Sustainability Summit Agenda

Shri Sudhanshu Pandey joined Indian Administrative Service of Government of India in the year 1987. Has experience of over 33 years in different senior policy positions in State Government, Government of India and in Indian Embassy Germany. He is currently serving as Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution since April 2020. As Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce, he was responsible for India’s trade policy, India’s negotiations in WTO, G-20, BRICS, UNCTAD and SCO. In WTO, he was responsible for GATT, GATS, SPS, TBT, TRIPS, ASCM and other multilateral agreements. He spearheaded India’s national agenda on standards and technical regulations and contributed to shaping of a robust quality eco-system. He was also responsible for framing policies and programmes to promote India’s export of services. As Chief Negotiator for India, Shri Pandey was responsible for various multilateral, unilateral and bilateral trade negotiations at the highest level globally. He led various high-level delegations and represented India at multilateral and bilateral fora in all continents of the world.

In earlier assignments in the State Government, he served as Principal Secretary Finance, Principal Secretary Energy and Secretary, Industry & Commerce/Managing Director, SIDCO. In his present capacity, Shri Sudhanshu Pandey deals with matters relating to foodgrain management in the country for the central pool stocks including procurement, storage and movement of wheat, rice & coarse grain for its further distribution through network of Public Distribution System Outlets. He also deals with policy intervention for the sugar and edible oil industry in the country. Administration of National Food Security Act, 2013 is one of the major responsibilities.

Shri Pandey has been recipient of Governor’s Medal, Chief Minister’s Gold Medal, National Award by Akhil Bhartiya Vidvat Parishad, Varanasi & Government of India Commendation Certificates for his services in the Central and Provincial Government.

Mr Sanjiv Puri is the Chairman & Managing Director of ITC Limited, one of India’s foremost conglomerates with businesses spanning FMCG, Hotels, Paperboards and Packaging, Agri Business, and Information Technology. Mr Puri is also the Chairman of ITC Infotech India Limited and its wholly owned subsidiaries in the UK and USA as well as Chairman of Surya Nepal Private Limited. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and Wharton School of Business.

Mr Puri joined ITC in January 1986. During his career of over three decades at ITC and its subsidiaries, he has held several business leadership positions and also handled a wide range of responsibilities in manufacturing, operations and information & digital technology. He has also led ITC Infotech India Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITC as its Managing Director, and prior to that, was the Managing Director of Surya Nepal Private Limited, a joint venture subsidiary company of ITC in Nepal.

Spearheading the ‘ITC Next’ vision, Mr Sanjiv Puri has driven an extensive strategy reset to define new vectors of growth for each of ITC’s businesses with greater focus on consumer-centricity, agility, digital transformation, and innovation to build an even more competitive, future-ready, and inclusive enterprise. Mr Puri’s emphasis on purposeful and cutting-edge innovation has driven the creation of sharp focused R&D platforms in areas aligned to market opportunities, that has led to the launch of several first-to-market products addressing dynamic and evolving consumer preferences. Given his deep conviction that mega trends like Digital and Sustainability will reshape the future, he has passionately rallied the organisation to develop capabilities, channelise investment and resources to enhance competitiveness of existing businesses and also identify tech- enabled growth opportunities.

A passionate champion of Sustainability, he has given shape to ITC’s Sustainability 2.0 vision that has set bold and ambitious goals to address critical areas of global significance. Giving new wings to ITC’s sustainability journey, he has led focussed programmes that contribute to inclusive growth, combat climate change and address national priorities.

Ms. Seema Arora pioneered the creation of services on Sustainable Development within CII. Her journey with CII began with engaging Indian Industry towards the run up to the Earth Summit in 1992.

Seema Arora works on designing innovative products and frameworks to build the businesscase for industry to invest in Sustainability and CSR. She works with Industry, Government and Community based organisations to develop policy instruments, curate collaborative initiatives across sector and stakeholders and develops innovative voluntary approaches to Sustainable Development. Her portfolios in CII include the CII – ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development, CII Development Initiatives, CII Foundation, and Indian Women Network.

Seema Arora has a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Delhi University. She is a member of World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Biodiversity Action Agenda. She has thirty years of experience in the field of Sustainable Development.

Mr. Prabodha Acharya partners with CEOs, functional heads, senior executives, and operations
heads to develop and drive sustainability strategy for the JSW Group companies of Steel,
Energy, Cement, Paints, Infrastructure etc. An M.Tech in Environmental Engineering, he has
worked for more than three decades in the field of corporate environmental management,
emissions reduction, climate change, corporate strategy on sustainability and policy
development across various sectors and geographies.
Beginning his career with SAIL, he has worked and managed a variety of environmental issues
from mining to manufacturing in the metal (iron and steel) sector. Later, he managed the climate
change, sustainability and customized Assurance Service for South Asia at Lloyd’s Register, UK
and then worked as Sr. Vice President for Aditya Birla Group Sustainability before joining the
JSW Group as the CSO.
Mr Acharya provides thought leaderships through his capacity as the Chairman of Climate
Change and Energy Committee of ISA, Vice Chair of Climate Change and Environment
Subcommittee of ASSOHAM, Members of Climate Change and Circular Economy Committee of
FICCI, Member of Climate Change and Environmental Committee of CII, Member of
Environment Committee of Worldsteel etc. He is a professional lead assessor registered with
IRCA, UK and EPD Verifier as per The International EPD System.

Mr Joe Phelan is Executive Director, Asia Pacific for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the global, CEO-led community of the world’s leading sustainable businesses working together to realize a net-zero, nature-positive, more equitable future. Mr Phelan is responsible for the engagement of ambitious companies from across Asia and Australasia in the World Business Council. He has supported collective action projects by business with demonstrable outcomes in areas such as climate change, energy transition, water risk, mobility, and more resilient agriculture.

Prior to joining WBCSD, Mr Joe Phelan held senior roles with the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum. Highlights included a series of special reports with the Financial Times on business and sustainable development, the development of the World Business & Development awards with the United Nations and International Chambers of Commerce, and delivery of programs in skills, inclusive business, and anti-corruption.

Born and educated in the UK, Mr Phelan has worked in Asia since 2009. He plays cricket andlives in Singapore with his wife, a writer, and their daughter.

Ms Purnamita Dasgupta is Chair Professor & Head of the Environmental Economics Unit, at Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. Her research and teaching focus on the relationship between environment and economic development, in the context of climate change, health and environmental sustainability. Applying economic models for costing, economic valuation, and financial analysis in real world contexts, her research is interdisciplinary, involves intensive stakeholder engagements, and is funded by government and international agencies. She has been Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge, UK and Johns Hopkins University, USA. Her participation in global assignments includes Co-ordinating Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the Special report on global warming of 1.5 degrees C, the IPCC’s scientific committee on Economics, Costing and Ethics; the Knowledge and Wisdom Committee of the Global Assembly (COP26, 2021); an International Specialist Advisor, Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK and the Ten New Insights in Climate Science (2021). She was a member of the Indian Delegation for the approval sessions (2022). 

