Abhijeet Sinha is serving as National Program Director of Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) Program and Country Director (India) at Advanced Services for Social & Administrative Reforms (ASSAR). Beginning his career as a corporate banker, he later stepped in the field of governmental business consulting for grass-root initiatives on green energy and climate with national and global organizations.

With his experience in delivering strategic level policy and financial advice for climate and green energy, he further served as Program Director at ASSAR in Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) across India, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Extending his services to other international organizations, he worked with UNDP India, UNICEF India, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, CARIAA, IDRC, CRDI, Red Cross – Red Crescent, Universities of Cape Town, Ghana, Nairobi, East Anglia, Nambia and Department for International Development UK-AIDs in varied ASSAR projects.

Abhijeet serves as Advisor- Corporate Alliance & Government Relations and IPR alongside being a consultant for Centre For Entrepreneurship Development – NIFTEM (Ministry of Food Processing Industry). He worked as Program Director (Execution) with OTAI & FSSAI Conference 2017-18. He is on Board of Studies of AMITY University and also a Corporate Counsel – ENACTUS (DCAC & SRCC) , Youth Advocate – Swachh Bharat Mission & Digital Bharat Mission and Global Convenor – A2020 Europe TUV-SUD. Abhijeet is an ISO Certified consultant 9001-14001 owning 18 Patents till March 2018.

He is currently Country Business Head at eBikeGo and also on Advisory Board of Steel Users Federation of India, Member- Belgium Luxemburg Business Association, Member- Indo Dutch Chamber of Business & Sciences, Facilitator for ISGF – India Smart Utility Week 2019 and has been consulting various corporate as an external consultant for Government of India’s flagship programs Make In India, Startup India, and Digital India. Abhijeet is a celebrated consultant for his cross-domain consulting in Hybrid Annuity Model and conceptualization of energy infrastructure innovations like Annuity Hybrid E-Mobility (AHEM) for his process consulting, operational streamlining, funding and angel investment. Abhijeet is an occasional columnist, Urdu poet, a keynote speaker, a sought-out guide and a frequent traveler.

Senior Group A officer from NITI Aayog (erstwhile Planning Commission) having core areas of expertise in Transport and Industries sector. Possess Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering and MBA. In addition to above, possess Masters in Public Administration and Masters in Economics. Completed various Diplomas and PG Diplomas in inter-disciplinary areas like Labour Laws, Industrial relations, Industrial Safety, etc. Completed a Group Training Course on “National and Regional Development Policy” by Japan International Cooperation Agency in Japan in 2013.

Experience of more than 11 years of serving Government in various capacities, Inpresent role as Senior Research Officer, primarily dealing with Road Transport, roads development addition to Port Development and Shipping sector. Presently involved in preparing the Vision document for Transport sector for next 15 years replacing the traditional 5 year plan process. Working on new mobility features including E-Mobility for the Country.

Involved in appraisals and approvals for various state projects for various coordinating Ministries and Multilateral institutions funding projects through Ministry of Finance, of state Governments and various central ministries related to Transport sector.

Amitabh Sinha is a serial entrepreneur, start-up evangelist, advisor, mentor, ecosystem builder and facilitator active in the start-up domain since 1999. In a career spanning more than 22 years Amitabh has worked across domains as diverse as Petroleum, Consulting, Chemicals, International Trading, Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing, Brand Communications, Venture Capital, Financing and Industry representation. He has been associated with SME Chamber of India, Start-Ups Council of India & Packaging Industry Association of India in honorary roles evangelizing industry, creating facilitating networks, expanding small industry footprint and representing small businesses. Amitabh is a frequent speaker at various fora and talks on a variety of subjects including business logic, business building, scaling, funding and financing, professionalization, small business growth, organizational culture building and lateral thought. Amitabh also actively consults with businesses in a professional capacity on scaling, growth hacking, business strategy and customer experience.

Aspiring Forbes 30 under 30 Computer science graduate with Machine learning and Neural networks as primary interests. Enthusiastic about football, watching science fiction, new adventures and gaming. Always ready to hear new ideas. Currently trying to make an impact in the e-mobility segment!

