Shri Saurabhbhai Patel (Dalal) Cabinet Minister Energy Office : 1st Floor, Swarnim Sankul – 1, New Sachivalaya Complex, Gandhinagar, Gujarat -382010. Ph No:079 23238152, 23250211 fax: 079-23250215 ,Email: min-ener@gujarat.gov.in Birth Date: 28th August 1958. Birth Place: Ahmedabad. Educational Qualification: B.Com., M.B.A.(USA). Occupation: Business (Plastic & Chemicals) Family Details :Wife: Smt. Ilaben Saurabhbhai Patel (Dalal) Son: Abhay Saurabhbhai Patel (Dalal) Permanent Address: “Nandan Bungalow”, Behind Bank of India, Panchvati, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad - 380 006. Present Address: Bunglow No 5, Ministers’ Residence, Sector – 20, Gandhinagar. Phone No. 23259660-64. Field of Interest: Contribution in Political, Social, Commercial and Administrative Institutes. Foreign Tour : America, Europe, Africa, Hongkong, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka.Has also visited U.S.A. Dubai,Oman- Muscat and Qatar as part of delegation for “ Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit” Name of Constituency: 107- Botad (Dist. Botad) Parliamentary Carrier. : Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly since 1998 to till date. Worked as Minister in charge of Energy & Petrochemicals, Mines & Minerals, Cottage Industries, Salt Industries, Printing and Stationary, Planning, Tourism, Civil Aviation, Labour and Employment. During his tenures these ministries have shown a splendid performance. The stories of achievements in these departments are as under. ENERGY AND PETROCHEMICALS DEPARTMENT: 1. JYOTI GRAM YOJANA: A scheme of the Government of Gujarat, which provides 24 hours continuous three phase quality power to all 18065 villages and 9702 petaparas of Gujarat. 2. Erstwhile GEB successfully restructured into seven companies resulting in earning surplus of Rs. 202 Crores in the year 2005-06, against the loss of Rs. 2543 Crores in the year 2000-01. 3. Gujarat will be emerging as the "Energy Hub" of the nation on completion of power projects, which are on the implementation stage. Installed capacity will be 38357 MW. 4. Gujarat has now become a "petro capital of India" having highest growth and utmost development in this sector. 5. Solar Policy: The Govt. of Gujarat has taken a lead into the field of Green Energy by declaring a Solar Policy, wherein Projects for 2622MW Solar Capacity has already been installed. 6. SKY (Surya Shakti Kisan Yojna)- “First time in India by Govt of Gujarat”: An initiative to double farmers income by selling on grid surplus solar energy after irrigating their land. INDUSTRIES AND MINES DEPARTMENT: a. Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor's summit-2013 organized successfully where in a total of 2,100 delegates from 121 countries attending 127 seminars on different topics, forging 2,670 strategic partnership intentions is a rare achievement. b. Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor's summit-2009 organized successfully where in 3346 MOUs where signed covering an investments of Rs. 12.34 lakh Cr. and with 25 lakh employment potential. c. Industrial policy 2009 declared by the Govt., proving a greater scope for inclusive growth by accelerated Industrial Development. d. Special Investment Region Act-2009 enacted to provide integrated industrial development in certain areas. e. Policy for Industrial land acquired by GIDC finalizes to preserve the interests of land losers. FINANCE DEPARTMENT (Up to 06/08/2016) 1. Successful implementation of VAT act. 2. States gross domestic product has increased gradually. In the year 2000-01 gross domestic products was Rs. 1,11,139 Crores which has increased up to Rs. 3,37,217 Crores in 2008-09. 3. State’s non-development oriented expenditure is restricted and as compare to past year reduction is noticed. Such expenditure during 2002-03 was 26,479.88 Crores, which has decreased up to Rs. 15,799 Crores in 2008-09, Rs. 19,276 Crores in 2009-10, Rs. 227.08 Crores in 2010-11. 4. The State Government has already enacted the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which lays down various fiscal targets to be achieved in the next four years. The state Government is committed to achieve these targets. 5. State development expenditure is constantly increasing. During 2002-03 development expenditure was Rs.15,607 Crores, which has increased to Rs. 45859 Crores in 2010-11.

Mr. Anand Kumar was appointed as the Chairperson of the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) in April 2016. Before this, he served as Chairperson of the 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 is the Member of the State Advisory Board of Apex body of Auditors. Mr. 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 his career, he has served four States Regulatory Commissions in India. Mr. Kumar holds a master?s degree in Business Management and graduated in Electrical Engineering from IIT-Roorkee. He is trained in Software Programming at Hitachi- Japan & Economic Regulations at National Regulatory Research Institute, Ohio University, USA.

I am a Indian Forest officer of 1990 batch worked in various fields like Management of territorial forest , wild life and expertise in eco development and sustainable natural resource management. The various field were i have, is Urban development, Tribal development, Education department, Drinking water supply management and now working as a managing Director of Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Limited - UGVCL (Power Distribution Company) since beginning of the year 2019. UGVCL is the one of the best Electrical Distribution Company of the Country ,bagged various national awards ,covers across 50,000 sq. km geographical area in northern region of Gujarat. Pioneer of Jyoti Gram Yojna and having total 37 lakhs of consumers. Also UGVCL has completed and commenced the first Smart Grid Project under Naroda Urban Area by installing @ 25000 Single/Three Phase Smart meters. UGVCL has also achieved remarkable targets under Renewable Energy projects of Govt. Of India as well as of Govt. of Gujarat.

