SPEAKERS 2024
GOVERNMENT DIGNITARIES SPEAKERS 2024

Shri Suresh Prabhu
Indian politician and Former Cabinet Minister
Gov of India

Dr R A Mashelkar
Former Director General
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Philip Green
OAM
Australia’s High Commissioner to India

May-Elin- Steiner
Ambassador
Norway to India

Rajesh Kumar
Chief Engineer, Energy Storage Systems
CEA, Ministry of Power

Bhupinder Singh Bhalla
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

V.L Kantha Rao
Secretary
Ministry of Mines

Dr. Hanif Qureshi
Additional Secretary
Ministry of Heavy Industries

Rajesh Agrawal
Additional Secretary
Ministry of Commerce

Vijay Mittal
Joint Secretary, DHI
Ministry of Heavy Industries

Dinesh Jagdale
Joint Secretary
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Dr. Veena Kumari Dermal
Joint Secretary
Ministry of Mines

Sudhendu J Sinha
Adviser (Infrastructure Connectivity & E-Mobility)
NITI Aayog

Dr Preeti Banzal
Adviser/ Scientist ‘G’
Government of India

Rajnath Ram
Adviser (Energy)
NITI Aayog

Gauri Singh
Deputy Director-General
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Ghanshyam Prasad
Chairperson, CEA
Ministry of Power

Jishnu Barua
Chairperson
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)

R P Gupta
Chairman & MD
Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)

Hemanth Pandey
Chief Engineer
Ministry of Power

Abhay Bakre
Director General
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)

Vishal Kapoor
CEO
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL)

S R Narasimhan
Chairman and Managing Director
GRID India

Nashid Chowdhury
WA Trade & Investment Commissioner, Government of Western Australia

Shri Sunil Barthwal
Secretary
Ministry of Commerce, and Industry
V P Yadhav
Scientist E & DH, Central Pollution Control Board
INDUSTRY LEADERSSPEAKERS 2024

Vijayanand Samudrala
President
Amara Raja Batteries Ltd

Vikram Handa
MD
Epsilon Carbon

Suman Mishra
Managing Director & CEO
Mahindra Last Mile Mobility

Vikram Gulati
Country Head & Executive V.P. (Corporate Affairs & Governance)
Toyota Kirloskar Motor

Dr. Rahul Walawalkar
President & MD, CES India & President
India Energy Storage Alliance

Rajat Verma
Founder & CEO
Lohum

Raj Surendran
CEO
Tianqi Lithium Australia Energy Limited

Hiren Pravin Shah
Executive Director & CEO
Replus Engitech

Anil Kumar
Chief Operating Officer
Nash Energy

Cristian Valdes Carter
Country Director & Commercial Counsellor - India
Innovation Norway

Denise Eaton
Trade and Investment, Commissioner
Austrade

John Wood
Chief Executive Officer
Gelion

Danielle Griffiths
Commercialization Manager
Future Batteries Industries CRC

Dr Kyle D'Silva
Director, Clean Energy, Analytical Instruments Group
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Stephen Fernands
President
Customized Energy Solutions

Julia Souder
CEO
LDES Council

Inge André Espedal
Chief Executive Officer
Sagavolt

David Pearce
General Manager, Sales and Distribution
Kardinia Energy
S Ramanathan
Managing Director
Automotive Test Systems

Dr. A K Jindal
Design and Development- Electric and Defence Vehicles
Tata Motors

Kenneth Bodahl
CEO
Pixii AS

Awadhesh Jha
Executive Director
GLIDA

Sunit Kapur
Chief Executive Officer
Epsilon Advanced Materials

Debi Prasad Dash
Executive Director
IESA

Thomas Coughlin
President
IEEE

Akash Kaushik
Co-Founder
Good Enough Energy

Satish Talmale
Chief Operating Officer
Indigrid
Inder Bhambra
Country Head- BD & Sales
Envision Energy

Rupam Raja
Chief Commercial Officer
Fluence

Avishek Kumar
Co-Founder and CEO
VFlowTech

Sriram Ramanoudjame
Director Strategic Marketing
Blue Solutions

Harsh Thacker
Director and Analyst- Emerging Tech
Customized Energy Solutions

Saurav Mitra
Director, Market Development, Energy Storage Business
Sumitomo SHI FW

Pinaki Bhattacharyya
Founder, MD and CEO
AmpIn Energy

Vikas Aggarwal
Managing Director
Ipower Batteries

A.K. Shukla
Founder and MD
Sanvaru

Vikas Almadi
Chairman and Managing Director
VNT

Dr Desikan Sundararajan
India MD
Equinor

Gurusharan Dhillon
Director, Electric Mobility
IESA & CES

Rajendra Narkhede
Senior Vice President
Gexcon

Sharan Aiyappa
OEM Director - Sales & Marketing
MacDermid

Surbhi Goyal
Senior Energy Specialist
The World Bank

Venkat Rajaraman
CEO
Cygni Energy

Vishal Chaturvedi
Business Head - Ola Cell
Ola Electric

Dr. Vishnu Budama
CEO
Pune Hydrogen Valley

Scott Hamilton
Senior Advisor
Smart Energy Council

Dammica Wickramaratne
Chairman
Eco33 Pte

Ankit Adhiya
Sr. Manager, Application Engineering
Ansys India

Victoria Pope
Global Sales Development Manager, Clean Energy
Thermofisher Scientific

