Thought Leaders

Over the years, various stakeholders have participated in our events to inspire and deliberate on global sustainability agendas

Peter Bakker

Peter Bakker

President & CEO
World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Wendy Werner

Wendy Werner

India Country Head
International Finance Corporation

Deepali Khanna

Deepali Khanna

Vice President, Asia Regional Office
The Rockefeller Foundation, Thailand

Gauri Singh

Gauri Singh

Deputy Director - General
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Shombi Sharp

Shombi Sharp

UN Resident Coordinator in India

Bhupender Yadav

Bhupender Yadav

Hon'ble Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Government of India

Sumant Sinha

Sumant Sinha

Chairman and Managing Director
ReNew Power

Juvencio Maeztu

Juvencio Maeztu

Deputy CEO and CFO
Ingka Group

Paul Polman

Paul Polman

Former CEO Unilever, Co-Founder Imagination

Hans Vestberg

Hans Vestberg

Chairman and CEO
Verizon Communications

Roshni Nadar Malhotra

Roshni Nadar Malhotra

Chairperson HCL Technologies & Trustee
Shiv Nadar Foundation

Kaku Nakhate

Kaku Nakhate

President & Country Head
Bank of America

Praveer Sinha

Praveer Sinha

CEO & Managing Director
The Tata Power Company Limited

Anshula Kant

Anshula Kant

Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer
The World Bank Group

Sandip Patel

Sandip Patel

Managing Director, India & South Asia
IBM

R. Mukundan

R. Mukundan

Managing Director & CEO
Tata Chemicals Limited

Shallu Jindal

Shallu Jindal

Chairperson
JSPL Foundation

Preetha Reddy

Preetha Reddy

Executive Vice-chairperson
Apollo Hospitals

Neeraj Kanwar

Neeraj Kanwar

Vice Chairman and Managing Director
Apollo Tyres

Dipali Goenka

Dipali Goenka

CEO & Managing Director, Welspun India

M Hari Menon

M Hari Menon

Director, India Country Office, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Hon’ble Minister of Jal Shakti, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Nitin Prasad

Nitin Prasad

Chairman, Shell Companies in India

Nishant Arya

Nishant Arya

Vice Chairman, JBM Group & Chairman
Linde Wiemann Gmbh

Kimmo Lähdevirta

Kimmo Lähdevirta

Ambassador of Finland to India

Nawal Saini

Nawal Saini

Managing Director, Brookfield’s Renewable Power Group

Amit Kapur

Amit Kapur

Senior Managing Partner, JSA Advocates & Solicitors

Ambassador T.S. Tirumurti

Ambassador T.S. Tirumurti

Former Permanent Representative of India, United Nations

Amit Sharma

Amit Sharma

Secretary, Department of Mining, Government of Jammu and Kashmir

Anil Kumar Chalamalasetty

Anil Kumar Chalamalasetty

Chief Executive and Managing Director, Greenko

Parijat Jain

Parijat Jain

Partner, Bain and Company

Pankaj Rastogi

Pankaj Rastogi

CEO, Dalmia Bharat Sugar Industries

Om Prakash (O.P.) Agarwal

Om Prakash (O.P.) Agarwal

CEO, World Resources Institute WRI, India

Nitin Kabra

Nitin Kabra

Director Sales, Polaad Steel

Naveen Unni

Naveen Unni

Managing Partner, Chennai, McKinsey & Company

Naveen Ahlawat

Naveen Ahlawat

Head – Coal Gasification Projects, Green Hydrogen & CCSU
Jindal Steel and Power

Namrata Rana

Namrata Rana

Director, Strategy and Brand, Futurescape, India Ambassador of University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Nadir B. Godrej

Nadir B. Godrej

Chairman and Managing Director of Godrej Industries Ltd. and Chairman of Godrej Agrovet

Mr Sriram Haridass

Mr Sriram Haridass

Deputy Representative, UNFPA India

Mohit Bhargava

Mohit Bhargava

CEO, NTPC REL

Mili Majumdar

Mili Majumdar

Managing Director, Green Building Council India and Senior Vice President, US Green Building Council

Manu Srivastava

Manu Srivastava

Principal Secretary, Department of New & Renewable Energy, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Manisha Mhaiskar

Manisha Mhaiskar

Principal Secretary, Environment and Climate Change, Government of Maharashtra

Mahesh Kolli

Mahesh Kolli

President, and Joint Managing Director, Greenko group

Mahendra Singhi

Mahendra Singhi

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Dalmia Cement (Bharat)

