Dr Ajay Mathur is the Director General of TERI - The Energy & Resources Institute, and a member of the Prime Ministerial Council on Climate Change. Previously, he was the Director General of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency in the Government of India from 2006 to 2016, responsible for bringing energy efficiency into our homes, offices, and factories, through initiatives such as the star labelling programme for appliances, the Energy Conservation Building Code, and the Perform, Achieve and Trade programme for energy-intensive industries. Dr Mathur was earlier with TERI from 1986 to 2000, and then headed the Climate Change Team of World Bank in Washington DC. He was President of Suzlon Energy Limited, also headed the interim Secretariat of the Green Climate Fund. He has been a key Indian climate-change negotiator, and was also the Indian spokesperson at the 2015 climate negotiations at Paris. 

Shri Anand Kumar, Secretary joined as an IAS Officer in the year 1984 under Kerala State Cadre. He has served as Managing Director in National Highways Infrastructure Development Cooperation Limited. He was a part of the team which launched “God’s Own Country” Campaign and Planned introduction of Houseboats in Kerala. He is presently steering as Secretary of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India since June 2017. During his career he has held many important positions in tourism, infrastructure, industry, biotechnology, finance, revenue, elections and governance sectors under the State and federal governments.

He holds an M. Phil with distinction from University of Delhi and MBA with honours from University of Queensland, Australia. 

Mr Ashish Khanna is the President – Renewables, Tata Power and also MD & CEO of Tata Power Solar – the largest integrated solar company in India. He joined Tata Power in 2007. Ashish has over 30 years of cumulative experience with focus on project management and contracts in both India and abroad. Under his leadership, Tata Power Solar emerged as no.1 rooftop player in the industry. He has been instrumental in streamlining the business for increased efficiency and profitability by focusing on building state-of-the-art technology, engineering and strengthening customer and employee satisfaction. His relentless pursuit of excellence has helped Tata Power Solar build strong competencies leveraging technology and innovation. Tata Power Solar has more than doubled its revenue under the visionary leadership of Mr Khanna and during this period the company has commissioned several challenging and industry landmark projects. Besides being an Engineering graduate, Ashish holds a Master’s Degree in Management & Systems from IIT Delhi.

Dr Charles Donovan is the Director of the Centre for Climate Finance and Investment at Imperial College London.  He is concurrently Principal Teaching Fellow at Imperial College Business School and a Corporate Fellow at the Grantham Institute - Climate Change and Environment. In his corporate career, he was most recently Head of Structuring and Valuation for Alternative Energy at BP plc.  Dr Donovan was an Energy Policy Analyst with the United States Environmental Protection Agency during the Clinton Administration and worked in principal investments at the Enron Corporation.  He holds a bachelor degree from the University of Washington, an MBA from Vanderbilt University, and a doctorate in management from IE Business School. Dr Donovan is the editor and co-author of Renewable Energy Finance: Powering the Future.

Jaideep Malaviya is the CEO, Malaviya Solar Energy Consultancy and Secretary General Solar Thermal Federation of India. He carries 22 years long experience in the solar energy industry as a consultant, researcher, technical writer and policy analyst associated with several Indian and International organisations. He was instrumental in initiating the National Solar Energy Helpline and ran successfully for 7 years for Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Currently he is executing a three-year project 'Solar Payback' for German Solar Industry Association as a part of International Climate Initiative (IKI) funded by German Government that aims to accelerate the deployment of Solar Heat for Industrial Process (SHIP). He has published over 100 papers.

Jared Polis is an entrepreneur, education leader, public servant, and Colorado native.

Jörg Gäbler, a German-American citizen, with many years of experience in the Indo-German-American business culture. He has been appointed Principal Advisor of the Indo German Energy Programm since March 2016. He is heading projects related to distributed solar rooftop and grid integration of vRE / distributed storage / and EV charging. Prior, Mr Gaebler was the Managing Director of Wagner Solar Inc from 4/2009 – 11/2015; the US division of Wagner & Co; the German pioneer of solar energy system manufacturing. Mr Gäbler holds a BA Business Administration from Northeastern University and M.Sc from the TU Vienna in renewable energy technologies. His master thesis covered the solar thermal market of North America; a process of 3 years of research and market entry preparation for Wagner Solar.

His education is MSc – Renewable Energies at Technical University Vienna; BA – International Studies Northeastern University, Boston.

Ms Kanika Chawla is a policy specialist, working at the intersection of India’s two revolutions: in renewable energy and in financial markets. She manages the Council’s work on renewable energy policy, markets, finance, and socio-economic benefits. Her current responsibilities include analysing financial risks affecting renewable energy investments in India, decoding market dynamics, managing The Council’s periodic surveys on renewable energy jobs, and convening a high-level working group on renewable energy finance (comprising investors, developers and manufacturers). Actively engaged with private and public enterprises within and outside India to design and develop new financial de-risking instruments and new financial institutions, such as green banks, her research has been used within government, by electricity regulators, and by international agencies and strategic philanthropies.
She has also undertaken extensive research on the International Solar Alliance, work which has been used periodically by the Government of India and other countries. She has represented The Council at various international forums, including the International Renewable Energy Agency, the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) Steering Committee, and the UNFCCC’s Conference of the Parties. Her columns have been published in various newspapers.

