Having a keen interest in accessible streets, safe transport and urban planning. At The Council, her research is geared towards building connections between emerging technologies, travel behavior patterns and land use. This includes the analysis of risks constraining mobility of both passengers and freight, particularly in transport-poor demographic segments and the development of suitable interventions aimed at equitable transport.

17 years of experience in land use and transport planning, road safety, participatory approaches, campaigns and business solutions development. Prior to joining The Council, worked with strategic philanthropies, academia, consulting firms, and development authorities. She has actively developed policy notes and implementation strategies for urban local bodies, governments and UN agencies.

She is a professionally trained architect and urban regional planner. She holds a doctorate degree in transport planning from IIT Delhi.

Mr. Shri Sudhendu J. Sinha works as an adviser at the NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transformation of India), the apex 'Think Tank' of the Govt. of India. He has experience of over 27 years in operations, infrastructure planning, coordination and management at field and policy making levels in Indian Railways with considerable success and appreciation. His performance has been recognised and awarded twice at the National level (National Award for e-Governance- 2019-20, for ‘Excellence in providing Citizen - Centric Delivery’ by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Govt. of India, ‘National Award for Outstanding Service’ Ministry of Railways Govt. of India -2006) and thrice at the Ministry (of Railways) level. He also served as Dean of the Indian Railway Institute of Transport Management (IRITM), Lucknow, and General Manager Web Applications at the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS).

CEO of MeitY Startup Hub (MSH), the nodal agency of the Ministry of Electronics and IT to support and promote deep-tech startups across India. MSH is responsible for 51+ incubators, 26+ Centre of Excellence, multiple Accelerators, among other assets. Also, responsible for conceptualizing and implementing new schemes and programs to support more than 3000 startups that are associated with MeitY Startup Hub.

Member of National Committees

1. National Startup Advisory Council under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Cabinet Minister Piyush Goyal
2. Expert Advisory Committee (EAC) of Rs. 1000 Cr Startup India Seed Fund
3. National Startup Council – CII
4. National Committee on IT&ITeS - CII

By expertise and background, Mr. Vijay is an investor and advisor with 15+ years of experience in USA in international private equity, venture capital, and University System Administration

Formerly:

1. Previously, Mr. Vijay was licensed by FINRA/SEC as Investment Banker, Broker-Dealer, and Investment Advisor.
2. In his last position in USA, Mr. Vijay was the Managing Director of the Horizon Fund, the strategic venture fund of University of Texas System with USD 60 Million dollars in committed capital.
3. He was also the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Investments & Entrepreneurship at University of Texas System. o The University of Texas System is one of the largest systems, with 9 academic and 6 healthcare institutions that educate more than 216,000 students, employ 87,000 faculty and staff, and annually spend approximately $3 billion on research.
4. He was Investment Director at an Emerging Market focused Private Equity Fund in USA, where he was involved with various small cap IPOs and APOs.

Professional Expert with Three decades of experience largely divided between manufacturing (mainly in automotive sector and in supply chain function).

Having education (in learning and development, and training space).

Specially mention for socially enriching contribution, creating new customer engagement models, experimenting team structures.

Expertise: Start-up, Strategic planning, human resource, supply chain, training and development, business negotiations, alliances and partnerships, learning and development.

Deputy Director at NPTI. Having an experience of 23 years .

specialization in Energy Resources and Conversion & Power Plant System - Power Environment Interface - Power Station Management - Global Power Business - Renewable Energy (Solar Wind Biomass) - Energy Audit of Thermal Power Plant - Financial Modeling & DPR preparation of Power Project

Extensive experience in the electronics industry. Prior to founding Triton Solar, he served as a trained engineer and founded two additional companies in the electronics sector. A car enthusiast in his own right, it was his passion and vision that led to the founding of the Triton-EV.

An electrical engineer by education, conservationist by heart. He is passionate about the environment and aims to solve the problem of EV adoption in developing economies.

Building sustainable affordable EV Charging infrastructure.

Akshit is a serial entrepreneur and previously worked with companies like Deloitte.

AtulArya is the Head of Energy System Division in Panasonic India. In his current role, he is spearheading Panasonic’s ambition to be a leader in the Energy Storage Market – a bourgeoning segment with immense potential – in India and other emerging countries. This is in line with the business goals of the organization as Panasonic’s businesses are aligned around four growth pillars, one of which is business-to-business solutions with energy storage falling under it.

