6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE &

EXHIBITION ON ENERGY STORAGE

EV & MICROGRIDS IN INDIA

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
January 09, 2019

EXPO & CONFERENCE

January 10–11, 2019
The Ashok, New Delhi, India
MICROGRIDS SMART CITIES RENEWABLE ELECTRIC
INTEGRATION VEHICLES

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IMPLEMENTING NATIONAL
ENERGY STORAGE MISSION
KNOWLEDGE POWERED BY ORGANISED BY
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Pre-Conference Workshop Program
Day 01 - January 09, 2019
08:30 - 09:30 Hrs. REGISTRATION
09:30 - 10:00 Hrs. INAUGURATION & WELCOME ADDRESS
DR. P. C. PANT (Director, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Govt. of India)
DR. RAHUL WALAWALKAR (President & Managing Director, CES India Pvt. Ltd. and Executive Director, India Energy Storage Alliance)

PARALLEL SESSIONS
TRACK - 1 TRACK – 2
10:00 - 12:30 Hrs. ENERGY STORAGE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW OVERVIEW OF ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ESS PROJECTS
(Advanced Lead Acid, Lithium Ion, Flow Batteries, Sodium based, Zinc (Optimal Sizing & Technology Selection,
based, FlyWheel, Ultracapacitors etc) LCOE & Project Finance)

DEBI PRASAD DASH (Director, India Energy Storage Alliance) ‘Moderator’
DR. SATYAJIT PHADAKE (Sr. Consultant - CES, University of Tours)
DR. M.K.S. VERMA (Chief Engineer, Samsung R & D Institute India)
DR. ASHOK SARASWAT (Director, Energy Storage, NEC Energy Solutions)
PROF. MURUGAN RAMASWAMY (Dept. of Physics, Pondicherry
University)
DR. RAHUL WALAWALKAR (Executive Director, India Energy Storage
Alliance)
VINAYAK WALIMBE (VP, Emerging Technology, Customized Energy
Solution)
PRANAO WALEKAR (Sr. Analyst, Customized Energy Solutions)

12:30 - 13:30 Hrs. LUNCH BREAK

TRACK - 1 TRACK - 2
13:30 - 16:00 Hrs. ENERGY STORAGE MANUFACTURING ISGF - IESA WORKSHOP FOR MODELLING ROOFTOP SOLAR +
(Manufacturing Process, Components, Equipments, PCS & Supply chain) STORAGE FOR UTILITIES

DR. SANJAY BAJPAI (Head, Technology Mission Division, DST, Ministry of REJI KUMAR PILLAI (President, India Smart Grid Forum)
Science & Technology, Govt. of India) ‘Session Chair’
VINAYAK WALIMBE (VP, Emerging Technology, Customized Energy
MITALEE GUPTA (Analyst - Energy Storage, Wood Machenzie Power & Solution)
Renewable)
PRANAO WALEKAR (Sr. Analyst, Customized Energy Solutions)
TANYA AGARWAL (Senior Research Associate, Pluss Advanced
HARSH THACKER (Manager - Strategy & MICRO, Customized Energy
Technologies)
Solutions)
ASHOK PRUSTY (Executive Vice President, Bry-Air)
HARPREET SINGH (Project Manager, India Smart Grid Forum)
DR. JUN HYUNG JIN (Managing Director, SemYung India)
NEERAJ SINGHAL (Director, Semco Group)

Partners & Sponsors

Supported by State Partner

Ministry of New & Ministry of Electronics &

Renewable Energy Information Technology National Institution for Transforming India
Government of India Government of India

Gold Partner Silver Partner Thermal Storage Pavilion Partners

Renewable Session Partner – Lanyard Partner Tea & Coffee Break Partners
Partner Critical Infrastructure

Exhibitors
Knowledge Partner
Exhibition & Conference
Day 02 - January 10, 2019
08:30 - 09:30 Hrs. REGISTRATION
09:30 - 10:00 Hrs. WELCOME ADDRESS & KEYNOTE
PRAVEER SINHA (CEO & Managing Director, Tata Power)
STEPHEN FERNANDS (Founder & President, Customized Energy Solutions)
DR. RAHUL WALAWALKAR (Executive Director, India Energy Storage Alliance & Chair, GESA)
THOMAS SCHLITT (Managing Director, Messe Düsseldorf India)
10:00 - 11:15 Hrs REGULATORY AND POLICY SESSION (Implementing National Energy Storage Mission)
ANAND KUMAR (Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Govt. of India) ‘Session Chair’*
AJAY KUMAR BHALLA (Secretary, Ministry of Power)*
RAKESH KUMAR (Programme Director & Sr. Consultant, International Solar Alliance)
P. S. MHASKE (Chair Person, Central Electricity Authority)*
P. K. PUJARI (Chairman, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission)*
JATINDRA NATH SWAIN (Managing Director, Solar Energy Corporation of India)
VARSHA JOSHI (Secretary Power & Transport, Govt. of NCT Delhi)
DR. RAHUL TONGIA (Fellow, Brookings Institute) ‘Moderator’