Mr Kuldeep Jain founded Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd (now Clean Max Solar). Clean Max Solar is today India’s No. 1 rooftop solar developer (with 28% market share). Clean Max serves leading Indian and global corporates including groups such as Tatas, Mahindras, Godrej, Bajaj, TVS, Birlas and top global MNCs. Previously he held a position of global partner at the leading McKinsey practices in Energy and Corporate Finance in India. In his 12 years stint with McKinsey, he led various M&A, Management Consultancy, Business Strategy & Corporate Finance assignments across different industries including Power, Infrastructure, Cement, FMCG etc. for leading Indian Corporate, MNCs and Government Organizations in India and Internationally. IIM Ahmedabad recognized Mr Jain, as a ‘Young Achiever’ in 2018 under the Entrepreneurship Category for his outstanding contribution and achievement in shaping CleanMax Solar as the no.1 rooftop developer in India. Mr Jain done a PGDBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) (1997-99 batch) and Chartered Accountant (CA) and ICWA (1997 batch). He has worked with Deloitte Touche Kohmatsu (then SB Billimoria) as part of CA articleship.

Lt Col Monish Ahuja (Retd) is currently the Managing Director of Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Limited (PRESPL). Lt Col Monish Ahuja (Retd) is known in the Biomass fraternity as a dedicated and knowledgeable leader. He has been advocating the barriers faced by Biomass based Project Developers at various seminars and forums and has been instrumental in impressing MNRE (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources, India) towards the cause of biomass-based industry in India. In a short span with the understanding of the Biomass IPPs and Biomass Supply Chain Management, he set up the first of its kind in India, biomass fuel aggregation and supply company Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Limited (PRESPL). The company has grown from a start up to INR 180 Million Turnover Company in 5xYears time and having closed its first round of PE investment from Zurich based Impact PE- responsibility in 2013. This is a big force multiplier to support biomass IPPs, process industry boilers, cogeneration plants, bio-refinery industry using agri-residues feedstock and other industry using biomass as a feedstock.

Group Senior Vice President at Vestas Wind Systems A/S. Based in Copenhagen, he is heading up Vestas’ Global Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs function. He has played a growing role at Vestas over the last 10 years – originally in China and then globally in public affairs and business development. During that period, he has helped Vestas expand into new markets and supporting the development of effective wind and renewable energy policy in countries around the globe.

Dr Rahul Tongia is a Fellow with Brookings India, where he leads the energy and sustainability group. His work focuses on technology and policy, especially for sustainable development, with a focus across the entire gamut of electricity. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, where he was previously on the faculty for a dozen years. He was the founding Technical Advisor for the Government of India’s Smart Grid Task Force and remains Founding Advisor for the India Smart Grid Forum. He has a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Engineering & Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.

Dr Rahul Walawalkar is President & MD of Customized Energy Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. He leads the Emerging Technologies practice for Customized Energy Solutions globally with focus on energy storage, renewables, demand response, electric vehicles and smart grid technologies. Rahul is the Founder and Executive Director of India Energy Storage Alliance since 2012. He served as Board Member for Energy Storage Association, USA during 2009-15 and currently serves as Vice Chair for Global Energy Storage Alliance. In 2014, he was nominated as part of Standing Committee on Energy Storage and Hybrid systems by MNRE and is currently working on drafting the national energy storage mission. He served as member of national taskforce for renewable integration by Central Electricity Authority & Ministry of Power during 2013-14. Under Rahul’s leadership Customized energy solutions has received various awards including IPPAI Power Innovation Award for creation of India Energy Storage Alliance in 2016-17, Brad Roberts Award for outstanding industry contribution by Energy Storage Association (USA) in 2016, USAID’s PACEsetter Fund Award for MICRO initiative in 2016 and CII Innovative Energy Services Award for Tata Power Demand Response program in 2012. He was recognized with India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) President’s Award in 2018 for outstanding contribution to growth of smart grids in India. He is also recipient of Energy Storage Crusader Award from Renewable Energy India Expo in 2017, DSK Energy Award from Institution of Engineers in 2014 and Computer Society of India’s Young IT Professional Award for 2000 and 2001. Rahul holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, M.S. in Energy Management from NYIT and B.E. from Walchand College of Engineering.

Mr Rahul Munjal is the Chairman and Managing Director of Hero Future Energies. The company which came into existence in the year 2012, is the first-ever initiative of the Hero Group to foray into renewables. He is the third-generation scion of one of leading industrial houses of India, the Hero Group. It is the largest two-wheeler manufacturer in the world. Rahul has an avant-garde entrepreneurial spirit, which combined with his passion for the environment, has led him to establish Hero Future Energies(HFE) in 2012 of which he is the chairman and managing director. HFE is a wind and solar energy integrated power producer(IPP) and is one of the biggest success stories in renewable energy in India. With offices in London and Singapore HFE is on its way to expanding globally and becoming an MNC. Rahul is presently Co-chair of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) National Council on Solar Energy.  He also serves as Director of Rockman Industries Ltd. Rahul is a trustee of Raman Kant Munjal Foundation which manages CSR initiatives of the group companies. He has been awarded ‘GLOBAL EXCELLENCE AWARD – 2014’ in renewable energy by Energy and Environment Foundation (EEF) and national awards for excellence as Renewable Energy Leader & Entrepreneur of the Year 2015 by World CSR Congress.

