Karnik Prasad

Job Title: Vice President
Company: JSW Steel Coated Products Ltd
Country: India

Mr Prasad is a hardcore steel industry professional with more than 26 years of multi-faceted experience in P&L management, Sales & Marketing, Strategy formulation, Business Development & Channel Management.
He is currently working with JSW Steel Coated Products Ltd as Vice
President, handling the Business development of Coated Steel Products in
International and Domestic Markets.
Mr Prasad carries a rich experience being previously associated with
companies of repute in various leadership roles.
Before joining JSW Steel Coated Products, he was posted in Sri Lanka as Country Manager of BlueScope Lysaght Lanka to manage their SBU.
Mr Prasad has also worked as Head of Sales - SAARC region at Tata
BlueScope Steel as part of his previous assignments.
He has a good understanding of ERP and has knowledge of implementing the same in various business environments in his current and previous roles.
Mr Prasad is a Metallurgy Engineer and alumni of Govt. College of
Engineering, Pune with MBA in Marketing from Pune University

February 21, 2024Panel Solar Project Development

Sessions

Session

Solar Project Development

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 09:15 am - 10:45 am

The Leela Hotel Room: Bandhej

According to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE), at the end of June 2023, India's total renewable energy installed capacity stood at about 130 GW, of which 70 GW was solar. India set itself a target of 280 GW of solar capacity by 2030, and this would mean that India has to install another 30 GW every year for the next 7 years to meet the target. In this session, experts from the Government and Industry will discuss about the means to achieve the ambitious goal of 280 GW of solar capacity by 2030 and what are the headwinds and tailwinds from a solar project development perspective.

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