Amit Bhatt is the ICCT’s Managing Director for India. He is based in New Delhi and has over 20 years of experience in transportation, urban development, and management. Before joining ICCT, Amit was Executive Director for Integrated Transport at WRI India for 12 years. Prior to the World Resources Institute he worked with the Urban Mass Transit Company, India’s leading urban transport consultancy, and with Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services. He has also served as an adjunct faculty member at the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi. Amit has a bachelor’s degree in architecture and a master’s degree in transport planning from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. Amit also has a master’s degree in economics and a diploma in transport economics and management.

Uddhav began working towards the goal of changing the way logistics was
done whilst he was still in college, where he founded Lynkit in 2017. He is
BA(Hons) in Economics from Delhi University where he graduated with
distinction, securing one of the highest marks in the university. At Lynkit,
Uddhav leads the charge with a focus on product design and development,
customer acquisition and business development. Uddhav played a key role in
Lynkit’s transformation from a services company in 2019, to a product
company. Lynkit today has over 6 products covering supply chain visibility via
real time tracking of fleets, passenger information systems, IoT based gate
automation, inventory tracking, warehouse and port automation systems,
blockchain based transport management system and lastly end to end
ecommerce delivery solution which together cater to over 4000 companies
across the country.
In 2022 he was awarded with the The Economic Times Excellence Award
along in the field of IT and Technology. The company in addition being led by
him has also won Entrepreneur Magazine’s Best Start up 2022 in the field of
Logistics. Uddhav has also recently been recognised as a trade facilitation and
technology expert by the Asian Development Bank and has been the
principle consultant for helping countries such as Maldives, Sri Lanka and
Bangladesh digitize their logistics sector. Uddhav is passionate about logistics
and making a difference to the sector. This led him to start Humara Truck, a
CSR initiative for commercial drivers for all sorts of taxis, buses, vans, trucks
and specialized machinery such as forklifts. Humara Truck is an application
which freely matches fully verified drivers with prospective employers and
gives drivers access to details of various training institutes for upskilling
themselves.

Kallol has 14+ years of rich experience in marketing, sales and business expansion. He is considered as a methodical and immaculate professional who is always evolving to deliver the best of strategic objectives, information and collaboration.

He considers himself fortunate enough for his associations in his professional journey where he got the opportunity to evolve himself as an efficient, enthusiastic and immaculate professional delivering the best of strategic objectives, information and collaboration.

His specialty is building and sustaining long term relationships which he feels is the essence of any business. His assignments allowed him to benchmark business performance, evaluate market conditions and growth strategies, focus on business expansion and consumer experience, liaison with C-Suite at corporate and government sectors and work closely with key decision makers of the organisations he has worked with.

An ardent EV Enthusiast, his keen affinity and belief towards sustainable living and green mobility led him to join the EV Revolution. Kallol is a sought after advisor and consultant to various companies in the Sustainability and EV domain helping in the long term growth of organisations.

He is a member in the ‘Working Group’ of National Highway for Electric Vehicle (NHEV) an Ease of Doing Business pilot in E-mobility to upgrade regular highways into E-Highways. Mr. Shaibal Ghosh is the CEO – APAC of Tesla Power USA Inc. and Tesla Power India. He has been in the Renewable Energy Sector for over 15 years. Mr. Shaibal Ghosh is not only a renewable energy and EV evangelist and a sustainability enthusiast but also a management sciences and deep learning enthusiast, with over 29 years of hands-on, global blue chip corporate exposure. He has worked with Xerox Corporation, been the Country Head of the AMEA Region for Apple Technologies, Head of Sales for Usha Martin Telecom/ Hutch, a Vice President with Macmillan LLC, UK, the APAC Head for Borosil, representing Corning Solar Glass Division, President of International Operations and Head Marketing for Vikram Solar and Waaree Energies, Group CEO of Partex Group of companies on BD and COO with Navitas Solar, India.

He is a member in the ‘Working Group’ of National Highway for Electric Vehicle (NHEV) an Ease of Doing Business pilot in E-mobility to upgrade regular highways into E-Highways. Kalle Toiskallio has over 25 years of experience in versatile, academic and practical mobility development projects, especially in parking information. Co-founder and the chair of the board of start-ups to solve urban carbon footprint and air quality issues of cities and companies. Possess Doctor of social science (sociology) from the University of Helsinki. He has a very long history in strategical consulting in the planning of traffic and constructed environment, especially car parking, but also defining, testing and certificating competencies of municipal engineering. Furthermore, has familiarity with R&D&I of smart cities.