Ms Dasgupta has been associated with Government committees related to setting standards, compensations, economic valuation, and accounting for the environment in India. Examples include drafting of E-waste legislation, determining NPV (Supreme Court); scale of compensation, NGT; environmental standards, MoEFCC; natural resource accounting (CAG and CSO committees). Currently, at the Task Group for preparation of India’s Long-Term Low Greenhouse Gas Emissions Development Strategy (LT-LEDS); Task Force, India Climate and Energy Modelling Forum, NITI Aayog; and Sectoral Working Group, Disaster Management, and Infrastructure Resilience, NDMA, she seeks to being an integrated perspective on climate and development. Having widely published in books and international journals, she serves on international Editorial Boards and review committees.

Mr. Nitin Desai was a national and international civil servant and a global advocate for sustainable development. After teaching at two UK Universities and serving briefly as an economic consultant he began his public service career with the Planning Commission in 1973, served as Secretary of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and went on to become Secretary and Chief Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance in 1988.

At the international level he was a Senior Adviser the Brundtland Commission, where he introduced the concept of sustainable development. He joined the UN in 1990 as Deputy Secretary General of Development (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1992) and was appointed as Under Secretary General at the UN in New York in 1993 and stayed in that post till 2003.  During this period, he led the work on sustainable development and in other economic and social areas.

After his retirement Mr Nitin Desai was appointed as a Special Adviser to the Secretary General on Internet Governance and in that capacity chaired the group which organised the annual Intent Governance Forum, a position he occupied till 2010. In July 2004, Mr. Desai was inducted as an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics and Political Science.

After his retirement in he has been involved in a variety of public policy activities nationally and internationally dealing with economic policy, climate change, energy, environment, internet governance and security. He writes a monthly column in a daily newspaper, the Business Standard.

Susanna Hasenoehrl is SAP’s Senior Vice President and Head of Sustainability, Asia Pacific and Japan. Susanna has extensive experience consulting into enterprises on sustainable business and climate change. She has held leadership positions at a range of technology, life sciences, and start-up businesses including Yara International. Based in Singapore for over a decade, Susanna holds an MBA in International Business from Leopold- Franzens Universität in Innsbruck, Austria

As SAP’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Mr Daniel Schmid is globally responsible for sustainability at SAP SE since 2014. 

Mr Daniel Schmid started his career in IT consulting and held various senior management positions within SAP Consulting before joining the sustainability leadership team established in 2009 to start SAP’s sustainability journey and lead the Sustainability Operations team.

Mr Schmid holds a degree in industrial engineering from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. He is chair of the board of econsense, a forum for sustainable development of German business

Mr Thomas Steenbech Bomhoff was, in 2018 appointed Vice President, overall responsible for commercial operations in one of four sales areas globally in Novozymes’ Household Care division. In February 2020, Thomas relocated to Malaysia, where he is currently assuming dual roles as Vice President for Consumer Biosolutions in APAC-MEA as well as Regional President for Novozymes in APAC-MEA.

Prior to his commercial career, Mr Bomhoff worked for around 10 years in various financial management roles in Novozymes, amongst others as Head of IR and Vice President for business finance, charged with global financial planning for Novozymes worldwide.

Mr Bomhoff is a B. Sc. Business Administration, CBS, Denmark and Master of Science, International Business, CBS, Denmark.

Mr Bomhoff is married and a father of three kids, aged 2, 9 and 11. He Loves traveling, current affairs, food and biotechnology

Dr. Rohini Srivathsa is the National Technology Officer at Microsoft India. In her role, she is responsible for driving innovation and growth through ‘tech-intensity’ – across industry and the government. Rohini began her career in R&D at AT&T Bell Laboratories, then transitioned to a career in strategy consulting at the Boston Consulting Group and IBM Global Business Services. As CTO of Janalakshmi Financial Services (now Jana Small Finance Bank), she was responsible for driving tech-driven business transformation towards financial inclusion among the urban underserved.

Dr Srivathsa is a thought-leader, advisor and contributor to several industry, government, and academia entities. She holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, earned her PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and serves as Adjunct Faculty at the Indian School of Business (ISB) Executive Education.

Mr. Rampraveen Swaminathan has over 25 years of global business leadership experience, leading businesses in the automotive, energy, manufacturing, and paper sectors. Mr. Swaminathan joined Mahindra Logistics Ltd. in July 2019 and serves as Managing Director & CEO. Prior to this, he has served with the Tata Group, Cummins Inc, International PaperCo. and Schneider Electric where he led strategic & operational transformations across multiple global geographies. He also serves as an independent director at Dodla Dairy Ltd. and is a member of SVP India and the WWF Advisory Board. He has completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Bangalore University and his Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the TA Pai Management Institute.

Ms Rekha M. Menon is the Chairperson and Senior Managing Director at Accenture in India. She is a leading industry voice on advanced technology-led innovation and socio-economic progress.

Ms Menon is a member of the Executive Council of NASSCOM and was its Chairperson from 2021 to 2022. She is also a member of the National Council of CII, USIBC’s India Advisory Council, Governing Council of National Skill Development Corporation’s (NSDC) Sector Skills Council (SSC), and on the Board of Invest India. She is also on the Board of Governors of her alma-mater, the XLRI School of Business.

Ms Menon regularly features on lists of the most powerful women in business in India and is recognized among the top 10 LGBT Ally Executives globally. Prior to joining Accenture, she was an entrepreneur – she co-founded two technology companies and a not for profit. An active hiking and cycling enthusiast, she is also a voracious reader. She lives in Bangalore, India.

Ms. Seema Arora pioneered the creation of services on Sustainable Development within CII. Her journey with CII began with engaging Indian Industry towards the run up to the Earth Summit in 1992.

Seema Arora works on designing innovative products and frameworks to build the businesscase for industry to invest in Sustainability and CSR. She works with Industry, Government and Community based organisations to develop policy instruments, curate collaborative initiatives across sector and stakeholders and develops innovative voluntary approaches to Sustainable Development. Her portfolios in CII include the CII – ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development, CII Development Initiatives, CII Foundation, and Indian Women Network.

Seema Arora has a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Delhi University. She is a member of World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Biodiversity Action Agenda. She has thirty years of experience in the field of Sustainable Development.

Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri is Minister of Climate Change and Environment of the UAE. In this capacity, she leads the Ministry’s mission of spearheading the UAE’s drive to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change, protect the country’s ecosystems, and enhance its food and water security through developing and implementing effective measures, policies, and initiatives. Prior to her current role, Her Excellency was Minister of State for Food and Water Security. Her responsibilities included monitoring national food stocks and water supply, channeling investments in food and water technology innovation, and building international partnerships in this area.

Previously, Her Excellency held the post of Minister of State for Food Security, where she oversaw the development of the necessary infrastructure to achieve the country’s food security objectives in line with the UAE Centennial 2071.

Earlier, she served as Assistant Undersecretary for Water Resources and Nature Conservation Affairs at the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE), where she headed the Biodiversity, Fisheries, Coastal & Marine Sustainability, and Marine Research Departments.

Her Excellency currently represents the UAE in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA). She is a member of the Board of Directors of Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA), the Boards of Trustees of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation and Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Food Systems Innovation, and the Emirates Research and Development Council.

