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Nikhil Parate is the head of energy and sustainability, India, at Colt Data Centre Services. He has over two decades of experience across power and energy roles. He began his career as a power engineer […]

Manik Thapar is founder and chairman of Eco Wise Waste Management Private Limited, a waste management company offering collection, segregation, processing, recycling, product destruction, e-waste management, asset dismantling and extended producer responsibility services. The company […]

In his current role as chief operating officer at REnergy Dynamics, Shashank Adlakha is focused on building an integrated biofuel platform. He believes compressed biogas (CBG) can contribute to energy security, waste utilisation, rural income […]

Akhil Agarwal has been associated with NTPC Limited, a Maharatna company, for the past 33 years and currently serves as general manager (engineering). Over this long association with the company, he has taken on various […]

As head of government affairs for India and South Asia, and head of spectrum and regulatory policy for Asia-Pacific at Qualcomm, Jitendra Singh plays a key role in shaping telecom policy, spectrum strategy and next-generation […]

Sudhir Kumar Srivastav is director (commercial) at M.P. Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company Limited (MPMKVVCL), a position he has held since December 2022. Since October 2025, he has also been holding the additional charge of […]

Rajiv Kumar Porwal has been serving as director (system operation) at Grid-India since July 2023. With over three decades of experience in the power sector, he has played a key role in shaping India’s power […]

Piyush Pandya began his professional career with AEC (now Torrent Power) and has worked with reputed organisations such as Reliance Infrastructure and CLP India Private Limited (now Apraava Energy). Since 2020, he has been associated […]

Anurag Mishra is general manager (architecture) at the Airports Authority of India (AAI). He has over three decades of experience with AAI, dedicated to planning, designing and developing airport infrastructure across India. He began his […]

V. Surya Prakash is a distinguished power sector professional with over 35 years of experience in Andhra Pradesh. He started his career in 1986 as an assistant engineer with the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh State Electricity […]

With over four decades of experience building large-scale, mission-critical infrastructure across India, Pratap Mane has held senior leadership roles at global banks including J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank and Barclays; led infrastructure and real estate functions […]

Manju Gupta, Executive Director at Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), brings over 37 years of extensive experience in India’s power sector. Her expertise spans power system planning, open access, transmission pricing, cross-border interconnections, […]

Anshumali Dwivedi is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Head of Strategy and Whole-time Director (WTD) at Essar Ports Limited. He also serves on the boards of the company’s subsidiaries and plays an instrumental role in […]

Neerav Nanavaty is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BluPine Energy and brings over two decades of global experience in the energy sector across North America and India. BluPine Energy currently operates 39 renewable energy sites […]

Shalin Sheth is Founder and Managing Director of Advait Energy Transitions Limited. Since establishing the company in 2009, he has guided its evolution from a specialised provider of transmission solutions into a broader energy infrastructure […]

Asit Kumar Mukherjee is a veteran power sector professional with over four decades of extensive experience in thermal power generation, project execution, operations and maintenance, and strategic leadership. He has held pivotal roles in India’s […]

Sandeep Batra brings 37 years of experience in hydropower development, including survey and investigation, detailed project report preparation, cost engineering, contracts, project management and quality assurance. During his career, he has managed survey and investigation […]

During his three-decade-long journey in advocacy and consulting, Debashish Bhattacharya has worked at the intersection of technology, public policy, regulation, markets and business development across digital communications, satcom and broadcasting. Bhattacharya has been associated with […]

Abhijeet Sinha is a renowned technocrat, currently serving as the national programme director of Ease of Doing Business at the National Highways for Electric Vehicles, India’s premier agency for piloting emerging technologies, contributing to micro-level […]