Governance

Mr. Anil Jain is Managaing Director of Refex Energy Limited. He has been instrumental in bringing together prominent industry players to formulate NSEFI and is committed strengthening the solar energy sector. Refex Energy provides turnkey EPC solar energy solutions from concept to commissioning for solar PV and also operation and maintenance services throughout the lifetime of the project. Led by visionary leaders and industry veterans, Refex Energy provides end-to-end solutions including engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for our customers seeking to build photovoltaic solar power plants.

Anil Chalamalasetty, a first- generation entrepreneur and business innovator, along with his friend and co-founder Mahesh Kolli has successfully founded and developed multiple platforms in Information Technology, environmental Technologies, Clean Energy and Urban Infrastructure sectors over the last 15 years. They believe in creating essential infrastructure integrated with emerging technologies that have a lasting social impact while contributing to the growing demands of India as a nation.

Anil & Mahesh have made their mark in the Indian Energy Sector by co-founding Greenko Group, a focused clean energy company in 2006.Greenko is today one of India’s largest clean energy company with over 4 GW of operational assets and well positioned to achieve a lofty goal of 5 GW of clean energy capacity by 2020.

Mr. Khanna has over 30 years of cumulative experience with focus on project management and contracts in both India and abroad. Mr. Ashish Khanna is the President - Renewables, Tata Power and also holds position as MD & CEO of Tata Power Solar - India's largest integrated solar company. He joined Tata Power in 2007.

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.

Mr Jain has extensive experience in both the finance and renewable energy sector having combined work experience of close to 20 years. He has worked for leading players such as Barclays Bank, ICICI Bank, SunEdison and SkyPower Global. He is an MBA graduate from Yale University and has extensive experience in Solar energy sector, Investment Banking, and Business Development. Solar experience –SkyPower; Formerly Head of West India at SunEdison, Head of Business Development at Kiran Energy and Director at KPMG Barclays Capital / Lehman Brothers (USA) – Associate in Investment Banking Group. While at KPMG, Mr. Jain co-led the solar energy practice group and executed projects such as the 150 MW Solar project of Mahagenco (largest plant in Asia at that time), for which he prepared the bid documents and oversaw the process of EPC appointment, designed and structured contracts and assisted with financial closure. Mr. Jain also oversaw the creation of a vision document and roadmap for the solar energy sector for the government of Gujarat. During his tenure at SunEdison Mr. Jain led and administered the western region of India for solar, wind and distributed generation verticals and pursued a development pipeline of more than 2500 MWs.

Narasimharao Bandaru is registered in Andhra Pradesh, is a director in 16 companies : Sri Siddharth Infratech & Services (I) Private Limited , Gandikota Wind Power Limited , Ssisipl Safety Equipment & Accessories Private Limited , Mathuli Power Private Limited , Paling Power Private Limited , Ithun Power Private Limited , Dri Power Private Limited , Ahi Power Private Limited , Burgampadu Geo Thermal Limited , Mages Electronics Park Private Limited , Cerulean Energy Solutions Private Limited , My Nest Condominium Llp , Hilly Billy Properties Llp , Semaliya Energy Private Limited , Panari Energy Private Limited and Haridwar Infrastructure Private Limited .

MR. Chintakunta Munnuswamy Rajesh Mr Chintakunta Munnuswamy Rajesh, popularly known as CM Rajesh is one of the first Directors of the Company. Leads the process of bidding, development and managing the operations of all the verticals of the Group. Being a leader with a vision and focus, he has led many new inventions for the Group, which enabled the group to execute many first of its kind projects in India. He continues to lead the Group companies and all the verticals for sustainable growth and to achieve the objectives of the group

Mr. Jinal Mehta, has more than 14 years of experience across all facets of the power sector, generation, transmission and distribution. He took charge of the Distribution business of the Company in April, 2014 and led significant operational improvements in licensed and franchised distribution businesses, in terms of network modernisation, reduction in AT&C losses, improved customer services and timely regulatory approvals for recovery of costs. Under his leadership, the Company obtained a distribution license for Dholera Special Industrial Region (SIR) and won the franchised distribution area of Shil, Mumbra & Kalwa (SMK). He has been the Managing Director of the Torrent Power Limited since April 01, 2018. He leads the Company’s efforts at continuous operational improvement and delivering growth.

