The expert Governing Council, chaired by Bhupinder Singh Bhalla, IAS (Retd.) , Former Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India, consists of Senior Executives from across the energy value chain, including Utilities, EPCs, IPPs and Regulators. Each member plays a vital role in shaping the Summit and Knowledge Hub agendas across Bharat Electricity, POWERGEN India & Indian Utility Week to ensure the content is relevant, educational and highly engaging. Themes and topics have been carefully selected to provide delegates with inspiration and invaluable intelligence, to help both individuals and businesses evolve in a rapidly changing and dynamic energy market.
Governing Council 2026
Shri Arun Goyal, IAS (Retd.)
Former Member
CERC
Shri Samir Chandra Saxena
Chairman & Managing Director
Grid Controller of India
Shri Saurabh Kumar Shah, IPS
Executive Director - RDSS
Power Finance Corporation
Shri Jeevan Kumar Jethani
Executive Director
AREAS
Ms. Suman Chandra, IAS
Director
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
Shri Ashish Khanna
Director General
Internatational Solar Alliance
Shri Sanjay Sharma
Director-Solar
SECI
Shri Atul Kumar Bali
Director
National Smart Grid Mission
Mr. Rasmus Wendt
Energy Counsellor
Danish Energy Agency
Shri Vinod Kumar N
Senior Director
Austrade
Shri Pratik Agarwal
Chairman, Serentica
Renewables, &
MD, Sterlite Electric Ltd.
Shri Sanjay Banga
CEO & MD
Tata Power Renewables
Dr. Kalirajan Sivagnana
Managing Director
EDF Nuclear Projects
India Limited
Shri Brajesh Singh
MD (Generation)
CESC Ltd.
Shri Abhishek Ranjan
Chief Executive Officer
BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd
Shri Sandeep Kashyap
Chief Executive Officer
Purvah Green Power
Private Limited
Shri Akshay Hiranandani
Chief Executive Officer
Serentica Renewables
India Pvt. Ltd.
Shri Vijay Joshi
Deputy CEO
Rosatom South Asia
International Marketing Ltd.
Shri Sanil C Namboodiripad
Chief Operating Officer
Indigrid
Shri Manish Karna
Chief Project Officer
Adani Green Energy Ltd
Shri Vikram Kapur
Group President
ReNew
Shri Derek. M. Shah
CEO & MD
L&T Energy GreeTech
Shri Venu Nuguri
MD and CEO
Hitachi Energy, India & South Asia
Shri RPV Prasad
MD - India Region
Envision Energy
Ms. Praveena Rai
Managing Director & CEO
MCX India Ltd.
Shri Rajesh K Mediratta
CEO & MD
India Gas Exchange
Shri Anurag Johri
MD & Lead - Utilities
Accenture in India
Shri Rohit Bajaj
Joint Managing Director
Indian Energy Exchange (IEX)
Ms. Mashal Dhawan
Chief Executive Officer - Asia
Smart Energy Water
Shri Prashant Sinha
Chief Executive Officer
Resonia
Shri Amit Kumar
VP & Head Metering &
Protection Systems
Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd.
Shri Abhishek Srivastava
India Leader -
Grid System Integration
GE Vernova
Shri Anup Bhargava
Senior Advisor
Indus Energy Consultants LLP
Shri Sunil Singhvi
Group Head – Public Policy
Secure Meters Ltd.
Dr. R. K. Malhotra
President
Hydrogen Association of India
Dr. Vibha Dhawan
Director General
TERI
Shri Rahul Sharma
Managing Director
USIBC
Dr. Abhilasha Gaur
Chief Executive Officer - SSC
NASSCOM
Shri Aditya Pyasi
Chief Executive Officer
IWTMA
Shri Subrahmanyam Pulipaka
Chief Executive Officer
NSEFI
Shri Francis Jayasurya
India Head
Global Wind Energy Council
Shri Jagjeet Sareen
India Head
Dalberg Advisors
Shri Nishaanth Balashanmugam
CEO and Director
Gh2, India
