Date & Time

4-5 July, 2019
Address

JW Marriott Hotel
Bengaluru (India)
Theme

Collaborative Leadership for Environment Protection & Climate Change: Strategy for Creative Solutions

Chairman
Address

Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah

National Chairman
Institute of Directors and former Chief Justice of India & Chairman, National Commission for Constitution of India Reforms
Chief Guest Keynote Address

His Excellency Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi

Cabinet Member & Minister of Climate Change and Environment, Govt. of UAE
Chief Guest
Address

R. V. Deshpande

Hon'ble Minister for Revenue & Skill Development, Govt. of Karnataka
Guest of
Honour

T. M. Vijay Bhaskar, IAS

Chief Secretary
to the Govt. of Karnataka

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS

H.E. Upendra Tripathy, IAS (retd.)

Director General
International Solar Alliance (ISA) & former Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, India
Ovais Sarmad

Assistant Secretary-General & Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
D. V. Prasad, IAS

Chairman & MD
Food Corporation of India
B. C. Tripathi

Chairman & MD
Gail (India) LTD.

Dominic McAllister

British Deputy High Commissioner, Bengaluru
Margit Hellwig-Boette

Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bengaluru
Dana Kursh

Consul General
Israel to South India
Satish B. Borwankar

ED & COO
Tata Motors LTD.

Dr. Kalpana Gopalan, IAS

Add. Chief Secretary
Youth Empowerment & Sports Department, Govt. of Karnataka
Hari Marar

MD & CEO
Bangalore International Airport Ltd.
Deepak Kumar Hota

Chairman & MD
BEML Limited
Saurabh Kumar, IRS

Managing Director
Energy Efficiency Services Ltd.

Smitha Bijjur, IFS

Principal Secretary – Dept. of Forest, Environment & Ecology, Govt. of Karnataka
Anjum Parvez IAS

Secretary
Department of Urban Development, Govt. of Karnataka
Sunil Jain

Chief Executive Officer
Hero Future Energies
Dr. Ashok Dalwai, IAS

CEO
National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Govt. of India

S. Srinivasan, IAS (retd.)

Former Secretary to Govt. of India & Member (Finance)
Dr. T. Ramachandru, IAS (retd.)

Chairman - Telangana & Andhra Pradesh Region, Institute of Directors, Special Representative Telengana Govt. in New Delhi
S. V. Ranganath, IAS (retd.)

Former Chief Secretary
Govt. of Karnataka & Chairman, IFCI
Dr. C.V. Dharma Rao

Joint Secretary, National Water Mission, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Govt. of India

A. B. Ibrahim, IAS

Managing Director
Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development & Finance Corporation (KUIDFC)
A. K. Dwivedi

Director (Exploration)
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation LTD.
Dr. N. V. Prasad, IAS

Managing Director
Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC)
Manu Kapur

President & CEO
Home Textiles, GHCL Ltd.

P. S. Ramesh

Executive Director
Group Technical Services & HR, Dynamatic Technologies Ltd.
Shaji John

Director
Power, NLC India Limited
B. V. Sudharshan

Director
Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF)
Arun Balakrishnan

Chairman
IOD- Bengaluru Chapter, founder Chairman & Independent Director, HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd. (HMEL) & former CMD, HPCL

Yugal Sikri

Managing Director
RPG Life Sciences Limited
Mahua Acharya

Sr. Advisor & Asia Director
Climate Policy Initiative
Ranveer Chauhan

MD & CEO
Edible Oils & Rubber, OLAM International Ltd.
Vipin Tyagi

Executive Director
C-DOT, Govt. of India

Anirban Ghosh

Chief Sustainability Officer
Mahindra Group
Ravichandran Purusothaman

President
India Region, Danfoss Industries Pvt. Ltd.
P. Raghavendran

President
Refineries Business, Reliance Industries Ltd.
Jacqueline Jackson

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

Edward Millard

Director
Landscapes & Communities, Rainforest Alliance, UK
Manish Chourasia

Managing Director
Tata Cleantech Capital Limited
Santhosh Jayaram

Partner & Head - Sustainability, Climate Change & CSR Advisory, KPMG
M. K. Srinivas

Director General
National Water Development Agency (NWDA)

Niranjan Khatri

Board Member
Sarthak Educational Trust, Ex. GMEnvironment Initiatives, ITC Hotels
R. G Rajan

Former Chairman & MD
RCF Ltd. & former Chairman, SCOPE & FAI
Poonam Sandhu

Financial Sector Specialist & India Head, NRDC | Natural Resources Defense Council
C. B. Ramkumar

Founder-The Sustainability Partnership, Board Member & Regional Director, Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC)

V. S. Narang

Sr. Board Member & Director (Technical), My Home Industries Pvt. Ltd.
Frans Vlaar

Vice President Europe
America, Middle East, Africa & Asia Pacific, Centrient Pharmaceuticals
CA S. Santhanakrishnan

Founder & Managing Partner
PKF Sridhar & Santhanam LLP
K. Devender Reddy

Vice President
Tata Coffee

Hemant Bherwani

Scientist
CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI)

Topics Highlights

Environmental Governance - Global Nature of Environment Crisis
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Business Initiative
Climate Resilient Smart Cities: Opportunities for Innovative Solutions

Sustainable Energy Supply Options
Pollution Prevention and Waste Management
Green Growth Solutions through Market-based Instruments
Water crisis: Have we reached inflection point?

In Partnership with

Platinum Partner

In Association with

Green Initiative Supporting

Gold Partners

Sliver Partners

Bronze Partners

ASSOCIATE Partners

A REPORT ON 2018 CONVENTION

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