charcha 2020 | energy

charcha on energy

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KATIE BOFSHEVER

Design Partner, GV

As VP of Digital Media at GV, Katie Bofshever crafts innovative and creative solutions for the digital space, specializing in minority consumers.

2:00pm

Understand

Lightning Talks on Business Goals

Learn to understand and tackle problems from many different points of view. Discussions should highlight business goals, success metrics, technical capabilities and potential challenges, and relevant user research.

2:00 PM

Opening Credits & Welcome Coffee

Enjoy a fresh cup of coffee before the presentations. We’ll be handing out pamphlets that outline this evening’s details.

David Doe

Designer - Redshoe

2:00 PM

Opening Credits & Welcome Coffee

Enjoy a fresh cup of coffee before the presentations. We’ll be handing out pamphlets that outline this evening’s details.

Energy

what is the role that energy will take in this new world, recognizing the balance between job growth, energy, access, demand and sustainability; and ensuring that we address this challenge keeping the common person at the heart of the debate.

May

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#charcha2020

As COVID-19 is wiping away years of our developmental progress in weeks, the ability to reinvent ourselves and rebuild is more critical than ever before. With the development sector grappling with shrinking resources, the way forward requires a coming together of all stakeholders - nonprofits, government, corporates, foundations, academia and philanthropists.

Welcome to charcha. Let's talk!

May 14

3:30 PM

Fireside chat on the post-COVID energy agenda

Is COVID-19 more of an obstacle or an opportunity in our journey towards a greener future with clean energy? This session will frame the discussion for the energy track.

Speakers: Dr. Ajay Mathur, Vikram Mehta

4 pm

role of clean energy agenda in post COVID-19 economic recovery

Panel discussion on understanding the role a stronger green energy agenda in optimizing for energy access; environment; jobs in a post COVID-19 world.

Moderator: Gaurav Gupta

Panelists: Praveer Sinha, Sumant Sinha, Raman Nanda,

Dr. Shalini Sarin

5 PM

Clean Energy Innovation Spotlights

Five organisations will present innovations related to ‘clean energy’, ranging from fuel cell energy storage technology to an emission control device for diesel generators.

Moderator: Moutushi Sengupta

Presenters: SwitchDin, Grassroots Energy, Maclec, Chakr Innovation, Meladath Auto, BreeZo

6 PM

Decentralized energy

Panel discussion to explore the impact of the pandemic on the future of the sector and on ambitious decentralised energy projects, which are currently underway

Moderator: Arunabha Ghosh

Panelists: Hendrik Engelmann-Pilger, Ashvin Dayal, Radhika Thakkar, Jagjeet Sareen

May 15

4 PM

coronavirus as a communications opportunity for the energy sector

Panel discussion on applying the communications strategy used during the pandemic to the energy sector

Moderator: Siddharth Singh

Panelists: Vinuta Gopal, Akshat Rathi, Arati Davis

5 PM

clean cooking solutions

Panel discussion to highlight the criticality of interweaving clean cooking solutions into our fiscal response

Moderator: Sanjukta Das

Panelists: Dr. Ethan Kay, Dymphna van der Lans, Dr. Debajit Palit, Dr. Manjushree Banerjee

6 PM

the future of green transport systems in India

Fireside chat to to understand what COVID-19 means for a clean transport future

Moderator: Vignesh Nandakumar

Speakers: Anand Shah, Ashwin Mahesh, Rewati Prabhu

Speakers

Ajay Mathur

Director General,

TERI

Vikram singh mehta

Executive Chairman, Brookings India

Jagjeet Sareen

Director,

International Solar Alliance

Praveer Sinha

CEO,

Tata Power

SUMANT SINHA

Chairman | MD,

ReNew Power

Dr. Shalini Shareen

Energy Leader,

Signify/Schneider Electric

Raman Nanda

CEO,

SoftBank Energy

Arunabha Ghosh

Founder-CEO,

Council on Energy, Environment and Water

Ashvin Dayal

SVP, Power,

Rockefeller Foundation

Radhika Thakkar

VP,

Greenlight Planet

Vinuta Gopal

CEO,

Asar Social Impact

Arati Davis

Executive Director,

Sweden India Greentech Alliance

Dymphna van der Lans

CEO,

Clean Cooking Alliance

DR. Ethan Kay

Director,

BioLite

Moutushi Sengupta

India Director,

MacArthur Foundation

Dr. Debajit Palit

Director,

Rural Energy and Livelihoods, TERI

Siddharth Singh

Author & Researcher

Anand Shah

Co-founder,

Ola Electric

Ashwin Mahesh

Co-founder,

Lithium technologies

Akshat Rathi

Climate Change Reporter,

Bloomberg

Rewati Prabhu

ED, Cities,

Frischmann Prabhu

VIGNESH NANDAKUMAR

PARTNER,
LIGHTSTONE ASPADA

DR. Manjushree Banerjee

Fellow, Centre for Impact, Evaluation and Energy Access, TERI

Gaurav Gupta

Partner & Director,

Dalberg Advisors

HENDRIK ENGELMANN-PILGER

SENIOR ENERGY SPECIALIST,

EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK

SANJUKTA DAS

CREATIVE LEAD,

DALBERG

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