For over two decades, he has honed his skills in multi-cultural environments and various markets, among which are India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and China. His experience with Manufacturing, Data Centers and T&D sector with global companies like Siemens, Schneider Electric & Alstom and his deep understanding and experience in Indian markets across various domains had led to him being entrusted with the task of adding a new dimension to Panasonic’s Energy Storage Systems in India.

AVP- Strategy & Policy with 11 years’ Experience In Strategy, Policy & Business Development primarily automotive and electric vehicle space across Asian & European Markets. Passionate about People And New Cultures

8+ years with Auto / EV sector including corporate, consulting and government assignments, majorly worked with the senior-most levels

Handled a wide variety of roles and assignments (Growth Strategies, Investment Planning, M&A, Business Development and B2B Partnerships) across a number of geographies (in India and abroad)

Exposed to various facets of electric mobility, closed two International JVs in this space in the areas of electric bus manufacturing and lithium ion batteries

Bhaskar Natarajan has over twenty fiveyears of experiencein areas related to clean energy, energy efficiency and sustainable development. Bhaskar has managed large programs, working with donor agencies to scope out program goals, and working with multiple stakeholders to deliver results.

Bhaskar has worked on projects, supported by World Bank, USAID, ADB, UNDP, CIDA and DFID among others, and has been a part of several official government and industry committees of energy and environment.

Bhaskar has worked with Institute of Sustainable Communities (2017-2019), was Deputy Chief of USAID PACE-D Project (2014-2017) and was the Managing Director of C-Quest Capital Green Ventures Private Limited, a subsidiary of C-Quest Capital Inc.

Prior to this, Bhaskar was the Country Coordinator USAID Eco-Asia Clean Development and Climate Program (January 2008- August 2009), a multi-country program on clean energy, managed by USAID RDMA office, Bangkok.

Bhaskar also worked as Senior Program Manager, India Canada Environment Facility (April 1998- January 2008). ICEF was a bilateral program of Government of India and Canada, managed through Canadian High Commission, New Delhi. Bhaskar managed several projects ranging from Can$ 500,000- 1,000,000 over this period.

Bhaskar was the Director, Energy Management Centre, Ministry of Power, Government of India (June 1994- March 1998). As the national agency for energy efficiency in India, EMC launched several programs for energy efficiency.

Bhaskar has written extensively in national and international publications and is the co-author of ‘Renewable Energy, A Policy Analysis for India’, Tata McGraw Hill, Delhi, 2000

Bhaskar was Contributing Lead Author for the chapters on Technology Transfer, as a part of the Special report on Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer, for the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change.

After spending more than two decades in Two-wheeler automobile industry and getting inspiration from the sustainable and Eco-friendly lifestyle of Japanese island, Okinawa, decided to to bring India as a leading player in Electric Mobility.

With this vision Okinawa Autotech was founded, an organization that believes that the power to change the world lies with us.

Witnessed exponential growth in Electric Mobility and customer segments regarding Electric Vehicle awareness. Through these years, Okinawa has emerged as a leading player in EV landscape with its state of art technology, customer-centric approach and a focus to support, embrace and promote Indian businesses and supplier. With the amazing people working for the organization, Okinawa has become the first Indian company to get the FAME II subsidy from the Government of India

Jyoti has about 14 years of rich experience in the Indian Renewable sector. Before starting JMK Research, she has worked with leading companies in the clean energy sector including Bridge To India, Tecnova, Infraline, and CRISIL. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Management from FORE School of Management, Delhi, and a Bachelor’s in Engineering degree (Mechanical) from Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Delhi.

6Wresearch is the premier, one stop market intelligence and advisory center, known for its best in class business research and consulting activity.

Mr. Singh is a Senior Member of the E-mobility team at NITI Aayog. He is currently handling several projects and is also a core member of the Advanced Chemistry Cells program (PLI). He also represents NITI Aayog in the EV Infrastructure Standards committee at BIS. He is B.Tech from NIT and an MBA from IIM Calcutta.

Sahana isan energy professional with work experience in electric mobility and clean energy sectors. Presently she is working as aJunior Technical Expert in GIZ for over a year under the Indo-German Energy Programme (IGEN). Previously, she has worked in consulting field in the Electric Mobility sector for close to two years.

She is an electrical engineer who further pursued M. Tech from TERI School of Advanced Studies in Renewable Energy Engineering and Management. Additionally, she also holds a post-graduate diploma in Transmission and Distribution Systems from National Power Training Institute (NPTI).

