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Renewable Energy: What Works

THEME

August 21-23, 2016Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, India

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Government of India

An Annual Premium International Event of Renewable Energy Industry

www.wretc.in

International Conference and Exhibition

7th

Sunday, 21 August 2016st

Main Auditorium10:00 – 11:30 INAUGURAL SESSION

Welcome Address by

Dr. Satish B Agnihotri, Former Secretary MNRE, Government of IndiaChairman Steering Committee, 7th WRETC & Expo-2016

Theme Address by

Mr. Anil Razdan, Former Secretary Power, Govt. of IndiaChairman, Energy And Environment Foundation

Address by

Dr. Osman Benchikh, Head, Alternative and Renewable Energy Programme,UNESCO, France

Mr. K. S. Popli, CMD, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd.

Dr. Jaco Cilliers, Country Director, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Mr. Rajinder K. Kaura, CMD, Bergen Group of Companies

Address by the Guest-of-Honour

Dr. Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India

Mr. Gireesh B. Pradhan, Chairperson, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

H.E. Ms. Melba Pria, Ambassador, Embassy of Mexico

Release of Background PaperPreside by

Mr. Piyush Goyal, Hon'ble Minister of State (IC),Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India

Inaugural Address by the Chief Guest

Mr. Prakash Javadekar, Hon'ble Union Minister, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Vote of Thanks by

Dr. Anil K. Garg, President, World Renewable Energy Technology Congress

11h30 – 12h00 — Networking Tea / Coffee —12h00 – 13h30 PLENARY SESSION - I

Renewable Energy: What WorksChairperson

Dr. Satish B. Agnihotri, Former Secretary, MNRE, Govt. of India

Key Speakers

, Secretary, MNRE, Govt. of India• Dr. Upendra Tripathy• Mr. Ravi Pandit, Co-Founder, Chairman and Group CEO, KPIT Technologies

• Mr. Ramesh Kymal, CMD, Gamesa India

• Ms. Deepali Khanna, Director, Smart Power for Rural DevelopmentThe Rockefeller Foundation, Bangkok

• Mr. Sumant Sinha, Chairman & CEO, ReNew Power

• Mr. Sunil Jain, CEO & ED, Hero Future Energies

• Mr. Ashish Khanna, Executive Director & CEO, Tata Power Solar

• Mr. Dr. Osman Benchikh, Head, Alternative and Renewable Energy ProgrammeUNESCO, France

13h30 – 14h30 — Power Connect Lunch —14h30 – 16h00 PLENARY SESSION - II

RE Projects: Innovative FinancingChairperson

• Mr. K. S. Popli, CMD, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd.Moderator

• Mr. Shuvendu Bose, Executive Director, Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd.Key Speakers

• Mr. Sanjeev Aggarwal, Managing Director & CEO, Amplus Solar

• Mr. Ajay Gupta, Managing Director & Head of India, GE Energy Financial Services

• Mr. Vinay Rustagi, Managing Director, Bridge to India

• Mr. Rahul Goswami, Managing Director, Greenstone Investment Bank

• Ms. Anjali Jaiswal, Senior Attorney, India Initiative Director, NRDC, USA

16h00 – 16h30 — Networking Tea / Coffee —16h30 – 18h00 PLENARY SESSION – III

Renewable Regulatory Issues - Road MapChairperson

, Joint Chief (Regulatory Affairs), CERC• Mr. Sushanta Kumar Chatterjee• Dr. Ashvini Kumar, Managing Director, Solar Energy Corporation of India

• Mr. D. S. Bains, Chairperson, Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission

• Mr. Ismail Ali Khan, Chairman, Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission

• Dr. Jagmohan Singh Raju, Additional Chief Secretary & CMD, TEDA

18h30 onwards Cultural Programme & Gala Dinner

FIRST DAY

GLOBAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2016Energy And Environment Foundation

Renewable Energy Sector

09h30 – 11h00 Session – IV Ashoka Hall

“Smart Cities”

Chairpersons

• Dr. Satish B Agnihotri, Former Secretary MNRE, Government of India

President, Energy And Environment Foundation

Key Speakers

• Ms. Larisa DobrianskyChief Business and Regulatory Innovations Officer, General MicroGrids, USA

• Mr. Sambitosh MohapatraPartner-Power & Utilities, Pricewaterhouse Coopers Pvt. Ltd.

• , Managing Partner, Aeon Design & DevelopmentMs. Sheetal Rakheja

• , Urban Planner & Principal of Design CellMr. Ravindra PundeSchool of Environment and Architecture

• Ms. Mili MajumdarManaging Director-India, Green Business Certification Inc.

