who is working as Additional Secretary in NITI Aayog and looking after Infrastructure-Energy, International Cooperation along with Health, Education, Rural Development and Urban sectors. He is an Aeronautical Engineer from IIT Kanpur. He was committed to work in the field of education, land record and energy at policy making levels, focusing on streamlining of systems and introduction of modern and user-friendly technology
He has worked in the Ministry of Coal, in the Energy Department, and in the State of Gujarat. He also worked as Secretary, Department of Civil Supplies dealing with the Public Distribution System (PDS). In this capacity he also dealt with LPG and Kerosene distribution through PDS as cooking and lighting fuel.

Srinivasappa .
Srinivasappa .
Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd
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Srinivasappa .
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Karnataka
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4A
Srinivasappa, is an Electrical Engineer who has served in Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (Transco) and DISCOMs for the last 34 Years.
A veteran in the energy and renewable sector, he has also served in Karnataka State Regulatory Commission for about 7 years.
Presently he is working as General Manager (Technical), in Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited

P Ravikumar
P Ravikumar
Government of Karnataka
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P Ravikumar
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Karnataka
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4A
Ravikumar is 1984 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre. He has served in many Government departments mainly Commerce & Industries, Rural Development and Panchayath Raj, Transport, Forest and Energy. In Energy sector, he worked as Member (Finance), KPTCL, Managing Director, KPTCL and presently as Additional Chief Secretary, Energy Department, Government of Karnataka, for the last 4 years. During his tenure in Energy department the state has seen significant growth in Renewable sector.

R V Shahi
R V Shahi
Energy Infratech Pvt Ltd
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R V Shahi
- Technical Session: Renewable and Grid Challenges
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
Mr R V Shahi is the Chairman of Energy Infratech Pvt Ltd. He previously served as the Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Power and formerly the Chairman and Managing Director of Bombay Suburban Electric Supply Limited.
He was Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Power, India from 2002–2007, the longest-serving Power Secretary in the Indian history, and the Chairman and Managing Director of Bombay Suburban Electric Supply (BSES) Ltd. from 1994-2002. As Chairman and Managing Director, Shahi is known for transforming BSES Ltd from a small power utility to one of the largest in the nation. As Secretary of Power, he is widely credited for reforming and revitalizing the Indian power sector through the landmark Electricity Act of 2003, which liberalized the sector and initiated private investment in Indian Power.
Besides being responsible for the entire Indian Power Sector (168,000 megawatts or 225,000,000 horsepower capacity, including captive plants), as Secretary, Shahi was directly responsible for the central public sector undertakings.

Prasoon Agarwal
Prasoon Agarwal
International Renewable Energy Agency
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Prasoon Agarwal
- Special Session: India’s Energy Basket 2030
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Mr Prasoon Agarwal is currently the Regional Programme Officer – Asia, with Country Support and Partnerships Division at International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Among other responsibilities, he currently leads IRENA bilateral technical cooperation with countries in Asia, as well as implementation of Regional Action Plans of the Agency.
Prior to joining IRENA, Mr Agarwal was working with Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), South Korea, where, as Senior Energy Specialist, he contributed in shaping GGGI’s global energy sector focus. At GGGI, he also led energy policy advisory to countries in the South Asia region – including assignments as India Program Manager and Country Head – Nepal. He has worked as an Economist with the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris and co-authored the World Energy Outlook. His professional experience also includes, work with Academia, Private Sector, and National Oil Company in India.
Mr Agarwal holds a PhD from IIM Ahmedabad and a B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT-BHU, Varanasi.

Gopal K Saxena
Gopal K Saxena
BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd and BSES Yamuna Power Ltd
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Gopal K Saxena
- Country Session: India-UK Collaboration: Accelerating Innovative Financing and Technologies for RE
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6C
- Technical Session: Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers’ Roundtable
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6A
Mr Gopal K. Saxena is currently working as director of BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) at Delhi. BRPL and its group company BYPL are joint ventures of Reliance ADA group of companies with the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi and distribute electricity to almost 3.4 million consumers in Delhi (roughly 67% of Delhi's population). Mr Saxena has over 4 decades of rich experience at apex positions in various companies of repute such as ACC-Babcock, the DCM Group, the Essar Group, and the Reliance ADA Group.

Christopher Peter Moore
Christopher Peter Moore
The Enersel Engine Company Limited
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Christopher Peter Moore
- The New Green Revolution (Bio-Energy/Biofuels)
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6B
Chris is an Economics, Accountancy and Business Law graduate and a former banker by profession, with experience of over 35 years in senior management, including fields of trade finance, structured project financing, business and international project development. This included the energy sector, with Rolls-Royce Power Ventures, Hawker Siddeley Group, Wood Group, and JPKenny Group. As a Consultant, Chris has advised on international business strategy and project development in the renewable energy and bio-fuel sectors for various clients including Navigant, SGS, the NHS (UK) and The Carbon Trust. He has held senior Board level executive positions within several RE sector ventures. A Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a past member of several professional bodies, he has co-authored books, published articles and delivered international conference presentations on waste management and renewable energy, project finance, risk mitigation and international development. His languages include Spanish, French, Italian, and a little Russian

Malcolm Wrigley
Malcolm Wrigley
Engie
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Malcolm Wrigley
- Winds of Change
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
Malcolm Wrigley is the Country Manager for activities of Engie in India. Malcolm is a British citizen with an experience of 31 years in the Power Industry, of which 18 years being in international locations as diverse as Abu Dhabi, USA, Ghana, South Africa, Morocco and Pakistan. Prior to being assigned as the Country Manager in October 2016, Malcolm was the CEO of two companies in Bahrain which together owned and operated two combined cycle gas turbine power plants totalling 2,200MW and seawater desalination plant making 48 million gallons per day of drinking water.

Per Enggaard
Per Enggaard
DNVGL
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Per Enggaard
- Winds of Change
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
Per Enggaard Haahr holds a B.SC in Civil Engineering and a diploma in Business Management. and has worked in the fields of General management as Head of Department, Project sponsoring, Project management, Structural review and verification of offshore and onshore concrete and steel structures and has performed Structural design of steel and concrete structures incl. FE-analyses.
Since joining DNV GL in 2009 Per has worked mainly with offshore wind farm projects in Europe for Project Certification. During these he was particularly involved in JIP to solve the grouting challenges in the offshore wind industry. Working as Head of Department and as regional manager in APAC has provided a good overview of the different regional challenges in the offshore wind industry.

I S Jha
I S Jha
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd
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I S Jha
- Technical Session: Renewable and Grid Challenges
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 4B
Shri I S Jha, is Chairman & Managing Director of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited since November 2015. Prior to his present assignment, he successfully served as Director (Projects) of the Company from September, 2009 and was responsible for planning, engineering, project management, monitoring and implementation of all transmission and distribution projects. An Electrical Engineer from NIT, Jamshedpur, he is a well-known Power System Professional having more than 36 years of rich and varied work experience. He began his professional career in 1981 as an Executive Trainee in NTPC. He has been associated with POWERGRID since its inception in 1991 and has been part of many departments. He has worked as Executive Director(ED)-North Eastern Region, ED of Engineering and Corporate Monitoring Group of the Company. While working at various projects and Corporate Office of NTPC and POWERGRID, he was involved in conceptualization, planning, design, engineering, monitoring and implementation of projects of National importance.
He has spearheaded development of robust National grid in the country integrated with State-of-the-Art technologies as well as Green Energy Corridors for integration of renewables. The commissioning of one of the largest high capacity +/- 800kV Champa-Kurushetra HVDC bipole and other transmission schemes which further strengthen National Grid capacity significantly enabling development of vibrant electricity market are some of his recent benchmark contributions to the Indian power sector.
He is known for his technological prowess and people-centric leadership. He is member of Governing Body of CPRI, Bangalore and President, International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) – India and other professional bodies. He has published/ presented numerous articles, technical papers in the field of power system in various international and National Journal/Conferences.

Tulsi Tanti
Tulsi Tanti
Suzlon Energy Ltd
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Tulsi Tanti
- A Leap Into The Offshore (Offshore Wind)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
- Plenary Session: Making Renewables in India
5 Oct | 1000-1130 | Plenary Hall 1
Mr Tulsi Tanti has been the Chairman of Suzlon Energy Limited since inception of the company in April, 1995. Suzlon Energy is one of the leading renewable energy solutions providers in the world. Prior to Suzlon, he has worked with various industries including textiles. Mr Tanti has been conferred with numerous awards including: Champion of the Earth by the United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2009, Hero of the Environment by TIME magazine for his contribution to raising awareness and initiating action on global climate change, Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 by Ernst & Young, World Wind Energy Award by World Wind Energy Association The CNBC TV18, India Business Leader Award, Chanchlani Global Indian Award by Canada India Foundation, Global New Energy Business Leader Award by China Energy News, Asia’s Most Promising Leader Award' by Ibrands, Dubai

Arunavo Mukerjee
Arunavo Mukerjee
Tata Cleantech Capital Ltd
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Arunavo Mukerjee
- Country Session: India-UK Collaboration: Accelerating Innovative Financing and Technologies for RE
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6C
Arunavo has extensive experience in energy industry spanning coal, natural gas and renewable sources. He has been with the Tata group since 1991 and has worked in India, USA, Europe and Africa. In July 2008, Arunavo was selected to lead the Tata group effort to combat climate change across its 100 companies In early 2013, he was transferred to Tata Cleantech Capital Ltd to establish the advisory business. His academic credentials include a BS in Engineering and a MBA from the Indian Institute of Technology and Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, USA, respectively.
Arunavo is a senior member and member of IEEE, USA, and Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), USA, respectively. He is a Steering Committee member of the UN's Caring for Climate Initiative and member of the technical advisory group of Science based target setting group and Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC). He has been a speaker in events organized by IEEE (USA), Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and UN Global Compact etc. across the globe including COP21 at Paris.

