WSDS 2018 Speakers
Patricia AppeagyeiDeputy Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation of Government of Ghana
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Monique BarbutUnder Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
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Frances BeineckeTrustee NRDC Action Fund, NRDC Immediate past President, McCluskey Fellow of Yale School of Forestry
Yvo de BoerFounder, Responsibility; Former Director General, Global Grown Growth Institute, Korea & Former Executive Secretary of UNFCCC
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Nitin DesaiDistinguished Fellow of TERI
Jeffrey DevePermanent Secretary of Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification, Republic of Solomon Islands
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Vibha DhawanDistinguished Fellow of TERI
Christian John EngelsenSenior Research Scientist of Inst. of Building and Infrastructure, SINTEF
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Laurent FabiusFormer President of COP21 and UN Environment Patron on Environmental Governance of Constitutional Council of France
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Ashok GulatiInfosys Chair Professor for Agriculture of India Council For Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
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Karin KemperSenior Director, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice of The World Bank Group
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Praveen KumarAdditional Secretary of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India
C.K. MishraSecretary of Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India
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David James MoldenDirector General of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development of ICIMOD
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Hardeep Singh PuriMinister of State (Independent Charge) of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
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Jeffrey D. SachsDirector, Center for Sustainable Development of The Earth Institute, Columbia University
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Aiyaz Sayed-KhaiyumAttorney-General and Minister for Economy, Public Enterprises, Civil Service and Communications of Government of Republic of Fiji
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Sanjay SethSenior Director - Sustainable Buildings Division of The Energy And Resources Institute (TERI)
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Ajay ShankarDistinguished Fellow of TERI
Douglass SimsDirector Of Strategy And Finance of Center For Market Innovation, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
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Christine St-PierreMinister of International Relations and La Francophonie of Gouvernement Québec
Yasuo TakahashiVice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs of Ministry of the Environment, Japan
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Venkatesh ValluriChairman & Managing Director of Valluri Technology Accelerators
Rene Van BerkelIndia Representative of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
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Ravi AgarwalDirector of Toxics Link
Rachna AroraDeputy Team Leader & Coordinator of EU-REI Initiative, India of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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S D Attri Deputy Director General of Meteorology (SF) of India Meteorological Department
Djatougbe AziakaPresident WELFARE TOGO, Director EcoConscience TV, member UNCCD CSO PANEL of Welfare Togo
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Suruchi BhadwalSenior Fellow of TERI
Gyanesh BhartiJoint Secretary of MoEF&CC
Ajoy Bhattacharya, IFSHead, Green Highways Division of NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA, MoRTH, GoI
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Chandan BhavnaniExecutive Vice President of Yes Bank
CHIRAG BHIMANIDY. ENV. ENGG of GUJARAT POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
Chirag BhimaniChief Env. Officer of Gujarat Pollution Control Board
Jan Petter BorringSenior Advisor, Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment of The Royal Norwegian Embassy
Greg CarmichaelProf. Chemical Engineering of University of Iowa
Vaibhav ChaturvediResearch Fellow of Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Ashok K. DasFounder CEO of SunMoksha Power Pvt. Ltd.
Siddhanta DasDirector General of Forests and Special Secretary to Govt. of India, MoEFCC of Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
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Ganesh DasHead of Group Strategy of TATA Power Delhi Distribution Ltd
Vaishalee DashSenior Research Engineer of CSTEP
Saurabh DiddiDirector of Bureau Of Energy Efficiency, Ministry Of Power
Gabrielle DreyfusSenior Scientist of Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development, Washington, DC
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Jeorg GaeblerExecutive Chairman of SB Energy
NARENDER GANDHIZonal Sales Head - North & East of INGERSOLL RAND CLIMATE SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD.
Agostinho Miguel GarciaChief Technical Advisor of IBF/Nixus/Idom consortium - EC TA on solar parks
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Satpal GargMember of PNGRB
Shirish S GarudSenior Fellow of TERI
Sujoy GhoshCountry Head- India of First Solar
Sohinder GillCEO - Global Business, Hero Electric & Director-Corporate Affairs, SMEV of Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV)
Hege Hofstad of Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR-HiOA)
Sanjay JainDeputy Executive Director of Dalmia Cement Bharat Limited
SUNIL JAINCEO & ED of HERO FUTURE ENERGIES PVT LTD
Anjali JaiswalSenior Attorney and Senior Director, India Program of Natural Resources Defense Council
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Ajit Kumar Jindal Head - EV Engineering of Tata Motors
Murali KallurSenior Program Officer of International Development Research Centre
Satish KumarPresident and Executive Director of Alliance for Energy Efficient Economy
Satyendra KumarCTO & Chairman of V S Saurya EnerTech Pvt. Ltd.
Ashok KumarDirector of Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power, and Government of India
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D R KumaraswamiChief Env. Officer of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board
Ritu LalVice President -Business Development and Institutional Relations of Amplus Energy Solutions (Amplus Solar)
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Amit LoveJoint Director of Ozone Cell, MInistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India
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P. C. MaithaniSr. Adviser of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Mihir MathurConsultant of TERI
Dinesh MohanHonorary Professor of Transportation Research & Injury Prevention Programme, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
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Urvashi NarainLead Economist of World Bank
Rakesh NathFormer Chairperson of Central Electricity Authority and Technical Member, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity
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Sharad NegiVice Chairman of Uttarakhand Village Development and Migration Commission
Ulhas ParlikarDy. Head, Geocycle India of ACC Limited
Shri PrakashDistinguished Fellow of TERI
Abdessalem RabhiResearcher of IGES
Venugopal RamakrishnanDirector of TORP Systems Pvt. Ltd
Brij RathoreChief Policy Adviser of International Center for Integrated Mountain Development
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Saurabh RohillaDeputy Director of Society of Indian Automobile Manufactures (SIAM)
Tapan Sahoo Sr. Vice President of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd
Prabir SenguptaDistinguished Fellow of TERI
Sumit SharmaFellow of TERI
Sandeep ShrivastavaHead- Corp Sustainability & Environment of Ambuja Cements Limited
Vartika ShuklaExecutive Director - Technical of Engineers India Limited (EIL)
Gurdeep SinghCMD of NTPC
Atin Kumar TyagiManager- Sustainability & Climate Change of JAIN IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
Nathalie van Harensenior officer policy development of Both ENDS
Ruchi VarmaProgram Manager of Community Systems Foundation
Trond VedeldResearcher professor international studies of Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR-HiOA)
Rahul WalawalkarPresident and MD of Customized Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (IESA)
Philippus WesterRegional Programme Manager of Mountain Knowledge and Action Networks, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
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Wencai ZhangVice- President (Operations 1) of Asian Development Bank
Alex ZvoleffDirector of Data Science of Conservation International