International
Congress on Renewable Energy (ICORE)-2008
Renewables and Climate ChangeOctober 16-17, 2008
Hotel Le-Royal Meridien, Chennai, India
(Tentative Programme-Subject to alteration)
Day 1, 16th October,
2008
08:00 - 09:15 hrs
Registration
09:30 - 11:00 hrs
Inaugural Session
Welcome Address by Mr. Ajay Prakash Shrivastava,
President, SESI
Opening remarks by Dr. V. Bakthavatsalam,
Congress Chair
Address by Mr. Deepak Gupta, Secretary, Ministry
of New & Renewable Energy, Govt. of India
Special Address by Mr. Arcot N Veeraswami,
Hon’ble Minister of Electricity, Govt.
of Tamil Nadu*
Special Address by Mr Sevugan Regupathy, Hon’ble
Minister of State, Environment and Forests,
Govt. of India*
Release of Proceedings and Souvenir of ICORE
– 2008 Inaugural Address
by Mr. Vilas Muttemvar, Hon’ble Minister
for New & Renewable Energy, Govt. of India
Vote of Thanks Exhibition opening
11:00 - 11:30 hrs
Tea/Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00 hrs
Technical Session –I
Renewables and Climate Change
Chairpersons:
Dr. Arcot Ramachandran, Former Under
Secretary General, United Nations*
Dr. J Gururaja, Former Senior Advisor
to United Nations
Opening Remarks by the Chairpersons
Mr. T.L. Sankar, Advisor,
ASCI, Hyderabad
Ms. Pamposh Bhatt, Director, Climate
Change Litigation, GTZ India, New Delhi*
Mr. K. Srinivas, Greenpeace
India, Bangalore4. Prof.
R. Sethumadhavan, Institute for Energy
Studies, Anna University, Chennai*
Prof. S. Austin Suthanthiraraj,
Department of Energy, University of
Madras, Chennai
13:00 - 14:00 hrs
Lunch
14:00 - 15:45 hrs
Technical Session –
II
Preparing for a low carbon future Chairpersons:
Prof. P. Maruthamuthu, Former Vice
Chancellor, Madurai Kamaraj University*
Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, Bureau
of Energy Efficiency
Opening Remarks by the Chairpersons
Mr. R.K. Sethi, Director Climate
Change, MoEF, Govt. of India
Dr. K. Thanasekaran, Director, Centre
for Environmental Studies, Anna University,
Chennai*
Mr. John French, Network Director,
REEEP, Austria*
Dr. Ram Babu, MD, Cantor 2e
Mr. Chintan Shah, General
Manager, Suzlon Energy, Pune
15:45 - 16:15 hrs
Tea/Coffee break
16:15 - 17:45 hrs
Technical Session –
III
Financial and Investment Opportunities Chairpersons:
Mr. D. Majumdar, CMD, Indian Renewable
Energy Development Agency
Mr. Harish Mehta, Director, Suzlon
Energy Ltd
Opening Remarks by the Chairpersons
Mr. Charles J. Cormier, Team Leader,
World Bank, New Delhi*
Dr. Patrick Hofer-Noser, CEO,
3S Swiss Solar Systems AG, Switzerland
Mr. R. Rao, MD, ICRA Management
Consulting Services Ltd., Bangalore
Mr. Ashok Gupta, Executive Director
(Finance), PFC*
Mr. Arun Bhalla, Executive
Vice President, PTC, New Delhi
Mr. Somak Ghosh, Group President, YES
Bank.*
Mr. B.V. Rao, General Manager,
IREDA
18:15 - 19:15 hrs
SESI Annual General
Meeting (For SESI Members only)
1930 – 2100 hrs
Dinner for all participants
Day
2, 17th October, 2008
08:00 - 09:15 hrs
Registration
09:30 - 11:00 hrs
Technical Session -
IV
Promotion and Incentives for Solar Power Plants
in India Chairpersons:
Dr. Pramod Deo, Chairman, Central
Electricity Regulatory Commission
Mr. Mohan Verghese Chunkath,
CMD, Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency
Opening Remarks by the Chairpersons
Mr. R. Rajupandi, Member, TNERC,
Chennai*
Mr. Rajeeva Swarup, CMD, Rajasthan
Energy Development Agency
Dr. B Bhargava, Vice President,
SESI & Director, MNRE, Govt. of
India
Mr. Ravi Khanna, CEO, Moser Baer
Photovoltaic India Limited*
Mr. K Subramanya, CEO, Tata
BP Solar, Bangalore
Mr. Ajay Prakash Shrivastava,
President, Maharishi Solar Technology
11:15 - 11:45 hrs.
Tea/Coffee break
11:45 - 13:15 hrs
Technical Session –
V
Innovations in Renewable Energy Technologies Chairpersons:
Dr. J Gururaja, Former Senior Advisor
to United Nations
Dr. Rajeeva Lahri, President &
CEO, Signet Solar, Chennai *
Opening Remarks by the Chairpersons
Mr. K.P. Sukumaran, Advisor, MNRE,
Govt. of India *
Mr. Terrance Hart, Vice Chairman,
IT Power India, Pondicherry
Dr. S.K. Kaicker, CMD, Central Electronics
Limited*
Prof. S. Srinivasa Murthy,
IIT Madras
Mr. G.S. Bharara, General Manager,
Reliance Industries Ltd., New Delhi*
Dr. Rajiv Arya, Executive Director,
BP Solar International, Virginia*
Mr. Vishnu Gupta, GM, Bharat Heavy
Electricals Limited*
Dr. M Kumaravel, Head, Central
Electronics Centre, IIT Madras
13:15 - 14:00 hrs
Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 hrs
Plenary Session :
Strategy for future – A Clean World
Energy Order Panelists:
Dr. Kirit. H. Parikh Member,
Planning Commission
Dr. Arcot Ramachandran, Former Under
Secretary General, United Nations*
Mr. Rakesh Bakshi, MD, RRB Energy
Ltd*
Mr. T.L. Sankar, Advisor,
ASCI, Hyderabad
Mr. S.P. Gon Chaudhari, Managing
Director, WB Green Energy Develop. Corp*
Mr. P.R. Ramasubrahmaneya Rajha,
President, India Wind Power Association,
Chennai*
Mr. Ajay Prakash Shrivastava,
President, Maharishi Solar Technology
