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Date

July, 03 - 04, 2026
(Friday - Saturday)
venue

Radisson Gift City Club, Gandhinagar
Gujarat (India)
Theme

Board Functioning in an Era of Climate Volatility: Governing Risk and Resilience

Chairman

Hon’ble Justice
U. U. Lalit

former Chief Justice of India
IOD President

Lt. Gen. Surinder
Nath, PVSM AVSM (Retd.)

President
Institute of Directors

former Chairman, UPSC
former Vice Chief of Army Staff
Vice-Chairman

Hon’ble Justice
Ritu Raj Awasthi

Vice-Chairman
Institute of Directors

Judicial Member Lokpal of India
former Chairperson
Law Commission of India
former Chief Justice
Karnataka High Court

Recognitions & Felicitations

IOD Distinguished Fellows

Over the Years
IODGLOBAL Driving Excellence Award for Leadership (IDEAL)
Golden Peacock Awards
Institutional Award Winners

Distinguished Guests and Eminent Speakers
over the years

Hon’ble Chief Justice
Mrs. Sunita Agarwal

Chief Justice
Gujarat High Court
Girish Chandra Murmu, IAS (Retd.)

former Comptroller & Auditor
General of India
K. Rajaraman, IAS (Retd.)

Chairperson
International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)
Maheswar Sahu, IAS (Retd.)

former Additional Chief Secretary (Industries & Mines)
Govt. of Gujarat
'Key Architect'
Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit
& Independent Director
in Multiple Boards

G.R. Aloria, IAS (Retd.)

former Chief Secretary
Govt. of Gujarat
Leena Nandan, IAS

former Secretary
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt. of India
Dr. Anju Sharma, IAS

Additional Chief Secretary
Agriculture, Farmers Welfare
& Co-operation Department
Govt. of Gujarat
Mona Khandhar, IAS

Principal Secretary & Chairman
Food, Civil Supplies &
Consumer Affairs Department
Govt. of Gujarat

Manish Kiri

MD and Promoter
Kiri Industries Ltd., India
Dr. N. Kalaiselvi

Director General
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
Shaji K. V.

Chairman
National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development
Pradeep K. Kheruka

Chairman
Borosil Renewable Ltd.

Paridhi Adani

Partner
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Roopwant Singh, IAS

Managing Director
Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (GMDC)
Manoj Jain

Chairman & Managing Director
Bharat Electronics Limited
Sanjay Kumar Singh, IAS (Retd.)

Director
Strategy & External Relations
Jindal Steel and
former Secretary
Ministry of Steel
Govt. of India

Damon DuBord

Chief - Energy
Embassy of the United States of America, New Delhi
Hilary McGeachy

Consul General for Karnataka
and Telangana Australian
Consulate-General
Dr. Angelo George

Chief Executive Officer
Bisleri International Pvt. Ltd.
Vijay Menon

COO
Tata Motors
Smart City Mobility Solutions

Shailesh Nigam

Chief Operating Officer - EEMEA, SAARC & CIS
AAF International India
J. Robert Garverick

the then Minister-Counselor
for Economic, Environment,
Science and Technology
Affairs U.S. Embassy
New Delhi
Ovais Sarmad

former Dy. Executive Secretary
United Nations Climate
Change Secretariat (UNFCCC)
Chandru Kalro

Managing Director
TTK Prestige

Dr. Zelalem Birhanu Taffesse

Chief of Field Office for
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana
UNICEF
H.E. Thierry Berthelot

Consul General of France in India
Piyush Kothari

Executive Director & CEO
Shivalik Investment Fund Pvt. Ltd.
Prof. Matthew Hibberd

Director, IMeG, Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, Universita Svizzera italiana (USI), Switzerland

Frans Vlaar

Vice President Europe
America, Middle East, Africa & Asia Pacific, Centrient Pharmaceuticals
Rajesh Mittal

