INDIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

International Conference on

“Research Policy for Sustainable Energy”

October 12-13, 2009 – India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

 

PROGRAMME

 

October 12, 2009 (Monday)

0900 -0930 hrs.                                : Registration

0930 -1030 hrs.                                : Inaugural Session

v 

Welcome Address

:

Dr. RR Sonde, Thermax Ltd.

v

Objectives of the Conference

:

Prof. SS Murthy, IIT Delhi 

v

Presidential Remarks

:

Dr. PS Goel, President, INAE 

v

Address by Chief Guest

:

Dr. R Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Govt. of India

v

Vote of Thanks

  

 

1030 – 1100 hrs.                              : Tea

1100 – 1300 hrs.                              : Plenary/Keynote Session  

v

Global Energy Outlook

:

 
Mr. Anil Razdan, Former Secretary (Power), Chairman of WEC-IMC and current Chair of WEC 
Global Study on “Energy for Mega Cities”

v

National Energy Scene – Future Projections

:

Mr. Surya P Sethi, Principal Advisor (Energy), Planning Commission

v

Technology Issues to make Conventional Energy Sustainable

:

Mr. RV Shahi, Former Secretary, Ministry of Power

1300-1400 hrs.                                 : Lunch

1400-1530 hrs.                                 : TECHNICAL SESSION I – ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES : CONVENTIONAL ENERGY

                                                         Plenary Talk on “Energy and Environment” by Mr. GM Pillai, Director, WISE  

    Session IA (Thermal Sector)
v

"Energy and Environment

:

Mr. GM Pillai, Director,

WISE

v

Strategies for  Development of India Centric Clean Coal Technologies including Infrastructure Development

:

Mr. Partho S. Bhattacharya,

CMD, Coal India 

v

Strategies for Renovation & Modernization (R&M), and Improving Efficiency of Existing Power Stations.  Research Policies to make Thermal Power Sustainable

:

Mr. RS Sharma,

CMD, NTPC 

v

 

Hybridising Fossil Thermal Power Plant with Renewable like Solar and Biomass-Deployment & Policy Issues.

:

Dr. RR Sonde,

Executive Vice-President, Thermax Ltd. 

    Session IB (Hydro, Nuclear Sector)
v Nuclear Power and Issue of Sustainability, Security :

Dr. Baldev Raj,

Director, IGCAR
v Hydro Power and Issue of Sustainability, Environment Impact, O&M Issues, Rehabilitation :

Mr. Yogendra Prasad,

Chairman, Uttaranchal Jal Vidyut Nigam and Formerly CMD, NHPC
v Hydro Power : Technology, Equipment and Manufacturing Issues :

Mr. N Raghavan,

Vice-President, L&T

 

1530 – 1545 hrs.                     : Tea  

1545 – 1730 hrs.                     : TECHNICAL SESSION II – ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES : ALTERNATE /RENEWABLE ENERGY

                                                Plenary Talk on “R&D Challenges & Policy Support to achieve increased Renewable Energy Component in Energy Sector”

                                                by Dr. Bibek Bandyopadhyay, Director, Solar Energy Centre, New Delhi

    Session 2A (Renewable-I)

v

Present & Future Outlook of Solar PV Industry

:

Dr. G. Rajeswaran , Moserbaer, PV 

v

R&D Issues in Development of Wind and RE Equipment

:

Mr. Rahul Amin, CMD, Jyoti Ltd., Baroda

v

Small Hydro Power Development

: 

Prof. SS Murthy, IIT Delhi 

v

Distributed and Decentralized Generation (DDG) – National Policy

:

Mr. Devender Singh, JS, MOP 

    Session 2B (Renewable-II)
v Waste to Watts : Dr. Hoysala N Chanakya, IISc.
v R&D for Biofuels :

Prof (Ms) Anuradha Ganesh,

IIT, Mumbai
v New and Potential Solar Power Technologies : Dr. J.N.Roy, Vice President-R&D  Solar Semiconductor

2000 hrs.                                : Dinner

October 13, 2009 (Tuesday)

0900 – 1000 hrs.                       : TECHNICAL SESSION III –  ENERGY EFFICIENCY, CONSERVATION, STORAGE 

1.