Subject Matter Expert on electric mobility, energy storage and industrial systems. Ankit has led product development in India’s first deep tech Unicorn, Grey Orange Robotics and graduated from BITS Pilani. He is leading Sheru to a virtual energy storage platform for the Renewables and EV sectors, to help India boldly go Net Zero fast.

She is a member in the ‘Working Group’ of National Highways for Electric Vehicles (NHEV) an Ease of Doing Business pilot in E-mobility to upgrade regular highways into E-Highways. Ms. Avleen Kaur Malhi is working as senior lecturer in Data Science and AI at the Department of Computing and Informatics, Bournemouth University, UK and as visiting researcher in the Department of Computer Science at Aalto University Finland. She is the founder of eParkly – real-time parking monitoring and management system, which is a research and commercialisation project funded by Business Finland of approx. She is a post-doctorate in Smart Cities and AI from Aalto University, Finland also Ph.D. in Autonomous vehicles from India and has more than 50 scientific publications in IoT, AI and autonomous systems.

Strong business strategic thinker with 19 years plus of experience in the technology industry (Telecom, Smartphone, Geospatial), possessing deep-routed connection with Industry folks in location-based service & Indian automotive ecosystems, understanding the criticality of multilayers partnership contract ecosystem & building support ecosystem around it for maximum output.

He was recognized by the Indian Achiever’s Forum for outstanding Professional Contribution to Indian Automotive Navigation Industry. He Possesses Insightful knowledge of Location-based Maps & Technology Services like Spatial Map data & API, Connected. Services, EV use case, Last mile connectivity, Mobility as a Service, and Advanced IoT Services for better optimization of the fleet.

He is a Member of AGI (Association of Geospatial Industries) & ISFA small business & Franchise Association) and believes in building long-term relationships & value propositions as a win-win situation for both customers & company in the most effective ways.

Divay Pranav heads Policy and Partnerships at Yulu. He contributes to the public discourse on faster adoption and greater penetration of electric mobility in India.
He also leads efforts to develop a partnership playbook for creating a conducive environment and requisite infrastructure for shared mobility and battery swapping service providers.
Prior to Yulu, Divay worked for Adani Group, Invest India (Ministry of Commerce & Industry), KPMG and CRISIL.
He is passionate about sustainability as a subject and has worked in areas such as energy storage, clean mobility, renewable energy and low carbon solutions.
He has authored several leading industry publications on industrial real estate, evolving energy landscape and legal requirements for foreign direct investments in India. His latest intellectual contribution is for a book published by Routledge UK in 2021 titled “Tailspin — The Politics of India-China Economic Relations.”

He is a member in the ‘Working Group’ of National Highway for Electric Vehicle (NHEV) an Ease of Doing Business pilot in E-mobility to upgrade regular highways into E-Highways. Premal is a technology expert by profession with 18+ years of work-ex within IT solutions. He is the Founder, Director of Proclivis Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd and is working on exciting initiatives within the SMART CITY space as a key Digital Interface partner. In addition, he is also managing a product line within the HR tech space which is helping Corporates simplify and manage their Time and Attendance policies, as well as expand the realms of Access Control to Non registered visitors too in addition to employees. He works with a mission to solve real life problems with meaningful system-based solutions. In his corporate life earlier, he has worked in leadership roles with corporates like Infosys, KPMG and Capgemini.

Mr. Chetan Bhardwaj is Managing Director of 3I Asset Resolution Consultants Private Limited and 3I Asset Management Private Limited he has more than 25 years’ experience of bed Debt management, Debt Restructuring, Debt Recovery, Enforcement of Security Interest as per the provisions of SARFAESI Act and project consultant. 

Kim Collaco leads the Enterprise Strategy division where she works closely with the Managing Partner in developing and implementing the strategic direction of the firm. She works particularly closely with the consulting arm as regards India entry strategy, be that through Mergers & Acquisition or new set-up. Her role involves actively guiding the team that handles networking, relationship management, and corporate communications.

Kim brings with her over 12 years’ experience in mergers and acquisitions, fundraising and business strategy across multiple industries creating mid and long-term investment and go-to-market strategies, helping corporates with their initial public offerings, divestments, India entry, and technology commercialization. 

Kim holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from the Goa Institute of Management and a Bachelor’s in Commerce from HR College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai University.

Experienced start upper with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Marketing Management, Negotiation, Business Planning, Operations Management, and Analytical Skills. Strong entrepreneurship professional with a Master’s Degree from State Engineering University of Armenia.