President and MD
Isuzu Motors India Pvt Limited
Vijay Krishnamurthy

Managing Director & CEO
India International Exchange
(IFSC) Ltd., GIFT City
Dr. Biswajit Roy

Director General
Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI)

Neeraj Kulshrestha

Managing Director & CEO
NSE IFSC Clearing Corporation
GIFT CITY
Ruchir Agrawal

Director (Finance)
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd.
Ministry of Defence
Government of India
Arun Balakrishnan

Independent Director in
Multiple Companies
former CMD - HPCL, Founder Chairman, HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd.
Muralidharan Ramachandran

Director
Angel One Ltd.

Sandeep Kumar Gupta

Chairman & Managing Director
GAIL (India) Limited
Dr. Jagmohan Sharma, IFS

Director General
Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute
Dr. Ashwathnarayan C. N.

Hon’ble Minister for Higher Education; IT & BT, Science & Technology; Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Livelihood, Govt. of Karnataka
Kenneth Wong

Consul General
Consulate General of Canada, Bengaluru

Lucia Real-Martin

Executive Director - Markets
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), UK
His Excellency Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi

Cabinet Member & Minister of Climate Change and Environment, Govt. of UAE
Dana Kursh

Consul General
Israel to South India
Jacqueline Jackson

Sr. Account Director
EMEA & ROW, Trucost, part of S&P Global, UK

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Generate Strong Leads

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Key Convention Topics

The Board’s Mandate: Integrating Climate & Environmental Risk into Corporate Strategy
Developing Credible Transition Plans & Driving Decarbonization

Board’s Role in Clean Energy Infrastructure & Sustainable Industrial Growth
Governance of Circular Business Models & Responsible Resource Use

Board Strategy for Sustainable Investment & Climate-Aligned Capital
Corporate Leadership, Ethics & Long-Term Environmental Accountability

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Delegates
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Session
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26^th International Conference on
Environment Management and Climate Change - 2025

26 – 27 June 2025
Bengaluru (India)

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Chairman

Hon’ble Justice U. U. Lalit

IOD President

Lt. Gen. Surinder Nath, PVSM AVSM (Retd.)

Vice-Chairman

Hon’ble Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi

Recognitions & Felicitations

IOD Distinguished Fellows

IODGLOBAL Driving Excellence Award for Leadership (IDEAL)

Golden Peacock Awards

Institutional Award Winners

Distinguished Guests and Eminent Speakers over the years

Hon’ble Chief Justice Mrs. Sunita Agarwal

Girish Chandra Murmu, IAS (Retd.)

K. Rajaraman, IAS (Retd.)

Maheswar Sahu, IAS (Retd.)

G.R. Aloria, IAS (Retd.)

Leena Nandan, IAS

Dr. Anju Sharma, IAS

Mona Khandhar, IAS

Manish Kiri

Dr. N. Kalaiselvi

Shaji K. V.

Pradeep K. Kheruka

Paridhi Adani

Roopwant Singh, IAS

Manoj Jain

Sanjay Kumar Singh, IAS (Retd.)

Damon DuBord

Hilary McGeachy

Dr. Angelo George

Vijay Menon

Shailesh Nigam

J. Robert Garverick

Ovais Sarmad

Chandru Kalro

Dr. Zelalem Birhanu Taffesse

H.E. Thierry Berthelot

Piyush Kothari

Prof. Matthew Hibberd

Frans Vlaar

Rajesh Mittal

Vijay Krishnamurthy

Dr. Biswajit Roy

Neeraj Kulshrestha

Ruchir Agrawal

Arun Balakrishnan

Muralidharan Ramachandran

Sandeep Kumar Gupta

Dr. Jagmohan Sharma, IFS

Dr. Ashwathnarayan C. N.

Kenneth Wong

Lucia Real-Martin

His Excellency Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi

Dana Kursh

Jacqueline Jackson

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U. U. Lalit

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Mrs. Sunita Agarwal

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