Richard Abel
Richard Abel
UK Climate Investments (UKCI)
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Richard Abel
- Country Session: India-UK Collaboration: Accelerating Innovative Financing and Technologies for RE
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6C

Upendra Bhatt
Upendra Bhatt
cKinetics
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Upendra Bhatt
- Special Session: US-India Clean Energy Finance Programme
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6B
Upendra is a Go-to-market and techno-commercial specialist with expertise in decentralized renewables project development and financing. He has been closely associated with innovative market-driven models for mainstreaming of technology and service interventions in the developing markets.
Upendra is the current Chair of Alliance for Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE), a leading industry body of India focused on energy efficiency. He also chairs the Sustainable Business Leadership Forum, an Industry practitioners group focused on resource sustainability and ESG issues through multi-stakeholder working groups. He is also a member of several task forces constituted by industry bodies, Government and multilateral initiatives.

John Balbach
John Balbach
MacArthur Foundation
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John Balbach
- Special Session: US-India Clean Energy Finance Programme
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6B
John brings more than twenty years of diverse experience across nonprofit sectors, large corporations, early-stage ventures and public-private partnerships to his role in MacArthur. His work focuses on programs and projects related to climate solutions and impact investments. Prior to MacArthur, he was at Silicon Valley Bank.
John has served on a National Science Foundation commercialization review committee, managed and raised capital for an Impact Investing Fund focused on developing the Michigan life sciences sector, advised industry-leading corporations on infusing cleantech solutions into their supply chains, provided consulting services to leading nonprofit organizations with the Nonprofit Finance Fund, and served as a strategic advisor to hundreds of founders of technology-based startup ventures through a Michigan economic development program.

Manish Chourasia
Manish Chourasia
Tata Cleantech Capital Ltd
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Manish Chourasia
- Special Session: US-India Clean Energy Finance Programme
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6B
Manish has over 20 years of experience in origination, credit risk assessment and syndication in Asia-Pacific Region. As part of the above mentioned functional categories, he has handled various products covering project finance, mezzanine finance, acquisition finance, credit derivatives etc.
Prior to joining TCCL, Manish led the initiative of launching first Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF) in India, from April 2013 to June 2015 as Chief Executive Officer of IL&FS Infra Asset Management Ltd., a JV company between IL&FS and LIC. IL&FS IDF is the first IDF in India with AUM of USD 230 million and the market leader in the industry, playing a pioneering role in the development of the IDF sector.
Previously Manish has held several senior roles at ICICI including as Team Leader in Project Finance Group and Alternate Chief Executive & Head – Wholesale Banking of ICICI Bank, Hong Kong Branch.

Jiwan Acharya
Jiwan Acharya
Asian Development Bank
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Jiwan Acharya
- Special Session: US-India Clean Energy Finance Programme
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6B
Jiwan is a senior energy specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and is currently at India Resident Mission of the Asian Development Bank. Prior to his current role, Jiwan was the Senior Climate Change Specialist in the Regional and Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department of ADB at Manila.
In his various capacities at ADB, he has been responsible for overseeing several key initiatives including Energy for All, Low Carbon Technology Transfer, Clean Technical Fund (CTF) and Scaling Up Renewable Energy for Low-Income Countries (SREP) under the Climate Investment Funds (CIF).

Pawan Agarwal
Pawan Agarwal
YES Bank Ltd
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Pawan Agarwal
- Plenary Session: Bankers’ Perspective on Renewables
4 Oct | 1000-1130 | Plenary Hall 1
- Special Session: Start-Ups
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6A
- Special Session: US-India Clean Energy Finance Programme
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6B
Pawan is the President of Corporate Finance, YES Bank and is leading the Infrastructure Finance practice for YES Bank for Northern and Eastern India. He has more than 16 years of experience in credit, structured finance and project finance and has expertise in managing and leading complex project financing transactions and brings strategic inputs to facilitate the entire process leading up to timely financial closure.
Pawan has represented YES Bank in several international forums including Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition High-Level Assembly meeting in Washington DC, Indo Japan Energy Dialogue in Tokyo, International Steering Committee (ISC) Meetings of International Solar Alliance in New York and Abu Dhabi.
Pawan also delivered a presentation on Mobilizing USD 1 Trillion for ISA solar projects in the ISC Meeting at Abu Dhabi on behalf of World Bank, YES Bank and IDFC Bank.

Jayant Prasad
Jayant Prasad
cKers Finance
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Jayant Prasad
- Special Session: US-India Clean Energy Finance Programme
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6B
Jayant has over 19 years of experience in Corporate Banking, Rural and Agri-lending. He is the co-founder of cKers Finance, a market maker debt venture aimed at financing projects in distributed renewable energy and sustainable energy.
In his past role, he has held several responsibilities at ICICI bank including leading the micro-finance and financial inclusion business. In his earlier years at the bank, he was a Senior Client Banker in the Corporate Banking group handling multiple client relationships as also Product Head for online retail banking products for overseas geographies. Jayant also headed the team which started country operations for the bank in Germany.

Dhruba Purkayastha
Dhruba Purkayastha
Climate Policy Initative
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Dhruba Purkayastha
- ISA-GGGI Solar Project Finance: Mobilising International Funding For Green Projects
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | Plenary Hall 2
- Special Session: US-India Clean Energy Finance Programme
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6B
Dhruba Purkayastha is the Director of US-India Clean Energy Finance (USICEF), a unique project preparation facility to support scale-up of distributed renewable energy businesses and enabling access to long-term debt financing from OPIC and other international financial institutions.
Dhruba comes with over 20 years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, credit rating and international development financing. He joined CPI from International Finance Corporation (IFC) where his work focused on managing Advisory programs in Investment Climate, Doing Business, Green Building, Smart Cities, and Financing Infrastructure in India. Prior to IFC, he worked with The World Bank as a Senior Specialist, in the South Asia Finance and Private Sector unit in lending operations for infrastructure financing and public-private partnerships (PPP), SME finance, banking and technical assistance in finance and private sector development. He has also worked with ICRA Limited as a Group Head for Infrastructure and Government Consulting practices.

Ramesh Nair
Ramesh Nair
Adani Solar
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Ramesh Nair
- Plenary Session: Making Renewables in India
5 Oct | 1000-1130 | Plenary Hall 1
Mr. Ramesh Ramachandran Nair is the Chief Executive Officer of Adani Solar, at Adani Enterprises Ltd. since April 2017.
With more than 25 years of experience working with reputed organizations like Essar Steel, Sterlite Industries, BALCO, and Jindal Stainless, he has been instrumental in changing the manufacturing landscape through institutionalizing business excellence and governance and implementing successful turnaround strategies.
Prior to joining Adani group, Mr. Nair served as the Chief Executive Officer and Whole Time Director of Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) from June 2013 until March 2017. In over 11 years at Vedanta Group, he led multiple functions and assumed an overall leadership role at Sterlite Copper as its Chief Operating Officer from Oct 2008 to Nov 2011. Mr. Nair also served as an Executive Director and President of Jindal Stainless Limited from November 2011 to June 2013.

Saidingpuii Chhakchhuak
Saidingpuii Chhakchhuak
Gujarat Energy Development Agency
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Saidingpuii Chhakchhuak
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Gujarat
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4A
Saidingpuii Chhakchhuak is the Director of Gujarat Energy Development Agency, the nodal agency for implementation of Renewable Energy policies for the state of Gujarat. Her experience in policy implementation has given her an insight into the workings of the various stakeholders of the sector.
Chhakchhuak is a 2008 batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service. She is an alumnus of Department of History, Presidency College, Kolkata.

Jake Schmidt
Jake Schmidt
Natural Resources Defense Council
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Jake Schmidt
- Special Session: Start-Ups
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6A
Mr Jake Schmidt, Managing Director, International Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), has eighteen years of experience in international climate policy. Jake Schmidt directs International Program of NRDC with a team of experts and partners working to address climate change and spur clean energy, protect nature and wildlife, and promote healthy people and thriving communities in China, India, Latin America, Canada, and at the international level. Prior to joining NRDC, Schmidt worked at the Center for Clean Air Policy where he directed their international efforts. He holds a Bachelors degree in economics from Muhlenberg College and a M.P.P. in environmental policy, with a certificate in ecological economics from the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland.