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 & 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. Mr Nair is a member of the Governing Council of Indian Solar Manufacturing Association and is spearheading the cause of Domestic Manufacturing and Renewable development in the country.

Working in the Indian Administrative Services since 2011 at various levels, including Additional Industries Commissioner and presently as a Managing Director of PGVCL since 2019; PGVCL is the largest Electricity Distribution Company in Gujarat State, covers across 1 lack sq. km. geographical area including country’s largest coastal belt, desert, forest and fastest growing industrial area. Also, PGVCL is pioneering in implementation and facilitation of renewable energy projects like, Surya Gujarat, Solar rooftop Scheme, Suryoday Kisan Yojana for solarisation of agriculture pump, wheeling facility for captive and third party sale under Open Access arrangement to ground mounted solar and wind projects.

A leading first-generation entrepreneur, Sumant Sinha is the Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of ReNew Power – one of India’s largest clean energy companies. Sumant founded ReNew Power in January 2011, with a vision to transform the way energy is produced and consumed in India. Since then, under his leadership, the company has grown exponentially and is today one of India’s premier renewable energy companies with an aggregate portfolio of more than 10 GW spread over more than 100 sites. ReNew has been funded by marquee investors including Goldman Sachs, CPPIB (largest Canadian pension fund), ADIA (sovereign wealth fund in Middle East) and JERA (leading Japanese utility), and has raised more than USD 6 billion of capital, both equity and debt. ReNew has emerged as one of the leading asset creators in the country over the last 5 years. It now generates one per cent of India’s total electricity annually, and in doing so helps mitigate half a per cent of India’s carbon emissions in a year. Sumant is a passionate advocate for solutions related to climate change and sustainable development and has spoken at various thought leadership platforms, such as World Economic Forum at Davos, Climate Week NYC, CERA Week and other forums organized by Financial Times, ORF as well as leading global universities. He has written more than 150 opinion articles in leading global and Indian publications on the pressing issues of climate change, renewable energy and sustainable economic growth. Sumant has recently written a book – Fossil Free: Reimagining Clean Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World which is about the past, present and future of the world’s energy systems in the context of the world’s changing climate and spells out a playbook to create a carbon light future for India. Former Vice President Al Gore describes the book as “a compelling roadmap to a better, cleaner future for India—and other developing regions of the world”. Sumant is a member of the Stewardship Board on Shaping the Future of Energy at the World Economic Forum and serves as the Chair of the Climate Group’s India Advisory Board. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), and chairs CII’s Renewable Energy Council. Sumant is a member of the Advisory Committee of the India Climate Collaborative- a platform promoting policy advocacy and thought leadership on climate change. He is on the Board of Governors of IIM Calcutta, IIM Sirmaur, IIT Delhi and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). For his achievements in entrepreneurship and clean energy, Sumant has won several awards including “Chairman Of The Year” at the Stevie International Business Awards 2020, The Entrepreneur India’s Entrepreneur of the Year award, 2019, the coveted “Economic Times Entrepreneur of the Year Award’ 2018, “EY Entrepreneur of the Year”, 2017” and “Outstanding Start-up of the Year”- Forbes India Leadership Awards 2017 for ReNew Power. After starting his career in the Tata Administrative Service, Sumant worked as an investment banker with Citicorp and ING Barings in the US and UK, before heading finance in one of India’s largest conglomerates, the Aditya Birla Group. He was also COO of Suzlon, India’s largest wind turbine company. Sumant has a Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University, a degree in business management from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and also a B. Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

Additional Chief Secretary, Gujarat

A social entrepreneur, pioneer and evangelist of sustainable development, Vineet has been a vanguard of the clean energy transition in emerging economies across Asia and Africa. His passion for sustainability originates from the ancient Indian Vedic philosophy of ‘Mata bhoomi putro aham prithiwaya” - The Earth is to be protected like a mother and nurtured for future generations. Avaada is a culmination of his vision of conducting business for higher purpose. Vineet’s socially beneficial public policy campaigns like Community Development Certificate (CDC) and Grow Forest Mechanism (GFM) are very well-received. In line with SDGs he has launched humanitarian programs aimed towards women empowerment, quality education, healthcare and environment protection in rural environs. An alumnus of Harvard Business School, Vineet has successfully executed over 2GW of renewable energy projects and is implementing 5GW projects. Avaada has played a major role in helping shape renewable energy policies for emerging economies. He is on B20’s taskforce for financing growth and infrastructure and Energy, Resource Efficiency & Sustainability. He is the former India Chair of World Business Council of Sustainable Development (WBCSD)’s program on Renewables Low Carbon Technology platform. Vineet has been twice recognized as the ‘Solar Man of the Year’ in 2014 and 2012 for his significant contribution towards the solar industry.