Vedant Pujari is a business lawyer and managing partner of Accures Legal – an Intellectual Property and corporate practice. He has behind him a dynamic professional experience spanning over 16 years in working with a wide range of businesses, Indian and overseas. He belongs to a breed of legal practitioners who fuse technology with law, thus, consistently breaking the status quo by revamping the traditional ways in which legal services are rendered in India. His motto has always been – “advice from a lawyer must foster his client’s business(es) and not just be focused on compliance”. In the past few years, Vedant’s focus has been on advising clients on their IP and commercial transactions.

He was a part of the team appointed by the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers to assess the impact of the creation of IPR facilitation center at Hyderabad. He is an empanelled legal consultant for Electroprenure Park – a collaboration between STPI, University of Delhi, and Indian Electronics and Semiconductors Association (IESA) and on the Board of a public listed company called Precision Camshafts Ltd. as an Independent Director. In February 2019, Vedant was awarded by the Hon’ble Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Mr. Suresh Prabhu for his contribution to Strengthening Start-up Ecosystem in India.

Vedant is an avid reader and loves to pen down his thoughts on various topics of his interest. He has played pivotal roles in different organizations and headed a variety of teams comprising lawyers, paralegals, information analysts, information scientists, and marketing and sales professionals. Vedant has trotted the globe as a speaker in several conferences and seminars of international repute and has conducted many training programs in association with eminent industry organizations.

Nikunj Sanghi is a experienced owner with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry. Strong business development professional skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Operations Management, Sales, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM).
Also Chairman Automotive Skill Development Council & Past President , Federation of Automobile Dealer’s Association. 

Anil is a green tech enthusiast creating business among Clean Tech and EV startups, with NHEV 2020.
Anil is a serial entrepreneur at heart and believer in the power of dreams. Anil loves mentoring budding entrepreneurs and innovative startups on building business plans, successfully pitching to investors, go-to-market strategies & scaling up businesses.
Anil is founder of Bluebolt Startup Factory, an enterprise deep tech startups accelerator. Anil founded Startup India Foundation, a non-profit initiative by a group of successful and experienced entrepreneurs to help grow the early-stage startup ecosystem in India. Anil is a well-regarded startup mentor in the Indian startup ecosystem and a TEDx speaker. Anil was the anchor judge for Haywards 5000 Haunslay ki Udaan, India’s First Startup Reality TV Show and the official startup coach for The Vault Show, India’s answer to Shark Tank. Fondly known as Katappa of the Indian startup ecosystem, Anil is admired for his outspoken no-nonsense views about the startups and the ecosystem. He is most sought after judge for startup pitching events and hackathons. He has judged over 1000 startups in the last 12 months.
In 2001, Anil founded 24×7 Learning and led its growth over a decade to become India’s largest e-learning implementation company besides successfully raising multiple rounds of investments including $4m from Network 18. Prior to founding 24×7 Learning, Anil had successfully set up and launched businesses for two large multinational companies in India.
Besides his engineering from NIT Kurukshetra, he has studied sculpting at New York Academy of Fine Arts and about art markets at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London.

Dr Ritesh Malik is an Indian doctor, entrepreneur and investor. He is honored to be in FORBES 30 under 30 Finance and Venture Capital List- ASIA of 2016. He’s also the CEO of a Y Combinator company, Innov8.Work. Ritesh runs a virtual Startup Accelerator in India, currently investing in and mentoring 20+ startups across various industries. He was the first investor & mentor of FIN ROBOTICS, which became the first Indian hardware product company to raise a Series a venture funding. In 2015 Ritesh plans to launch his latest funding venture, ‘Project Guerrilla’, his vision for a premiere India based accelerator & incubation centre. He is on a mission to make India the next BIG entrepreneurial hub of the world. His journey till now has been very exciting. Since March 2013, after finishing MBBS, he cofounded a technology company (Adstuck) that sold off its flagship product (ALIVE APP) to the Times of India. He is leading an angel fund, Guerrilla Ventures that has invested in over 20 companies mostly in the hardware space e.g. Fin, Sectorqube, Exploride, WooStays, Comet Core, Flip Technologies, Wigzo, Mashinga etc.

Krishna is not only associated with NHEV as head of a charger manufacturer and suppliers company but also contributes in his personal space to reduce charging time for vehicles of NHEV highways.