Jørgen Festervol
CEO
Heimdall Power

Vinay Solanki
Business Head
Nash Tech Labs

William Tope
CEO
LiNa Energy

Artur Zawadski
CEO
Sunrise CSP Pty

Varun Shahani
General Manager-Head Energy Infrastructure
Hero MotoCorp

Nehal Divekar
Director- Emerging Technologies
Customized Energy Solutions

Jagjit Singh
Director of BD, APAC and Global Markets
EVOS Energy Pty

Sandeep Gambhir
CEO
Vertelo

Netra Walawalkar
VP, India Markets
Customized Energy Solutions

Dr Saifur Rahman
Past President
IEEE

Dr. Manne Venkateswarlu
CTO
Khushmanda Power

Mukesh Kolhe
Advisor
Green Gravity

Puneet Thakur
Head of Investment and Innovation Collaboration
Business Finland

Bhupesh Verma
Manager, Market Research
CES & IESA

Shekhar Kashalikar
Chief Executive Officer
John Cockerill Greenko Hydrogen Solutions

Siddharth Mayur
Founder
Managing Director & CEO, h2e Power Systems

Aniruddha Kulkarni
Managing Director
Cavendish Renewables Tech

Yngve Schrøder Tufteland
International Sales Manager
UMOE Advanced Composites

Dr Jeewan Prakash Gupta
Managing Director
Greenstat Hydrogen India Pvt. Ltd.

Dr Ajinkya Kamat
Sr. Manager
IESA & Customized Energy Solutions

Arjun Mehta
India Lead - Business Development & Strategy
Fortescue

Nishaanth Balashanmugam
Country Manager–India
Green Hydrogen Organisation (GH2)

Anjan Merkap
Engagement Manager
Customized Energy Solution

Dr Debaraj Mishra
Managing Director
Sangeel India Recycling

Dr. R. Venugopal
Ex-Joint Chief Controller of Explosives
PESO

Deepak Mohapatra
Senior Officer – Business and Market Development
Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE)

Sanjiv Kanwar
Country Manager
Yara India

Vinay Sawant
Sr. Simulation Engineer, FEA
3D Engineering Automation LLP

Akash Saraf
Manufacturing and Supply Chain Consultant
Customized Energy Solutions

Sri Purisai
Founder & Managing Director, Chakra Growth Capital

Dr Deepak Kundalkar
Manager - Green Hydrogen Initiatives, Customized Energy Solutions

Utsav Sharma
Manager (R&D)

Prasanna Deshpande
Application Engineering Manager
MathWorks

Sadashiv Samantaray
CEO
Kabil

Anshuman Divyanshu
Chief Executive Officer- EV
EXICOM

Himanshu Chattwal
Sr Sales Manager- India
MathWorks

Haresh Bhere
Chief Technology Officer
Reliance Jio-BP

Kirti Varma
Co-Founder & COO
Altmin

Peter Mockel
Principal Industry Specialist
IFC

Rubin Pather
Chief Operating Officer
Reliance Jio-BP

Wilhelm Von Butselaar
VP-APAC Growth
Fluence

Rohit Luamas
Mining & Supply Chain Consultant
CES

Aravind Kumar Chandiran
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering IIT Madras

Kuldeep Rana
Director
MNRE

Rajwar Chandra
Product Specialist
Agilent Technologies India Pvt. Ltd

Manjunath Vittala Rao
Regional Standards Manager - South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
UL Standards & Engagement

Sebastian Weyermann
Sr. Business Development Manager,-CMD
Thermofisher Scientific

Dr Barry Pearce
Strategic Key Accounts Manager- Clean Energy
Thermofisher Scientific

Adam Bloom
CEO
Edina

Utkarsh Mishra
Global Innovation Portfolio Lead
Hero MotoCorp

J K Jethani
Scientist F
MNRE

Kunal Daga
Founder & Director
Molsynth

Abhijeet Dande
Deputy Director
Aker solutions

Gurpreet Bhatia
Managing Director & CEO
Livguard Energy

Sai Charan Kuppili
Technical Director
South & Central Asia, Jinko Solar

Chetan Jain
Sr. Vice President-Business Operations
LOHUM CLEANTECH

Mukesh Dadhich
Head-Business Development, Sustainability & Clean Technology
BSES Yamuna Power

Sunil Sharma
Commercial Executive
BSES Yamuna Power

Vinayak Walimbe
VP- Emerging Technologies
Customized Energy Solutions

Swadesh Kumar Srivastava
Head Business Unit, Emerging Mobility
Hero MotoCorp

Suman Mishra
CEO
Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Private Limited

Christine Vincent
Venture Principal
Shell Ventures

Vivekanand Kumar
Whole Time Director
Exicom

Rajiv kumar Singh
R&D Lead - Platform

Rakesh Malhotra
Founder
Livguard

Niranjan C.
Chief Operating Officer
Amara Raja Batteries Ltd.

Anant Misra
Vice President - EV Business
Livguard Energy

Arvind Kakru
Vice President – Industrial Automation
Schneider Electric

Oda Marie Ellefsen
Technical Sales Manager
Morrow

Dr Harin Kanani
Managing Director
Neogen Chemicals

Srivats Gopalan
Senior Manager
Lohum

Rohit Laumas
Mining & Supply Chain Consultant
CES

Naresh Lalwani
Executive Vice President
JSW Energy

Dr. K. Balasubramanian
Principal Investigator and Director
NFTDC, Hyderabad

ALN Rao
Consultant-circularity & Sustainability in E-waste, Battery, Plastic and Critical Minerals

Akshay Kashyap
Managing Director
Greenfuel Energy Solutions

Amol Chavan
Head of Strategy - Emerging Mobility Business Unit
Hero MotoCorp

Dr Om Krishan Singh
Scientist ‘D’/Joint Director (R&D in Electronics & IT)
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Gautam Patil
Head of Strategy and New Initiatives
Cygni Energy

Pratyush Sinha
VP- Special Products
Lohum

Vijay Kedia
Long-Term Investor
Kedia Securities