 

2.

Plenary Talk on “Saving Energy Through Innovation and Technology” by Mr.Arunjai Mittal, Division President, IMM Group,  Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg,

Germany

Plenary Talk on “Energy Efficient Technologies – Development & Deployment, Policy intervention for better Energy Saving” by Dr. Ajay Mathur, DG, BEE

1000-1100 hrs
    Session 3A (Transport, Storage) 

v

Sustainable Energy for Public Transport System- Karnataka Experience

: 

Mr. Gaurav Gupta, CMD, KSRTC

v

New SE Technologies for Railways

:

Mr. Kishore Kumar, Executive Director, RDSO

v 

 

Strategies for Development of India Centric Technologies for Clean Fuel for Transport – Hybridise using the Fossil with non-fossil or Decarbonised Fossil 

:

Dr. RK Malhotra,  Executive Director, R&D Centre, IOCL
    Session 3B (Industry & Habitat)

v

Energy Storage - State of art and applications

:

Monika Chawla , GE, Global Research Centre, Bangalore
v Demand Side Management through Energy Efficient Practice : Mr. MS Unnikrishnan, MD, Thermax

1100-1115 hrs.                        : Tea

1115-1300 hrs.                        : TECHNICAL SESSSION IV – RESEARCH POLICIES, FUNDING, IPR, COMPETENCY BUILDING

                                                Plenary Talk on

                                                “R&D Policy; International Linkage; R&D Funding; Policy Issues in the context of Sustainable Energy; and Networking of Institutions-

                                                -Prof. VS Ramamurthy,  Former Secretary, Dept of Science & Technology and Director, NIAS, Bangalore.

v 

IPR Issues & Reforms required for Sustainable Energy

::

Mr. Jagdish Sagar, Consultant, Anand & Anand, Noida

v 

How to promote effective R&D & Competency Building for Sustainable Energy

::

Prof. Rangan Banerjee, IIT Bombay

v 

Role of Industry in Energy R&D

::

Mr. V Raghuraman, CII

v 

Role of R&D Institutions in Energy Sector

::

Dr. M.M.Babu Narayanan and Dr. Aradhya, CPRI, Bangalore

1300-1345 hrs.                        : Lunch

1400-1530 hrs.                        : TECHNICAL SESSSION V –  INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND LINKAGES IN ENERGY R&D 

                                                Plenary Talk by Mr. Shyam Saran, Special Envoy to Prime Minister on Climate Change

v

 
The new energy priority: moving from a culture of plenty to a culture of responsibility

:

Dr Gopichand K  General Electric. Bangalore

v

 Sustainable Energy- Australian Experience

:

 
Martin Thomas, 
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

v

 Multi disciplinary approach for SE research- UW experience

:

 
Prof Jatin Nathwani,  
Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE)
University of Waterloo, Canada

v

Indo- Canada Collaboration –Involvement of Utility companies to promote SE 

:

Mr Ravi Seethapathi, Hydro One, Toronto

v

 Indo-Canada Collaboration in Sustainable Energy

:

Dr. Saroj  Mishra, Canadian High Commission
1530-1545 hrs                         : Tea
1600-1800 hrs.                        : PANEL DISCUSSION/ CONCLUDING SESSION
-Summary and Conclusions       :           Prof. SS Murthy, IIT Delhi, Dr RR Sondhe, Thermax
-Discussants                            :       1. Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, AEC & Secretary, DAE, Govt. of India

                                                       2. Mr. Deepak Gupta, Secretary, MNRE

                                                       3. Prof. VS Ramamurthy, Former Secretary, DST, Govt.of India

                                                       4. Mr. Deepak Puri, Chairman, Moserbaer, PV

                                                       5. Dr. Pradeep Chaturvedi, Chairman, IAAS
                                                       6. Dr. Anshul Bharadwaj, Director, CSTEP