Lt Col Monish Ahuja (Retd) is the Chairman and Managing Director, PRESPL & Chairman, CBEII.
PRESPL is the leading biomass supply chain management company in India with a forward integration of biomass densification, energy utility service provider & project developer in Bioenergy sector.
CBEII is an industry body created with the purpose to represent the entire gamut of the Biomass sector in India to exchange ideas, enhance learning, represent the challenges for support from regulators and policy makers.
An alumnus of the prestigious National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune (Dec 1991 – Dec 1994).
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In a short span with the understanding of the Biomass IPPs and Biomass Supply Chain Management, he set up the first of its kind in India, biomass fuel aggregation and supply company Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Limited (PRESPL).
The company has grown from a start up to INR 1000 million Turnover Company in 8 x Years’ time.
This business is a big force multiplier to support biomass IPPs, process industry boilers, cogeneration plants, bio-refinery industry using agri-residues feedstock and other industry using biomass as a feedstock.
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Lt Col Monish Ahuja (Retd) is known in the Biomass fraternity as a dedicated and knowledgeable leader. He has been advocating the barriers faced by Biomass based Project Developers at various seminars and forums and has been instrumental in impressing MNRE (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources, India) towards the cause of biomass-based industry in India.
Mr. Chandan Goswami is the Chief Strategy and Business Officer at PRESPL.
With over 19 years leadership experience in Corporate & Investment Banking, Strategy & Corporate Finance.
Mr Goswami has led several marquee transactions during his banking stint including Acquisition financing, Aircraft and Ship financing, Reserve Based Lending, Project Finance, Structured Trade Finance, etc., and managed key corporate relationships for institutions including BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, HDFC Bank, etc in India and African markets. He has been involved with several large EPC players in India and Africa advising them on business, collaborations and financing. His previous assignment, was Head Treasury at Sterling and Wilson, Shapoorji Pallonji group managing the Corporate finance function and several cross functional leadership assignments.
Mr Goswami has rich industry experience of driving businesses independently, with expertise in business strategies and finance. Sustainability and renewable energy is a subject very close to his heart. Mr. Chandan Goswami is also the co-founder of CBEII, an industry body for the Biomass and Bio Fuel energy sector in India, formed with the objective of nurturing this sector in its formative years.
Mr. Saurav Ghosh is the Founding member of Community Friendly Movement CFM. Mr. Saurav Ghosh has worked in building infrastructure in areas of Water Conservation and Agriculture productivity since 2005.
Mr. Saurav Ghosh was conferred Ashoka Fellowship in 2016 For Mr. Saurav Ghosh work on SwaNigamit (Self Corporatized Panchayat). Together with Mr. Saurav Ghosh team, Mr. Saurav Ghosh built the model of monetizing natural resources at Panchayat level towards Water Reclamation Water Sovereignty and Farm to Furnace sector supply chain. The Critical aspect of Mr. Saurav Ghosh work is youth engagement to create sustainable – hyper local entrepreneurship model that ensure asset maintenance and their monetization at Panchayat Level.
Mr. Saurav Ghosh has co- authored the Handbook of CSR Responsibilities and Policies.
Mr. Gagandeep Bakshi is post-Graduation in Management from University of Nebraska – Lincoln, USA and Bachelors in Economics from Delhi University.
Mr. Bakshi is also a certified CFA from CFA Institute, USA.
Mr. Bakshi brings in wealth of knowledge of sectors like Energy & Infrastructure, Financial services, Healthcare, and Agri through Mr. Bakshi’s work across Investment Banking and Corporate Finance.
In Mr. Bakshi’s career of more than 19 years, Mr. Bakshi has advised businesses across their growth life cycle and closed multiple deals in M&A, Private Equity and Mezzanine Finance across various sectors.
Prior to joining Intellecap, Gagandeep worked with esteemed firms like Centrum Capital, SBI Capital Markets and Citigroup.
Mr. Gagandeep Bakshi is post-Graduation in Management from University of Nebraska – Lincoln, USA and Bachelors in Economics from Delhi University.
Mr. Bakshi is also a certified CFA from CFA Institute, USA.
Mr. Bakshi brings in wealth of knowledge of sectors like Energy & Infrastructure, Financial services, Healthcare, and Agri through Mr. Bakshi’s work across Investment Banking and Corporate Finance.