Anil Sharma
Anil Sharma
Government of Himachal Pradesh
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Anil Sharma
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Himachal Pradesh
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4A
Anil Sharma was first elected to the State Legislative Assembly in November 1993. He served as a Rajya Sabha Member from 1998 to 2004.
He was Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister of the State of Himachal Pradesh from 2013 to 2017. He has been re-elected to 13th Vidhan Sabha of the State of Himachal Pradesh in December 2017 and inducted into the Council of Ministers as Multi Purpose Projects, Power and Non Conventional Energy Sources Minister.
As Minister of Multi Purpose Projects, Power and Non Conventional Energy Sources Minister, he has been instrumental in introducing policy initiatives in promotion of Solar and other renewable sources of energy in the State.

Brian F Keane
Brian F Keane
SmartPower
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Brian F Keane
- Special Session: US-India Clean Energy Finance Task Force: Financing Through Demand Aggregation
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6A
Mr Brian F Keane is the founder and President of SmartPower, a Washington, DC-based non-profit renewable energy and energy efficiency community outreach and marketing company. He is also the author of the highly acclaimed book, Green Is Good: Save Money, Make Money, and Help Your Community Profit From Clean Energy (Lyons Press, 2012).
Named 2017’s CEO of the Year, Keane is a former Presidential Campaign advisor and congressional aide with an extensive and cutting-edge background in non-profit management, political organizing and communications. This fall, The John Merck Fund will award Keane its highly coveted "Frank Hatch Sparkplug Award" which "recognizes the outstanding leader whose work has contributed significantly to achieving the purposes of the Fund while embodying the extraordinary creativity, dedication and foresight that marked Frank Hatch’s 19 years at the helm of The John Merck Fund.”
Mr Keane is a 1989 graduate of The American University in Washington, DC, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism and Political Science. He is a past president of the American University Alumni Association and sits on the board of directors of the Vermont-based Clean Energy Group. He is also a Member of the Board of the Center for Environmental Policy at The American University. Keane is a Member of the Board of Advisors for American University’s School of Public Administration.

David Martin
David Martin
Power Ledger
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David Martin
- Country Session: Australia: An Innovation Partner in Renewable Energy
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
David is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Power Ledger, a leading blockchain energy company with projects spanning across the globe. As Managing Director, David manages the overall strategic direction of the company as it moves from startup to scaleup.
David has over 20 years’ experience in the electricity industry and has held executive positions in two State-owned utilities. David’s previous role was as a senior consultant to industry participants specializing in the regulation of distribution networks, Distributed Network Service Provider (DNSP) consumer engagement, renewables and new technology feasibility studies, and business development.
David’s expertise are integral to DNSPs, as they are now presented with “make or break” opportunities in the transition to the new energy-demand paradigm, that sees customer behavior leading technology and service demand changes.
David believes that empowering individuals and communities to control the way they buy and sell electricity will underpin the development of a power system that is resilient, low-cost, low-carbon and owned by the people of the world.

Wayne Liubinskas
Wayne Liubinskas
Village Energy
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Wayne Liubinskas
- Country Session: Australia: An Innovation Partner in Renewable Energy
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Wayne is a Co-founder of Village Energy, a technology company that uses advanced technology to help rural communities thrive. Village Energy is currently working with the Government of Andhra Pradesh to lower the cost and improve the reliability of energy into rural towns and villages.
Wayne has more than 25 years of experience in managing growth technology businesses ranging from start-ups to billion dollar portfolios. Most recently he was Head of International for Telstra Health where he was based in Singapore and was responsible for the P&L for the business encompassing India, Malaysia, Bangkok, Middle East and Singapore. Wayne was part of the founding team of Telstra Health, led the establishment of the first Australian telemedicine business and led the acquisition of more than 12 companies to create a $150m+ industry leader.

James Browne
James Browne
Solarhart Industries Pty Ltd
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James Browne
- Country Session: Australia: An Innovation Partner in Renewable Energy
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
James is International Manager (Asia) for Solahart Industries Pty Ltd. His responsibilities include sales, marketing and distribution management as well as commercial and technical product support from residential and commercial solar hot water applications.
James holds Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from UGE England. Post Migration to Australia, James has worked across green & environmental industry, focussing on rainwater harvesting & commercial water solutions in Australia & USA. James is with Solahart for the past 11 years, quickly scaling up from S.E Asia regional manager to North & South Asia regional manager. James is the proud father of four beautiful daughters.

Munish Sharma
Munish Sharma
Australian Trade & Investment Commission
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Munish Sharma
- Country Session: Australia: An Innovation Partner in Renewable Energy
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Munish is a career officer with the Australian Trade & Investment Commission. He joined Austrade in 1998 in its Chennai office in India and moved to Austrade’s Sydney office in 2001. During his time in Austrade, he has lead trade advisory teams in ICT, Consumer and Infrastructure and its state operations in NSW and ACT. Prior to Austrade, Munish was with the Advertiser Newspaper in Adelaide in circulation sales role.
He was appointed Trade Commissioner & Consul (Commercial) in the Australian Consulate-General, Chennai in January 2018 and is also responsible for business development for Australian firms within smart infrastructure and renewable energy sectors across South Asia.

Joeri Baetens
Joeri Baetens
Ecoult, Australia
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Joeri Baetens
- Country Session: Australia: An Innovation Partner in Renewable Energy
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Mr Joeri Baetens is the Territory Sales Engineer of Ecoult for the South East Asia region. He joined Ecoult in 2015 having previously worked at global technology companies in X-ray, Payment Technology, and Telecommunications. As a technology expert for almost 15 years, Joeri has worked on technical installations in several continents, educating and training teams of service technicians on the repair and maintenance of various high tech products.
His focus today is to make UltraBattery® a success in all types of energy storage applications throughout South East Asia, by engaging with various partners in the region, offering technical and sales support.

Artur Zawadski
Artur Zawadski
Sunrise CSP Pty Ltd
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Artur Zawadski
- Country Session: Australia: An Innovation Partner in Renewable Energy
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
- Technical Session: Solar Thermal Process Heat
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6B
Artur brings extensive knowledge of the development and commercialisation of new technology, managing its implementation and positioning these technologies for success in international markets. He brings the experience required to ensure that projects meet their commercial objectives.
His experience over the last 30 years includes establishing technology consulting businesses in Australia and the United Kingdom, managing the public sector systems integration practice for a multinational IT services company and the management of infrastructure and systems integration projects in the defence, steel manufacturing and banking sectors.
From 2005 to 2013, Artur held the position of General Manager, Business Development for Wizard Power Pty Ltd, a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology development company that collaborated with the Australian National University to re-develop their Big Dish solar concentrator, the world’s highest performance CSP system, from a research tool to one that is ready for commercial deployment.
Sunrise CSP Pty Ltd has now acquired the intellectual property for the Big Dish and its complementary technologies and Artur has been appointed as CEO.
Artur served on the board of the Australian Solar Council from 2004 to 2008 including the role of Chairman for two years. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Energy.

Jaideep Malaviya
Jaideep Malaviya
Solar Thermal Federation of India
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Jaideep Malaviya
- Technical Session: Solar Thermal Process Heat
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6B
Jaideep Malaviya is the CEO, Malaviya Solar Energy Consultancy and Secretary General Solar Thermal Federation of India. He carries 22 years long experience in the solar energy industry as a consultant, researcher, technical writer and policy analyst associated with several Indian and International organisations. He was instrumental in initiating the National Solar Energy Helpline and ran successfully for 7 years for Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Currently he is executing a three-year project 'Solar Payback' for German Solar Industry Association as a part of International Climate Initiative (IKI) funded by German Government that aims to accelerate the deployment of Solar Heat for Industrial Process (SHIP). He has published over 100 papers.

Saurabhbhai Patel
Saurabhbhai Patel
Government of Gujarat
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Saurabhbhai Patel
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Gujarat
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4A
A Member of Legislative Assembly in the 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Saurabhbhai Patel (Dalal) assumed office in 2017 from the Constituency of Botad. Under his able leadership, Power Sectors of Gujarat have shown a splendid performance.
Jyoti Gram Yojna provides 24 hours continuous three phase quality Power to all villages of Gujarat was his one of the important achievements, during his tenure, which has now become a flagship Scheme of the Nation.
Saurabhbhai Patel (Dalal) joined active politics in the early 90s and since then has served in the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Legislative Assemblies.

Anand Kumar
Anand Kumar
Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission
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Anand Kumar
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Gujarat
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4A
Anand Kumar was appointed as the Chairperson of the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) in April 2016. Before this, he served as Chairperson of Regulatory body of Meghalaya State for 5 years. Besides, he also holds the post of Vice Chairman of the Forum of Regulators and Forum of Indian Regulator and he a Member of the State Advisory Board of Apex body of Auditors.
Kumar has a significant experience of over 37 years in Indian Power Sector, out of which he devoted almost 21 years in Reforms, Restructuring & Regulations. During the course of his career, he has served four States Regulatory Commissions in India.

Ardra Agarwal
Ardra Agarwal
Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Ltd
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Ardra Agarwal
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Gujarat
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4A
Ardra Agarwal completed her B.A. (Honours), Political Science from Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi in 2002 and M.A. & M. Phil in Political Science from University of Delhi.
An IAS officer of 2007 batch, Agarwal has served the Government of Gujarat in various capacities, including District Development Officer in Bharuch and District Collector in Dangs district of Gujarat. During the Loksabha Elections of 2014, she was appointed as Joint Chief Electoral Officer, Gujarat.

Sagarkumar M Agravat
Sagarkumar M Agravat
Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI)
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Sagarkumar M Agravat
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Gujarat
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4A
Agravat is a Physicist with specialization in semiconductor materials. He at present works under capacity of Head, R&D (Renewable Energy, Environment and Energy Efficiency Research Wing) of Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute (GERMI).
Agravat has contributed for more than 15 years in the field of renewable energy and enjoys a rich experience of working in the field of solar PV and solar Thermal assignments (Consultancy / R&D / Demonstration) of various scale providing financial advisory for bidding for solar energy projects, preparation of draft papers for policies, training and capacity building and couple of patents to his credit.

Michael Satin
Michael Satin
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Michael Satin
- Special Session: US-India Clean Energy Finance Task Force: Financing Through Demand Aggregation
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6A
Mr Michael Satin is a commissioned Foreign Service Officer at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), having joined in early 2005. He is currently the Director of the Clean Energy and Environment Office at USAID India. Mr. Satin is trained as an ecologist and applied economist and has worked in international affairs and development for 27 years, in several countries including Senegal, Madagascar, Nigeria, China, Southeast Asia, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea Conakry, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and India.
Mr. Satin currently overseas a development portfolio implementing projects to support the Government of India to integrate 225 gigawatts of renewable energy into the India power grid; finding effective ways to improve energy efficiency in Indian building codes and household appliances; building a pathway to Greening the Grid; and a program to modernize the power sector through increased power trade in South Asia.

Daniel Bradley
Daniel Bradley
British High Commission
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Daniel Bradley
- Country Session: India-UK Collaboration: Accelerating Innovative Financing and Technologies for RE
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6C
Dr Daniel Bradley has acted as First Secretary and Team Leader for Energy and Low Carbon Growth in the British High Commission New Delhi since 2016. This includes responsibility for UK strategy and delivery of a portfolio spanning oil and gas, renewable energy, energy efficiency, green finance, and climate change. He is also responsible for establishing and coordinating the bilateral India-UK Energy for Growth Dialogue, held annually since 2017. A member of the High Commission in Delhi since 2013, he previously coordinated the UK’s Global Partnership work to share Indian innovation and build trilateral research partnerships with African and South Asian countries.
Dr Bradley has been an Adviser with the UK Department for International Development (DFID) since 2013, working on climate change, agriculture policy and food security assignments in London, Brasilia and New Delhi. He helped to pioneer DFID’s Emerging Powers programme to develop joint partnerships with middle-income countries in third countries. He has previously held positions in development consultancy, civil society, and research. He holds a PhD in Livelihood Adaptation (University of Leeds) involving extensive fieldwork in rural Senegal.

Manasi Sahay Thakur
Manasi Sahay Thakur
Government of Himachal Pradesh
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Manasi Sahay Thakur
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Himachal Pradesh
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4A
Manasi Sahay Thakur is a 2009 batch, IAS Officer of Himachal cadre. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Mechanical from College of Engineering Pune. She has performed multifarious roles as Director Women and Child Development, Director Information Technology, Deputy Commissioner Bilaspur and Settlement Officer Kangra, to name a few.
She was instrumental in saving two lives trapped in an under-construction tunnel in Bilaspur. She also spearheaded the cause of lowering female foeticide in the State and her efforts led to major improvement in the Sex Ratio at Birth in the district of Bilaspur and later in the State of HP. In her current role, she is looking after the development and management of the Hydro Power Sector in the State.

Gireesh Shrimali
Gireesh Shrimali
Climate Policy Initiative
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Gireesh Shrimali
- Country Session: US-India Clean Energy Finance Task Force: Investors Round Table on IREDA Fund
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6C
- Special Session: US-India Clean Energy Finance Task Force: Financing Through Demand Aggregation
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6A
Dr Gireesh Shrimali leads the India team of Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), working closely with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the Ministry of Finance and other policymakers to advance India towards its clean development goals. He directs the India Innovation Lab for Green Finance, which identifies, develops, and accelerates innovative financial instruments for scaling up investment in renewable energy. He also leads US-India Clean Energy Finance, the first facility in India to help distributed solar projects to develop into viable investment opportunities. Dr Shrimali holds a PhD from Stanford University, an MS from the University of Minnesota, and a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Nina Vaskunlahti
Nina Vaskunlahti
Embassy of Finland in India
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Nina Vaskunlahti
- Country Session: Finland – Finnish Renewable Energy Investments and Tech in India
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6C

Sandeep Sarin
Sandeep Sarin
Wärtsila
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Sandeep Sarin
- Country Session: Finland – Finnish Renewable Energy Investments and Tech in India
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6C
Sandeep has over eight years of experience in the energy sector and has worked across multiple disciplines of consulting, policy advocacy and market development. He is currently working as a Market Development Manager in Wartsila where he is responsible for improving energy solution business for the firm in India. Before this role, Sandeep was working in Deloitte, where he advised both public and private sector clients on a variety of subjects, including market entry strategy, bid advisory, valuations, cross-border electricity trade, renewable energy state action plan etc. He has also worked in the Confederation of Indian Industry, where he assisted various senior industry members in effectively expressing industry (power sector) concerns in various forums and with the central and state governments. Sandeep holds a master's in management and has cleared all three levels of CFA (US). He also holds a B-Tech in Mechanical engineering.

Manoj Gupta
Manoj Gupta
Fortum India Pvt Ltd
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Manoj Gupta
- Country Session: Finland – Finnish Renewable Energy Investments and Tech in India
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6C
Mr Manoj Gupta has the dual responsibilities in Fortum in India as a Vice President Solar (India & Asia) & also Director-Corporate affairs for whole Fortum business in India. He is the first employee of Fortum in India and part of organization for around 6 years . Prior to joining FORTUM, he was the Head – Business Development for Solar Projects with the biggest few solar power developer companies.
After having more than 6 years exposure in Industrial sector, Manoj has dedicated himself in Renewable Energy sector (wind & solar) for more than 16 years. He has more than 22 years of experience in Industrial and Renewable Energy sector. Manoj holds a B. Tech Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from NIT Calicut, Kerala.

Jean-Pierre Barral
Jean-Pierre Barral
Agence Française de Développement
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Jean-Pierre Barral
- Solar Investment Plenary: ISA – The Trillion Dollar Opportunity
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | Plenary Hall 2
- Country Session: France: Renewables & Technology: Indo-French Partnership for the Planet
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Jean-Pierre Barral started his career as an expert on irrigation projects in Africa, and joined the AFD Group in 1998 to work on infrastructure financing. In 2007, he opened the Proparco South Asia office in Delhi and then headed the infrastructure team of Proparco. After heading the business development team for Africa for ContourGlobal, a private developer and investor in Independent Power Projects, and working for IFC (the World Bank private sector arm) as Principal Investment Officer, he is appointed – head Energy and Digital Transitions – for AFD. Jean-Pierre holds a MBA from INSEAD and is graduate of the Polytechnique school.

Asfaha Beyene
Asfaha Beyene
Green Climate Fund
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Asfaha Beyene
- Solar Investment Plenary: ISA – The Trillion Dollar Opportunity
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | Plenary Hall 2
Mr Asfaha Beyene has coordinated the preparation of administrative policies and guidelines, and established the Secretariat of the Green Climate Fund at its permanent headquarters in Incheon (Songdo) South Korea, overseeing effective implementation of the Headquarters Agreement. He recruited and trained staff and consultants; established contracts with external service providers, and has represented the Executive Director at various conferences and events to introduce GCF and its objectives.
He has previously been associated with the Sustainable Development Programme, UNFCCC; IRENA; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn, Germany; and the United Nations Environment Programme in Geneva, Switzerland and Nairobi, Kenya. Mr Beyene has a Masters in Business Administration from Bradford University, UK.

Morten Bæk
Morten Bæk
Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate
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Morten Bæk
- A Leap Into The Offshore (Offshore Wind)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
Mr. Morten Bæk is the Vice Minister at the Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate. Prior to taking up the role as Vice Minister, Mr. Bæk served as the Director General for the Danish Energy Agency from 2014 to 2018. Mr. Bæk has previously held several key positions in other ministries e.g. as Head of Department at the Danish Ministry of Environment and at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, which included a First Secretary position at the Embassy of Denmark in USA.

Steve Blume
Steve Blume
Smart Energy Council
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Steve Blume
- Country Session: Australia: An Innovation Partner in Renewable Energy
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
With more than 17 years experience in the energy field after 25 years in ITC, Steve Blume is one of Australia’s most experienced renewable energy experts and advocates.
Steve Blume is President of the Australian Smart Energy Council and Treasurer of the Global Solar Council. He is also Treasurer, New Zealand & Pacific Solar & Storage Council; Director, Australian Institute of Energy and Director, and Chair Steering Committee Asia Pacific PV Industry Association. Steve is also CEO of NoCarbon Pty Ltd, a renewable energy consulting firm.
Steve Blume is a former political adviser, private & public sector senior executive, and change advocate.