11:15 - 12:00 Hrs. INAUGURATION OF EXPO, TEA & COFFEE BREAK

PARALLEL SESSIONS
TRACK 1 TRACK 2
12:00 - 13:30 Hrs. RENEWABLE INTEGRATION EV 360 : Electric & Hybrid Vehicles (2W, 3W, 4W & E-Bus) Manufacturing
(Hybrid, Gridscale & Rooftop RE projects with ESS) & Adoption
DR. P. C. MAITHANI (Advisor, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy) ANIL SRIVASTAVA (Principal & DG-DMEO Advisor, NITI Aayog) ‘Session
‘Session Chair’ Chair’
PANKAJ BATRA (Former Chair, Central Electricity Authority) ‘Moderator’ ASHWIN MAHESH (Co-Founder Lithium Urban Technologies) ‘Moderator’
DR. K. BALARAMAN (Director General, National Institute of Wind Energy) NAVEEN MUNJAL (Managing Director, Hero Electric)
B. B. MEHTA (Chief Engineer, State Load Despatch Centre, Gujarat) DR. A. K. JINDAL (Vice President & Head - Technical, Tata Motors)

PEEYUSH MOHIT (Vice President - Strategy, Renew Power) MAHESH BABU (Chief Executive Offier, Mahindra Electric Mobility Ltd.)

DEBMALYA SEN (Manager - New Energy, CLP India)
HANS ALEXANDER ÖST (Manager BD - Energy Storage & Integration,
Wartsila)
S. K. SOONEE (Former CEO, Power Systems Operation Corporation Ltd.)
VIKRAM GULATI (Country Head & Vice President, Toyota Kirloskar Motor
Pvt. Ltd.)
GURUPRASAD MUDLAPUR (Managing Director, BOSCH Automotive
Electronics India)
NISHANT ARYA (Executive Director, JBM Group)

13:30 - 14:30 Hrs. LUNCH BREAK

TRACK 1 TRACK 2
14:30 - 16:00 Hrs. MISSION INNOVATION SESSION EV Charging Infrastructure
(Developing NextGen Storage Technologies, Deciding R&D Priorities, (From Home Charging to Fast Charging, Swapping & Way forward)
Industry-Academic partnership, Technology Incubation)

DR. RAMANAN RAMANATHAN (Mission Director - Atal Innovation
Mission, Govt. of India) ‘Session Chair’
PRAMOD KULKARNI (Senior Consultant, Customized Energy Solutions)
‘Moderator’
SAJID MUBASHIR (Scientist G, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India)
RAKESH MALHOTRA (Founder, SAR Group)
ALAN GREENSHIELD (Chairman, Innolith AG)
VIMAL MAHENDRU (President, Legrand)
PAUL SIDLO (President & Chief Strategy Officer, XNRGI)
SAURABH KUMAR (Managing Director, Electrical Efficiency Services Ltd.)
‘Session Chair’
REJI KUMAR PILLAI (President, India Smart Grid Forum) ‘Moderator’
POLASH DAS (Deputy Manager-Technical, Energy Efficiency Services Ltd.)
PRIYANK AGARWAL (VP Strategy-eMobility, Exicom)
AJAY GOEL (Managing Director, SUN Mobility)
AWADHESH JHA (Vice President, Fortum)
ANIL GUPTA (Managing Director, Okaya)
MANOJ KUMAR SINGH (CTO & Chief of Regulatory Affairs, Indus Towers
Limited)
A.K. JAIN (Managing Director, Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Ltd.)

16:00 - 16:30 Hrs. TEA & COFFEE BREAK

16:30 - 18:00 Hrs. MAKE IN INDIA PANEL
Chief Guest - SURESH PRABHU (Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India)
AMITABH KANT (Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog) ‘Session Chair’
VIJAYANAD SAMUDRALA (Chief Exceutive Officer, Amara Raja Batteries)
ANANT NAHATA (Managing Director, Exicom Power Solutions)
ROBERT PEDRAZA (President, EnerBlu India & MENA Region)
HEMALATHA T R (Managing Director, KELTRON, Govt. of Kerala Undertaking)
DR. RAHUL WALAWALKAR (President & MD, CES India Pvt. Ltd. & Executive Director, India Energy Storage Alliance)
18:30 - 20:30 Hrs. IESA INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE AWARDS & GALA DINNER
Exhibition & Conference
Day 03 - January 11, 2019
09:00 - 09:30 Hrs. REGISTRATION
9:30 - 10:00 Hrs. KEYNOTE ADDRESS
GENERAL V. K. SINGH ( Hon'ble Minister of State, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India)*
ABHIJEET SATHE (President, SB Energy)
DR. K. VIJAY RAGHAVAN (Principal Scientific Advisor, PMO)*
10:00 - 11:00 Hrs INTERNATIONAL ENERGY STORAGE SESSION
(North America, China, Australia, France, EU, Japan) Supported by GLOBAL ENERGY STORAGE ASSOCIATION (GESA)
STEPHEN FERNANDS (Founder & President, Customized Energy Solutions) ‘Moderator’
GEORGE DUDLEY (International Engagements Manager, China Energy Storage Alliance)
JOHN WOOD (Member, Australia Energy Storage Alliance)
DR. SAMANTHA HILLIARD (Clean Horizon, France)
DR. HACHIDAI ITO (Executive Vice President, T. T. Network Infrastructure Japan Corporation)
DAVID COPPOLA (Business Applications Department, European Space Agency)
11:00 - 11:30 Hrs. TEA & COFFEE BREAK