In Mr. Bakshi’s career of more than 19 years, Mr. Bakshi has advised businesses across their growth life cycle and closed multiple deals in M&A, Private Equity and Mezzanine Finance across various sectors.
Prior to joining Intellecap, Gagandeep worked with esteemed firms like Centrum Capital, SBI Capital Markets and Citigroup.
Mr. Suhas Baxi is a Mechanical Engineer from VNIT Nagpur and obtained management training at IIM Ahmedabad and Harvard Business School.
Mr. Baxi’s passion about role of data and digital technology in conventional businesses led to Mr. Baxi’s founding BiofuelCircle- an online marketplace for biomass and biofuels.
Mr. Baxi has led companies in energy, software and manufacturing sectors. Mr. Baxi’s initial grooming and learning happened at Thermax- a leader in energy and environment engineering business. Thereafter, Mr. Baxi’s interest in technology resulted in a stint with Triple Point Technology, a Software Products company focused on for Energy Trading and Risk Management. Mr. Baxi led their Asian business.
Before founding BiofuelCircle, Mr. Baxi was Managing Director of Finnish- German major- Konecranes & Demag, leading their South Asian business. Earlier, Mr. Baxi led Pennar Industries (NSE: PENIND) as their President and CEO.
Mr. Suhas Baxi is an independent Director on the board of Praj Industries and Advisory Board member at video sharing platform kPoint Technologies.
Mr. Baxi was Chairman of Pune Zonal Council of CII in 2010-11 and member of National Council of CII for Higher Education.
Mr. Baxi is the President of the Pune chapter of CEO Clubs of India (https://www.ceoclubsindia.org/ ).
Dr. Pramod Chaudhari, a first-generation techno-entrepreneur, is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Praj Industries, a global process solutions company driven by innovation and integration capabilities in Industrial Biotech sector. With references across five continents, Dr. Pramod Chaudhari has in excess of 750 references in over 75 countries.
Dr. Pramod Chaudhari was the President of prestigious Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) Pune for 2016-18. At Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Dr. Chaudhari spearheaded Biofuels movement in India since 2007. Dr. Chaudhari has been actively contributing on various Climate Change platforms including that of UN Leadership Forum on Climate Change.
An alumnus of Harvard Business School (AMP 1995), Dr. Pramod Chaudhari is great proponent of entrepreneurship & intrapreneurship development and is passionate about furthering social causes. Dr. Chaudhari is member of Advisory Board of several renowned academic institutions in the field of Engineering, Technology and Management; fostering partnership between Industry and Academia.
Dr. Vibha Dhawan is Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute and is associated with the Institute since 1985. Dr. Vibha Dhawan also served as the Vice-Chancellor of TERI School of Advanced Studies during 2005-2007.
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Dr. Vibha Dhawan is actively involved in research as well as policy development, both at the national and international level. Dr. Vibha Dhawan is a task force member of a number of committees of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), the Biotech Consortium India Limited (BCIL) etc.
Dr. Vibha Dhawan is currently serving as Adjunct Professor, Consul General South Asia Partnership, Michigan State University. In the past, Dr. Vibha Dhawan has also served as Co-ordinator for the Asia Pacific Consortium on Agriculture Biotechnology (APCoAB); Advisor to Director General, The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT); and Deputy Director, Research Partnerships & Co-ordination with the Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA). Dr. Vibha Dhawan is currently the coordinator of the DBT-TERI Centre on Integrated Production of Advanced Biofuels and Bio-commodities.
Dr. (Mrs.) Parveen Dhamija is currently Advisor, Skill Council for Green Jobs (SCGJ), New Delhi for skill development in renewable energy and sustainable development and Former Scientist ‘G’ / Advisor of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
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Dr. (Mrs.) Parveen Dhamija has more than three decades of vast experience and expertise in development, promotion, adoption and monitoring of different renewable technologies with special focus on Biomass based technologies for promoting clean cooking to reduce indoor air pollution for improving health of women and reducing their drudgery by coordinating National Programmes of Biogas, Improved Chulhas, Women and Renewable Energy Development Village Energy Security and promotion of new technologies like Fuel Cells Hydrogen energy, Battery Operated Vehicles, Geothermal Energy and Tidal Energy.