Ajay Sharma
Ajay Sharma
Entura
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Ajay Sharma
- Country Session: Australia: An Innovation Partner in Renewable Energy
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Ajay joined Entura and the Hydro Tasmania group in 2005. He has held range of positions in the business, from senior engineer to specialist and business development manager.
As a member of the Executive Team, he leads Entura’s international operations and business development activities.
Ajay is a hydropower engineer and has undertaken a range of project design, feasibility study and project management work. He led Hydro Tasmania’s project development activities in India and Nepal and developed greenfield hydropower projects.
He has extensive managerial and business development experience in the engineering consulting sector in India and internationally. Prior to joining Entura, Ajay worked with a number of consulting firms including Halcrow and Mott MacDonald.
Ajay holds Masters degree in Management and is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Winfried Damm
Winfried Damm
GIZ
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Winfried Damm
- Country Session: The Energy Transition of Germany and India.
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Dr Winfried Damm was graduated at FU Hagen, Germany, received an MBA from Michigan State University (USA) and a Ph.D. from FU Berlin. He worked for 2 years as a consultant, 4 years for a member of National Parliament in the energy sector and joined municipal utility of Leipzig in 1992. There he headed sales, marketing, PR, strategy, controlling, M&A, International department and was responsible for external relations among others. He had been involved in many national legislative outcomes starting with the first feed-in-law for renewables up to "capacity market" discussions and pushed Leipzig to one of the leading cities in e-mobility. Dr Damn working with GIZ in December 2014 and joined GIZ India office in January 2015 as Director of the Indo-German Energy Programme.

Christoph Kessler
Christoph Kessler
KfW, New Delhi
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Christoph Kessler
- Country Session: The Energy Transition of Germany and India.
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Dr Christoph Kessler has more than 25 years of experience in international development cooperation out of which 10 years work experience is in foreign countries and 7 years in developing countries namely Ghana, Malaysia, Mali, France. Having started his career in 1989 as the Research Fellow, Institute for Agricultural Policy, University of Bonn, he was appointed Director, Agricultural Development Project in the Dogonland, Mali with German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) in the same year. From 1992 to 2000, he acted as Desk officer for West Africa Region with KFW, Frankfurt; for Rural Development Division with Agence Française de Développement, Paris; for Policy and Strategy Department with KFW Frankfurt. In 2000, he was appointed Division Chief for West Africa Region and has held this position for two other divisions namely Agriculture and Natural Resources, Africa; and Agriculture, Water, and Biodiversity, West Africa & Madagascar. He was awarded a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Bonn University in 1989. As the Country Director KFW India, Dr. Kessler brings with himself sound professionalism with a scientific background.

José Maria Llopis Reyna
José Maria Llopis Reyna
IBC SOLAR Energy GmbH
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José Maria Llopis Reyna
- Country Session: The Energy Transition of Germany and India.
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Mr Jose Maria Llopis is associated with IBC Solar for 9 years and presently holds the position of the CEO in IBC Solar Energy GmbH, Germany. He has worked for PV EPC business and for multiple EPC Projects. He has project development experience in different countries like Germany, India, Spain, Chile, South Africa, and Portugal. Before IBC he worked as a Technical Services Director in Iberdrola and Chief operating officer in DS2. Mr Llopis holds a 6-year Industrial Engineering Diploma from Universidad Politecnica Valencia, Spain and has completed a 1-year superior course in energy business from ICADE-ICAI Madrid.

Raj Gopal
Raj Gopal
Government of Gujarat
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Raj Gopal
- A Leap Into The Offshore (Offshore Wind)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Gujarat
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4A
Raj Gopal, a senior IAS Officer of Gujarat Cadre of 1987 batch, currently serves as the Principal Secretary to the Government of Gujarat, Energy and Petrochemicals Department (EPD). He is an M.A, LL.B and is also an MBA from University of Hull, UK.
Gopal carries with him a rich experience of over 30 years in which he has held key positions in various Departments of Government of Gujarat viz. Revenue, Agriculture, Corporation, Tourism, Urban Development, Sales Tax, Rural Development, Geology and Mines, Road Transport and Energy.
Currently, he serves on the Board of several companies such as Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited, Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited and Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited, among many others.

Pradipsinh Jadeja
Pradipsinh Jadeja
Government of Gujarat
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Pradipsinh Jadeja
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Gujarat
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4A
Currently a sitting MLA from Vatva constituency in Gujarat, Pradeepsinh Bhagwatsinh Jadeja has enjoyed a rather long stint in the political arena. He has been worked as a member of Afro-Asian Games Committee in 1997 and as Chairman of Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Company Ltd. from 1998 to 2002. He has been a key member of the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly since 2002 wherein he has worked for the social upliftment of the people of the state.
At present he holds the portfolio of Energy as State Minister along with Home, Law and Justice, Parliamentary Affairs and as an independent charge of Police Housing, Border Security, Civil Defence, Home Guards, Gram Rakshak Dal, Prison, Prohibition, Excise, Co-ordination of Voluntary Organizations, Non-resident Gujaratis and Protocol.
Jadeja holds a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry and serves the Society since 1995.

Gurpreet Singh Kangar
Gurpreet Singh Kangar
Government of Punjab
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Gurpreet Singh Kangar
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Punjab
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Gurpreet Singh Kangar is the present Minister of Power/ New and Renewable Energy Sources, Govt. of Punjab.
He has been elected to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha in 2002, 2007 and 2017 and has remained a Member of the Committee on Public Undertakings of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. He does Social Service and is an Agriculturist by profession.

Anirudh Tewari
Anirudh Tewari
Government of Punjab
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Anirudh Tewari
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Punjab
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Anirudh Tewari, IAS is the present Principal Secretary of New and Renewable Sources, Government of Punjab. He has done Masters in International Development Policy from Duke University, USA.
He has more than 25 years of experience in the Indian Administrative Services, with more than 10 years of experience in the Power & Renewable Energy Sector alone.

Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa
Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa
Punjab Energy Development Agency
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Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Punjab
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa, PCS is the Chief Executive Officer of the Punjab Energy Development Agency. He has done B.A. (Honours) (Economics). He has more than 15 years of experience as an Administrator.

Balour Singh
Balour Singh
Punjab Energy Development Agency
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Balour Singh
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Punjab
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Balour Singh is the Executive Director of Punjab Energy Development Agency. He has done B.Sc. (Civil Engineering). Since inception of PEDA in the year 1991, he is working with PEDA in the field of Renewable Energy. He has more than 25 years of experience in the field of Renewable Energy.

Maninder Pal Singh
Maninder Pal Singh
Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA)
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Maninder Pal Singh
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Punjab
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
M.P. Singh is the Deputy General Manager of Punjab Energy Development Agency. He is a Mechanical Engineer and MBA from Panjab University. Since inception of PEDA in the year 1991, he is working with PEDA in the field of Renewable Energy. He has more than 25 years of experience in the field of Renewable Energy.

Pawan Singh
Pawan Singh
PTC India Financial Ltd
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Pawan Singh
- Country Session: India-UK Collaboration: Accelerating Innovative Financing and Technologies for RE
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6C

Riccardo Puliti
Riccardo Puliti
World Bank Group
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Riccardo Puliti
- Solar Investment Plenary: ISA – The Trillion Dollar Opportunity
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | Plenary Hall 2
- Roadshow of 1500 MW Solar Project in Madhya Pradesh
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | Select Venue
Riccardo Puliti joined the World Bank Group as Senior Director, Head of the Energy and Extractives Global Practice in November 2016. In his role, Riccardo leads a team of 400 professionals in their work developing policies and financing in the global energy and extractive industries. The Energy and Extractives practice has a portfolio of approximately USD 40 billion.
Prior to joining the World Bank Group, Riccardo was the Managing Director in charge of Energy and Extractive Industries at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, leading a group of 100 professionals with a portfolio of approximately EUR 11 billion.
Riccardo started his career at Istituto Mobiliare Italiano in 1987 before moving to Banque Indosuez and NM Rothschild where he worked in equity capital markets, always in the energy and infrastructure sectors. During his career, Riccardo has been a nominee or independent member of the board of several energy and extractive companies, including OMV Petrom (where he chaired its Risk and Audit Committee), Interrao OJSC, Irkutsk Oil and Iberdrola Poland. He holds an MBA from Instituto Superior de Estudios de la Empresa (IESE) and postgraduate studies at the Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University) and Imperial College. Riccardo is fluent in five European languages.

S. Vijay Iyer
S. Vijay Iyer
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group
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S. Vijay Iyer
- Solar Investment Plenary: ISA – The Trillion Dollar Opportunity
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | Plenary Hall 2
S. Vijay Iyer is Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group. He is responsible for overseeing the Guarantee Operations Group of the Agency and leading the Agency’s partnerships with the World Bank Group, other Multi and Bilateral institutions and Governments.
Mr Iyer served at the World Bank Group between 1993 and 2015, where he has held various positions, including Sector Manager, Africa Energy; Director, Sustainable Energy and Extractives; and Senior Adviser, Infrastructure. He joined MIGA from Rio Tinto, a leading global metal and mining company, where he served as Managing Director in India for the past three years. Iyer previously had important positions in public administration and economic development as a member of the Indian Administrative Services, and experience in banking and private industry. He holds MS Chemistry from JabalpurUniversity, India, and a Masters in Management from Yale University.