PARALLEL SESSIONS
TRACK 1 TRACK 2
11:30 - 13:00 Hrs. ENERGY STORAGE SOLUTIONS FOR MISSION CRITICAL BEYOND BATTERIES
INFRASTRUCTURE (Ensuring Reliability & Power Quality for Commercial (Thermal Storage, Fuel Cells &
& Industrial Applications) Hydrogen Technologies & Applications)
DR. SATISH AGNIHOTRI (Former Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable DR. SATYAJIT PHADAKE (Sr. Consultant - CES, University of Tours)
Energy, Govt. of India) ‘Session Chair & Moderator’ ‘Moderator’
JOHN WOOD (Chief Executive Officer, Ecoult, Australia) SAMIT JAIN (Managing Director, PLUSS Advanced Technologies)

AKASH KAUSHIK (Director, EuClion Energy) DR. JOSHUA PARTHEEPAN (West Texas A&M University, USA)

NAVEEN SHARMA (Vice President - Sales & Strategic Planning
Exicom Tele - Systems Ltd.)
HANS HENNING JUDEK (President & Chief Executive Officer, J.E. Access,
Japan)
HIREN SHAH (Sr. Director – Energy Storage Solutions, Delta Power
Solutions)
DR. PATRICK GLYNN (Chairman, Bharat Energy Storage Technology Pvt.
Ltd.)
R. P. DESHPANDE (Author, Capacitor-Technology & Trends)
PROF. S. R. CHAKRAVARTHY (Avishkar Hyperloop, I.I.T. Madras)
LUKE GEAR (Technology Analyst, IDTechx)

13:00 - 13:30 Hrs. EXPO VISIT

13:30 - 14:15 Hrs. LUNCH BREAK

TRACK 1
14:15 - 15:30 Hrs. RURAL & CAMPUS MICROGRID/SMART GRID & SMART CITIES
(Microgrid for Energy access, Grid Resiliency & Power quality for driving
Economic growth)
A. K. MISHRA (Director, National Smart Grid Mission, Ministry of Power,
Govt. of India) ‘Session Chair’
DR. RAMKUMAR KRISHNAN (Chief Technology Officer, Nant Energy)
DR. CIRO LANZETTA (Chief Technology Officer, i-EM S.r.l.)
STEVEN BRAAKMAN (Business Developer, Neo B.V.)
NITIN AKHADE (Technology & Innovation Management, CLEAN)
PARAS LOOMBA (Founder, Global Himalayan Expedition)*
HARSH THACKER (Manager - Strategy & MICRO, Customized Energy
Solutions) ‘Moderator’
TRACK 2
ENERGY STORAGE & EV:
PROJECTS & TENDERS IN INDIA
DEBI PRASAD DASH (Director, India Energy Storage Alliance) ‘Moderator’
DR. BHARATH REDDY (Deputy General Manager, Solar Energy Corporation
of India)
RAJESH BANSAL (Head-NWO, BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd.)
ALEKHYA DATTA (Fellow & Area Convener, Electricity& Fuel Division, The
Energy & Resources Institute)
DR. G. GANESH DAS (Head-Strategy & Business Excellence Collaboration,
TPDDL)
JITENDRA NALWAYA (Additional Vice President, BSES Yamuna)

15:30 - 15:45 Hrs. TEA & COFFEE BREAK

15:45 - 17:00 Hrs. ENERGY STORAGE INVESTMENT & FINANCE
(Addressing the financing needs for companies, Diversification of businesses in manufacturing as well as new business models for project finance)
VINAYAK WALIMBE (VP, Emerging Technology, Customized Energy Solution) ‘Moderator’
DR. K. S. POPLI (Chairman & Managing Director, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA)
BRIAN O'HANLON (Managing Director, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
P. VINAY KUMAR (Founder, Varp Power Pvt. Ltd.)
SURBHI GOYAL (Sr. Energy Specialist, The World Bank)
VIGNESH NANDAKUMAR (Partner, Aspada Investments Adivisors)
SRIDHAR NARAYAN (Managing Director, Global Environment Fund)