Dr. (Mrs.) Parveen Dhamija was also Head of the State Nodal Agency and State Designated Agency for Government of Delhi for promotion of renewable energy, improving energy efficiency and climate change activities in the State of Delhi.
Dr. Preeti Jain is ‘Director, Business Development & Govt. Relations’ with LanzaTech leading strategic business opportunities and advocacy initiatives.
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Dr. Preeti Jain possesses nearly two decades of multisectoral experience in the realms of Energy transition,
Fuel (incl. biofuels) & Petrochemicals, Air quality, CCUS, FTAs etc.
Dr. Preeti Jain represents on various industry forums to advocate and spearhead high-level policy and regulatory topics. In the past Dr. Preeti Jain had extensively worked with National Committee on Auto Fuel Policy, Source Apportionment Study for Indian Cities, Roundtable on National Energy Policy; Convenor Youth Forum; Alternate Energy Committee with FIPI.
A US Fulbright Scholar for Environment Leadership, Dr. Preeti Jain worked with diverse global industry leaders like Indian Oil, SABIC, HART Energy for strategic positioning of business pursuits. A passionate advocate for enhancing women’s equity in energy domain; Dr. Jain has about 40 papers & publications to her credit.
Mr. Gaurav Kapoor has more than 20 years of work experience across Private Equity & Venture Capital Investment Funds, responsible PE/VC investments, inclusive corporate development and policy reform having lived and worked in India and in global markets.
Mr. Gaurav Kapoor has lived and worked in Singapore, France and the USA.
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Over the last decade, Mr. Gaurav Kapoor has worked on Bilateral Development Cooperation between the UK and India, notably to spur private sector investments for India’s economic development. Focus areas have been climate, energy, impact and inclusion.
Mr. Gaurav Kapoor has led joint investment programmes with Government of India Institutions and worked with International Development Finance Institutions including the UK’s CDC Group.
Mr. Gaurav Kapoor represents FCDO Development on several investment, investor advisory and steering committees overseeing FCDO’s circa. £300m alternative fund investments in India.
Mr. Parvez Umrigar Managing Director & CEO – EverEnviro Resource Management Private Limited,
the integrated waste management platform being developed by EverSource.
Mr. Parvez Umrigar graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Mumbai. Mr. Parvez Umrigar is a twice all India rank holder as a Chartered Accountant and additionally a Cost & Works Accountant.
Mr. Parvez Umrigar has over 27 years of experience in the areas of infrastructure operations, capital raising, evaluating investment opportunities, finance and accounting. Before joining EverSource, Parvez was with Brookfield as MD and CEO for its India Infrastructure operations.
Mr. Parvez Umrigar has also served as co-head (Structured Investment) at the Ajay Piramal Group, as a Director with Piramal Infra Management Company and as the MD and CEO for the Infrastructure Development Business with Welspun Group.
Mr. Prabodha Acharya partners with CEOs, Senior Executives and Operation heads to develop and drive sustainability strategy for the JSW Group companies of Steel, Energy, Cement, Paints, Infrastructure etc.
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Mr. Prabodha Acharya has worked for nearly three decades in the field of Corporate Environmental Management, Emissions Reduction, Climate Change, Corporate Strategy on Sustainability and Policy Development and Assurance Services.
Beginning his career with SAIL, Mr. Prabodha Acharya has worked and managed a variety of environmental issues from mining to manufacturing in the metal (iron and steel) sector.
Later, Mr. Prabodha Acharya 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.
Prof. S Dasappa is a Chair of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research and faculty at the Centre for Sustainable Technologies Indian Institute of Science.
Prof. S Dasappa had his education at the Indian Institute of Science and obtained Masters and Ph. D degree from the faculty of engineering. Prof. S Dasappa major area of research is in combustion of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. With the emphasis on energy conversion processes, the R and D activities address both scientific and technological challenges. The research outputs have contributed towards engineering domain addressing – “Process to Product philosophy” including sustainability through the translational research.
Prof. S Dasappa has over 170 publications in various international and national journals, conferences and edited books, and 20 patents, Prof. S Dasappa has been involved in technology transfers across the globe.
Prof. Dasappa has been involved in several national and international projects and Green hydrogen in the recent times. Prof. S Dasappa has won several awards in Biomass energy – national and international and identified in the top 2 % of the Energy scientist in the world.