Ramesh Kymal is the Chairman & Managing Director of Siemens Gamesa India. Siemens Gamesa established its presence in India in the year 2009. Since then Kymal has piloted the company’s growth successfully by commissioning over 5500 MW of wind power, over 400 MW of solar power projects across the country and leads a team of over 2500 people.

He has over 25 years of experience in the renewable energy industry, casting his leadership traits across multi – national renewable energy corporations thus bringing out continuous growth in India’s renewable energy business.

Mr Simon Stolp currently leads the World Bank’s $5 billion energy sector engagement in India, which is growing rapidly and providing significant financing and technical support for India’s renewable energy development, and to investments aimed at turning around India’s financially stressed distribution sector. The World Bank will commit over $1 Billion in financing to India’s solar PV development this year, and has signed a joint declaration in support of the Indian led International Solar Alliance. Previously, he led the Bank’s energy sector engagement in the Middle East and North Africa region, managing energy policy and strategy dialogue and a portfolio of loan and technical assistance projects to the energy sector. Mr Stolp’s earlier career involved public and private development of renewable energy infrastructure throughout Australia and SE Asia with Hydro Tasmania, Australia’s largest renewable energy supplier. He Stolp has also consulted to government, international development agencies, private developers and financiers in the international energy sector. Through these roles Mr Stolp has led the planning, financing and development of over $20 Billion of infrastructure assets.

Ms Soma Banerjee is the Executive Director, Energy & Infrastructure at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). She works closely with senior officials of the Government of India, industry leaders, and experts from thinktanks and multilateral agencies supporting the economic growth of the country through policy advocacy, project execution, preparation of policy documents, and engagements.

Prior to being at CII, Ms Banerjee was National Economics Editor at the Economic Times for 22 years. She has written extensively and is recognized on a wide range of issues, including the energy sector.

Mr Sunil Jain assumed the role of CEO and ED at Hero Future Energies (HFE) in the year 2013. He has over three decades of experience in the entire aspect of business in automotive, infrastructure and cleantech, and manufacturing industry.

He specializes in creating new businesses and taking the start-ups to scale. Sunil has been involved in introducing new concepts of power selling in the Indian renewable sector, especially wind. He has been actively advocating for stable and meaningful policies to promote the cause of green energy. Sunil has a consistent record of delivering extraordinary results in growth, revenue, and operational excellence. His cumulative experience has been of setting up more than 2.5 GW capacity on-ground. Characterized as visionary and strategist, he has assumed the thought leadership position in the renewables sector in India.

Mr Tulsi Tanti has been the Chairman of Suzlon Energy Limited since inception of the company in April, 1995. Suzlon Energy is one of the leading renewable energy solutions providers in the world. Prior to Suzlon, he has worked with various industries including textiles. Mr Tanti has been conferred with numerous awards including: Champion of the Earth by the United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2009, Hero of the Environment by TIME magazine for his contribution to raising awareness and initiating action on global climate change, Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 by Ernst & Young, World Wind Energy Award by World Wind Energy Association The CNBC TV18, India Business Leader Award, Chanchlani Global Indian Award by Canada India Foundation, Global New Energy Business Leader Award by China Energy News, Asia’s Most Promising Leader Award' by Ibrands, Dubai

Vinod founded Emergent Ventures India (EVI) and has led its growth from 2004, to becoming a leading service provide in Climate Change, Sustainability and Renewable deployment with a service foot print across 28 + countries. EVI has been involved with 15 GW+ of renewable energy projects since inception.

Vinod has carried out pioneering work in the area of Carbon Finance, launch of Renewable Aggregators, development of Energy Storage Roadmap, Smart Grids Wind Solar Hybrids etc.

He has also been involved in promoting Innovative business models to support grid interactive solar irrigation, utility anchored solar roof top aggregation, smart meter deployment etc. and Financing Instruments such as Green Bonds, specialized Credit Lines, Guarantee Funds etc.

Vinod is an Engineer with Post Graduation in Management from IIM Ahmedabad. 

Dr Winfried Damm was graduated at FU Hagen, Germany, received an MBA from Michigan State University (USA) and a Ph.D. from FU Berlin. He worked for 2 years as a consultant, 4 years for a member of National Parliament in the energy sector and joined municipal utility of Leipzig in 1992. There he headed sales, marketing, PR, strategy, controlling, M&A, International department and was responsible for external relations among others. He had been involved in many national legislative outcomes starting with the first feed-in-law for renewables up to "capacity market" discussions and pushed Leipzig to one of the leading cities in e-mobility. Dr Damn working with GIZ in December 2014 and joined GIZ India office in January 2015 as Director of the Indo-German Energy Programme.