Eicke R Weber
Eicke R Weber
International Solar Energy Society
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Eicke R Weber
- Valedictory Session
5 Oct | 1630-1800 | Plenary Hall 1
Professor Weber serves as Vice President of the International Solar Energy Society ISES since 2015. He has been Director/CEO of the Berkeley Education Alliance for Research in Singapore (BEARS) 2017 – 4/2018. From 2006 to 2016, he served as Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany and Professor for Physics/Solar Energy at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics and at the Faculty of Engineering of the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany. Prof. Weber coordinated as well 2006-16 the Fraunhofer Alliance Energy of 22 Fraunhofer Institutes working in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Currently, he serves as chair of the Board of Nexwafe, a start-up in Freiburg that developed an innovative technology to produce low-cost single-crystal Si wafers for high-efficiency photovoltaics. The focus of Prof. Weber’s own research is the analysis of lattice defects in Si and compound semiconductors, for applications in microelectronics and photovoltaics (PV).

Svati Bhogle
Svati Bhogle
Clean Energy Access Network CLEAN
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Svati Bhogle
- Special Session: Clean Cooking
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
Ms Bhogle serves on the CLEAN board in her capacity as an independent, established entrepreneur with over 2 decades of experience in the sustainable energy sector. She has played a crucial role in shaping the space around sustainable technology innovation and dissemination, grassroots entrepreneurship models and associated policy initiatives through TIDE and Sustaintech. The experience that she brings from being on the board of various other enterprises and facilitating organizations in this sector is of immense value to CLEAN.

Amit Jain
Amit Jain
World Bank
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Amit Jain
- Special Session: Clean Cooking
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
- ISA-GGGI Solar Project Finance: Mobilising International Funding For Green Projects
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | Plenary Hall 2
Dr Amit Jain works with the World Bank and is leading $2 billion renewables portfolio in India and Bangladesh. He is leading the world’s largest energy access program with IDCOL in Bangladesh and solar rooftop program with SBI in India. Previously, he has worked with Asian Development Bank’s energy sector engagement in the South and South East Asia, managing energy policy and strategy dialogue and a portfolio of loan and technical assistance projects to the energy sector. Apart from holding PhD degree in engineering, he is also a Fulbright Scholar at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Chevening Fellow at King’s College, London. His previous assignments include the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Clinton Foundation. Amit has authored two books on climate change policy and waste to energy, and has international peer reviewed journal publications. His hobbies include scuba diving, hiking, badminton and outdoor sports.

Rajsekhar Budhavarapu
Rajsekhar Budhavarapu
Greenko Group
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Rajsekhar Budhavarapu
- Technical Session: Storage Solutions
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6A
Rajsekhar Budhavarapu has over 26 years of experience in Renewable Energy and Energy Storage sector working across investments firms, consultancy firms, manufacture & international renewable energy developers with work experience spread over Indian, South Asian, African & European markets. He is currently working as Executive Vice President at Greenko Group, overseeing Strategy Planning, Commercial and Business Development.
He has earlier worked with International Finance Corporation (IFC), IL&FS Energy as COO, Acciona Energy as Director, DNV GL as the Country Manager, Enercon IPP (GM), Energy Research Centre for the Netherlands (ECN) and the TATA Energy Research Institute (TERI).
An IIT Madras B.Tech graduate and has majored in International Finance from the University of Amsterdam. He is also an ASPEN Institute fellow (the bipartisan US Think Tank), as one of the promising leaders in the realm of Energy- Environment.

Mohandas Mekanapurath
Mohandas Mekanapurath
Bosch in India
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Mohandas Mekanapurath
- Country Session: The Energy Transition of Germany and India.
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Mr Mohandas Mekanapurath has been associated with Bosch India since 2009. He has held various managerial positions in corporate and technical areas of Bosch in India. Currently, Mr. Mekanapurath heads the Bosch Energy and Building Solutions (BEBS) division of Bosch India. Bosch Energy and Building Solutions provides end-to-end services for turnkey implementation of customized Solar PV and Energy Efficiency Solutions for commercial and industrial customers. BEBS drives transformation for facilities across India by designing innovative in-house solutions to make these facilities energy efficient. Since 2011, Bosch Energy and Building Solutions has enabled more than 180 distinct customers from the commercial and industrial segment in offsetting an equivalent of around 280,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions through customized energy solutions. Before heading the BEBS business, Mr. Mekanapurath was responsible for the Communications product portfolio of Bosch Safety and Security Systems division of Bosch India. He started his career with the Indian Air Force. Mr. Mekanapurath holds a Masters degree in Communication Engineering from the reputed Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi. His business skills range from business development and strategy to product and project management.

Manav Sharma
Manav Sharma
Senvion
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Manav Sharma
- Country Session: The Energy Transition of Germany and India.
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C

Martin Ney
Martin Ney
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in India
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Martin Ney
- Country Session: The Energy Transition of Germany and India.
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C

Sunil Mathur
Sunil Mathur
Siemens India Pvt Ltd
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Sunil Mathur
- Country Session: The Energy Transition of Germany and India.
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C

Anand Kumar
Anand Kumar
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
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Anand Kumar
- Plenary Session: Making Renewables in India
5 Oct | 1000-1130 | Plenary Hall 1
- Country Session: The Energy Transition of Germany and India.
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Shri Anand Kumar, Secretary joined as an IAS Officer in the year 1984 under Kerala State Cadre. He has served as Managing Director in National Highways Infrastructure Development Cooperation Limited. He was a part of the team which launched “God’s Own Country” Campaign and Planned introduction of Houseboats in Kerala. He is presently steering as Secretary of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India since June 2017. During his career he has held many important positions in tourism, infrastructure, industry, biotechnology, finance, revenue, elections and governance sectors under the State and federal governments.
He holds an M. Phil with distinction from University of Delhi and MBA with honours from University of Queensland, Australia.

Rajesh K Sharma
Rajesh K Sharma
Bonafide Himachalies Hydro Power Developer’s Association
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Rajesh K Sharma
- RE-Powering Small Hydro (Small Hydro)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Mr Sharma has more than 20 years of experience in water to wire execution of hydro projects of capacity ranging from 10 KW to 25 MW

Rajneesh Sharma
Rajneesh Sharma
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd
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Rajneesh Sharma
- Country Session: European Union – Rooftop Solar Market Trends
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6C
Rajneesh Sharma is a Director with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India and has around 12 years of experience in energy sector with focus in renewable energy. He has extensive experience of working in Indian rooftop solar projects covering PPP transactions, market assessment, regulatory and policy design. He has worked with financial institutions, government agencies, regulatory institutions, developers etc. on rooftop solar projects in India, Bangladesh, Armenia, Maldives, Ghana, Mauritius etc.

Jens Martin
Jens Martin
E.On
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Jens Martin
- Country Session: European Union – Rooftop Solar Market Trends
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6C
Mr Jens Martin joined E.ON in 2009 from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (NRW). After positions in England, he took over the Politics & Public Exchange Programme in Technology & Innovation at E.ON SE and developed it towards business-to-public (B2P). Prior to his current role which involves the spin-off and setting up of a digital platform business called VIDJA, he led the Technology Policy for Customer Solutions (B2C) in Germany.

J P Chalsani
J P Chalsani
Suzlon Energy Ltd
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J P Chalsani
- Winds of Change
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
Mr Jayarama Prasad Chalasani is the Group CEO for Suzlon Energy Limited (Suzlon). In that capacity, Mr Chalasani is entrusted with key responsibilities at Suzlon that include making major corporate decisions, managing the overall operations and resources of the company, and acting as the main point of communication betweenthe board of directors and corporate operations.
Vipul Tuli
Vipul Tuli
Sembcorp Energy India Ltd
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Vipul Tuli
- Winds of Change
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 4B
Vipul Tuli is the MD of Sembcorp Energy India Limited (SEIL) – the India subsidiary of Sembcorp Group. He is responsible for performance, growth and governance of Sembcorp’s India businesses, and its key stakeholder relationships within India. SEIL is a leading IPP, with a generation capacity of 4.37 GW comprising of a diversified mix of thermal, wind and solar assets. Sembcorp is one of the largest foreign direct investor in Indian power sector. Prior to joining Sembcorp, Vipul was a Senior Partner with McKinsey & Company and helped build and lead the Asian energy practice. He is an alumnus of IIM, Calcutta, and IIT, Delhi.