Kushagra is a solar energy enthusiast with 20 years of experience in leading large teams that have developed multiple MW scale solar energy projects across the world. As Co-Founder and Managing Director of SunSource Energy, one of India's leading integrated distributed solar companies, he has been instrumental in shaping the company's strategy and leading its project execution, technology, and engineering efforts to carve a niche in the global solar market.
Prior to co-founding SunSource, he worked with global solar majors including SunPower, GE, and Conti Group. He is a post-graduate in Solar Energy Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and has Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology.
Kushagra has won several awards including the 'BW Businessworld 40 under 40', the ‘Global Young Entrepreneur Excellence Award’ at WRETC, the ‘UP Ratna 2018’, and the ‘Entrepreneur of the Year Award’ at the DLA Awards 2019. His work has been highlighted in top publications such as The Guardian, The Economic Times, Financial Express, and The Times of India, and is a sought-after speaker at major global platforms.
Kushagra served as a solar technical expert to the World Bank and IFC and was a member of the interconnection group at the Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Association to assist New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities in helping define the state’s solar policy implementation. Kushagra is Co-Chair of the UP-State Development Council of ASSOCHAM. Additionally,he serves as chair of the C&I Solar Committee at the National Solar Energy Federation of India. He is passionate about rural electrification and energy security through clean energy and storage-based solutions.

Over 30 years of experience Previous roles include: Founder of Origin Renewables, now a part of Radiance President and Co-head Infra at ICICI Venture Fund Managing Director at Babcock & Brown India Executive Director at ABN AMRO Associate Director at UBS Securities

Manu Bishnoi is the Managing Director and Partner of Technique Solaire in India, a French company specializing in renewable energy, specifically solar and biogas development as an Independent Power Producer (IPP) since 2008. With over 10 years of experience in the solar industry, Manu’s journey started with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering after which he worked in the IT industry for 2.5 years, followed by a Master’s in Strategy & Organization Consultancy from EDHEC Business School in France following which he joined Technique Solaire and played a key role in devising their strategy to enter the Indian market. He successfully set up the company’s subsidiary in India and managed the day-to- day operations, leading to the commissioning of their first solar project in Uttarakhand in 2017. Despite being a small player in the Indian solar sector, Manu’s entrepreneurial spirit, perseverance, and sustainable long-term vision have won him numerous accolades, including the Best SME of the year award in 2018 and the Best French Partnership Abroad award by CCI France Internal in 2019.

Mr. Nath took on the role of an entrepreneur by acquiring control of a listed NBFC called Chokhani Securities Limited in 2018 and is now the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of U GRO Capital, a tech enabled small business lending platform. Prior to embarking on his entrepreneurial journey at U GRO Capital, Mr Nath has been influential in setting up Insurance Companies, Global Asset Management Businesses, Capital Market and Lending Institutions.Throughout his illustrious career, he has been instrumental in building two insurance companies, a large asset management company and an NBFC. Some of his biggest achievements include establishing new business verticals alongside foraying successful joint ventures and partnerships for the group. He is a qualified lawyer and a University Rank Holder from the Banaras Hindu University (India) and is known to be a great motivator and a hands-on leader who trusts his instincts

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Nawal Saini is a Managing Director in Brookfield’s Renewable Power Group. In this role, he is responsible for building and managing Brookfield’s business in India and assists the infrastructure team in executing large-scale transactions. Prior to joining Brookfield in 2018, Mr. Saini focused on renewables for infrastructure investment teams at CDPQ and JP Morgan. Mr. Saini also worked at Jacob Ballas, a New York Life-anchored private equity fund in India, and as a banker with ABN Amro Bank and SBI Capital Markets.

Mr. Saini earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India and a Bachelor of Science degree from Delhi University.

R Chellapan started the company in 1984 and grew it to a size of 2600 employees. Under his leadership, Swelect was rated SP1A by CRISIL and is an MNRE accredited Rooftop installer and is empanelled as an ESCO (Energy Service Company) by BEE. He received “TRAIL BLAZERS – PATH FINDERS” award as an outstanding entrepreneur and TiECON Award for “The Entrepreneur of the year 2013”. R Chellappan is an Electrical and Electronics Engineer.