Aditi Syal, Founder of Vocabberry, a content production company that helps brands, startups and individuals feature creative content on their websites and other online repositories.
Aditi consults start-ups in their operational model of business and execution. She has built Vocabberry from scratch, and the company owes its success to her. The brand has become a credible name in the content market, and clients vouch for the quality and quantity that her brand produces.
Featured as one of the youngest Founders of an Online Driven Business in the Women’s League (India) by TopYaps, 2017. Aditi manages Sales and Marketing, Quality and contributes towards delivering Thought Leader content at various Digital Marketing Forums/ Events. Hosted Vocabberry’s Content Marketing 101 at Noida, New Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai and Bangalore.

Kanv is a regular speaker on the power of collaboration and facilitative policy-making for active private sector participation in the electric mobility sector. Kanv is EY’s Subject Matter Resource in electric mobility and the sectoral intersection with Automotive & Transport. He has conducted several workshops with the Development Finance Institutions, funding agencies, utilities, Oil and Gas majors and infrastructure companies on upcoming EV opportunities. 

Government sectors. 

Kanv has now assisted several private sector players on charging infrastructure strategy, city Kanv has significant working experience planning for EVSE, future of mobility, value pools assessment and fleet adoption strategy with EVs. across private and public sector, in the 

He has advised the Government of UK on its electric mobility strategy and framework for areas of business consulting, running new engagement with Indian states for accelerating the electric mobility uptake initiatives, and investment management. 

Kanv has led solar investment assignments with the World Bank and other DFIs & PSUs. Projects. Around 14 years of professional experience included developing market assessments, business plans, manuals, disruption, innovative financing, and capacity building in the field of clean energy. He is holding key private and public sector Skills relationships. 

Kanv’s functional skills include solar power financing, project management, capacity building, regulatory and policy, due diligence, Government and public sector. As the Renewable Energy Specialist at the World Bank, he played a key role in diversifying clean energy financing for the World Bank program in India; worked with Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) to originate solar power projects of over $500M in 2 years. Kanv prepared and operationalized $43M risk-sharing fund to catalyze $200M investments towards Energy Efficiency financing in India. 

Nikunj Turakhia is B. Tech. in Metallurgy from IIT, Mumbai, 1985 Batch. He is winner of Silver Medal and Recipient of “VIDHYA BHARATHI AWARD” from Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata. He co-authored research papers on “Stainless Steel Filters” in powder metallurgy in the year 1984 and 1985. Mr. Turakhia has rich experience of more than 30 years in Steel Trading, Imports, Exports and Manufacturing. He heads STANDARD GROUP which is Authorised Distributor from major Steel Mills in India. He has full-fledged Steel Service Centre, Steel Distribution Centres under “Steel Depot”, manufacturing in steel flexible conduits, trapezoidal and sinusoidal profiles.

Rashi is a breakthrough solution provider of E-mobility who has created new business economics around Lithium batteries in NHEV project with her expertise in advance Lithium batteries solutions. A Motivational Speaker, Techie and a Serial entrepreneur who today is Fondly known as “Batterywali of India”, she is a Pioneer in India in Advanced Lithium Batteries bringing the”World’s Smartest Lithium Battery” to India. She is a committee member with Bureau of Indian Standards, International ElectroTechnical Commission, National Energy Storage Committee -FICCI and an admired speaker on various forumsEnergy Storage, E-MOBILITY today are the focus areas.

Sameer is heading SqaureCircle Global which is official facilitator of EODB services of ASSAR at UAE and also facilitating investment opportunities and new technologies, new market identification and entry, technology validation and enable cross continent business opportunities for NHEV. Sameer Sortur heads the company SquareCircle Global which provides market entry and growth for B2B and B2G focused growth stage tech companies to launch across Middle East Africa, Asia Pacific and United States. SqaureCircle’s model is inclusive of Strategic Partnerships, JVs, Growth-Stage Investments and Technology, Market Intervention & Validation Advisory. SquareCircle Global works with Growth-Stage Tech Companies facing the challenges of Market Entry, Advisory, Investment and Scale. Through a systematic convergence of digital and physical, the organization is well positioned to provide professional level of Customer Acquisition, New Market Identification and Entry, Technology Validation and enable cross continent business opportunities. SquareCircle’s current vertical focus is on Technology Companies who are looking to expand across the MEA & APAC region. With their global HQ in Dubai, they establish a vital link between the West and East.