Award Distribution by the Chief Guest

Energy And Environment Foundation Global Award 2016 on

Environment / Green Buildingby

Mr. Anil Madhav DaveHon'ble Minister of State of Environment, Forest and Climate Change(I/C), Govt. of India

Chief Guestand

Ms. Meenakshi LekhiMember of Parliament, Government of India

Guest-of-Honour

Session – V Taber Hall

“Energy Storage / Electric Vehicles”

Chairpersons

• Dr. Rahul WalawalkarExecutive Director, India Energy Storage Alliance

Key Speakers

• , Unit Manager Smart Energy & Built Environment,Ms. Leen GovaertsVITO NV, Belgium

• Mr. Bhushan Bajaj, Director, Manz India Pvt. Ltd.

• Professor Annika Styczynski, Jindal Global University

• Mr. Daiva Prakash, Head-R&D, ACME

• Ms. Vinita Jakhanwal, Senior Director

Displays & Research Centers of Excellence , IHS Technology, Malaysia

11:00 – 11:30 - Networking Tea / Coffee –

Monday, 22 August 2016nd

SECOND DAY

Monday, 22 August 2016nd

11:30 – 13:00 Session – VI Ashoka Hall

Role of Mini Grid for enabling 24 7 Power for All×

Chairpersons

• Dr. Inder Jit SinghAdditional Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India

Key Speakers

• Mr. Desh Deepak VermaChairman, UP Electricity Regulatory Commission

• Mr. Jaideep Mukherji, CEO, Smart Power India

• Dr. Graham Dudgeon, Principal Industry Manager – Utilities & Energy,

MathWorks, Inc., USA

• Mr. Manoj Sinha, CEO, Husk Power Systems

• Mr. Swapnil Shekhar, COO and Director-Evaluations

Sambodhi Research & Communications

• Col. Karandeep Singh (Retd), Founder Director, FC TecNrgy Pvt. Ltd.

Session – VII Taber Hall

Waste-to-Energy

Chairpersons

• Mr. Anil Dhussa, Former Advisor, MNRE, Government of India

Key Speakers

• Mr. Walter Howard, Chief Executive Officer, ALTER NRG, Canada

• Mr. Pankaj Patel, President, Abellon CleanEnergy Limited

• Mr. Suhas Bhand, Chairman, Organic Recycling Systems Pvt. Ltd.

• Mr. Martin Garratt, Chief Executive, Cambridge Cleantech, UK

Thought Leadership Summit Shamsher Hall

Special Interactive Group Meeting (by Invitation)

Renewables Energy:Skill Development & Capacity BuildingChair & Moderator

Dr. V. K. GargFormer, CMD Power Finance Corporation & Chairman JERC

Panelists:

• Mr. Geoff StapletonManaging Director, Global Sustainable Energy Solutions Pty Ltd, Australia

• Ms. Veena Swarup, Former Director (HR), Engineers India Limited

• Mr. R. K. Vij, ED & Asset Manager Jorhat, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

• Mr. Kuldeep Chandra, Former ED, ONGC

• Dr. B. S. Negi, Former Member, Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board

• Prof. Harinarayana, Director General, GERMI

13:00 – 14:00 - Power Connect Lunch –

SECOND DAY

Monday, 22 August 2016nd

14:00 – 15:30 Session – VIII Ashoka Hall

Make-in-India: Developing Solar-Wind Industries

Chairpersons

• Ms. Varsha JoshiJoint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India

Key Speakers

• Dr. Bharat Bhargava, Director General, ONGC Energy Centre

• Mr. K. N. Subramaniam, Chief Executive Officer, Moser Baer Solar Ltd.

• Mr. Eran Meller, CEO & Co-Founder, Ecoppia, Israel

• Dr. Kannan Tinnium, Technology Leader Electrical Technologies

GE Global Research, Bangalore

• Mr. Ajay Prakash Shrivastava, President, Maharishi Solar Technology

• Dr. Suresh Renukappa, Associate Professor

University of Wolverhampton, England

• Dr. Sagarkumar Agravat, Scientist In-Charge Solar R&D Projects,

Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute

Session – IX Shamsher Hall

Indo-Swiss Cooperation in Clean Energy: Promoting Innovation

Chairpersons

, Consul General of Switzerland and CEO, swissnex India• Dr. Balz Strasser

Key Speakers

• Dr. Ayodhya N. Tiwari, Head, Lab for Thin Films and Photovoltaics,

Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and

Technology and Founder & Chairman, Flisom Ltd., Switzerland

• Mr. Govinda Upadhyay, Founder and CEO, LEDsafari, Switzerland

• Mr. Reto Schmid, Co-founder and CEO, Joulia Ltd., Switzerland

• Dr. Shirish Sinha, Deputy Head of Cooperation

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, New Delhi

• Ms. Lena Marianne Breitenmoser, Scientific Associate School of Life

Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

• Mr. Fabian Müller, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering,

ETH Zurich, Switzerland

15:30 – 16:00 - Networking Tea / Coffee –

SECOND DAY

Monday, 22 August 2016nd

16:00 – 15:30 Session – X Ashoka Hall

Bio-Energy Solar Rooftop: Emerging Opportunities

Chairpersons

Mr. Santosh D. Vaidya• , Joint Secretary, MNRE, Government of India

, CMD, Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Ltd.• Mr. A. K. Jain

Key Speakers

• Mr. Kuldeep Jain, Managing Director, Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions

• Mr. Rahul Gupta, Managing Director, Rays Power Experts Pvt Ltd

• Professor Juzer Vasi, P.K. Kelkar Chair Professor of Nanotechnology,

Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay

• Dr. Bibek Bandyopadhyay, Former Advisor, MNRE, Govt. of India

• Mr. Stefan Hediger, Head of Energy Cell, KFW Development Bank

• Mr. Gagan Pal, Vice President, Tata Power Solar System Ltd.

• Ms. Kanika Khanna, Founder and CEO, Sunkalp Energy

Session – XI Taber Hall

Bio-Energy, Biomass: Future Energy for Transportation

Chair

Dr. N. P. Singh, Senior Technical Adviser, UNIDO

Key Speakers

• Mr. Laurence Baum, Director, BioCube Corporation Limited, Australia

• Ms. Vartika Shukla, Executive Director - R&D, Engineers India Limited

• Dr. A. V. Mohan Rao, Founder and CEO, Spectrum Renewable Energy

• Dr. Yogender Kumar Yadav, Director

Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable Energy

• Mr. Vasudeo Joshi, Associate Vice President -

Advance Biofuels & Chemicals, Praj Industries Limited

18:30 - 20.00 Annual Meeting of International Advisory Council

on Renewable Energy

SECOND DAY

09:30 – 11:00 Panel Discussion Session - IEnergy: UN Sustainable Development Goals

Chair & Moderator:• Dr. Mitrasen Bhikajee, Senior Programme Specialist Natural Sciences

UNESCO Office in New Delhi

Panelists:

• Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Head, United Nations Economic and Social CommissionESCAP South and South-West Asia Office (ESCAP-SSWA)

• Mr. Shrashtant Patara, Senior Vice President, Development Alternatives Group

• Mr. Manpreet Singh, Director-Advisory, Climate Change & Sustainability Services, KPMG

• Mr. Markus Wypior, Deputy Director, Indo-German Energy Programme (IGEN), GIZ

• Mr. Pradeep Chaturvedi, Vice President, World Environment Foundation

• Mr. Pranav R. Mehta, Chairman, National Solar Energy Federation of India, Gujarat

• Dr. O. S. Sastry, Director General, National Institute of Solar Energy

11:00 – 11:30 - Networking Tea / Coffee –

11:30 – 13:00 Panel Discussion Session - IIGreening Smart Grid: Renewable Energy Integration

ChairpersonMr. Anil Razdan, Former Secretary Power, Government of India

Chairman, Energy And Environment Foundation

Key Resource Persons

, Director-Mega Projects India Public Sector, Dell Inc.• Mr. Ravinder Pal Singh• Dr. A. K. Balyan, CEO (Oil & Gas), Reliance Infrastructure Limited

• Mr. Ravi P. Singh, Director (Personnel), Power Grid Corporation Limited

• Dr. B. S. Negi, Former Member, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board

• Mr. Subir Pal, President, Local Division Manager, Discrete Automation and Motion,ABB India Limited

• Mr. Stéphane POUFFARY, CEO & Founder Honorary President, NGO ENERGIES 2050, France

• Mr. R. K. Vij, ED & Asset Manager Jorhat, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Assam

13:00 – 14:00 Power Connect Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 Valedictory SessionWelcome Address byDr. Satish B Agnihotri, Former Secretary MNRE, Government of India

Chairman Steering Committee, 6th WRETC & Expo-2015Address by

, Head, Alternative and Renewable Energy Programme• Dr. Osman BenchikhUNESCO, France

• Mr. K. S. Popli, CMD, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd.

• Mr. Eran Meller, CEO & Co-Founder, Ecoppia, Israel

• Mr. Walter Howard, Chief Executive Officer, ALTER NRG, Canada

Declaration of the 7th WRETC-2016

Special Address byMr. Anil Razdan, Former Secretary Power, Govt. of India

Chairman, Energy And Environment FoundationGuest-of-HonourMr. Pradeep Kumar Pujari, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India

Award Distribution by the Chief GuestEnergy And Environment Foundation Global Award 2015 onEnvironment / WasteMet

Best Poster Paper & Booth Exhibition AwardsValedictory Address by the Chief Guest

Smt. Anupriya Patel, Hon'ble Minister of State, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,Government of India

Vote of Thanks byDr. Anil K. Garg, President, World Renewable Energy Technology Congress

15:00 onwards Closing Tea / Coffee

Tuesday, 23 August 2016rd

Ashoka Hall THIRD DAY