Mr. Ravi Kumar Reddy is the Chairman and Managing Director of Axis Energy Group. He is an Engineering Graduate and is a first generation entrepreneur who has vast experience of over two decades in visualizing and delivering large scale infrastructure projects apart from the infrastructure projects he has also run successful businesses in transport and mining sectors.

In his very early days of entrepreneurship he has visualized and implemented the operating lease model of buses to Bangalore Metropolitan Corporation (BMTC) on a Public Private Partnership mode as early as in the year 1997 while such model wasn’t prevalent making its first of its kind in the public transport sector.

Sandy is Country Manager & Chief Executive Officer at Enel Green Power (EGP) India, a subsidiary of Enel Green Power, an Italy- headquartered MNC and one of the largest renewable energy companies in the world with presence in 30 countries. Sandy heads the business and operations of the company in India, comprising around 140 employees and around 1 GW of renewable energy projects under operations and development. Prior to EGP, Sandy was a co- founding key management member of BLP, a renewable energy start-up, set up in 2010, serving various roles such as Head of Project Development, COO and CFO. Sandy was instrumental in the stake sale of BLP to EGP in 2015 and Sandy came on board EGP at that time as CFO before becoming the CEO in 2019. In his professional career spanning 23 years, Sandy has performed various leadership roles at GE Capital (GE Private Equity), Ernst & Young and SBI Capital Markets Ltd. He is actively engaged in thought leadership activities in the energy industry and is the founding Treasurer and Board Member of Wind Independent Power Producers’ Association (WIPPA), India’s premier association of wind energy generation companies. He is also Chair of FICCI’s Renewable Energy Developers’ Taskforce. In 2016, Sandy was nominated as one of India’s Most Promising Future CFOs by Business World Magazine & Yes Bank. In April 2022, Sandy was recognized as one of India’s Top 50 leaders in the renewable energy industry in India by Wind Insider magazine and was also awarded the coveted “CEO of the Year” award by Solar Quarter magazine in December 2022. Sandy is passionate about issues of climate change and sustainable development and aspires to be a catalyst in helping people around the world live well by adopting and embedding sustainable lifestyles and behaviours.

Sanjeev is the Chairman of HEXA Climate. Sanjeev is a serial entrepreneur and also the Founder, Ex-Managing Director of Amplus Solar (acquired by Petronas). Sanjeev is a 1995 batch qualifiedMBA from IIM Ahemdabad and holds extensive years of industry experience in the power industry. Sanjeev received the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) young leaders award in 2013 and was featured in Finance-Monthly global CEO awards in 2016. He has been chosen as one of the 100 Most Powerful Solar Business Leaders in the Indian PV Market and has also featured in the Power100 Map of year 2019 at the Solar Quarter’s 3rd Edition of Powerful Solar Business Leaders13.

Sumant Sinha is the Chairman and Managing Director of ReNew Power – India’s largest clean energy company. After being in leadership roles with large global corporations, Sumant quit a successful corporate career to follow his desire of being an entrepreneur and making a contribution to climate change mitigation. Sumant is a passionate advocate for solutions related to climate change through the intersection of business and public policy. As an expert on economic policy & climate change, Sumant speaks extensively at global platforms, such as the World Economic Forum at Davos and thought leadership events organized by FT, Goldman Sachs, Fortune, Boao, Observer Research Foundation and top global universities. Sumant is a sought after columnist and commentator. He has authored more than 100 articles and has been featured in leading global and Indian publications.

Sundeep Gupta is Vice-Chairman & Managing Director of Jakson Group. A second-generation entrepreneur, he joined Jakson Group in 1991 and has played an instrumental role in the company's growth in the past three decades, including its diversification into new business areas like solar, electrical EPC, hospitality and education. Sundeep is credited for building Jakson's solar business grounds-up and driving its overall business strategy, including forays into India's solar manufacturing, rooftop and retail product segments. As an engineer with a deep interest in new technologies, he keeps a close watch on the latest technology trends and works closely with the company's manufacturing and business leaders to adopt them at Jakson. His pioneering spirit had led Jakson to become the first genset company in India to adopt advanced CNC technologies at its manufacturing plants. He also oversaw the setting-up of Jakson's solar manufacturing plant in Noida. Sundeep is a graduate in computer engineering from Pune University and an alumni of Harvard Business School in the US. He is also the Chairman of CII Western Uttar Pradesh Zone. He enjoys spending his free time reading about new technology trends and travelling.