Dr. Ashok Haldia, holds a Ph.D. degree in ‘Privatization of Public Enterprises in India’ from University of Rajasthan. Dr. Haldia holds an M com, a CA, CS and CWA qualification.
A Chartered Accountant, Management Accountant ,Corporate Secretary ,and Ph.D.
Dr. Ashok Haldia, experience includes industrial finance and policy, enterprise and NBFC management, public sector and power sector policy, reforms and restructuring, infrastructure financing, accounting standard setting, company law and corporate governance, risk management, resource mobilisation including from multilaterals and through IPO and private equity, stressed asset resolution.
Dr. Ashok Haldia, was MD and CEO of PTC India Financial Services Ltd (PFS)from July 2015 to Sept 2018 and its Director since August, 2008, led it from a new entity to a holistic and leading financial institution in power/renewable and select infrastructure.
Dr. Ashok Haldia, was Secretary of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India New Delhi, one of the largest professional body worldwide and led its transformation at national and international level, for more than 10 years. Was member of Appellate Tribunal for ICAI, ICSI, ICWAI and of National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards.
Earlier Dr. Haldia was with Power Finance Corporation with responsibilities for pursuing internal and external reforms in state power utilities linked to World bank/ ADB line of credit, and with RFC Jaipur for project financing and with Govt of Rajasthan for public enterprises policy, performance and reforms.
Currently Dr. Ashok Haldia, is advising on various matters including financial, power sector, stress assets resolution apart from on the board of NPO, Chairman, Governing Board of ICAI Insolvency Professional Agency of India and on the Board of ICAI – Registered Valuation Organization.
Dr. Ashok Haldia is also Ad Junct Professor with IMT Gaziabad and on CII committees on Financial Reporting, on committees on legal and regulatory affairs; on ASSOCHAM committee on Capital Markets; on Auditing and Assurance Standards Board; on Accounting Standards Board; International Affairs Committee of ICAI.
Mr. Varun Karad is a young hands-on business leader. Mr. Varun Karad is a restless and hard-working individual willing to make an impact. Mr. Varun Karad learnt the ropes of managing and growing a company by turning around Mr. Varun Karad family’s pharmaceutical business during Mr. Varun Karad early 20s.
Mr. Varun Karad has done his Master’s in Business Administration. Mr. Varun Karad is an avid learner and is currently pursuing his executive education from Stanford University.
As the CBO of GPS Renewables, Mr. Varun Karad is also leveraging his accumulated experiences towards growing renewables in India. Mr. Varun Karad takes great interest in alternative energy ranging from solar to waste generated power.
Mr. Milind S Patke is B.E. (Mech.) from Delhi College of Engineering and MBA from IIM Indore, Mr. Patke joined BPCL in 1984.
Mr. Milind S Patke is essentially from a Technical Services background, Mr. Patke marketing assignments in BPCL in various locations have given Mr. Patke a vast exposure in Retail & Direct Market & Corporate Brand Management. Mr. Patke has also served as President in BPRL, the upstream arm of BPCL and handled assets in Brazil and Russia.
Under Mr. Patke leadership as ED (Biofuels), BPCL will be setting up first ever 2nd generation Ethanol plant in Odisha. Mr. Patke is also spearheading Biofuel activities of the Corporation in 1G, CBG and Biodiesel related initiatives. Currently, Mr. Patke is co-ordinating Biofuel activities on Industry basis also.
Mr. Patke recipe for success is to have a positive outlook in life at all times and never stop learning.
Mr. Anant Bansal is Partner with 3e Savers India LLP, with over 20+ years of experience in the industry, looking after the business development and client relationship.
Mr. Bansal is specialized in sales and marketing of New & Renewable energy solutions. Into manufacturing, aggregation and trading of Biomass Briquettes, Pellets, Pellet Burning Equipment, EPC and I&C of Solar Systems along with consultancy and providing services in the field of operation, maintenance and management. Expert in strategic sourcing.
Mr. Amrit Khater holds a master’s degree in Sustainable Development and completed his MBA specializing in Family Business and Entrepreneurship from IIM, Bangalore.
Mr. Amrit Khater is a second-generation entrepreneur and heads Hi Tech Agro Energy Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Amrit Khater has been working for more than 12 years in the Bioenergy sector and his domain expertise includes Consulting, O&M activities and Turnkey execution of Biomass Projects dealing in Briquette Machines, Pellet Machines, Dryers, Hammer Mills, Air Density Separators, Conveying and Conditioning systems.