Experienced Founder with a demonstrated history of working in the electrical and electronics manufacturing industry. Skilled in Advanced Power electronics solutions for Power Quality, Energy Management, Solar and Electric Vehicle domain.

Involved in building the best and latest technologies around Power Quality and New energy domain. Our Solutions are currently being used globally by major corporates and industrial houses.

Strong entrepreneur professional with Bachelor of Technology(B.Tech) focused in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and an MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur.

Shõan has been instrumental in providing communication on challenging technical aspects of NHEV for broader understanding and to create opportunity for applicants form the globe.

Shõan, the Marketing Head at Coinmen Consultants, brings to the table an experience of over 12 years in building brands and businesses, including his own creative agency and a family enterprise. Leveraging his design thinking approach, business acumen, entrepreneurial experience, and formal business education from the Indian School of Business, he helps companies from across sectors, build brands and go-to-market strategies. Tapping into consumer behavior patterns as well as sectors opportunities, he assists companies to develop strategies that align with their short as well as long term goals.

V.Venkitachalam is the Founder Chairman of The EvXprts Foundation. EvXprts is a not- for-profit Trust taking footsteps in endeavor to upscale knowledge in all the areas of Automotive Engineering with special focus on Electric Vehicle Technology. Mr. Venkitachalam is a professional with more than three decades of cross functional experience in diverse industries with a proven record of building successful business entities. He is an experienced strategist, entrepreneur and startup enthusiast with a passion for building businesses. He is a seasoned executive with in-depth knowledge of emerging technologies. He has done his post graduation in Business management with specialization in International Marketing from Symbiosis Institute of Management, Pune and is a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from Regional Engineering College, Calicut (NIT, Calicut).

Abhijeet Kumar is armed with a B.Tech from IIT Mumbai, Abhijeet worked with Deloitte Consulting as an Associate Consultant before moving on to found his own company, Pronto Infotech in the ITES space. Here, he faced and overcame the challenges that come with setting up an enterprise, and in the last 6 years, has created a successful venture with a multi-crore revenue stream. He has worked with numerous clients across industries and in various functional domains including Tax, Retail, HR, E-Commerce, Web, Supply Chain, Technology, Banking and others. Having consulted in both business and technical capacities, and with the extensive experience working directly and indirectly for various functional domains, Abhijeet has the ability to evaluate ventures across the board and help entrepreneurs with intelligent cost planning through optimisation of systems, processes and networks, as well as creating and achieving targets. With his wide network of professionals from various verticals like operations, finance, accounting, and marketing, Abhijeet is not only able to help stem temporary gaps, but also generate business.

Mitesh is General Secretary of Steel Users Federation of India, Managing Committee Member of the Darukhana Iron & Steel Merchants Association (DISMA) and Secretary of Chamber of Association of Maharashtra Industries & Trade (CAMIT).

Being proactive in defining Indian Charging Infrastructure working with industry and other stake holders, I want to be contributing towards setting the same for Indian specific needs and with Indian technologies. Very Passionate for Electric Vehicles, translation of R&D to commercialization has been the key focus. Innovating around Renewables and EVs; taking steps and paving path towards clean tech technologies. Grooming start-ups and Industry-academia Interactions. Look forward to a bright and clean future.

Member Working group- NHForEV 2020 (National Highways for Electric Vehicle 2020).

Rahul has 15+ years of experience analysing and contributing to Technical, Financial and Management solutions across industries and geography. He is Co-Founder of pManifold, a Utility focused Research and Consulting company. The company is leader in emerging Market Development and Customer Experience Management, and help making life better for masses through driving reforms and services delivery improvements across utilities and businesses. He specialize in business strategy, financial modeling, customers social behavior understanding, policy advocacy, and stakeholder engagement. He contributes to power, water, waste, solar, smart, health, and education sectors. He has dual Masters in Engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Bachelors from VNIT, Nagpur. He earlier was R&D Head for BHTC, USA, and Investment Head for Rural Energy for ICICI supported IFMR Trust in India. He is Secretary of India Utility Knowledge and Network (IUKAN) and also Nagpur Smart City Council (NSCC). He has published papers and an avid reader, writer and learner.