Akshay is driven by the pursuit of making renewable energy a feasible solution for energy-intensive industries. At Serentica, Akshay leads the Corporate Finance function, managing & strategizing capital raise and allocation for the sustainable energies platform that is focused on providing round the clock green energy to some of the largest energy industries in the country. His career spans two decades, fifteen of which were spent in Corporate Finance and Development. He has raised over $1.5 bn across debt and equity while working for domestic and international developers. He has also supervised the development & execution of 1+GW of projects in renewables. Prior to Serentica, Akshay spearheaded the structured investment and project finance desk of Piramal Capital in infrastructure, having deployed and exited ~1 bn USD of exposure

In 1976, Mr. Katariya laid the foundation of the Company. A Gold medalist from College of Engineering Pune. A visionary, a leader, and a determined individual. Mr. Katariya is the guiding force for the organisation.

He is recipient of Lifetime Achievement award from the Association of Consulting Civil Engineers and Civil Engineer of the year 2017 by Institute of Engineers (India).

As Executive Director & CEO, at Mahindra Susten (IPP with in-house EPC), the Group’s flagship entity in the Renewables domain, Deepak, is responsible for evolving the strategic direction, delivering business vision through organizational capability enhancement appropriately complimented by investments & collaborations. Additionally, he also oversees Mahindra Teqo (Renewables O&M) and Mahindra Solarize (C&I Renewables EPC) businesses. As a director on these two boards, he actively supports, creation & deliverance, of a sustainable business roadmap. Prior to Mahindra, Deepak was Lead – Renewables & Energy Storage (Executive Vice President) at the Reliance Group. He was part of the core group building the strategic plan for the New Energy vertical and actively involved in M&A transactions in this domain of over USD 1.5 billion. Earlier to this, he was CEO – Hybrid and Energy Storage Business for Sterling and Wilson, a Shapoorji Pallonji Group company. In addition, he was responsible for the Wind EPC and e-mobility verticals of the Group and was on the boards of Sterling PBES Energy Solutions, a Canadian marine battery solution company and GCO Australia Deepak has worked with major industry players such as Larsen & Tourbo Ltd., Honeywell, and Thermax. He has a proven track record of incubating new businesses with global footprints. He has successfully handled various responsibilities encompassing sales, marketing, corporate strategy, business planning and strategic alliances in addition to P&L ownership across a wide spectrum of industries comprising energy, industrial equipment, electronics, and infrastructure, in career spanning three decades. Deepak holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Pune, India and is an alumnus of Symbiosis Institute of Business Management

Dr. P. Anbalagan took over as the Chairman & Managing Director, Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited on 30th September, 2022. He is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of the Maharashtra Cadre 2001 Batch. He is Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc) from Madras Veterinary College, Chennai, Master in Dairying from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana. He is also pursuing M.Tech and Ph. D in Civil and Environmental Technology from Pune University, Maharashtra. In his illustrious career spanning over 21 years, he has held several important assignments in Government of Maharashtra, like Assistant Collector, Solapur & Karad, CEO Zilla Parishad, Nandurbar, Collector & District Magistrate, Ahmednagar, Joint CEO, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation , Member Secretary of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. Prior to current assignment, he was working as CEO, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation.

He is responsible for strategic growth and expansion of the company in India and abroad. He has over 20 years of experience in the power and telecom sectors, Earlier, he worked as Research Engineer and, later, as Technical Head with the Telecom Power Company, Benning Gmbh, Germany also Mr. Upadhyay successfully led the modification and adaption of several critical Power Systems to suit Indian requirements.

Naresh has experience in technology, engineering, design and cost innovation, business development, procurement, commercial operations, and statistical analysis. He has 32 years of experience and is responsible for the complete business cycle of the division from securing business to successful execution and successful operations for the duration of PPA. He has been involved in various leadership roles creating opportunities for winning, building and sustaining Solar PV projects of more than 1 GW, before starting the Juniper Green Energy platform, he started the solar division in Orange Renewable as a CEO and was successful in building best-performing assets in the industry. He has held positions of CTO ACME Solar Pvt. Ltd., Operations head in Minda Sai Ltd., Business head at Wings Power Pvt. Ltd. and Operations head at Ranutrol Instrumentation Ltd. He has rich and diversified experience across industry segments in leadership roles in technology, design engineering, cost innovation, procurement, operations, statistical analysis, and customer support. Naresh has done BE (Industrial Electronics) from Shivaji University.

Neerav Nanavaty comes with over two decades of experience in the energy sector across North America and India. He has worked with the world’s renowned green energy companies, leading all activities across renewables and energy services. He holds an Electronics Engineering degree from NIT, Karnataka, and an MBA in Finance/Strategy from Duke University, USA.

Parag Sharma is Founder and CEO of O2 Power. He also occupies the chair of the Vice-Chairman at CII’s National Committee on Atmanirbhar Bharat - RE Manufacturing. Additionally, he is also the Vice Chairman at WIPPA – Wind Independent Power Producers Association.
Parag has over 23 years of experience in the power sector and before starting O2 Power, he was COO at ReNew Power for eight years and also spent significant ten years in the consulting industry. He started his career with ABB & also associated as Director, Strategic and Commercial Practice in KPMG.
Parag is an MBA from IIT Delhi, LLB from Delhi University and Electrical Engineering from AMU. He is a passionate long-distance marathon runner.

BIO- Parish is currently serving as Regional Director, India and Sri Lanka at ib vogt Solar India Pvt. Ltd, which is subsidiary of ib vogt GmbH. He has more approx. 19 years of experience in Indian Renewable Energy Sector. Prior to ib vogt, he has worked with the organisations like Suzlon, WindForce & LNJ Bhilwara Group. At ib vogt India, he is spearheading team of more than 80 solar professionals with a pipeline of more than 1 GWp wind and a number of Wind-Solar hybrid project. ib vogt Solar India has already developed and delivered > 800 MWp of solar projects and currently developing solar/ hybrid projects won in central/ state auctions as well providing turnkey EPC solutions in its solar parks to C&I Consumers/ Investors across various states in India. He is an MBA from GIM, Goa & BE from MBM, JNVU, Jodhpur.

21+ years of overall experience across the energy value chain in EPC, IPP, PE and BD with 13 years in renewables across operational and financial roles Prior to Amp, Pinaki was the CFO-Infra, Head-New Ventures at Sterlite Power (Part of Vedanta Group) with $1.5B asset base. Incubated & led as CFO + CIO at Sembcorp Green Infra (an IDFC PE venture), IPP with 700MW+ portfolio; the largest renewable IPP in India at that time Led US$ 300mn renewable PE investment as Principal at IDFC Private Equity; the largest renewable Private Equity portfolio in India at that time Worked at ALSTOM/ABB (India and Europe), Intergen(Shell-Bechtel JV with 16 GW) in US and New Energy Capital (US)(JV between CALSTRS and Vantage Point Venture Capital) MBA (Cornell University), B.E. (Delhi College of Engineering)

Prashant is a mechanical engineer and brought with him more than three decades of experience in operations, project execution and management, corporate strategy, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, information technology, investor relations and policy advocacy – 27 years of which had been spent within the wider JSW Group. He prioritises employee motivation and morale and ensures JSW Energy developed a reputation as one of the best workplaces in India.

Knowing that actions speak louder than words, JSW has made commitments towards carbon neutrality and ESG compliance,

