Agenda - National Workshop on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage

Hall No. 04, Vigyan Bhawan, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi – 110 011

30th March 2022

0930 - 1000 Arrival of the Delegates & Registration

Inaugural Session
1000 – 1005 Welcome Address by Sh. Neeraj Sinha, Senior Adviser (S&T), NITI Aayog,
Government of India
1005 – 1015 Special Address by Sh. Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog,
Government of India
1015 – 1025 Distinguished Address by Dr. K VijayRaghvan, Principal Scientific Advisor to
1000 – 1100 the Government of India
1025 – 1040 Keynote Address Sh Atanu Mukherjee, President & CEO - M N Dastur & Co.
Pvt. Ltd. & Dastur Energy Pvt. Ltd., India
1040 – 1050 Special Guest Address by Sh. Amit Khare, Advisor to the Prime Minister,
Government of India
1050 – 1100 Address by Chief Guest Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog,
Government of India
1100 – 1115 Tea/ Break
Session I: Evolving a Framework for India's Long-Term CCUS Policy
1115 – 1125 Opening Remarks by Dr V K Saraswat, Member (S&T and Energy), NITI Aayog,
1115 – 1315
Government of India
1125 – 1140 Sh. Naveen Jindal, Chairman, Jindal Steel and Power Limited, India

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 1140 – 1155 Sh. Mahendra Singhi, CEO & MD, Dalmia Cement, New Delhi
1155 – 1215 Dr. R R Sonde, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian
Institute of Technology Delhi
1215 – 1230 Dr. Rajesh Biniwale, Chief Scientist, CSIR–National Environmental
Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur
1230 – 1245 Ms. Gauri Jauhar, Executive Director, Energy Transition & Cleantech
Consulting, IHS Markit
1245 – 1300 Discussions

1300 – 1345 Lunch

Session II: Understanding Carbon Capture, Cleaning and Storage Technologies for Enhanced
Oil Recovery & Geological Sequestration in India
1345 – 1355 Opening Remarks by Dr V K Saraswat, Member (S&T and Energy), NITI Aayog,
Government of India
1355 – 1410 Sh. Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, Director (Exploration), Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation Limited, New Delhi, India
1345 – 1540 1410 – 1430 Mr. Jonathan R Kelafant, Senior Vice President, Advanced Resources
International, USA
1430 – 1450 Dr. Vikram Vishal, Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian
Institute of Bombay, Mumbai, India
1450 – 1505 Dr Nimisha Vedanti, Principal Scientist, CSIR-National Geophysical Research
Institute, Hyderabad
1505 – 1520 Discussions

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1520 – 1530 Session Break
Session III : Sustainable CO2 Utilization Technologies for India
1530 – 1540 Opening Remarks by Dr V K Saraswat, Member (S&T and Energy), NITI Aayog,
Government of India
1540 – 1600 Dr S S V Ramakumar, Director (R&D), IOCL R&D, Faridabad, India
1600 – 1620 Mr. Emeric Sarron, Chief Technology Officer, Carbon Recycling International,
Iceland
1520 – 1730 1620 – 1640 Mr. Ken Hines, Vice President Business Development & Licensing, Blue Planet
Systems Corporation, USA
1640 – 1655 Mr. Ramachandran Gopalan, Managing Director, Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals &
Fertilizers Limited, Tamil Nadu
1655 – 1710 Dr Bibekananda Mohapatra, Director General, National Council for Cement
and Building Materials, Faridabad, Haryana
1710 – 1725 Discussions
1725 – 1745 Tea Break
Session IV
Panel Discussion & Business Development Session
1. Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Member (S&T and Energy), NITI Aayog, Government of India
1745 – 1945
2. Sh. Anil Kumar Jain, Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Government of India
3. Dr. Shekhar C Mande, Director General, Secretary, DSIR and Director General,
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research

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 4. Sh. Gurdeep Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, National Thermal Power
Corporation Limited
5. Dr. Nalin Singhal, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
6. Ms. Soma Mondal, Chairman, Steel Authority of India Limited
7. Dr. Dr. Neelima Alam, Scientist F, Department of Science and Technology, Government
of India
8. Sh. V R Sharma, MD, Jindal Steel and Power
9. Dr. R K Malhotra, Chairman – Expert Committee Coal to Hydrogen, Ministry of Coal
10. Dr Bibekananda Mohapatra, Director General, National Council for Cement and
Building Materials, Faridabad, Haryana
11. Sh Atanu Mukherjee, President & CEO - M N Dastur & Co. Pvt. Ltd. & Dastur
Energy Pvt. Ltd., India
12. Mr. Ken Hines, Vice President Business Development & Licensing, Blue Planet
Systems Corporation, USA
13. Mr. Emeric Sarron, Chief Technology Officer, Carbon Recycling International,
Iceland
14. Mr. Jonathan R Kelafant, Sr. Vice President, Advanced Resources International,
USA
2000 Dinner
Onwards