Her Excellency is also a member of the National Higher Committee that oversees the preparations for the 28 th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai. Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri received a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University in Germany.

Mr. Koushik Chatterjee completed his under graduation from University of Calcutta and is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Mr. Chatterjee joined Tata Steel in 1995 in Corporate Finance and Planning Group. In 1999, he was transferred to the Group Executive Office (GEO) of Tata Sons the parent company of the Tata Group, where he worked with the Group Finance Director for 5 years till 2004 in the areas of M&A, new ventures, and corporate restructuring.

In August 2004, at the age of 36 years, Mr. Chatterjee assumed the role of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and designated as the Vice President (Finance). Mr. Chatterjee was appointed to the Board of Tata Steel in November 2012 as the Whole Time Director with the responsibility for Finance function globally for Tata Steel.

As the Chief Financial Officer of Tata Steel, he leads the financial stewardship of the company
including growth and M&A strategy, financing strategy and balance sheet management, investor
relations, enterprise risk management, financial operations control and reporting, taxation, sustainable finance and sustainable finance, finance academy and people development. Among his many milestone achievements, he has over the years led the transaction planning, structuring and execution planning for acquisitions and divestments of businesses with transactions value aggregating to more than US $25 billion in India, Europe, Canada, Africa, Thailand, Singapore, and Australia.

He has led the financing program of the company for over USD 60 billion including refinancing and also financing strategy for organic and inorganic growth. In 2016 and 2017, he led the complex multi-stakeholder negotiations with the consortium of Trade Unions in the UK, the Government of UK, the Pension Regulator and the British Steel Pension Scheme Trustees for structural de-risking and delinking of the £ 16 billion defined benefit pension scheme from the underlying business to ensure a sustainable future for both the employees and the Company. As part of the de-leveraging strategy in the recent years, more than Rs 50,000 crores of net debt reduction has been undertaken and the company has been rated investment grade based on robust financial fundamentals.

Mr. Chatterjee is on the Board of Tata Steel, Tata Steel Europe and several Tata Steel Group
companies including as the Chairman of two publicly listed entities, viz. Tata Metaliks Ltd and Tinplate Company of India. He is also a member of the Board of World Steel Association Brussels.

Mr. Amarjeet Singh, working with SEBI for the last 29 years has extensive experience in regulation and supervision of securities markets. He is presently working as Executive Director in charge of Market Regulation Department responsible for policy formulation and supervision of Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs) He also heads the Office of International Affairs at SEBI. 

Previously, Mr. Singh headed the Corporation Finance Department for over 4 years, dealing with Primary Market reforms, Issuance and listing of securities, Corporate governance, Corporate restructuring, Delisting etc. Earlier between 2010 and 2017, he was heading the front office of Chairman, SEBI as his Executive Assistant and also the Office of International affairs. In his earlier stint, he headed the Northern Regional Office of SEBI at New Delhi from 2005 to 2009. 

Mr. Singh has been involved in various international regulatory initiatives. He has acted as Sherpa for SEBI’s representation on the Board of International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) for 7 years. He chaired the Assessment Committee of IOSCO during 2016-18 and steered an assessment program for conducting thematic assessments at the global level. 

He represents SEBI as a part time member on the board of National Financial Reporting Authority and on the board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. During 2017-19, he was on the Board of National Institute of Securities Market (NISM), an institute founded by SEBI.

He has also represented SEBI on numerous Committees set up by Reserve Bank of India and Government of India. In the recent years, his nomination on such committees include Member of Core Investment Committee set up by RBI in 2019 post ILFS fiasco, Member of Committee set up by Ministry of Corporate Affairs on Corporate Social Responsibility (2019) and Insolvency Law Committee (2018).

Apart from an MBA, he holds a Master’s degree in Economic Policy Management from Columbia University, NY, USA. 

He is a recipient of Rotary Foundation Educational Award, 2000 for promoting leadership development and international understanding by Rotary International, USA.  

Prarthana Borah is India Director of CDP, a global not for profit headquartered in UK. She leads the India program strategy for disclosure and science-based target setting by over 100 Indian corporates and cities. An experienced country head, she was earlier India director of Clean Air Asia, responsible for positioning the organisation as a go to expert body for capacity building and clean air action planning in cities. An environment sector expert with twenty-five years of experience in climate change, air pollution, conservation and environmental education, she has worked on training and capacity building programmes with UNEP, UNESCO, and on policy documentation with the Indian Ministries for Environment, Housing and Urban Affairs and Human Resource Development. She is a mentor to start-ups and advises NGOs, national/global networks for driving sustainability action.

Dr Aniruddha Agnihotri Currently, leads EHS globally at Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. and is responsible for developing strategy on sustainability, climate change, and health & safety, objectives & targets, road map and initiatives in coordination with internal stakeholders and monitoring performance across the organization. He has Extensive experience in sustainability and climate change, EHS process design and deployment as per ISO 14001 (Environmental Management Systems) and ISO 45001 (Occupational Health & Safety Management System) standards, EHS audits / reviews, due diligence, Environmental Impact Assessments and EHS training. He has over 25 years of post-doctoral professional experience in Corporate Sustainability and Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) management

Dr Agnihotri is a Ph. D and M. Tech. in Environmental Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai and M.S. in Environmental Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.

Mr Shikhar Jain has over 25 years of experience as a business sustainability expert. Has developed, implemented & integrated various EHS best practices, enhanced compliance & risk management framework, for several top Indian & global firms. He has designed, implemented and integrated Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety and Social programs/management systems in over 500 facilities and for corporate-wide operations. His responsibilities include policy dialogue & consultation with government, development agencies, think-tanks & various stakeholder groups on ESG ratings, sustainability strategy, circular economy and aspects of strategic importance to corporates. Mr. Jain has been lead trainer & faculty for various accredited training courses for IRCA (UK), IEMA (UK), SAI (US), GRI (EU), QCI (India) and has conducted over 500 trainings (open & in-company), helping around 15,000 professionals for raising awareness & competence on GRI, Sustainability disclosures, Stakeholder engagement, environment, occupational health & safety, social accountability, carbon neutrality, zero-waste to landfill, regulatory compliances.

At CESD, Mr. Shikar Jain’s responsibilities include training, advisory and consulting on a wide spectrum including leadership & strategy on sustainability, sustainability assurance, management systems, sustainability reporting & sustainability management framework across value chains. Mr. Jain represents the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in various committees and working groups of the Bureau of Indian Standards, AccountAbility, UK, and Global reporting Initiative and has been actively involved in development of international standards ISO 26000; Guidance on Social Responsibility, GRI G4 Guidelines & AA 1000 SES on Stakeholder Engagement. He has been nominated as a CII representative on the Board of Governors of NSC, Mumbai and served as Board Member for Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board.

Mr Jain has extensive work experience on USAID, WORLDBANK, ADB, EU, GIZ donoragency funded projects on environment & sustainability related aspects.