Somnath Yogi
Somnath Yogi
Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) Ltd
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Somnath Yogi
- Country Session: European Union – Rooftop Solar Market Trends
4 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6C
Mr Somnath Yogi has prolific experience in the solar industry which goes back to its beginning in the country when it was still a niche sector. Having worked across the Energy & Power industry his roles span various functionalities across the value chain, including but not limited to Project Development, Design & Engineering, Project Management, Business Development, and product sales.
In his 12+ of intensive & hands-on experience specifically in Solar PV, he has handled many prestigious projects and led them from concept to commissioning stage including Designing, Bidding, Engineering, Installation, Testing & commissioning of grid-tied & off-grid solar photovoltaic power plants on rooftop & ground mounted applications.
Having worked with best companies and Industry leaders like Tata, Reliance, Lanco, Siemens Gamesa he is currently heading the Technical Team at the REC India and is also responsible for the Distributed Business of REC in the Indian Subcontinent from last two years, combining his Technical and Commercial expertise of over a decade in a single role.

Frédéric Belloy
Frédéric Belloy
EDF Renewables
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Frédéric Belloy
- Country Session: France: Renewables & Technology: Indo-French Partnership for the Planet
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Mr Frédéric Belloy started his career at JP Morgan in London as M&A analyst in 2000.
He joined EDF in 2003 as M&A manager. In 2007, he joined EDF Renewables as Project Director of PV Business Development and Structured Assets Sales. He became in 2010, CEO of EDF Renewables in French Overseas and VP in charge of Business Development in Africa and South America.
In 2015, he was appointed Executive VP of EDF Renewables in charge of Onshore France and member of the Executive Committee.
Since 2016, he is Executive VP for International operations (except North America) and oversees EDF Renewables’ activities in key areas: South America, Europe (except France), Africa, Middle East and Asia.
He holds a master degree in Banking and Finance at Paris Dauphine University. Otherwise, he participated to the JP Morgan Analyst Training Program in New York City.

Sandit Thandasherry
Sandit Thandasherry
NavAlt Solar & Electric Boats Pvt Ltd
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Sandit Thandasherry
- Country Session: France: Renewables & Technology: Indo-French Partnership for the Planet
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Mr Sandith Thandasherry, CEO of NavAlt Solar & Electric Boats Pvt. Ltd. The firm engaged in building solar powered and hybrid watercraft. Sandith started as Naval Architect with Alcock Ashdown & was a member of the design department. Later Sandith moved to OMI Marine Services to take over new shipbuilding projects from various shipyards/shipowners in S.Korea/Japan & subsequently was involved in twenty-five Oil/Chemical/Product Tankers new shipbuilding in yards in S.Korea/Japan.
Sandith is an IIT Madras graduate with MBA from INSEAD, France. In 2008, he founded Navgathi Marine Design & Constructions and is the CEO of the company. In 2013 he became the CEO of NavAlt, an Indo-French joint venture with Navgathi, AltEn and Eve Systems to introduce larger solar ferries to the Asian market. Under his guidance, NavAlt launched India’s First Solar-Powered Ferry and now the firm is engaged in extensive research to transform the marine industry with watercraft propelled by renewable energy.
His specialities and areas of interest include marine design solutions, vessel construction (Steel, FRP, Aluminium), solar ferry boats, marine design software, new construction project management, vessel performance analysis etc to name a few.
Some of the awards & recognitions received include UNIDO GCIP Renewable Energy track Winner 2018, India’s Ministry of External Affairs award for social innovation in 2017, TIEcon Best Startup Award, Ficci R&D awards for best innovation, AFI Silicon Valley Trek Award 2017, Tissot Signature Award for Innovation 2017. Sandith was invited to attend the International Visitor Leadership Program by the US Department of States in 2018.
Thierry Lepercq
Thierry Lepercq
Engie Group
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Thierry Lepercq
- Country Session: France: Renewables & Technology: Indo-French Partnership for the Planet
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Mr Thierry Lepercq has been Executive Vice President in charge of Research, Technology and Innovation at Engie since 2016. His efforts are focused on disruptive business models in such areas dispatchable renewables, electric mobility, energy communities and hydrogen. His mission is to help prepare the Group for the incoming Big Bang of decentralization, decarbonization and digitalization.
A graduate from HEC Paris, Thierry Lepercq has worked for 20 years in the financing of technologies, first at Bankers Trust in New York, then at Bank Arjil (Lagardère group), and finally at Oddo & Cie. In 1999 he created NetsCapital, an investment bank dedicated to information technologies, then in 2004 REI, a think tank specialized in innovation in the energy industry. From 2006 onwards, he was the president and co-founder of Solairedirect, a global pioneer in competitive solar electricity, acquired by Engie in 2015.

Brune Poirson
Brune Poirson
Government of France
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Brune Poirson
- Country Session: France: Renewables & Technology: Indo-French Partnership for the Planet
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Ms Brune Louise Sabine Poirson, politician, was born in Washington DC (US) on 1st September, 1982. Originally from Vaucluse, she studied at Sciences Po Aix, then at the London School of Economics (UK), and then at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (US). She began her career in England where she worked as a Project Manager for Nesta (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts). She continued her career in innovation and development in India, and then the United States. She has worked in the public (AFD), private (Veolia), and voluntary (Nesta) sectors.
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Manager for NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) in London, Project Manager for the AFD (French Development Agency) (2009-2011) in India, Director of Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility for Veolia Water India (2011-2014), Researcher on social innovation and corporate social responsibility in Boston (2014-16), an elected member of the Vaucluse constituency, registered with the La République en Marche group (in 2017), Secretary of State attached to the Minister of State, and Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition (since 2017).

Bhupesh Arora
Bhupesh Arora
Schneider Electric India
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Bhupesh Arora
- Country Session: France: Renewables & Technology: Indo-French Partnership for the Planet
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Mr Bhupesh is currently working as Director Solar Business, Schneider Electric India where he is driving the Greater India Zone Solar & Energy storage business for Schneider Electric. Bhupesh has been actively involved in Solar and clean energy space over eight years and has been part of the Solar Sector since the inception of Indian Solar space in 2010. He has lead Schneider Electric’s Solar business for more than 2.5GW of Solar Solutions of Solar Utility sector and more than 100MW of Solar Rooftop business covering CIB (Commercial & Industrial buildings) sectors in Indian Market. He also drives the innovative solution of multi winding (5 winding, dual core) inverter duty transformer bringing down the overall EBOS costs in Indian Solar Sector which is now getting adopted other solar geographies as well.
Bhupesh has over 22 years of experience of which 20 years have been with Schneider in multiple business verticals. In his earlier role he worked with Larsen & Toubro (EBG).
Bhupesh holds a degree in engineering and a Masters in Management Sciences.

M A Atmanand
M A Atmanand
National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT)
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M A Atmanand
- A Leap Into The Offshore (Offshore Wind)
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 4B
Dr M A Atmanand, currently the Director of National Institute of Ocean Technology has done pioneering work in the area of deep sea technologies in India. An Instrumentation and Control Engineer by profession, he took his undergraduate degree from University of Calicut, Masters and Doctorate degrees from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
He led a team of Engineers for the design and development of underwater crawler for deep sea operation. He and his team developed the in-situ soil tester which was tested at a depth of 5200 m in the Central Indian Ocean Basin. It was under his supervision that the design of Electrical, Instrumentation and Control system of India’s first Remotely Operable Vehicle was done. This was later tested at a depth of 5289 m water depth. He has also guided various indigenization programmes for Ocean observation and underwater systems.
Francisco Da Silva Passos
Francisco Da Silva Passos
Bolloré Blue Solutions
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Francisco Da Silva Passos
- Country Session: France: Renewables & Technology: Indo-French Partnership for the Planet
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Mr Francisco da Silva Passos is currently working on the business development of energy storage (Blue Solutions’ batteries) to address energy transition challenges and to provide energy access to all. From 2012 to 2015, he worked as a legal manager for the Bolloré Group in Angola and Mozambique. He is registered as a lawyer with the Bar Associations of Portugal and Brazil. Francisco holds a law degree from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, a master of law from the London School of Economics and an MBA from IESE Business School.
Cyril Carabot
Cyril Carabot
French Renewable Energy Federation
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Cyril Carabot
- Country Session: France: Renewables & Technology: Indo-French Partnership for the Planet
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Mr Cyril Carabot is the Secretary-General and International liaison officer of the French Renewable Energy Business Association (SER), a professional organization gathering more than 380 companies, R&D centres, and Regional development agencies working to ensure a positive regulatory and legislative environment for the development of Renewable Energy in France. Since 2012, the SER is also acting abroad to manage the export activities of the national RE sector, classified as a priority by the French government. Cyril CARABOT started his career as a project manager in GDF-Suez (former name of ENGIE) in the field of micro combined heat and power generation. He then travelled across the Atlantic to work for 2 years for the Canadian Wind Energy Association to lay the foundation of the Canadian Wind energy program. After this international experience, Cyril worked for 10 years in France for a consultancy firm in the field of renewable energy, energy efficiency and innovation. He joined the SER in 2012. Cyril holds a Masters degree in Energy Politics and Economy form the National Institute for Nuclear Science and Technics pertaining to the Atomic Energy Commission (INSTN/CEA) and an MBA in Finance from California State University of San Francisco.

