The Nationwide Summit & Indian Local weather Chief Awards 2025, a much-anticipated occasion organised within the nationwide capital on March 5, is about to showcase ‘Inexperienced Finance and Investments: Attaining Web Zero by 2070’. Organised by the Affiliation of Monetary Advisors of India (AFAI) with Resurgent India because the presenting accomplice, the occasion goals to drive the nation’s decarbonisation efforts.
A robust lineup of diplomats, policymakers and trade stalwarts will probably be current on the occasion, participating in groundbreaking discussions on essential aspsects such because the function of monetary establishments, buyers and industries in driving India’s inexperienced ambitions as a part of its ‘Viksit Bharat’ (Developed India) imaginative and prescient.
The programme has been structured across the following themes:
- Attaining India’s targets for inexperienced transformation and the Web Zero objective by 2070
- The federal government’s plans to spice up adoption by means of initiatives just like the Local weather Panchamitra Targets and the CCUS (Carbon Seize, Utilisation, and Storage) Mission
- Financing challenges for photo voltaic, wind, biogas tasks, cleantech improvements, and making EVs inexpensive for shoppers
- Promote collaborations, improvements, and methods for Inexperienced Finance and Funding
- Skilled insights, shows, and 4 panel discussions on inexperienced options and methods for advancing India’s management in sustainability
Right here’s a short schedule of the occasion, beginning at 8:30 am to five:00 pm:
Timings | Description |
8:30 am to 9:30 am | Registration |
9:30 am to 10:45 am | Inaugural session |
10:45 am to 11 am | Particular deal with |
11:05 am to 12 midday | Session 1 |
12:05 pm to 1 pm | Session 2 |
1 pm to 1:45 pm | Networking lunch |
1:45 pm to 2:30 pm | Session 3 |
2:35 pm to three:15 pm | Session 4 |
3:20 pm to three:50 pm | AFAI Indian Local weather Chief Awards |
3:50 pm to three:55 pm | Concluding remarks & vote of thanks by AFAI Chairman |
4 pm to 4:30 pm | Excessive tea & networking break |
The chief visitor of the occasion, Ministry of New and Renewable Power (MNRE) Joint Secretary Sanjay Chilwarwar will deal with the occasion in the course of the inaugural session.
Sudhendu J Sinha, Adviser (Infrastructure Connectivity & Electrical Mobility) at NITI Aayog, and Kenneth Felix Haczynski da Nobrega, Ambassador, Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil, will ship particular addresses between 10:45 am and 11 am.
Here is a short description of the 4 particular classes organised on the occasion:
Session 1: Fueling inexperienced transition: Modern financing for photo voltaic, wind, hydrogen & biofuels
Panelists:
- Nidhi Kumar Narang, Director Finance, Uttar Pradesh Energy Company Ltd
- Atul Chaturvedi, Govt Chairman, Shree Renuka Sugar
- Manikkan Sangameswaran, ED & CEO, Radiance Renewables Pvt Ltd
- Alok Kumar, Former Secretary, Ministry of Energy & Director, The Lantau Group
- Paravastu Rambabu, CSO, Greenko Group & Advisor, World Financial institution
- Raman Bhatia, Founder & MD, Servotech Energy Techniques Ltd
- Geeta Taneja, Assistant Common Supervisor, EXIM Financial institution
Moderator:
- KS Popli, Former CMD, IREDA
Session 2: The highway forward for EVs: How Monetary Establishments and buyers are engineering the long run
Panelists:
- Abhay Bakre, Mission Director, Ministry of New and Renewable Power, Authorities of India
- Sunil Bhatnagar, CXO Lithium Challenge, IPLTECH Electrical Pvt Ltd
- Nikhil Anand Khurana, Managing Director, Of us Motor Pvt Ltd
- Dr. RK Singh, CGM, SIDBI
- Vivek Jain, Co-Founder & CBO – Stride Inexperienced Capital
Moderator:
- Yash pal Sachar, Vice President – Company Affairs, Ashok Leyland Ltd
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Session 3: Pathways for the subsequent cleantech unicorns: Funding India’s rising clear vitality sector
Panelists:
- Sangita M. Kasture, Scientist G, Ministry of New and Renewable Power, Authorities of India
- Sabyasachi Majumdar, Senior Director, CareEdge Group (Care Scores)
- Shantanu Chaturvedi, Vice President, Transition VC
- Starlene Sharma, Co-Founder & Managing Associate, Inexperienced Artha
- Karan Mehta, Enterprise Principal, Inexperienced Frontier Capital
- Devesh Tripathi, Sr. Assistant Vice President- International Partnerships, Make investments India
Moderator:
Rohit Kumar, Secretary Common, CMAI (Carbon Markets Affiliation of India)
Session 4: EV and photo voltaic rooftop adoption by retail shoppers: Banks, NBFCs and different monetary establishments are key enablers
Panelists:
- Govind Sankaranarayanan, Co-Founder, Complete Time Director & COO, ECOFY
- Dhiraj Agrawal, CBO, Mufin Inexperienced Finance
- Akhil Anil Kumar, Head of ESG, IDFC Financial institution
- Rahul Dubey, Funding Director, IFU
- Vivek Sen, India Director, Local weather Coverage Initiative (CPI)
Moderator:
- Ashish Agrawal, Summit Chairman & Founder Member, AFAI
Indian Local weather Chief Awards 2025
The awards are aimed toward honouring and celebrating excellent innovators and changemakers throughout monetary establishments, cleantech enterprises, and trade gamers driving transformative progress in inexperienced finance and sustainable options.