Ms Madhulika Sharma is the Chief Sustainability Officer, ITC Limited. She joined Tata Steel in 1992 as a Systems Trainee in the Information Technology Services (ITS) and after working for 29 years across various functions including working as Executive Officer to Managing Director and Chief Corporate Sustainability, decided to move on from her comfort zone and joined ITC as Chief Sustainability Officer in Dec’ 21. She is passionate about Sustainability and is committed to integration of Sustainability into all functions of Business. Her areas of specific interest are Climate Change and mitigation actions for transition and adaptation, adoption of diversity and inclusion at workplace, embedding sustainability in supply chain, product sustainability, adoption of digital for rendering sustainable solutions. Ms Sharma Was recognized as one of the top 25 Sustainability Superwomen in Asia by CSR Works, Singapore in 2019.

Ms Madhulika Sharma is a B Tech (Electrical Engineering) from BIT Sindri in 1991 and has a PostGraduate Diploma in Executive Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur in 2002

Ms. Shoko Noda has been UNDP Resident Representative in India since May 2019, when she took charge of one of UNDP’s largest country programmes globally. She leads country office activities on localizing the Sustainable Development Goals, climate action and biodiversity conservation, digital health and governance, and skilling. She is also a strong advocate for gender equality.

Between October 2014 and April 2019, she was UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in the Maldives. Effectively engaging key national interlocutors, political parties, human rights defenders, and UN member states, Ms. Noda was pivotal in taking forward both the development agenda and political dialogue during the crucial transitional post-election period.

Prior to that, Ms. Noda led UNDP’s country offices in Nepal and Mongolia. Through the course of her international career with the UN, Ms. Noda has served in diverse and challenging contexts across many geographies, from Pakistan (2005-06) to the Democratic Republic of Congo (2005), the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2001-02), Kosovo (2000-01) and Tajikistan (1998-2000). Ms. Noda’s working career began in 1995, as a Researcher in the Behavioural Sciences Department with the Mitsubishi Research Institute Inc. in Tokyo.

Ms. Noda holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Political Science from Keio University, Japan.

Ms Claire Shrewsbury is the Director of Insights & Innovation at WRAP, in which role she is responsible for WRAP’s policy and insights work, technical support for local authorities and grant management across the UK.  The teams support Defra in its implementation of the Resources & Waste Strategy and similar support programmes for the devolved governments in Wales and Northern Ireland. Claire joined WRAP in 2008 and was previously a consultant with AEA Technology.

Ms Shruti Shibulal strives to create thoughtful business models that harmonise people, planet and profit. Under her value-driven leadership, Tamara Leisure Experiences has grown to become synonymous with responsible tourism. The organisation’s ecosystem of sustainable initiatives closely integrates climate resilient policies including green building practices, wildlife preservation, and optimised use of resources among other factors. Tamara’s culture and operations also combine to address three key arenas that stand especially close to Shruti’s personal vision:  gender parity, human capital building and meaningful job creation to uplift local economies.

Tamara operates three distinct hotel brands in South India as well as independent business hotels in Germany.

Ms Shruti Shibulal was named a Young Global Leader of The World Economic Forum in 2017 and serves as a Co-lead on the Responsible Destinations workstream of the Global Future Council for Sustainable Tourism.

Ms Shibulal Shruti serves as a Trustee for all Foundations of the Shibulal Family Philanthropic Initiatives, which provide educational opportunities and healthcare assistance to underprivileged sections of society. She is also a Trustee of WEP – Women’s Education Project, which focuses on educating and uplifting young women from vulnerable backgrounds. She is on the Governing Board of ATREE – Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment. In 2019, she launched SAATHIYA – a hospitality skilling program which enables young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to become employable within the restaurant and hotel industries. Focussing on industry-relevant skilling, building careers, and creating a community, SAATHIYA has already shown positive results in improving the lives and prospects of its graduates.

Ms Susanne Pulverer joined IKEA in 1997 and has worked across organizations in different roles within IKEA. This is her third stint in India. Prior to this, Susanne was the Business Risk and Compliance Manager Ingka Group where she strongly contributed to brand’s risk and compliance strategy in times of transformation and COVID-19 pandemic.

She started as Environmental Manager for the IKEA Group and moved on to IKEA of Sweden, the Product Development Company, where she held various roles in different business categories. She then moved to India in 2007 to head the purchasing function for IKEA South Asia

covering India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh until 2011, during which she developed a strong connection and passion for India and its people. Before joining back IKEA India once again in 2017, Ms Susanne Pulverer was Managing Director at IKEA Communications, the in-house agency of IKEA, for 5 years during which she led the organisation through a major transformation for better business and people result.

Ms Susanne Pulverer in her last role in India was the Country Sustainability Manager laying down a people and planet positive framework for India. She was also leading market development for Delhi NCR region. She is extremely happy to be back in India, as she helps contribute to lead IKEA towards its vision of creating a better everyday life for the many people.

Ms Pulverer is Swedish and has a master’s degree in Science and Business Management. She is passionate about yoga, fitness, nature, and well-being. She lives in Bengaluru with her family and looks forward to an even longer innings in India this time.

Mr Shikhar Jain has over 25 years of experience as a business sustainability expert. Has developed, implemented & integrated various EHS best practices, enhanced compliance & risk management framework, for several top Indian & global firms. He has designed, implemented and integrated Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety and Social programs/management systems in over 500 facilities and for corporate-wide operations. His responsibilities include policy dialogue & consultation with government, development agencies, think-tanks & various stakeholder groups on ESG ratings, sustainability strategy, circular economy and aspects of strategic importance to corporates. Mr. Jain has been lead trainer & faculty for various accredited training courses for IRCA (UK), IEMA (UK), SAI (US), GRI (EU), QCI (India) and has conducted over 500 trainings (open & in-company), helping around 15,000 professionals for raising awareness & competence on GRI, Sustainability disclosures, Stakeholder engagement, environment, occupational health & safety, social accountability, carbon neutrality, zero-waste to landfill, regulatory compliances.

At CESD, Mr. Shikar Jain’s responsibilities include training, advisory and consulting on a wide spectrum including leadership & strategy on sustainability, sustainability assurance, management systems, sustainability reporting & sustainability management framework across value chains. Mr. Jain represents the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in various committees and working groups of the Bureau of Indian Standards, AccountAbility, UK, and Global reporting Initiative and has been actively involved in development of international standards ISO 26000; Guidance on Social Responsibility, GRI G4 Guidelines & AA 1000 SES on Stakeholder Engagement. He has been nominated as a CII representative on the Board of Governors of NSC, Mumbai and served as Board Member for Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board.

Mr Jain has extensive work experience on USAID, WORLDBANK, ADB, EU, GIZ donoragency funded projects on environment & sustainability related aspects.

Mr Ravichandran Purushothaman is the President of Danfoss Industries Pvt Ltd, a 100% subsidiary of leading family owned Danish MNC, Danfoss A/S headquartered in Denmark & present in over 100+ countries across the globe.Danfoss is a world leader on Decarbonization technologies within Mobile Hydraulics, Cooling & Refrigeration, Electrification, Drives and District Energy

Mr Purushothaman has been handling several roles since 2002 in Danfoss across several markets in Asia Pacific which included South Asia, Korea, Japan, Australia NZ and Germany. He has been with Danfoss since 2002 and earlier with Siemens in India & Germany.