Pratik Agarwal is the Director of Serentica Renewables, a green energy company that focuses on providing round-the-clock carbon-free power to large consumers of energy in India. Pratik is also the Managing Director of Sterlite Power and is also a non-executive director at Sterlite Technologies Limited and Sterlite Investment Managers Ltd. Previously, he has held directorship positions in Sterlite Ports, Vizag General Cargo Berth Ltd, and Sterlite Networks Limited. Under his leadership, Sterlite Power has grown from a USD 150mn project in 2010 to developing 30 projects across India & Brazil, worth ~USD 6bn. In 2017 Sterlite spun-out its Indian operating assets into a yield platform called IndiGrid – India’s first power sector Invit (Infrastructure Investment Trust). IndiGrid, was subsequently acquired by a consortium of Infrastructure funds and co-investors. Pratik has pioneered the use of cutting-edge technologies in the design, engineering, and construction of transmission systems, including the use of heli-crane technology, for the first time in Asia. In 2019, Sterlite Power won the coveted International Project Management Association Gold award (highest honor) in the mega-projects category, and the Standard & Poor Global Platts Energy Award for Construction Project of the year. Pratik is passionate about climate change and the role that companies can play in reversing this phenomenon. Serentica Renewables, which is built as a sustainable energy platform, will provide industries with round-the-clock clean energy, thereby supporting India’s clean energy transition as well as net zero goals. ­ Recently, Pratik was named the Economic Times CEO of the Year Award at the Energy Leadership Summit 2022. In 2018, he had also received Economic Times 40 under 40 award, which recognizes young business leaders under the age of forty. Pratik is the chairman of sub-committee on Power Transmission at the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), co-chair of the committee on Infrastructure and Real Estate at IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, member of the Indian advisory board of the India Brazil Chamber of Commerce (IBCC) and the current President of Electric Power Transmission Association (EPTA) of India. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA degree from the London Business School.

Mr. Rajiv Mishra is responsible for running CLP's business in India. He joined the CLP Group in 2002 and has over 20 years of experience in the power industry, both in India and internationally, mostly involved in project financing, investment appraisal, finance and accounting and general management. Before assuming the role of Managing Director of CLP India, Rajiv has held a variety of senior positions in the Power Industry viz. Deputy Managing Director/Chief Financial Officer of BLCP Power in Thailand, Finance Director of PowerGen India and Finance Director of LG Energy in Seoul, South Korea.

Sachin Gulab Jain is registered with Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). Their DIN is 07211435. Following are their current and past directorships.

A Mechanical Engineer from the 1991 batch with specialisation in Machine Tool Design, has application experience of business process re-engineering and leading wind and solar business units in both IPP and OEM/EPC sides.

As CEO India, Sandip oversees overall strategy, development and operations of the company in India. He has over 12 years of development, financing and management experience in the infrastructure sector and a solid International experience.. Prior to joining Enfinity, Sandip co-founded TEPSOL Projects Private Limited, an India focused solar development platform, majority owned by EverStream Capital. As CEO, he successfully built an unparalleled team and led the company in the development and commissioning of 120MWp of solar projects apart from developing a pipeline of over 300 MW. Prior to co-founding TEPSOL, Sandip co-founded TEP Solar India Private Limited, a solar development platform majority owned by Think Energy Partners Solar India LLC. Under his leadership, Think Energy was awarded the Most Promising Energy Start Up 2018 by ASSOCHAM. Prior to co-founding Think Energy Solar India, from 2009-2012, Sandip was instrumental in development, financing, and management of renewable projects in India, Italy, US, Germany and United Kingdom for a large Indian Group.

Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal is the President, Fortum India and Global Head for Solar at Fortum. Fortum has committed to invest 200-400 Million Euros in India and is current managing 435 MW of operational solar projects ( India), 250 MW Solar under construction (India) and 350 MW of solar projects under development ( other than India) .

Sharad Pungalia is the Managing Director & CEO of Amplus Solar, Asia’s largest Distributed Solar Company. His experience, spanning over two decades in the power and energy sector, has been fundamental to Amplus Solar becoming a Gigawatt scale company. In addition, Sharad’s expertise and deep understanding of project development, commercials and finance have added value to our operational excellence. Amplus Solar was founded with a vision to provide low-carbon energy solutions. Today, it is one of the leading names in India’s Distributed Energy Industry and is rapidly expanding globally. Amplus Solar’s 500+ projects cater to over 250 commercial and industrial customers. Amplus has also diversified into energy storage and electric mobility. Prior to Amplus, Sharad was working with AES Corporation’s Indian subsidiary. He led the development of a 1320 MW pithead thermal power plant with a captive coal mine. He was also involved with other business development activities involving AES’s greenfield coal, gas, and hydro projects in India. Before AES, Sharad worked with KSK Energy Ventures Private Limited, developing power projects across Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. Sharad is an IBS alumnus with expertise in Finance.

