Shri Jatindra Nath Swain is the Additional Secretary in Government of India and currently holding the post of Managing Director of the Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI), which is a Government of India Enterprise set up in 2011 for implementation of National Solar Mission. Before joining SECI, Shri Swain worked as Joint Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) Government of India. Shri Swain joined SECI as the Managing Director in August, 2017 and since then he has been spearheading the schemes to develop renewable energy projects in India through various schemes of the Ministry. Under his leadership, SECI has been able to develop about 5 GW of solar and wind projects each and is currently in the process of auctioning 30 GW of solar & wind projects in next 2 years. Shri Swain is an IAS officer of 1988 Batch, Tamil Nadu Cadre and has held various key positions in the State of Tamil Nadu: these include Principal Secretary in Department of Food & Cooperation and Department of Public & General Administration, Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Commissioner of Land Administration, Commissioner of Revenue Administration & Disaster Management, Commissioner Technical Education, Commissioner Watershed & Soil Conservation and Collector in the districts of Perambalur and Paudukkottai. Shri Jatindra Nath Swain holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi and a Master’s degree in International Development Studies from Graduate Institute of Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan.

Mr. José Ignacio Sanz Saiz is a graduate in Industrial Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain. He has 27 years of experience in the energy industry and he has worked in different parts of the world. He started his career in the UK, working in R&D projects. He joined the TOTAL Group in Spain in 2000 and has held various positions in the Gas & Power and in the Exploration & Production branches. He has been Managing Director of the G&P affiliate TOTAL LNG USA in Houston and of the TOTAL E&P affiliates in Bolivia, United States and Australia. At present he is TOTAL’s Vice-president for Gas, Renewables and Power in India and Country Chair of TOTAL in this country

Mathilde Bord-Laurans has 15 years’ experience in development financing in the energy sector. Today she heads AFD’s Energy Division, where a team of energy specialists are working in 80 countries to support projects to promote access to electricity for all, develop renewable energies and improve energy efficiency. Mathilde Bord-Laurans graduated as an engineer from both the École Centrale Paris and the École Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts (ENGREF). She went on to join AFD in 2005, where for almost 10 years she managed electricity projects for public enterprises, especially in Africa. In 2015, she joined PROPARCO, AFD’s subsidiary dedicated to financing and supporting private sector players working in various branches of sustainable development. At Proparco, she developed the investment portfolio in the off-grid energy sector and worked on large-scale solar programs.

Neerav Nanavaty has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector across North America and India. He joined ENGIE in 2001 and is currently the CEO and Country manager for ENGIE India. In his current role, he leads all of Engie?s activities across India across the renewables and energy services verticals. Previously, he led Business Development, Construction and Operations for Engie?s renewables activities in India. Prior to moving to India in 2014, Neerav spent 14 years with ENGIE in the United States, helping build and manage their North American power and gas business. He has been in various commercial and operational roles in the wholesale and retail energy business across regulated and deregulated markets in the US, Canada and Mexico ? including Operations, Strategy/M&A, Finance, Business Development, Trading, and Asset Management. Prior to joining ENGIE, Neerav spent 3 years with Enron in the US and Singapore in their Power and Gas Origination and Business Development functions. Neerav is an electronics engineer from NIT Surathkal (Karnataka) and has an MBA in Finance/Strategy from Duke University, USA.

Priya is the Managing Director of Mercom Communications India and leads all aspects of Mercom India operations. With more than a decade of experience working in corporate communications, research, and client relations, Priya has deep roots in the Indian energy markets and a robust network of relationships with leaders in both media and government. Her work has been instrumental in positioning Mercom as a recognized leader in India’s clean energy market. Priya is the winner of the prestigious Chanakya Award for “Communicator of the Year – Corporate Communications,” by the Public Relations Council of India.

Thierry PRIEM, Storage and Flexibility Solution Program Manager at CEA, has an engineering degree from the elite French “Ecole Polytechnique” and “Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris” . He also has a PhD in solid-state physics. Thierry Priem has a broad technical and scientific background at CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) in different research fields: material science, new energies, etc. Thierry Priem teaches in several engineering schools and is regularly involved in national and European expert missions. For 4 years, Thierry Priem has been at the head of a service of 60 people involved in new energies (hydrogen and fuel cells, photovoltaics, etc.). He has also an experience in technology transfer and negotiation with industrial partners. Mid-2007, he has been the Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Program Manager within the Direction of the New Technologies for Energy at CEA in Grenoble. In 2014, he joined the Scientific Direction at CEA/LITEN. Since 2020, he is Storage and Flexibility Solution Program Manager at CEA. He is also member of the Board of the FCH-JU2 Research Grouping “Hydrogen Europe Research”.