He is a Member of Danfoss Global management team, Board member & Global Mentor since 2013. He has been active working in Energy, Water, Food & Agri, Technology space supporting and mentoring several early-stage start-ups in India in various roles.

Mr Purushothaman’s areas of work cover Climate change, Energy efficiency, Decarbonization & Food loss; contributing to the field through several thought leadership initiatives.

An active CII member, he has handled several roles across the Southern Region and Nationally. He currently Chairs the CII Food & Agriculture Centre of Excellence’s Task force on Cold Chain & Supply Chain logistics, CII Godrej Green Building Energy Efficiency council and CII Southern Region Sustainability Sub• Committee. He was past President of MMA 2020-21. He is currently a member of working group in World Economic Forum on Food systems transformation

Mr Shailesh Vishnubhai Haribhakti is a man who has worn many hats in the corporate world & raised standards of various organizations so high, that people consider him as a serial Innovator, Pioneer, Teacher, Speaker, Author, Analyst, Entrepreneur & Citizen of the World (Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam). He is not only a Chartered & Cost Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, a Certified Financial Planner, Fraud Examiner, but also a Board Chairman, Audit Committee Chairperson, and an Independent Director at some of the country’s most pre-eminent organizations. He is a global thought leader in the area of Environment, Social & Governance, and has helped pioneer Impactful concepts like IR & Innovating path to Net Zero. He has been conferred with the Global Competent Boards Designation (GCB.D) by Competent Boards Inc. He has been awarded “Vivekananda Sustainability Award – 2022” by Vivekananda Youth Connect Foundation.

Mr. Haribhakti actively promotes shared value creation and a green environment through his own enterprise, and his leadership roles as Chairman of the CSR / ESG / Sustainability committees of some of the Boards that he serves on. He has successfully established the concept of “Innovate to Zero” and technology enabling CSR / ESG / SUSTIANABILTIY which is in alignment with the idea of making the impact of every intervention focused, widespread, co-operative and far-reaching.

Mr Rahul Prithiani heads consulting and research services for Energy, Commodities and Sustainability domains. He and his teams specialize in assignments supporting corporates for Business planning, Strategy formulation, Market opportunity assessment, Risk management, Fund raise and Sustainability/ESG strategy.

He has spearheaded the launch of ESG & Sustainability offerings in India for CRISIL. In addition to these sectors, in his earlier roles, he has successfully handled research assignments in sectors, such as financial services, infrastructure, real estate, aviation, and automobiles

Mr Prithiani is an alumnus of the prestigious Columbia Business School, New York where he did his Executive Program in Management.

He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and a Post Graduate degree in Business Administration

Ms Juliet Taylor runs WBCSD’s sustainability-focused CFO Network which is comprised of over 50 CFOs representing over USD $1.5 trillion in combined revenue and over three million employees across all sectors and geographies. She is passionate about harnessing the power of capital markets to recognize and reward sustainable business practices. In previous roles she has driven strategic communications for the Council’s Redefining Value and Climate and Energy Programs, specializing in corporate reporting and ESG. She holds a Master’s Degree in Sustainable Development and the Environment from the University of California at Santa Barbara and has led grassroots development projects in Nepal and Nicaragua. Previously, she focused on corporate environmental commitment-making at the Clinton Foundation.

Mr Ravichandran Purushothaman is the President of Danfoss Industries Pvt Ltd, a 100% subsidiary of leading family owned Danish MNC, Danfoss A/S headquartered in Denmark & present in over 100+ countries across the globe.Danfoss is a world leader on Decarbonization technologies within Mobile Hydraulics, Cooling & Refrigeration, Electrification, Drives and District Energy

Mr Purushothaman has been handling several roles since 2002 in Danfoss across several markets in Asia Pacific which included South Asia, Korea, Japan, Australia NZ and Germany. He has been with Danfoss since 2002 and earlier with Siemens in India & Germany.

He is a Member of Danfoss Global management team, Board member & Global Mentor since 2013. He has been active working in Energy, Water, Food & Agri, Technology space supporting and mentoring several early-stage start-ups in India in various roles.

Mr Purushothaman’s areas of work cover Climate change, Energy efficiency, Decarbonization & Food loss; contributing to the field through several thought leadership initiatives.

An active CII member, he has handled several roles across the Southern Region and Nationally. He currently Chairs the CII Food & Agriculture Centre of Excellence’s Task force on Cold Chain & Supply Chain logistics, CII Godrej Green Building Energy Efficiency council and CII Southern Region Sustainability Sub• Committee. He was past President of MMA 2020-21. He is currently a member of working group in World Economic Forum on Food systems transformation

Mr Olivier Lorge is the Global Polypropylene, Vistamaxx and Exact Marketing Manager for the ExxonMobil Product Solutions Company based in Houston, TX. In this role, Olivier manages the global Polypropylene, Vistamaxx and Exact Businesses.

Mr. Lorge joined Exxon Chemical Company in 1998 as an engineer at the chemical plant at Notre Dame de Gravenchon, France. There, he held numerous operations, business, and technical positions. He transferred to the ExxonMobil Chemical Company regional headquarters in Brussels in 2006 as a planner for the Europe manufacturing organization. In 2008, he became the Europe sales manager for hydrocarbon and oxygenated fluids products.

He moved to ExxonMobil Chemical headquarters in Houston, Texas in 2011 as Financial Plannin Manager for the Global Intermediates business. In 2013, he became Specialty Elastomers Business Development Manager within the company’s Global Plastics And Resins business. He was appointed as the New Product Identification Manager in 2014 where he managed the pursuit of new product opportunities and then transferred to Singapore regional Headquarters as Global Performance Polyethylene Marketing Manager in 2016.

In 2020, he came back to headquarters in Houston Campus in his current position as Global PVE Marketing Manager of the newly carved out GBU of Polypropyene, Vistamaxx and Exact (PVE) Mr. Lorge holds degrees in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from ESPCI ParisTech, the Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution in Paris.

A mechanical engineer with a post-graduation in Sustainability Management from NITIE, Mumbai, Mr Rahul Nene has about 12 years of experience working in oil & gas, FMCG, technology and chemical sectors. I also hold additional certifications on Renewable Energy Procurement from Imperial College, London and the NEBOSH – International General Certificate.

Mr Nene spent a major part of his earlier work experience at L’Oréal India, managing their sustainability and safety programs in both research and operations. His most previous experience has been at Pidilite Industries where I was the Corporate Sustainability Head.

Currently, he heads Sustainability at Huhtamaki India, which is world leader in flexible packaging. The job involves strategizing and implementing ESG and Sustainability actions across the operations of the organization as well as managing ESG disclosures and initiatives at a corporate level.

Mr Nene has a keen interest in driving Sustainability as a culture and also passionate about implementing Health & Safety Practices. He has previously led manufacturing sites to RoSPA Gold awards under the Patronage of the Queen of England, for excellence in Safety Management.

Ms Rhea Mazumdar Singhal is the Founder and CEO of Ecoware, India’s first and largest sustainable packaging company. By founding Ecoware, she created a new packaging paradigm in India that recognized a natural, eco-friendly, and easily affordable alternative to commoditsed single-use plastics. She was awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar, the country’s highest civilian honor for women by the President of India. She is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, an Asia 21 Young Leader of the Asia Society, and an Impact Hero 2021 of the Earth Company. Ms Singhal is the chairperson of the northern region of the Indian Women Network and an invited member to two national industry committees promoting clean air and women empowerment. 

Ms Singhal is a global thought leader on climate change and inclusive growth. She has spoken at many prestigious forums such as Dreamforce (Salesforce Inc.), The Good Day (Engie) and Global Investor Conference (Motilal Oswal). One of her passions is to engage actively with the student community and present Ecoware as a profitable and scalable business with a triple bottom line. She has been invited as a mentor, judge, and role model to several leading universities such as Ashoka, Shiv Nadar, University of Delhi and the Indian Institute of Technology at Mumbai and Mandi. 

Prior to founding Ecoware, Ms Rhea Mazumdar Singhal was a senior sales executive at Pfizer Inc. Rhea has studied at the University of Bristol, Oxford, and Harvard University 

Mr Nilesh Shah is the Group President & Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co. Ltd. He has over 30 years of experience in capital markets having worked in ICICI Group, Axis Bank Group and Franklin Templeton. He has been part of the teams that received the “Best Fund House of the Year” Award at Franklin Templeton, ICICI Prudential and also at Kotak Mutual Fund.

Mr Nilesh Shah is a Board Member of AMFI, a Member of SEBI’s CoBoSAC Committee and a part-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister

The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) ranks first globally across all derivatives exchanges based on the volume of contracts traded and ranks third globally in the capital market segment based on the number of trades.  

Ms. Priya Subbaraman is the Chief Regulatory Officer of NSE. In a career spanning over 25 years, Ms. Subbaraman has held various leadership roles in the regulatory and compliance space. Among other roles, Ms. Subbaraman headed compliance for Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers in India. Her experience covers equities and fixed income, investment banking, commercial banking lending (domestic and cross border), NBFC financing, primary dealer, foreign portfolio investments and private banking.  

Ms Deepa is Chief Representative for SGX Rep office in India since July 2018. She is an Economics graduate and MBA from Delhi University. Soon after, she joined the dealing room at Citibank Bombay in the FX and Derivatives’ Sales team. Her clients ranged from midtier, to MNCs and top tier India local Corporates. From plain vanilla FX and swaps in the late 90’s the suite of products expanded to include complex derivatives such as Equity linked debentures, structured swaps and Commodity hedging.

She worked closely with the financing and structured products’ teams to overlay hedging solutions to Corporates’ underlying FX, interest rate and Commodity risk. During her tenure, she did some landmark deals, like the first ATF hedge with a large airline company.

The National Stock Exchange launched Currency Futures late 2008 and that is when Ms Deepa Aggarwal joined the NSE to head the business development of Currency and Interest rate segment for clients on the exchange. During her 7+ year tenor, NSE was the market leader in Currency Futures, and several new products like Currency options were introduced in the market.

Mr Shrey Kohli is responsible for London Stock Exchange plc’s debt and structured finance markets and is part of the Primary Markets management committee. He was previously Head of Strategic Development for LSE plc.
He is the Co-Chair of the City of London’s India-UK Capital Markets Working Group, Chair of the Green and Sustainable Sukuk Taskforce under the High-Level Working Group on Islamic Finance established at COP-26 and was a member of the Advisory Council to the Green & Social Bond Principles Executive Committee from 2020-22.
During 2018-19, Mr Kohli was seconded to International Finance Corporation as Financial Officer in Treasury & Syndications. He has previously worked at McKinsey and Co, the strategy consultancy.
He holds an MSc in Finance and Economics from the London School of Economics and a BSc (Hons) in Physics from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi.

Mr Nitin Prasad is a dynamic and accomplished business leader with 20+ years of cross-cultural professional experience spanning industries from technology to energy and geographies from USA, Singapore to India.

Mr Nitin Prasad has a proven track record of managing large diverse global teams, developing/implementing strategy, innovating and leading change across cross-functional and multi-jurisdictional roles.

In his current role since October 2016, as Chairman of Shell Companies in India, Mr Nitin Prasad has governance oversight over all of Shell’s companies and investments into India as well as being a director in several of the operating companies and JVs. He has developed Shell India’s response to energy transition and climate change including leading business development through strategic partnerships for new climate resilient sectors such as Electro- Mobility, Bio-Products, Renewable Power, Energy Access, Industrial Decarbonization and Chemicals. He is also responsible for building Shell India’s talent base, community programs and its reputation with the full range of external stakeholders incl. Government, Industry Bodies, Foreign Embassies etc.

Mr Nitin Prasad is Chairman of the CII Air Quality Task Force and Co-Chairman of the Hydrocarbons Committee. He also serves on the FIPI Governing Council, USIBC Advisory Committee, India 2022 Executive Committee and is an active participant in several other forums. He is also one of the co-founders of the recently created Industrial Decarbonization coalition.

Prior to his current role, Mr Nitin Prasad was the Managing Director for Shell Lubricants for the cluster of India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, leading the significant turnaround of a historically underperforming business. Previously Nitin has held other roles in Shell across verticals of strategy, marketing, project delivery and supply chain in geographies of APME, APACMEA, China, Southeast Asia, and USA.

Prior to Shell, he was a part of Altera Corp based in the Silicon Valley, starting new product lines and commercial businesses. During this time, he received 10 patents and developed several new flagship ventures.

Mr Nitin Prasad did his schooling from the Doon School, India before completing an engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and thereafter went on to complete his MBA from INSEAD, France. He is an avid sports enthusiast who enjoys playing golf, sailing, skiing, and diving. Nitin currently lives in New Delhi with his family

Mr Krishna Mohan Puvvada, popularly called Mohan at Novozymes, has served the organisation for over 20 years at various roles. Joined Novozymes in 1997 as Marketing Manager, he rose through the ranks covering diverse industry segments and geographies. In his last role has Senior Director for Household Care in India and Africa, he has firmly established the organisation’s presence in both the markets.

Mr Puvvada took over the role of Regional President for Indian in 2019 and in addition to his site role, he also heads the Consumer Biosolutions division in India. As the Business Director for Consumer Biosolutions, he manages Novozymes’ consumer benefit-focused industries, covering Household Care, Baking, Dairy, Beverages, Protein and Food, in India.

Prior to Novozymes, Mr Puvvada had worked with Lupin laboratories where he was responsible for the launch and promotion of specialty products in South India.

Mr Puvvada did his MBA from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning and did his Bachelor’s in Microbiology from St Joseph’s College of Arts and Science.

As Vice President and the Head of Government Affairs for Asia Pacific and Japan, Dr. Lovneesh Chanana leads the public policy, Government programs and thought leadership engagements for SAP (www.sap.com) in the region. He engages on policy and key programs and initiatives including digital transformation, data management, Industry 4.0, cloud, IoT and cyber security etc. He works extensively on industry-Government partnerships on digitalization for sustainability, skill and talent building, entrepreneurship, and SMEs.