In the electric mobility sector, she specializes on various aspects of electric vehicle (EV) charging ecosystem. At GIZ, she has been involved in projects related to global review of EV charging technologies and its grid integration, smart charging, renewable energy based EV charging and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology.

Shamsher is Group Head & Vice President at ICRA and has been the rating agency for over 14 years now. Based out of Gurgaon, Shamsher is part of the Corporate Ratings group and covers Automotive and Logistics sectors. He is also part of ICRA's Credit Rating Committee and has extensive experience of evaluating performance of companies across various sectors including Automotive, Logistics, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Travel & Tourism and Consumer Products. Shamsher has worked on various credit assignments for leading companies rated by ICRA and has been instrumental in developing ICRA's research offerings. He is MBA in Finance & Capital Markets from Narsee Monjee Mumbai.

An astute business leader and passionate motorhead, Mr. VinkeshGulati has been actively associated with FADA for over 10 years. As President and a key member in the FADA Executive Committee, Mr. Gulati has helped FADA reach newer heights.

A Law graduate with a Master’s in Commerce and Business Administration, Mr. Gulati heads United Automobiles, which has state-of-the-art dealerships of Mahindra and Bajaj Auto. Under his leadership, United Automobiles has emerged as a pioneer, winning a multitude of awards for dealer satisfaction and sales as well as gaining recognition for its excellent service and quality. Mr. Gulati is also the Senior Vice President of United Group of Institutions and manages educational institutions in Allahabad and Greater Noida, which impart degrees in Engineering and Management. Mr. VinkeshGulati holds a key position in the Mahindra Dealer Council and serves as the Treasurer of Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC).

A passionate and hands-on leader, Mr. Gulati believes strongly in nurturing and developing manpower as a vital aspect of his businesses. His dedication to teamwork always keeps his team motivated and in high spirits.

Mr. Gulati’s extensive experience in business planning, analytical approach to problems, and dedication towards the automobile community will ensure that FADA breaks newer grounds and flourishes under his term as President.

He works in the fields of clean energy access, distributed generation, rural electrification policy and regulation, solar photovoltaics, and biomass gasification.

He joined TERI in 1998 and has since been working on projects related to renewable energy technologies – design and implementation, resource assessment and energy planning, clean energy and rural electrification policy and regulation, monitoring, impact assessment and capacity building. He has vast national and international experience and has undertaken a number of projects in over 15 countries across South and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. He has also worked in different states across India, for UN and multilateral and bilateral organisations, foundations, national governments, and corporates. He has also written widely on energy access and rural electrification issues, particularly on South Asia, and has more than 70 research publications in scholarly journals, conference proceedings and books. He is a sought-after speaker on rural energy issues, distributed renewable energy and mini-grids, and energy-gender-poverty nexus and has participated in a number of national and international conferences and workshops across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas.

Dr. Palit represents TERI at the steering committee of the Energy for All Partnership of the Asian Development Bank and is a member of the LVDC Distribution Systems Sectional Committee (ETD 50), steered by the Bureau of Indian Standards. Earlier, he was also a member of the technical committee of the Decentralised Distributed Generation scheme under the National Rural Electrification Programme of the Government of India.

Dr. Palit holds a Master's degree in Physics and a Ph.D in Energy Policy

Shri Sanjay Kashyap is a post Graduate in Management, Sociology, Environment and Training & Development from various universities and renowned Institutes. He is also Graduate in Science and Law. In a professional career spanning over 22 years, he has rendered services in the field of Legal consultancy as an Advocate at District Civil Courts, Ghaziabad in Criminal, Civil, Environmental and Consumer related matters. Apart from this Shri Sanjay Kashyap is having another unique identity of having Expertise in matters related to Water nationwide. His NGO named Centre for Water Peace engaged to provide a shared platform to stakeholders like Govt., Experts, Activists, Scientists, Institutions, public etc. He has provided his services as an Expert for the NamamiGange Project under the Census Survey of Water bodies of Ganga Basin Project under the aegis of Quality Council of India. He rejuvenated 18 ponds in the periphery of Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam in different villages and urban areas during 2008 to 2011. Prepared rejuvenation plans for 'Buda Talab' of Bareilly, 'AchalTalab' of Aligarh and 'Pakkatalab' of Ghaziabad in association with the IIT Delhi in 2015. He suggested a plan of Rejuvenation Model of River through rain water harvesting by river ponds to Water Ministry in 2015 Jal Manthan, VigyanBhavan. Several ponds have been rejuvenated and several have been identified.

