Inauguration / Opening Session

Wednesday, December 07, 2022
Time
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Hall
Conference Area
Room
Conference Room I

The inaugural session shall follow the regular format with dignitaries from MNRE, state governments and other key leaders from the industries.

10:00 am - 10:10 amLighting the Lamp Ceremony

Dr. Nicole Glanemann

Deputy Head, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Government of Germany

Dr. Florian Wessendorf

Managing Director

Solar Promotion International GmbH

Prof. Dr. Chetan Singh Solanki

Professor, IIT Bombay and Founder

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Prof. Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala

Professor

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

10:10 am - 10:20 amWelcome by the Organizer

Dr. Florian Wessendorf

Managing Director

Solar Promotion International GmbH

10:20 am - 10:30 amOpening Note

Dr. Nicole Glanemann

Deputy Head, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Government of Germany

10:30 am - 10:40 amOpening Note

Prof. Dr. Chetan Singh Solanki

Professor, IIT Bombay and Founder

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

10:40 am - 10:45 amOpening Note

David Wedepohl

Managing Director International Affairs

German Solar Association (BSW)

10:45 am - 11:30 amKeynote Address: Strategies for Low-carbon Transition: Driving India to Net-zero

Prof. Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala

Professor

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Speakers

Speaker

Prof. Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Professor

India

Ashok Jhunjhunwala,Institute Professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras at Chennai, India. Following his B.Tech degree from IIT Kanpur, he obtained his MS and PhD from University of Maine, USA. He was an Assistant Professor at Washington State University, USA for a year and half and has been a faculty at IIT Madras since 1981. He has just completed one and half year of his services as Principal Advisor to Minister of Power, MNRE and Railways, Government of India, New Delhi.

Speaker

Prof. Dr. Chetan Singh Solanki, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Professor, IIT Bombay and Founder

India

Dr. Chetan Singh Solanki is currently Associate Professor in Department of Energy Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), India. He is an expert crystalline Si technology, Si-nanostructures (including quantum dots), thin film Si solar cells, PV concentrator systems and carbon nanotubes. He received his Ph.D. degree from the specialist silicon laboratory, IMEC (Inter-university Micro-electronics Center, Ketholik University, Leuven, Belgium). He won an EMRS (European Material Research Society) young scientist award in 2003 and IIT Bombay Young Investigator Award in 2009. He has also been awarded at several international conferences for research papers. He has authored several books in the area of renewable energy. He has worked on several sponsored projects by government as well as companies and given short term courses on solar PV technologies for companies like Applied Materials, Mahagenco, TataBP Solar and BEL. Dr. Solanki acted as principal consultant for TUV Sud for 125 MW PV power plant of Mahagenco, which is currently India's largest PV power plant. He has also provided consultancy on solar PV to several organizations. Dr. Solanki is member of green committee of IIT Bombay and initiated to a project to install 1 MW of solar PV plant at IIT Bombay. He is in the five member national committee on Special Incentive Package Scheme (SIPS) of DIT, Govt. of India for technical evaluation of solar PV projects. Dr. Solanki is member of Review Committee of Technology and Products for Solar Energy Utilization through Networking (TAPSUN), a project of CSIR labs where more than 150 scientist are involved. In order to ensure that solar light is reaching to each and every students a project names 1 Million Solar Urja Lamp (SOUL) has been initiated where Dr. Solanki is PI of project. Dr. Solanki has recently incubated a solar company names kWatt Solutions Pvt at IIT Bombay incubation center, Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The company focuses on economizing renewable to make it affordable. At social front as well Dr. Solanki has taken several initiatives. He is founder member and Chairman of Education Park and founder of the New Energy Foundation. During his doctoral study he has founded ROSE (Rose an Organization for Supporting Education).

Speaker

Dr. Nicole Glanemann, Government of Germany

Deputy Head, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Germany

Dr. Glanemann has been responsible for the energy cooperations with Asian countries, in particular with India, Viet Nam, Japan and South Korea, since July 2019. She is a former Assistant Professor at Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research and the Otto Beisheim School of Management. She holds a degree in Mathematics and Economics and used to work as a research assistant for the University of Hamburg.

Speaker

Dr. Florian Wessendorf, Solar Promotion International GmbH

Managing Director

Germany

Dr. Florian Wessendorf is the Managing Director of Intersolar and ees global conferences and exhibitions in North America, South America and India. He has deep expertise in the solar industry, and formerly served as Managing Director of Photovoltaic Equipment at VDMA, where he was responsible for strategic development, advocacy, exhibitions, and marketing.

Speaker

David Wedepohl, German Solar Association (BSW)

Managing Director International Affairs

Germany

David Wedepohl, Managing Director International Affairs David Wedepohl is a radio journalist by training who studied and worked on both sides of the Atlantic. He holds a master's degree in Journalism and Public Affairs which he achieved as a Fulbright scholar. His professional experience included working for the German embassy in Washington, DC as a senior press and public diplomacy officer. He first came in touch with the solar industry while working for an American consulting company before taking up his job as director communications and markets at the German Solar Association, also serving as the organization's spokesperson. He now holds the position of managing director international affairs and is responsible for the association's international activities. Among those are projects in North, West and Southern Africa, Latin America, South-East Asia and the US.

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