LV Vaidyanathan

LV Vaidyanathan

Chief Executive Officer, P&G Indian Subcontinent

Kunal Kumar

Kunal Kumar

Mission Director, Smart Cities & Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India

Kishore Jayaraman OBE

Kishore Jayaraman OBE

President - India & South Asia, Rolls-Royce

Karanraj Chaudri

Karanraj Chaudri

Head - Innovative Finance for India and South Asia, United Nations Development Programme

Kapil Mantri

Kapil Mantri

EVP & Head ­- Corporate Strategy & Business Development, Jindal Steel and Power

Juhi Gupta

Juhi Gupta

Head of Sustainability, PepsiCo

Jeffrey D Sachs

Jeffrey D Sachs

Director, Centre for Sustainable Development, Columbia University

Jeff Merritt

Jeff Merritt

Head of IoT & Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum

Jeanne Holm

Jeanne Holm

Deputy Mayor for Budget and Innovation, City of Los Angeles

Jamshyd Godrej

Jamshyd Godrej

Chairman & Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce

Indevar Pandey

Indevar Pandey

Secretary, Women and Child Development, Government of India

Himanshi Singh

Himanshi Singh

Founding Member - Bare Craft, Sr. Development Manager, Ashoka University

Hector Gomez Ang

Hector Gomez Ang

Regional Director of South Asia, International Finance Corporation

H.E. Ritva Koukku-Ronde

H.E. Ritva Koukku-Ronde

Ambassador, Embassy of Finland

H.E. Philipp Ackermann

H.E. Philipp Ackermann

Ambassador, Embassy of Federal Repupblic of Germany

H.E. Hans Jacob Frydenlund

H.E. Hans Jacob Frydenlund

Ambassador, Embassy of Norway

H.E. Alberto A. Guani

H.E. Alberto A. Guani

Ambassador, Embassy of Uruguay

Ganesan VP

Ganesan VP

Sr Partner & Distribution Sector Leader India South Asia, IBM Consulting

Gagan Sidhu

Gagan Sidhu

Director, CEEW Center for Energy Finance

G Ashok Kumar

G Ashok Kumar

Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga, Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India

Dr. V. M. Motghare

Dr. V. M. Motghare

Joint Director, Air, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board

Dr. Tito Gronow

Dr. Tito Gronow

Minister & Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland

Dr. Tayeb A Kamali

Dr. Tayeb A Kamali

Chairman - the Board of Trustees, Abu Dhabi School of Management

Dr. Maneesh Mishra

Dr. Maneesh Mishra

Executive Vice President, Strategy, National Skill Development

Dr. Ashok Kumar

Dr. Ashok Kumar

Deputy Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power

Dr. Akhilesh Gupta

Dr. Akhilesh Gupta

Senior Adviser, Head, Policy Coordination & Programme Management (PCPM), Department of Science & Technology

Dinesh Waghmare

Dinesh Waghmare

Principal Secretary, Department of Energy, Government of Maharashtra

Dia Mirza

Dia Mirza

Actor, Producer, UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador & United Nations Secretary-General’s Advocate, Global Ambassador IFAW

Deepak Jain

Deepak Jain

Partner & APAC Lead Advanced Manufacturing & Services practice, Bain & Company

Deepak Bagla

Deepak Bagla

Managing Director & CEO, Invest India

Dan Jeavons

Dan Jeavons

VP Computational Science & Digital Innovation, Shell

Claire O’Neill

Claire O’Neill

Managing Director, Climate & Energy, World Business Council

Bhavini Parikh

Bhavini Parikh

Founder and Creative Director - Bunko Junko

Baldeo Purusharth

Baldeo Purusharth

Joint Secretary, Economic Affairs, Department of Finance, Government of India

Aun Abdullah Nanda

Aun Abdullah Nanda

Sustainability Lead, Deputy Vice President, Lodha

Ashutosh Manohar

Ashutosh Manohar

Managing Director - South Asia Markets, Tetra Pak

Ashish Tiwari

Ashish Tiwari

Secretary, Department of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Ashish Kundra

Ashish Kundra

Principal Secretary cum Commissioner, Transport Department, Government of New Delhi

Arundhati Kumar

Arundhati Kumar

Founder, Beej, Beej Studio

Arun Goel

Arun Goel

Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India

Anup Mathew

Anup Mathew

Head - Greener India Council and Business Head- Godrej Construction, Godrej & Boyce

Anu Garg

Anu Garg

Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Water Resource, Government of Odisha

Anthony Waterman

Anthony Waterman

Director, ADW Developments

Anish De

Anish De

Global Sector Head - Energy & Natural Resources, KPMG