Dr. Lovneesh brings more than twenty-five years of wide-ranging IT and consulting experience to the role, with a track record of strategic engagements on IT with Governments. His experience profile is a mix of leadership roles in advisory, government affairs and technology implementation domains. He has authored a number of white papers on IT for growth.

Dr. Chanana holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems Management and works closely with academia too in facilitating a strong industry-academia connect.

Mr Suvojoy Sengupta is a Partner at McKinsey Gurgaon and leads McKinsey India’s Power and Renewable Energy practice in India. He brings 27 years of experience in serving global energy companies across Europe, Middle East, and India.

Mr Sengupta has worked with leading companies in the power & renewable energy sectors. He has advised these companies across a wide range of topics including strategy, M&A, operational improvement, and digital transformation. He has led engagements around innovations such as Renewable Hybrids, storage integration and new market structures. He also leads the firm’s work with the central government, working across multiple ministries—such as those for railways, power, coal, and renewable energy.

Mr Sengupta is a member of CII’s Power Committee. He has been a speaker/moderator at several industry conclaves on sustainability/renewables. He has co-authored many articles and several landmark McKinsey publications on the energy sector in India. He has an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad, after having graduated in Engineering from IIT-Delhi.

Dr. Anuradda Ganesh is the Chief Technical Advisor at Cummins India. She advises senior leadership on technology innovation, regulatory trends and policy. She also makes recommendations on collaborations and strategic partnerships with universities and governments.

Dr. Anuradda joined Cummins India in March, 2013. In the past, she has established and led Research and Innovation for Cummins Technology Center (India) to address the fit-for-market requirements for Cummins India products. She has also been the Director of Cummins Research and Technology India, focusing on application of Analysis Led Design tools to reduce time and cost of product development. Prior to joining the industry, she had an extensive career in academia and research. She was a professor at the Department of Energy Science and Engineering (DESE) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB) for 25 years. With over 60 international publications, 4000+ citations, 16 PhDs supervised and half a dozen patents, she has contributed immensely to the field of renewable energy.

She is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and has been conferred with numerous academic and industry awards. In July 2022, she was featured in ‘Women in STEM: Vanguards of India @ 75’ – a special compendium released by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to felicitate women changemakers who inspire and advance the agenda of women participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). She recieved the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Prism Award in 2021 for driving positive impact on the engineering community and society. Dr. Anuradda completed her PhD in chemical engineering from IIT Delhi, and BE from Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Mr Srivatsan Iyer is the Global CEO of HFE. He last worked for Braskem, the largest petrochemical company in the Americas, based in São Paulo, Brazil, as their Vice President of Strategy & Planning and Innovation & Technology. He joined Braskem 10 years back and has delivered in various roles from Strategy to M&A, R&D, Finance, Planning, Procurement, and IT. Previously, he was the CEO and General Manager of Braskem Europe, where he managed Braskem’s European business, based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Prior to joining Braskem in 2010, Mr Srivatsan Iyer spent 5 years with McKinsey & Company, where he served a variety of clients in the Energy and Chemicals sector, on a range of topics including Strategy and Operations. Before that, he spent 8 years working with ExxonMobil Chemical in several roles, starting his career in R&D and Technology Development.

Mr Iyer’s experience in turning around the business in Europe at Braskem is a great example of his ability to deliver in ambiguous situations. He has broad experience in Due Diligence, M&A, JVs and post-merger integrations while working at McKinsey and at Braskem. This includes acquisition of assets in the US and Europe for Braskem and creating JVs for the development of Renewable Chemicals. He strengthened and simplified manufacturing and business processes bringing focus on performance management and results delivery. He holds a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras, MS in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and MBA from the University of Texas at Austin

Mr Manoj Gupta is the Vice President- Renewable Energy Business-Asia for Fortum India, a state-owned Finland based Utility Company.

Fortum has already developed solar assets of around 1000 MW across various states of India and has pipelines of around another 1000 MW of solar & wind projects at various stages of development.

With over 27 years of experience in the Renewable and Industrial sector, he brings with him all-round expertise in Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Secondary sales market in the Solar sector for both Utility scale as well as BtB project solar projects. He also carries expertise in Sales & Marketing of Turnkey wind power projects. He is the one to sell the first Wind Project to an IPP company in India under the Group captive model. He is credited with conceptualizing many Business Models, which have become the industry benchmark and thereby helping the companies to emerge an industry leader in India. After having more than 6 years of exposure in the Industrial sector, Mr Gupta has dedicated himself to the Renewable Energy sector (wind & solar) for last 20 Years.

Mr Manoj Gupta began his career with Crompton Greaves Ltd and held leadership positions with Enercon (Win World), Suzlon Energy, Acme and Hindustan Power.

He is an alumnus of National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala where he has graduated in Electrical & Electronics Engineering.

Mr Sanjeev Aggarwal is the Founder and CEO of Amplus Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd, Asia’s largest Distributed Solar Company. His expertise drives thought leadership in India’s new energy sector with over 25 years of experience working in renewables and thermal energy across power utilities, banks, and consulting companies in India and Europe.

Mr Aggarwal founded Amplus Solar with a vision of providing Low Carbon Energy solutions. Today, Amplus is one of the leading names in Distributed Solar Industry. The company has scaled up from its first plant of 100 kW in 2014 to 1GW in 2022. Amplus projects are spread over more than 400 projects catering to 250 commercial and industrial customers. Now, Amplus Solar has diversified into energy storage and electric mobility and is expanding its footprints globally.

Before Amplus, he was the Managing Director of AES Corporation’s Indian subsidiary. He led the business development team and was involved in AES’s greenfield coal, gas, and hydro projects in Southeast Asia.

Mr Sanjeev Aggarwal’s work in the sector has been appreciated on multiple platforms. In 2013, he was recognized as a Young Leader by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Sanjeev won the Global CEO Award by Finance Monthly for two consecutive years in 2016 and 2017 for leading Amplus Energy on its growth path. Considered one of the Solar Industry’s top influencers, he has been featured in Solar Industry Power List 2017 and awarded leadership awards from Solar Quarter and World Sustainability Congress, among others.

He currently serves on various high-level committees as an industry expert. At FICCI, he is a member of Solar Energy Task Force, Renewable Power Committee, and Renewable CEO Council. He has also served as the co-chair of the CII Northern Region Renewable Committee and a CII National Solar Committee member.

Mr Sanjeev Aggarwal is a trained mechanical engineer and has a MBA degree from IIM, Ahmedabad.

Mr Nitin Prasad is a dynamic and accomplished business leader with 20+ years of cross-cultural professional experience spanning industries from technology to energy and geographies from USA, Singapore to India.

Mr Nitin Prasad has a proven track record of managing large diverse global teams, developing/implementing strategy, innovating and leading change across cross-functional and multi-jurisdictional roles.