Mr. Amrit Khater is a member of CDC, New Delhi, NMBA, FICCI, TIFAC/TDB, TERI, IIT – Delhi, MNRE, CII.
Mr. Jinendra Kumar Jain is Mechanical engineer (Gold Medalist) from MBM Engineering College Jodhpur. Also did PGDBM from XLRI Jamshedpur.
Mr. Jain has an Industry rich experience and an expert in Project Management, EPC Projects, Industrial product manufacturing, and large-scale Supply chain development in various sectors and has spend more than 20 years in companies like TATA STEEL, L&T, Ambuja Cements, where he has spearheaded the execution of critical projects and lead many change management projects transforming the organization and businesses.
Presently Mr. Jain is working as a Group Head at Forbesvyncke Private Limited and responsible for Forbesvyncke’s overall business.
Forbesvyncke is a joint venture between Forbes Marshall India and Vyncke Belgium. Forbesvyncke has grown its business from the scratch and build more than 140 lighthouse installations in the last 10 years.
Mr. Vibhash Garg is a qualified professional with 21 years of experience in Renewable Energy Sector.
Mr. Vibhash Garg’s experience includes Policy & Regulatory advisory, Strategy advisory, Project & Programme Management Consultancy, Techno Economic Project Feasibility Studies, Transactions Advisory and Development Sector Programme Management.
Mr. Vibhash Garg’s presently working as Director with PwC in Energy, Utilities & Resources group. In the initial years, Mr. Vibhash Garg was involved in the research and development of biomass gasification-based power generation and thermal applications. Mr. Vibhash Garg has worked on many biomass gasification projects for electricity generation and heat applications in India and abroad. For the last 17 years, Mr. Vibhash Garg is involved in renewable energy advisory business, where largely been working on different stages of project developments. Projects range from grid connected to off grid on biomass, wind, solar and hydro energy.
Mr. Vibhash Garg’s clientele includes Central and state ministries / departments, think tanks, corporates, multilateral & bilateral agencies and PSUs. Mr. Vibhash Garg has worked in more than 10 countries on various consultancy projects.
Mr. Shailendra Kumar Shukla is an Engineering Graduate from Jawahar Lal Nehru Agricultural University (1982 batch) with MERIT; A technocrat with excellent reputation in the field of Power-Energy, Bio-fuel, Renewable Energy & Rural Development having decades of association and expertise in these fields. I was Director/CEO/MD/Chairman for about 20 years out of total service of 38 years. Authored many articles published by reputed international and national publishers, several research papers and review articles in peer reviewed journals.
Mr. Shailendra Kumar Shukla has been a part of UNDP and UNEP funded multi country projects and visited more than 25 countries of the world. Many a times team of Senior Officers, mainly CEOs and Directors of State Nodal agencies of Power and RE sector, visited (Study tour) Europe and few other countries under my leader ship.
Mr. Shailendra Kumar Shukla has led a multi-activity flagship project on “Integrated Energy Management Master Plan for the Nation”. Formed joint venture companies with Indian Oil (IOCL) and Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) to start commercial activities in the field of biofuel. It was first time in the country when oil companies formed JV with state agency for such commercial activities. “Discovery” Channel released one documentary “Aasma aaur bhi hai” on Mr. Shailendra Kumar Shukla’s excellent social work for society particularly poor tribal people of Chhattisgarh, available on YouTube “Shailendra Shukla – a technocrat dedicated for tribes of Chhattisgarh”, link www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm1PQS3BtLo
Mr. Ramakrishna Y B an Electronics Engineer by training had an illustrious career in Research, Marketing and business development. His Journey on environment protection and Alternative Energy started in 1986 and is now completely devoted to Bio Energy program. He Chaired the Task force on Biofuels in Karnataka. He later was made the Chairman of Karnataka State Bio fuel development Board with the rank of a Minister. He is now playing a key role at All India level in promoting Biofuels as a member Expert (Chairman between June 2015- June 2018) on the Working group on Biofuels, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural gas; Government of India. He has been instrumental in drafting the National Biofuel Policy 2018 and many Bio fuel initiatives in India. He has also played a catalytic role in formation of Indo –EU cooperation in Advanced Bio Fuels and in formation of Bio Future platform.