Developed economic viability and easy to install Phytobio-remediation technology and get implemented it to micro and macro level at Shamli and Kerana and thier Team got rewarded by District Administration in 2017. Now over that theme Saharanpur and Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam are implementing Drain cleaning drive with the supervision of his NGO team.

Delivering lectures as Training programs to students of several Universities, IITs and Engineering streams regarding Traditional wisdom of under ground water recharging. Providing consultancy to village level activity of pond rejuvenation and coordinate other players such as IITs, Universities, researchers and interns to make it successful and sustained.

Coordinate nationwide advocacy movement for Constitution of Pond Authority and provide consultancy to state Govt. to draft the Model Act. Sh. Sanjay Kashyap has been associated withn many renowned Institutions like India River forum, Himalayan Institute of Ecology and Science, Ganga

VicharManch, Ved-Vigyan Study Center of BHU, Arnya Environment Center, INTACH and WWF. He is Expert Member of State Wild Life Board of Uttar Pradesh in the Chairmanship of Chief minister and chair other many govt. task based committee over the subject of Environment. He has been National awardee of WWE Pond rejuvenation person 2019, Gandhi Shanti Award, State Environment Ratan and many more.

Chairman of Okaya Microtek Nasaka | Anil Gupta Academy AGA|Okaya Foundation||Emobility|EnergyStorage|EV|Ev Charging Station|Manufacturer|Exporter|Technologist|Author|Opportunity Creater|Alum:BITSPilani |Okaya Power Group |Born on 20th November 1962, Anil Gupta rising from a modest background to passing through prestigious BITS Pilani with a degree in Engineering and starting a career as a teacher of computers and electronics has come a long way in his illustrious business career. Way back in the late eighties, he introduced the first-ever electronic signboard in India, thereafter ventured into computer peripherals and subsequently manufacturing computers and CPUs. Frequent power cuts during those times compelled Anil to create Microtek Inverters and rampant unfair practices in trade, slackening customer care services all around in the industry, evolved an industry magnate who redefined the way business to be done. Further, with the inverter success came up the other half of the business Okaya Batteries to cater to an otherwise monopolistic battery market of few. Unstoppable zest to create an ethical and best practice business empire Anil ventured into all known power backup, captive power segments, real estate, IT, health care consumer durable, solar energy, and latest being Lithium battery. His down to earth personality, charming modesty, and never say die attitude keeping up his zest to take OPG to greater heights

The managing director of Hero Electric Vehicles, riding high on last year’s sales, acknowledges worries about charging infrastructure and servicing but remains bullish about the future of EVs.

Naveen Munjal points to the guitar in the background as a short-lived lockdown pursuit. He had decided, like many others, to add a new skill during last year’s forced isolation by learning an instrument. But a short (online) stint with the Berklee College of Music in Boston, US, turned out to be too theoretical—Munjal was keen on more practical lessons.

The guitar took a back seat as the managing director of Hero Electric Vehicles Pvt. Ltd, a part of Hero Eco Group, turned his attention to some other interests, including an opportunity to teach, as he continued to push sales online. The company’s sales, in fact, grew by 16% in 2020-21 over the previous year in spite of everything being shut in the early days of the pandemic-triggered lockdown, the supply chain taking a hit and transportation being stalled owing to farmer protests in north India later in the year.

The company, with an annual revenue of over ₹300 crore from the sale of more than 50,000 vehicles in 2020-21, managed to boost its online sales—from a mere 700-1,000 vehicles a year over the earlier five years to about 12,000 by the end of last year. Munjal, 49, says they decided to route digital sales also through their brick-and-mortar dealer network to keep them happy. To push online sales, the company conducted webinars for consumers, offered discounts and came up with a three-day return policy.

He was previously at JSW Energy, where he was responsible for large-scale Hybrid Renewable Power & Battery Storage Grid projects and represented JSW Energy at FICCI & delivered several keynotes on "Evolving Charging Infra Landscape for Electric Vehicles". He has over 7 years of experience building, leading electric vehicle businesses. He is on a mission to deliver technology-enabled solutions to enable complete electrification of the transportation industry and support the energy transition into a greener future.

He is a social entrepreneur who is passionate about innovation in technology, and aims to create an impact on the lives of people. With an experience of 25 years in various industries and a vision to bring change in society, he co-founded Energy and Fire Tech India Pvt. Ltd., KansiTechnovation Pvt. Ltd., and GreenLava Eco Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Professor & Head

EV Charging Infra, IOT & Cyber Security