In his current role since October 2016, as Chairman of Shell Companies in India, Mr Nitin Prasad has governance oversight over all of Shell’s companies and investments into India as well as being a director in several of the operating companies and JVs. He has developed Shell India’s response to energy transition and climate change including leading business development through strategic partnerships for new climate resilient sectors such as Electro- Mobility, Bio-Products, Renewable Power, Energy Access, Industrial Decarbonization and Chemicals. He is also responsible for building Shell India’s talent base, community programs and its reputation with the full range of external stakeholders incl. Government, Industry Bodies, Foreign Embassies etc.

Mr Nitin Prasad is Chairman of the CII Air Quality Task Force and Co-Chairman of the Hydrocarbons Committee. He also serves on the FIPI Governing Council, USIBC Advisory Committee, India 2022 Executive Committee and is an active participant in several other forums. He is also one of the co-founders of the recently created Industrial Decarbonization coalition.

Prior to his current role, Mr Nitin Prasad was the Managing Director for Shell Lubricants for the cluster of India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, leading the significant turnaround of a historically underperforming business. Previously Nitin has held other roles in Shell across verticals of strategy, marketing, project delivery and supply chain in geographies of APME, APACMEA, China, Southeast Asia, and USA.

Prior to Shell, he was a part of Altera Corp based in the Silicon Valley, starting new product lines and commercial businesses. During this time, he received 10 patents and developed several new flagship ventures.

Mr Nitin Prasad did his schooling from the Doon School, India before completing an engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and thereafter went on to complete his MBA from INSEAD, France. He is an avid sports enthusiast who enjoys playing golf, sailing, skiing, and diving. Nitin currently lives in New Delhi with his family

Prof. Stuart L. Hart is one of the world’s top authorities on the implications of environment and poverty for business strategy.  According to Bloomberg Businessweek, he is “one of the founding fathers of the ‘base of the pyramid’ economic theory.”  He is Professor and Steven Grossman Distinguished Fellow in Sustainable Business at the University of Vermont’s Grossman School of Business and Co-Founder of the School’s Sustainable Innovation MBA Program, as well as S.C. Johnson Chair Emeritus in Sustainable Global Enterprise and Professor Emeritus of Management at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, where he founded the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise.  Hart is also Founder and President of Enterprise for a Sustainable World and Founder of the BoP Global Network.

From 1998-2003, he was the Hans Zulliger Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Enterprise and Professor of Strategic Management at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he founded the Center for Sustainable Enterprise and the Base of the Pyramid Learning Laboratory.  And from 1986-1997, he taught corporate strategy at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and was the founding director of the Corporate Environmental Management Program (now the Erb Institute’s dual master’s program).  

Professor Hart has published over 100 papers and authored or edited nine books, with over 50,000 Google Scholar citations.  His work has appeared in leading scholarly journals, including Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, and Management Science, as well as leading practitioner journals, such as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Academy of Management Executive, Strategy+Business, and Foreign Affairs

His 1995 article “A Natural Resource-Based View of the Firm” is among the most highly cited academic works in the field of sustainable enterprise.   He is also author of the seminal article “Beyond Greening: Strategies for a Sustainable World,” which won the McKinsey Award for Best Article in Harvard Business Review in 1997 and helped launch the movement for corporate sustainability. With C.K. Prahalad, Hart also wrote the path-breaking 2002 article “The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid,” which provided the first articulation of how business could profitably serve the needs of the four billion poor in the developing world.  His best-selling book, Capitalism at the Crossroads, published in 2005, was selected by Cambridge University as one of the 50 top books on sustainability of all-time; the third edition of the book was published in 2010. His forthcoming book, Forging a Sustainable Capitalism, will be published by Stanford Business Books in 2023.

Prof. Stuart Hart has received numerous honors and awards for his work in the area of sustainable enterprise.  In addition to the 1997 McKinsey Award, his 2001 paper “Do Corporate Global Environmental Standards Create or Destroy Market Value? (With G. Dowell and B. Yeung) won the Moskowitz Prize for outstanding research in the field of socially responsible investing.  In addition, he was recognized as a “Faculty Pioneer” by the World Resources Institute in 1999 for his work in integrating environmental and social issues into the management education curriculum.  

Stuart Hart earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Rochester (General Science), Master’s degree from Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (Environmental Management), and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (Planning and Strategy).

Dr Pawan Singh is an IRAS officer of 86 exam batch, holds MBA and PhD in Infra Finance. First he started his career as Management Trainee in Tata Steel and later Bharat Petroleum in IRAS he served in Western, South Eastern and Northern Eastern Railway in the highest loading Divisions of Indian Railways. He was Chief General Manager, Power Grid Corporation India Ltd. & initiated first PPP in Transmission sector a case study at LBSAA Academy, Mussoorie. Later as Board Member & Director Finance with Delhi Power Company and Transco and Power Genco from 2006 to 2011, played a key role in power sector reforms in Delhi. Consequent to his contribution, there was negligible power tariff hike and he was also responsible for turnaround of these companies to highest rating among state power utilities in Delhi during the period. Later Director Finance, PTC India Financial Services Limited. At present he is MD & CEO of PTC India Financial Services Limited (one of the largest sustainable infra finance company in the country). He has been instrumental in decarbonisation of PTC India Financial Services balance sheet and converted Thermal Based Finance Company into a sustainable Infra Finance Company.

Dr Pawan Singh is a founding member of the CII India CEO Forum for clean energy & committed sustainability as a method for growth and actively participated in CSR initiatives like Crop Residue Management (CRM), check dams, clean waste management etc. He has over 35 year of experience in project finance, domestic and international resource mobilization, raised capital in domestic & international market for NBFC and other infrastructure companies, carried public private partnership transaction, and worked on turnaround strategies and corporate governance.

At present Dr Pawan Singh is in the Board of Director’s in PTC Energy Limited, Board of Governors of Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon and earlier been on the board of IIFCL, JSW, GMR companies. Visiting faculty prominent among them IIM, IISB, LBSSA etc. & other Premier Management Institutes in India & abroad. He has also several papers / articles to his credit.

Ms Anjali Pandey leads the Engine Business and Components Business for Cummins in India. In her current role, she is responsible for deeper penetration in several market segments in the on and off highway markets by continuing to deliver value to all stakeholders. In addition to this, she also leads the Powertrain and Electrification programs for Cummins in India. In this capacity, she works towards identification of market and customer needs to ensure successful introduction of new products.

Ms Pandey’s association with Cummins India dates back to 2001. She has experience in supply chain, product planning, business strategy, internal audit, and general management. Ms Anjali Pandey holds a BE degree in Production Engineering and an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana, USA. A certified auditor, she has received many awards at Cummins and externally. She received the Woman Achiever Award for the year 2011 and was featured among the India’s Women Business Leaders 2017 by the Economic Times-Spencer Stuart listing of India’s hottest executives under 40 years. She is also the Chairperson of the Western Region Manufacturing Council – Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and a Governing Council member of Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association (ICEMA).

A strong advocate of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at workplace, Ms Pandey believes that Cummins is the place to be, offering ample opportunity to learn and grow at every stage alongside the flexibility of gaining experience across multiple functions and specializations. Very recently, she has received the Women Building India – Committed Leader Award from CII EXCON 2022 for her outstanding commitment to promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the workplace.