He has an overall 21 yrs of Experience in Leadership Position such as CXO. His mission is to help SME entrepreneur to Grow Global Level MNC. He is educating Corporate in 21 St Century to Build a business model on the environment, Social & Corporate Governance (ESG) for sustainable Development Goals which is necessary for their survival. He is also on Board of International Private Equity Fund. His expertise lies in Corporate Strategy & Planning, Finance, Change Management, Performance & Process Improvement, Business Restructuring & Transformation, Digital Transformation & International Business Development.

Samir is a qualified Chartered Accountant with close to 15 years of experience in providing assurance services and tax solutions related to management goals.

At Synthesis, he heads the Assurance practice. He closely works with SME clients across diverse industries including Agro food processing, Industrial Engineering solutions, Chain Restaurants, Steel and Metal, Non-Banking Financial Services, Water Technology, Logistics, Real estates & so on.

Additionally he is been actively involved in training Chartered Accountant Students in the subject of Taxation. He regularly writes & is a seasoned speaker at various forums.

Expert of Internal Audit and Risk Management Advisory .Partner in SPS ACUITY LLP ; New Delhi based Risk Advisory firm . He has served on the board of IIA-Delhi in 2014 and member of the Institute of Internal Auditor ( Delhi Chapter). His past association with India’s reputed Chartered Accountants firm in New Delhi and auditing experience of diversified companies of different industries and of national /international repute , Ministry programs and PSU across the Indian states; gives him a solid background to enter into Policy research field He is the founding Director of India Think Council and convener of Council’s public events. Executes outreach development of the council’s vision and objective across the globe .

Nitin is an individual facilitator for NHEV foreign partners/suppliers and partner at leading consulting service firm COINMEN for facilitating landing and Ease of Doing Business services to foreign firms.
As a Founding Partner of Coinmen Consultants, Nitin leverages an experience of nearly two decades to reposition India’s brand image for foreign investors. A business and tax expert, he strives to help multi-
national companies do business in India through prudent and optimal financial strategies. He believes in creating an inclusive ecosystem that not only benefits all its stakeholders but also is built for the future.
A disruptor of the otherwise traditional financial services industry, Nitin is always one-step ahead in the game and ensures that this practice benefits all the companies he works with; and his continual pursuit of excellence of everything else is a way of life for him.

Akriti is a researcher, activist and media professional. She is the Founder of PAIGAM (People’s Association in Grassroots action and movements) – an aggregator of activists, researchers, practitioners and organizations that aims to bring together social efforts at the local, national and global levels through media advocacy and action research.

Her PhD work at the Delhi School of Economics, Department of Sociology, Delhi University is on urban, labour issues and political economy – among street vendors, rickshaw pullers and gig workers (app-based delivery agents and cab drivers) in Delhi, where she looks at processes of informalization and unionization.

She holds her Masters in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University and Bachelors in Economics from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi. She also pursued public policy from Takshashila Institution.

She has been the founding partner of Jan Ki Baat (an on-ground public opinion media platform), hosts a show called ‘Shram Aur Hum’ on Workers Unity, an independent workers’ media platform.

Currently serving as a Key Account Manager at Delta Electronics. Expertise in Electric Vehicle technology development & charging infra design & development through various prototypes & demonstrations. Associated with think tanks & academic institutions.

• E-Mobility Policy Contributor & Developing standards for Electric Vehicles and charging Infrastructure.
• Research & Development in EVs, Batteries, Solar and BMS.
• Business Strategy Developer, Market Influencer, EV Enthusiast.
• Experienced professional with a commitment to driving growth in the rapidly changing technology industry.
▪ Development of innovative Business & Marketing strategies, analyzing business markets and managing high-profile client relationships.
▪ Excellent teamwork skills through academic & Industrial experience, and able to easily collaborate with different groups and departments.
• Master of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering.
• Leadership experience in different Roles, Excellent teamwork skills through academic experience, and able to easily collaborate with different groups and departments.
• Analytical and detail-oriented, allowing for quick troubleshooting and identification of viable solutions.
• Congenial and enthusiastic contributor and supporter of team goals.
• Excellent analytical, organizational and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks in a challenging environment.

Vishal Thakkar is the Partner of Tridha Ventures LLP and has an experience of more than 18 years in infrastructure (LNG,Transport,EV Charging), industrial and consumer domain. He has the ability to execute projects from ground level and conclude it to the full cycle. Vishal has an extensive experience in business development, commercial negotiations & contract management as well as fund raising, project development and infrastructure concession. His total work on projects worth is more than USD 2.5 bn and enjoys working in cross-functional, cross cultural team on project mode basis.