Shashank founded Sunsure Energy in 2014 and led it to be one of the fastest-growing C&I RE companies. He has consistently been recognized as one of the top RE leaders and CEOs in India. He holds a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi and has rich experience in the Renewable Energy Sector, Power Electrical Systems, Retail Sector Consulting & Big Data Analytics.

Sri K. Vijayanand, 1992 batch IAS officer, has been the Chairman for APGENCO since Feb, 2022 and CMD of APTRANSCO since April 2023. APGENCO, a state owned undertaking being the state power Generation utility contributes 40-45% of total Energy Requirement of Andhra Pradesh. Sri K. Vijayanand has started Indian Bureaucracy career in 1993 as Asst. Collector of Adilabad and worked as the Sub Collector of Rampachodavaram, Collector of Srikakulam, Managing Director of APGENCO and CMD of APTRANSCO from 2016 to 2019, Chief Electoral Officer & Ex-Officio Principal Secretary from 2019 to 2021. Now Sri Vijayanand is the Special Chief Secretary to Government, Energy.

Srini Viswanathan is the CEO Vibrant Energy Holdings and Managing Director of its India development platform (Vibrant Energy). After completing his MBA from Tuck School of Business, he started his career at UBS Investment Bank for industrial and renewable energy clients. He has over 20 years of leadership experience with large renewable energy companies.

With over 28 years of qualitative experience in Management encompassing Profit Centre, Business Unit Management, Project Management, Business Process Excellence, and Customer Services, Sudhir is a seasoned professional having achieved over 2+ GW of renewable track records in India. He is an acknowledged expert in India and abroad in the renewable power (solar PV), power distribution, EPC & turnkey projects, and telecom sectors.

Sujoy Ghosh is the Vice President for First Solar and country managing director for the company’s India business operations from manufacturing to business development. He joined First Solar in 2012, and has supervised the build out of the company’s India business resulting in an overall installed base of 2GW+ in India for First Solar’s CdTe thin film PV modules. He is responsible for execution of all of First Solar’s India investment strategies be it development of utility scale solar assets (2014-18), to operationalizing a fully integrated 3.3GW/annum manufacturing facility in India, that was announced in 2021 to serve the needs of the India market. Besides India, he has been responsible for overseeing First Solar’s region operations in the Middle East and more recently in Asia Pacific. Sujoy has over 30 years of industry experience in India, and joined First Solar from GE, where he was the Regional General Manager for GE Energy’s Power and Water business. In his 9 years with GE, he has worked in a diverse range of businesses from T&D (SCADA, network management and sub-station automation) to Thermal Power Generation (Gas and Steam Turbine and gasification) to Renewables (Wind). For the last 5 years, he led GE’s Thermal Products and Renewable Sales in India/Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Prior to joining GE, Sujoy worked for 13 years in Tata Honeywell in sales/market development handling technology platforms from distributed control systems, safety systems and advanced control and optimization packages, across business verticals in the manufacturing, utility and oil & gas verticals.

We aspire to become a Globally recognized Solar EPC company, providing cutting-edge services and solutions in the Solar, Electrical, Instrumentation and Automation space. We shall endeavour to grow both organically and inorganically, through strategic tie-ups and joint ventures – both locally and globally and to be recognized as the leading Engineering and Construction company for its work method, technology and human resources competencies in the field of Renewable Energy.

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Mr. Vneet S. Jaain is the Managing Director and CEO of Adani Green Energy Limited. He has been associated with Adani Group for over 15 years. During his association, he has been spearheaded on Group’s strategy for its Energy and Infrastructure business and has been instrumental growing various businesses from conceptualisation to operation - Renewable, Power generation, Transmission and Distribution. He was instrumental in setting up of Energy Network Operations Centre (ENOC) and also the Project Monitoring & Control Group – two of Group’s Centre of Excellence. He has led many first of its kind projects in the country driven by his deep technical understanding and sector focus. Under his able leadership Adani Group has executed and set-up several key energy projects like, then World’s largest solar plant (at the time) at Kamuthi, setting up of India’s largest solar module manufacturing facility, India’s first and longest private owned HVDC transmission network. Each of this projects are examples of benchmark in the Energy Industry.