Ms Chandni Raina is the adviser heading the Climate Change Finance Unit in the Department of Economic Affairs. Prior to this, from 2015 till June 2020, she was working as Professor in the Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade on Intellectual Property Rights. She has also worked as the Director in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India looking after Intellectual Property Rights where she was very intensively involved in bilateral, multilateral and plurilateral negotiations on IPR. Mrs Chandni Raina belongs to the 1996 batch of the Indian Economic Service.

Edwin Koekkoek is Counsellor on Energy and Climate Action in the European Union Delegation to India, based in New Delhi. He is responsible for cooperation between the EU and India in the areas of Energy and Climate Action, including the implementation of the EU-India Clean Energy and Climate Partnership. Prior to joining the EU Delegation, Edwin Koekkoek worked for 7 years in the Netherlands' Ministry of Environment, in the first 5 years as part of the Dutch delegation to the UN Climate Change negotiations (UNFCCC), the UN aviation organization (IACO) and the UN maritime organization (IMO), and in the last 2 years as senior policy advisor in the area of air quality. He then worked for almost 5 years for the Environment Committee (ENVI) of the European Parliament, inter alia in the area of climate change and renewable energy. After that he specialized in the legislative procedures of the European Union (EU) and the negotiations between the Parliament and the Council of the EU. In total, he worked 11 years in the European Parliament, during which he also worked in the Cabinet of the President, advising him inter alia on energy and climate change issues. Edwin Koekkoek studied Environmental Sciences at the "Wageningen University & Research" in the Netherlands.

Shri Girish Joshi heads the Trading Operations and Listing Sales of the Exchange.

He has worked with ICICI Bank Group for 10 years. At ICICI Bank Group he worked in various areas like ICICIDirect.com, Treasury Mid Office and in the area of Regulatory Reporting and Monitoring at CFO office of the Bank.

He was also one of the earliest core team members who were involved in the set-up of National Stock Exchange (NSE). During 7 years at NSE he worked in Wholesale Debt Market and post trade functions.

He was also a member of Corporate Bonds and Securitization Advisory Committee (CoBoSAC) of Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI) of India. He represents BSE in Sustainability Working Group (SWG) of World Federation of Stock Exchange (WFE) and also Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative of the United Nations. 

He has represented BSE in various sub groups formed by SEBI for market developments like E-IPO / T+3 listing, Regulatory Framework for Index Providers, Development of CBLO type products for Corporate Bonds, Listing of REITs and InVit etc. He has also represented BSE on the Secretarial Standard Board (SSB) formed by the Institute of Company Secretary of India (ICSI). Currently he is also co-opt member of Western India Regional Council of ICSI. 

Shri Girish Joshi, a Commerce Graduate from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai is a Chartered Accountant as well as a Cost Accountant by qualification

Shri Girish Joshi heads the Trading Operations and Listing Sales of the Exchange.

He has worked with ICICI Bank Group for 10 years. At ICICI Bank Group he worked in various areas like ICICIDirect.com, Treasury Mid Office and in the area of Regulatory Reporting and Monitoring at CFO office of the Bank.

He was also one of the earliest core team members who were involved in the set-up of National Stock Exchange (NSE). During 7 years at NSE he worked in Wholesale Debt Market and post trade functions.

He was also a member of Corporate Bonds and Securitization Advisory Committee (CoBoSAC) of Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI) of India. He represents BSE in Sustainability Working Group (SWG) of World Federation of Stock Exchange (WFE) and also Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative of the United Nations. 

He has represented BSE in various sub groups formed by SEBI for market developments like E-IPO / T+3 listing, Regulatory Framework for Index Providers, Development of CBLO type products for Corporate Bonds, Listing of REITs and InVit etc. He has also represented BSE on the Secretarial Standard Board (SSB) formed by the Institute of Company Secretary of India (ICSI). Currently he is also co-opt member of Western India Regional Council of ICSI. 

Shri Girish Joshi, a Commerce Graduate from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai is a Chartered Accountant as well as a Cost Accountant by qualification

Pankaj Sindhwani is the Chief Business Officer at Tata Cleantech. He is tasked to build Climate Finance Business across mainstream and emerging sectors. Besides Business, he has also been responsible for co-creating an ecosystem of alliances and partnerships with domestic and Global stakeholders for Clean Technology Finance in India.

A regular Speaker at multiple National and International forums on Clean Technology, he has also been mentoring Start-ups, more specifically in Clean Technology space.

Pankaj has held various important positions in past both within and outside Tata Group and his previous responsibilities include roles in Sales & Marketing, Manufacturing Operations and Corporate Strategy. He holds aBachelor’s degree in Technology from BITS Pilaniand an Executive Masters in International Business from IIFT, New Delhi.

Priya Shankar leads India work for the Environment and Climate Programs at Bloomberg Philanthropies. She previously led Bloomberg Philanthropies' work on the India Smart Cities Challenge. Prior to that, she co-led Urban Age, an international research program into the future of cities, at LSE Cities at the London School of Economics. She has also worked for Policy Network, a think-tank, where she worked on issues of governance, globalization and international affairs, managing an international dialogue series among Brazil, Russia, India, China, European countries and the United States. She previously worked for Deutsche Bank's Alfred Herrhausen Society, where she helped set up an award for community initiatives in cities. She has co-edited and contributed to a number of publications and reports including Governing Urban Futures (LSE 2014), Handmade Urbanism (Jovis, 2013), Living in the Endless City (Phaidon, 2011), and Integrated City-Making (LSE 2008).

