Speakers

Adam R. Smith

Executive Director and Chief Consultant for S.A. Solar Solutions in India.

Adam R. Smith is the Executive Director and Chief Consultant for S.A. Solar Solutions in India. Adam has spent the last 7 years working in various areas of the power generation industry, working with both largescale utility companies using conventional...

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Alok Nigam

Vice President - Business Development - Lanco Solar

Alok Nigam is Vice-President (Business Development) in Lanco Solar. He is an Electrical Engineer with a masters degree in finance. He is having a work experience of more than thirteen years, with nine years in consultancy as an Energy and...

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Ameet Shah

Co-Chairman & Co-Founder - Astonfield Renewable Resources Ltd.

Mr. Shah is a serial entrepreneur and passionate towards the realization of affordable green energy, especially in the emerging world. In the past 4 years, Astonfield Renewables has emerged to be one of India's leading project development companies in renewables...

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Anil Patni

DGM Tata BP Solar India Ltd

Anil Patni works as Head of Communications and External Affairs for Tata BP Solar, India's pioneer and market leader in the solar energy industry. He is a media and communications professional with more than 20 years of work experience in...

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Anjan Ghosh

Head - Sales & Marketing - TATA BP Solar

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Arvind Reddy

Manager - Program Managing Unit - Winrock International India

Arvind Reddy (Manager, PMU & Outreach) has a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and over 11 years experience in the manufacturing industry, business development and the development sector. Arvind is presently working in the capacity of Manager in the Program...

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B Venkateswara Rao

General Manager (TS) - IREDA

Mr. B. Venkateswara Rao is working as General Manager with Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) for the last 14 years. He was handling project financing in Solar Energy and Bio Energy Sectors which includes Project Appraisal, Sanction &...

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Bibek Bandyopadhyay

Bibek Bandyopadhyay, after earning masters in Physics from Visva Bharati, Shantiniketan, obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Delhi in 1980. He has done his post doctoral work in International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste and Ansaldo Impianti in...

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Busso von Alvensleben

Coordinator, Indo-German Development - Cooperation in the Energy Sector - KfW Development Bank

Busso von Alvensleben has 23 years of diversified international experience in both the public and corporate sectors, including directing international consultancy assignments and implementing public and private sector projects. His expertise encompasses policy & regulatory reform, Development Banking and Finance....

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Dr. Debajit Palit

TERI

A renewable energy researcher associated with TERI, he is Masters in Physics and Post Graduate diploma in Non-conventional Energy Technology. Currently working as Fellow and Area Convenor of the 'Lighting a Billion Lives©a' (LaBL) initiative in TERI, he has over...

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Dr. Mohan Bhan

Vice President, Process Engineering Moserbaer Photovoltaic India Pvt. Ltd. (PVTIL)

Dr. Mohan Bhan is an industry veteran and brings with him rich experience of more than 20 years spanning across Semiconductor and Solar Industries. His strength is the deep domain expertise at the intersection of technology, business and operations. His...

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Dr. RK Bhogra

Consultant (Solar Energy), BHEL

Dr RK Bhogra is currently working as Consultant with BHEL on Solar Energy after superannuating as General Manager & Head of BHEL's Amorphous Silicon Solar Cell Plant (ASSCP), Gurgaon, which is basically an away centre of Corporate R&D Division of...

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Dr. S P Gon Chaudhuri

Managing Director, West Bengal Green Energy Development Corpn.Ltd.

Dr. S. P. Gon Chaudhuri an Electrical Engineer from Jadavpur University is an expert in the area of Renewable Energy. He is working in this field for last 27 years. He is a specialist in the area of Photovoltaic system...

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H D Khunteta

Director (Finance) - Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd.

Mr. Hari Das Kunteta is the Director (Finance & Accounts) of Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd., since May, 2004. Rural Electrification Corporation (A Navratna Public Sector Company) being developmental Financial Institution is promoting and financing projects aimed at integrated system improvement,...

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Hitesh Jain

Business Manager (Energy) - Underwriters Laboratories

Hitesh Jain is an Electrical and Electronics Engineer and a Masters in Business Management, working with UL India Pvt. Ltd., a 100% owned subsidiary of Underwriters Laboratory Inc, headquatered in Chicago, USA. UL is a product performance, safety, testing and...

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Jason Donovan

First Secretary & Energy Unit Chief U S Embassy

Mr. Donovan is a career diplomat and is the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi's energy policy coordinator. In his prior assignments, Mr. Donovan served in Malaysia, Washington, DC, Italy, and Guatemala. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Donovan managed...

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Jayant Deo

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer - India Energy Exchange

Mr. Jayant Deo, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of India's first power exchange- Indian Energy Exchange. Earlier, he was a Member of Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC). The three member quasi-judicial commission was appointed in August 1999 for the...

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Jaydip Sinha

Managing Director & India Head Houlihan Smith and Company

Jaydip Sinha is the Managing Director with Houlihan Smith And Company and Heads the firm's Operation in India. Prior to joining Houlihan Smith, Mr. Sinha worked extensively in the Mid Market Investment Banking Category Developing Markets for WORBUS a U.K....

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Mahendra Swarup

President - Indian Venture Capital Association

Mr. Mahendra Swarup joined IVCA board as its President last year. IVCA under his stewardship has become a truly representative body of the PE/VC firms in India and has recently become larger with the merger of Global India Venture Capital...

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Ms. Sumita Misra

Director, HAREDA

I am an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) since 1990. During this period I have acquired extensive experience of development management, crisis management, project and policy formulation and implementation coupled with a practical perspective on improving delivery systems...

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Narsimhan Santhanam

Senior Cunsultant - Energy Alternatives India

Narasimhan co-founded Energy Alternatives India, a renewable energy consulting firm, and currently leads the consulting and research practice. For over six years, Narasimhan has been focussing on understanding renewable energy markets and strategic levers for success in these markets. His...

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Navratan "Nav" Katariya

CMO, Shurjo Energy

Nav fell in love with solar energy much before he joined his electrical engineering in 1980. During and after his masters in energy systems he designed and developed solar PV VVVF submersible pump inverter, followed by other solar power electronics...

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O P Bhutani

Director (E, R&D) - BHEL

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R V Shahi

Former Secretary to the Government of India Ministry of Power

Mr. Shahi held the position of Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Power for nearly five years from April 2002 to January 2007. In this position, he was responsible for policy initiatives and implementation for the entire Power...

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Rajiv Jain

Associate Director Indian Semiconductor Association

I have graduated in Electronics & Communication Engg., with Honours, and, completed M.B.A., from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. I have over 25 years of professional experience and have worked in reputed public sector and private sector companies, and, have served...

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Rajnish K Sapra

Chief Finance Officer - Acciona Energy India Pvt. Ltd.

EDUCATION Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) 1995 Mumbai Bachelor of Commerce 1989 Mumbai PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT Experience areas: Financing for projects; Tax; Regulatory; Environmental; Project development; Coordination; General management; Leading new initiatives; Merchant banking. Industry: Renewable energy, Turnkey power projects, both conventional...

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Rajnish Shah

CFO Acciona Energy

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Ramana Reddy

Project Manager, KfW Bank

Mr Ramana Reddy is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, and did his Master's in Thermal Engineering from IIT, Madras. Mr Reddy has more than 23 years of professional experience in the fields of Energy Sector...

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Rohit Chaudhry

Chadbourne & Parke, LLP

Rohit Chaudhry's practice focuses on energy and project finance transactions, project restructurings, as well as on sales and acquisitions in the energy and independent power industry. Mr. Chaudhry has worked on numerous complex and significant restructurings and financings in the...

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S K Kaila

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Steam and Gas turbines, Moscow Over 30 years of experience in Solar and Wind Energy Utilization While Working at: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Laboratory, Roorkee Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)...

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Sanjay Khar

Managing Director, OTB Solar ROTH & RAU

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Sunil Jain

Chief Operating Officer - Green Infra Limited

Sunil is the Chief Operating Officer of Green Infra. He has over 27 years of experience in the engineering industry, particularly in the auto and infrastructure sectors. Prior to joining Green Infra, he had a long career in various positions with Escorts Ltd., a reputed diversified business group.

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T Ananth

CEO - Nuetech Solar Systems

Mr. T Ananth, 49 years, Chief Executive Officer, M/s Nuetech Solar Systems Private Limited, is an Engineering graduate from RV College of Engineering, having over 20 years experience in the solar energy industry. He started as a sole distributor for...

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Venkat Rajaraman

Chief Executive Officer, Su-kam Power Systems Ltd.

Su-Kam is a leading power back-up and renewable energy solution provider from India. Su-Kam's main focus in on new technologies for the power back-up industry including solar/wind hybrid converters, battery monitoring and control, telecom inverters, grid interactive inverters and smart...

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