Thematic Track

Clean Energy: The way forward in India

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Thursday, 6 Oct. 2016 | Hall No.1, Vigyan Bhawan, Central Secretariat, New
Delhi Agenda (Tentative)
10:00am-10:10am

Introduction

10:10am-10:25am

Welcome Address: Mr. Lars Andreas Lunde, Deputy Minister of Climate and
Environment, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Norway
Special Address: Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, TERI

Technical Session I:

Promoting Renewable through mandatory and voluntary trading mechanism

10:25am-10:35am

Renewable Energy Scenario in India and TERIs initiatives in Norway: Mr. Shirish
Garud, Director, Energy Environment Technology Development Division, TERI

10:35am-10:45am

Current state-of-affairs in green power market in India: Mr. Rohit Bajaj, Vice
President, IEX

10:45am-11:00am

11:00am-11:10am
Technical Session II:
Theme setting

11:10am-11:20am

Impact of regulatory and policy mechanisms initiated by the Govt. of India for RE
promotion- Mr. Sushanta K Chatterjee, Joint Chief (Regulatory Affairs) , Central
Electricity Regulatory Commission
Incentivizing Renewables through certification mechanism- Ms. Pooja Malhotra, Vice
President, Statkraft
Small Hydro: A pivotal area to be explored to strengthen Indo- Norway consensus
Mr. Lars Andreas Lunde, Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment, Ministry of
Climate and Environment, Norway
Indias initiatives for development of small hydro- Mr. Arun Kumar, Head of Advanced
Hydro Energy Centre
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Hydro initiatives and opportunities between India and Norway: Mr. Rahul Varshney,
11:20 am-11:30am

Director (Business Development), Statkraft

Panel Discussion
11:30 am-12:00pm

Issues and Challenges for promoting clean energy through an Indo-Norwegian Nexus
Moderator
Mr. K Ramanathan, Distinguished Fellow, TERI
Panelists
Mr. A. G. West, CMD, North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited
Dr. Amarpal Singh, Chief Executive, Punjab Energy Development Agency
Mr. Rahul Varshney, Director (Business Development), Statkraft
Ms. Minaxi Garg, POSOCO
Mr. S. K. Sharma, Chairman, Bhakra Beas Management Board
Mr. Sanjeev Mehra , Managing Director , TATA Power Trading
Mr. Anil Razdan, Former Secretary of Ministry of Power, Government of India

12:00 pm onwards

Tea

Updated as on 30 Sept, 2016