Nick Bridge
Nick Bridge
Government of United Kingdom
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Nick Bridge
- Global RE Regulatory Trends
4 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
- Country Session: India-UK Collaboration: Accelerating Innovative Financing and Technologies for RE
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6C
Mr Bridge was previously Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the OECD from 2011 to 2016. He served as Chief Economist at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of Global Economy Department. He has served for over a decade in diplomatic postings to China, Japan and the United States.
Mr Bridge formerly worked in the Treasury, where he co-led a $4 billion facility to immunize half a billion people in the developing world, and was an economist in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Born in 1972 in Yorkshire, Mr Bridge graduated in economics from the University of Nottingham.

Jean-Marc Fenet
Jean-Marc Fenet
French Renewable Energy Federation
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Jean-Marc Fenet
- Country Session: France: Renewables & Technology: Indo-French Partnership for the Planet
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Mr Jean-Marc Fenet heads the Regional Economic Service for South Asia, at the Embassy of France in India. A graduate from the prestigious National School of Administration (E.N.A.) Jean-Marc Fenet has vast administrative experience at the French Ministry of Economy & Finance where he rose to head the entire tax administration as Chief Tax Commissioner for France. He has also been Vice Chairman of the Forum of Tax Administrators of the OECD from 2008 – 2012. Fluent in English, German, Portuguese, and competent in Spanish, Polish and Hindi, Mr Fenet has also been Minister Counsellor and Head of the Regional Economic Service for Central Europe & Baltic States at the French Embassy in Poland.
Deepak Gupta
Deepak Gupta
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
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Deepak Gupta
- Technical Session: NextGen Renewables
4 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6A
Deepak Gupta belongs to the 1974 batch of the Indian Administrative Service. BA from Allahabad University, MA History from St. Stephen’s College, M Phil from School of International Studies, JNU. and MPA from Kennedy school, Harvard university as Mason Fellow.
He served for 39 years in many Departments in Centre and State. He retired as Secretary, MNRE September 2011 where he initiated the National Solar Mission. From November 2014 to September 2016 he was also Chairman of the UPSC.
He has written many books including on Achieving Universal Energy Access in India. After retirement he has consulted with World Bank, UNIDO etc; spoken and written about energy and sustainable development issues and involved with policy issues of solar energy and electric mobility. He is honorary DG of the National Solar Energy Federation of India.

Chintan N Shah
Chintan N Shah
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd (IREDA)
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Chintan N Shah
- Country Session: US-India Clean Energy Finance Task Force: Investors Round Table on IREDA Fund
3 Oct | 1630-1800 | HALL 6C
Mr Chintan Shah is currently working as Director (Technical) with M/s Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) and handling different portfolios since 5th March, 2018 at IREDA. IREDA is primarily a Non-Banking Financial Company and the only dedicated financial institution for financing and promoting Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Projects in the country.
As Director (Technical) he is responsible for achieving MOU Targets set with regard to Loan Sanctions, Disbursement, Gross Margin, Gross Sales, NPAs, Recovery from NPAs, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainable Development, Research and Development etc. Also responsible for project appraisal, financing, policy formulation, planning and monitoring of Renewable Energy Projects of Wind, Small Hydro, Medium and Large Hydro, Biomass, Cogeneration, Solar Energy, Biogas, Waste to Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects etc.
Prior to joining IREDA, he was serving as President with SUZLON Group of Companies. He started his career from TERI as Research Associate in the year 1996 and left TERI in 2001 He joined SUZLON as General Manager in the year 2001. He worked as President with SUZLON till 2018 before joining IREDA as Director (Technical).

Subodh Kumar
Subodh Kumar
IndianOil
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Subodh Kumar
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Punjab
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Subodh Kumar is Executive Director (Alternate Energy & Sustainable Development) at Indian Oil Corporation Limited. He has 34 years experience in the field of Petroleum Marketing, Alternate Energy and Sustainable Development. A Post Graduate in Business Administration from MDI, Gurgaon, Shri Kumar had completed his electrical engineering from IIT-BHU. He had subsequently joined IndianOil in Marketing Operations vertical and has also held apex positions in LPG, Retail sales and Alternate Energy & Sustainable Development verticals. In his present assignment, he is actively involved in increasing the portfolio of IndianOil in the areas of Solar, Wind, Nuclear, Bio-fuels, waste to fuel etc along with planning and monitoring sustainable development and climate change mitigation & adaptation activities. He has been instrumental in IndianOil's foray in alternative fuels like production of ethanol from ligno-cellulosic bio-mass sources, production of Compressed Bio Gas – CBG from various waste and biomass streams and exploring opportunities in electric mobility towards setting up charging stations and battery manufacturing facilities. He has also been a pioneer in implementation of decentralized solar solutions in retail outlets (petrol pumps) across the country. He holds Board level positions in various Joint Ventures of Indian Oil, namely,
- NPCIL-IndianOil Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited
- IndianOil Panipat Power Consortium Limited.

Gaurav Kedia
Gaurav Kedia
India Biogas Association
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Gaurav Kedia
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Punjab
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Mr. Kedia is an IIT alumnus and guest faculty at IIM-Ahmedabad. After working in Germany for several years in the engineering and scientific field, he wanted to utilize the gained knowledge to bridge the disparities existing in societies and technology. He initiated several innovation based bioenergy projects. He strongly feels to make commercial biogas plant success in India it is crucial to customize the technology and emphasize on biogas along with bio fertilizer

Yuvraj Verma
Yuvraj Verma
Verbio India Pvt Ltd
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Yuvraj Verma
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Punjab
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Mr Verma is Working as Project Manager in Verbio India Private Limited an Indian Subsidiary of (Vereinigte Bioenergie AG). I am one of the key start-up team members for Indian operations. Prior to joining Verbio India Private Limited i had worked as Business Development and Project management consultant with Energo Engineering Projects Limited.

Arvind Lali
Arvind Lali
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai
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Arvind Lali
- Showcase of Policy Initiatives by Punjab
5 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6B
Prof. Arvind Lali heads India’s first Centre for Energy Biosciences funded by the Department of Biotechnology with objectives to create sustainable R&D platform technologies for conversion of wastes to wealth. He has been engaged in translational research in frontier areas in Separation Technology, Bioprocess Technology and Biofuel Technology. Working currently in a major way in development of viable and scalable technologies for conversion of unutilized agricultural/agri-industry/urban wastes to wealth, Professor Lali is involved in turning a number of potentially impacting technologies into demonstration plants (pilot/commercial). The DBT-ICT 2G-Ethanol Technology for lignocellulosic ethanol production has been scaled up with demonstration plant at India Glycols Ltd., Kashipur, Uttarakhand, India. This renewable platform technology has been successfully demonstrated with commercial plants being set up by major oil marketing companies such as HPCL and BPCL. Other technologies include DBT-ICT DSW Technology, Soya biorefinery Technology, Glycerol purification and refining Technology, Biorefinery for agricultural wastes technology, Green fat splitting Technology among the others. He has 153 patents, 76 publications and 3 book chapters to his credit. He is a member of various DBT, DST, MNRE technical and academic committees.
Bhupinder Kumar
Bhupinder Kumar
Inter Solar Systems
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Bhupinder Kumar
- Technical Session: Solar Thermal Process Heat
5 Oct | 1200-1330 | HALL 6B
Mr Bhupinder Kumar is Director at Inter Solar Systems. He has over 19 years in the field of Solar energy in Designing, Manufacturing of large capacity Solar Water Heating Systems, Solar and Swimming Pool Heating System.
Rohit Khanna
Rohit Khanna
World Bank
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Rohit Khanna
- Plenary Session: Bankers’ Perspective on Renewables
4 Oct | 1000-1130 | Plenary Hall 1
Rohit Khanna is Manager for the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and energy climate finance operations. Mr. Khanna, an Indian national, joined the World Bank in 2000. Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Khanna worked on the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and Clean Technology Fund (CTF) at the World Bank. He has worked in Cambodia, Ghana, and South Africa, and was part of the team that developed the CTF investment program for Concentrating Solar Power in the Middle East and North Africa. Before joining the Bank, he was a Programme Officer in the United Nations Environment Program and worked for Save the Children Federation in its Bhutan Field Office. Mr. Khanna is a graduate of the University of Delhi and has a Master of Public Administration degree from American University in Washington, DC.

Philippe Malbranche
Philippe Malbranche
Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
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Philippe Malbranche
- Country Session: France: Renewables & Technology: Indo-French Partnership for the Planet
3 Oct | 1430-1600 | HALL 6C
Philippe Malbranche got an engineering degree at Ecole Centrale de Paris. He started working in 1980 in the South Pacific on rural electrification projects with renewable energies. He joined afterwards successively the French Department of Energy as advisor on renewable energy policy, Photowatt, the French PV cell and module manufacturer, and CEA-GENEC, a research laboratory focused on PV systems and storage systems, which he managed until 2004.
Then, he participated to the setting up of CEA-INES, the French Solar Energy Research Institute, which hosts 400 researchers involved in all aspects of solar energy and experts dedicated to training, and where his position is Director General.

P V Ramesh
P V Ramesh
Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd
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P V Ramesh
- Plenary Session: Bankers’ Perspective on Renewables
4 Oct | 1000-1130 | Plenary Hall 1
Mr Ramesh V Penumaka has been the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) on the Board of REC since January 5, 2017. He is 1985-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Andhra Pradesh Cadre. Prior to joining REC, Dr. Rames