Apurv Brahmbhatt solar pv consultant and associate for energy related project for companies like RSM GC ADVISORY LTD, Navi Mumbai(Maharashtra) , PHOTONICS WATER TECH LTD, Gandhinagar (Gujarat). From past 3 year he is in the field of Sustainability & Energy, Renewable Energy Service, also has vast experience in Grid-tied Solar PV projects.
Apurv Brahmbhatt has completed M-TECH in ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY from Jain University, Bangalore & Bachelor of engineering in Mechanical engineering from government engineering collage, Also he’s done academic internship and project work in reputed MNC & Government organization like Schneider Electric, Gujarat State electricity Limited, Karnataka Power Corporation Limited, Also published technical papers on sustainable development and solar energy in International journal .

Currently he’s working as an individual solar PV plant installer and solar pv consultant for residential, industry, social society client for solar pv installation. 

Member Working group- NHForEV 2020 (National Highways for Electric Vehicle 2020) Partner and Group Head- Business Performance Improvement (Auto, Engineering and Logistics), NRI (Nomura Research
Institute) Consulting and Solutions. Ashim is contributing transformation of E-Mobility to more efficient Green Energy transit Ecosystem by creating rooms for Hybrid Gas and Bio Fuelled Vehicles at planning stage of first two electric corridors under Hybrid E-Mobility Model of NHEV 2020. Ashim started his career at Mahindra (Automotive Sector) further joined Tata Strategic Management Group (TSMG). While at TSMG, he was in transformation team of Jaguar Land Rover. After completing his B.Tech with Honors in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT),Hamirpur; Ashim started his career at Mahindra (Automotive Sector).Thereafter, he went on to do his MBA from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai and joined Tata Strategic Management Group (TSMG) based out of Mumbai. While at TSMG, he was part of the team that was involved in the transformation of Jaguar Land Rover. Most of his work has been for Automotive, Logistics and Engineering industry in areas of overallBusiness Strategy, New Product Engineering / Development, Technological Readiness, Cost reduction, and Growth Strategies. Ashim is also a member of the WBSCD India RE Mobility forum and has worked extensively and developed thought leadership in the automotive sector especially in the area of alternate automotive power trains (Electric, Hybrid, Natural Gas, etc.). He is also working on Development of the Industrial Promotion Plan (a JICA funded project) with the Govt. of The Philippines.

Member Working group- NHForEV 2020 (National Highways for Electric Vehicle 2020).

Mr. Kamendu Joshi has an extensive work experience in the fields of Legal, Real Estate and Secretarial for over 21 years on significant positions in the leading Corporate Houses such as Reliance Industries Ltd., Reliance Communications Ltd. and Multi Media Frontiers Ltd. (TVS Group)

Mr. Parveen Kumar is director of Alektrify Private Limited which is an emerging private sector company with the objective of providing access to energy efficient options with ease and promoting use of electric vehicles.

His Passion towards this industry drove him and with his hard work and dedication he started working towards green initiative in the year 2019 and started his own business in collaboration with Blu-Smart Charge private limited in the year 2020. Also joined hands with Kinetic Green in the year 2021.

Have 2 years of experience in managing all business aspects and possess high level of Energy, Integrity and can-do attitude.

Mr. Narender Yadav is director of Alektrify Private Limited which is an emerging private sector company with the objective of providing access to energy efficient options with ease and promoting use of electric vehicles.
He has worked in multiple fields starting from a job in Sona Somic in 2004 and then quitted the job and opened ration depot in 2006 till 2009 and then worked as a civil contractor for 5 years Highly Specialized in the transport industry with an experience of more than 7 years and also partner in NRS Transport Service.

Manages all aspects of business, possesses strong interpersonal and Relationship Building skills. Excellent negotiation and persuasive skills with a strong commercial acumen. Confident of Handling challenges. Possess high level of Energy, Integrity, Can-do attitude and team spirit.

She has been working in the Financial domain for the last 14 years. into Debt Syndication, Business Development and Strategy. Currently with a set of Merchant bankers having PAN India presence as Vice President handling Businesses development on a PAN India basis. Also taking care of Research and Digital marketing team