MrRajani Ranjan Rashmi isa Distinguished Fellow and Programme Director in The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI),a leading think tank of India in the field of environmental research and advocacy. He advises and works on the areas relating to climate change policy, low carbon development, carbon markets, and other environmental issues.

Mr Rashmi was India’s principal negotiator of the Government of India for climate change for several yearsand has over 35 years of experience of working with the Government.He held the position of Special Secretary to the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change whereheplayed a key role in framing India’s approach to climate policies before and after the Paris Agreement.

Besides his association with TERI, Mr Rashmi is also amember of the Technical Advisory Body of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) on CORSIAand has earlierserved on the Sub Committee of the Ministry of Finance, Govt of India on Climate Finance.

Ms. Roshika Singh is Acting Country Manager, IFC India. Ms. Singh handles relations with key counterparts with the Government of India, clients and other stakeholders, provides support and coordination in the areas of strategic planning, program/agreement management, documentation, new business development, and technical assistance. She is an integral link to the country and global organization for communication purposes. Prior to IFC, she worked at Deloitte in the UK as a Fund Manager for the Business Linkages Challenge Fund (BLCF), a cost-sharing competitive scheme aimed at improving the ability of entrepreneurs to access markets. Ms. Singh started her career supporting USAID efforts to employ technology as a tool to increase access to information, transparency, and accountability across a host of ministries and central banking systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern Europe. Ms. Singh holds a BA from the American University and an MSc from the London School of Economics.

Saumya Malhotra is a multi-disciplinary researcher working in climate change policy. As a Project Associate at TERI, she has contributed to research and capacity building in the field of climate finance, climate adaptation, national and international climate policy discourse.

Some of her research work includes mapping the scope of private finance for adaptation in infrastructure sector in India; Social Discount rate for India’s Climate Policy; and assessed the impact of international climate finance on the national policy landscape.

Saumya has Masters of Science in Environmental Economics and Climate Change from LSE, UK. She is also pursuing a Certificate in Climate Adaptation Finance from the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre.

Shubhashis is the Director of Climate Policy Program at Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation (Shakti) with 18 years of experience in advising government, multilateral, bilateral organizations, and business in various countries on projects related to energy efficiency and climate change in multiple sectors. He provides strategic planning and leadership to Shakti’s Climate Policy, Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Finance Programs. He leads Shakti’s work at the national and subnational level on climate mitigation and resilience, advising policy actions towards climate change, climate finance and air pollution.   

Prior to joining Shakti in 2016, Shubhashis was working with Ernst & Young as Manager – Climate Change and Sustainability Services, and has worked with Sodexo, Eaga Energy and McKinnon & Clarke in the past. He is a Postgraduate in Energy Management from Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management, Kolkata, and Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics Engineering from RCOEM, Nagpur University.

Tamiksha Singh is a multi-disciplinary researcher working in climate change policy and sustainable development. As an Associate Fellow at TERI, she has contributed to research and capacity building in the field of climate finance, national and international climate policy discourse, as well as a range of sustainable development issues.

Some of her research work includes mapping the barriers to finance the decarbonisation of ‘hard-to-abate’ sectors in India; the Networked Carbon Markets initiative in which she assessed the Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme and the Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) schemes; with EESL to develop a baseline and create a carbon crediting and pricing methodology for its various initiatives; assessed innovative models from across the world for issuing green bonds and for financing adaptation in the agriculture sector; and created a compendium of best practices in climate actions from across the Asia-Pacific region.

Tamiksha has Masters of Science in Sustainable Development from HEC, Paris; and a Masters in Business Administration, with a specialization in finance, from Nirma University, Ahmedabad. She has also achieved a Certificate in Climate & Renewable Energy Finance from the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre.

Tejaswini Kamat heads the ESG & Impact function at India’s Climate-Focused Fund - Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF) launched by NIIF and FCDO in 2018 and managed by EverSource Capital (a JV between Everstone and Lightsource bp). The fund focuses on investment for decarbonization of the energy value chain and resource efficiency in India.

She is a passionate EHS & Sustainability professional with 15 years of global experience across the investment lifecycle in several sectors. Prior to joining EverSource, Tejaswini held leadership positions at global consulting firms, ERM & Stantec. Her key expertise areas include ESG, Impact, Human Rights, Gender Mainstreaming, EHS Compliance and Sustainable Supply Chain.

Tejaswini also has over 12 years of academic experience as a visiting faculty at University of Mumbai and enjoys volunteering on sustainability initiatives.

Archie Young has been the UK’s Lead Climate Negotiator since 2016, overseeing climate negotiations in the UNFCCC, EU, G7 and G20. He has a background in both international and domestic policy. Previous roles include co-Director International Climate & Energy; Deputy Director Americas & Head of South America Department in the UK’s Foreign Office; Head of Delivery in the Department of Energy & Climate Change; and Deputy Director for Business, Environment and the Olympics in the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit.