Amendments to the Indian Electricity Act 2003
Are these enough to invigorate the sector?
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Adhirath JalanShekhawati Group
Aditya AggarwalGIP
Ashish JainGMR Group
Aswin PalanivelSolar Philippines
Claudia Elena BonelliH2Gov
Delphine VoeltzelOMERS
Eduardo GurevichLacaz Martins Pereira Neto Gurevich & Schoueri Adv
Garvit SahNew Development Bank
Himanshu VishnoiO2 Power
Isabel ChattertonIFC
J Krishna SankarEastern Powers & Systems
Kartik DeuskarShapoorji Pallonji Real Estate
Khyati SanghviSamvad Partners
Kumar V PratapIIM Lucknow
Manish AgarwalIndian School of Public Policy
Manoj GuptaFortum - India
Markus LehmannNavigatio Capital
Naveen KhandelwalBright Night Energy
Neha KumarClimate Bonds Initiative
P. KrishnakumarOrient Green Power
Pawan AnandHOAI
Pawan KantIndInfravit Trust
Rahul AgrawalActis
Rajiv PandaSARI/EI, IRADe
Sandeep BhattacharyaClimate Bonds Initiative
Sandro GonzalezGrupo Transpes
Sanjay BansalAurum Equity Partners
Santosh JanakiramCyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Santosh KhatelsalEnerparc Energy
Sujoy BoseNational Investment and Infrastructure Fund
Tarun ShankarIFC
Victor MolinaEnel Green Power
Confirmed participants
Adhirath Jalan
Director
Shekhawati Group
Aditya Aggarwal
CEO
GIP
Ashish Jain
Group Head – CSPD & ERM
GMR Group
Aswin Palanivel
Head -International Business
Solar Philippines
Claudia Elena Bonelli
Partner
H2Gov
Delphine Voeltzel
Managing Director - Asia
OMERS
Eduardo Gurevich
Partner
Lacaz Martins Pereira Neto Gurevich & Schoueri Adv
Garvit Sah
Principal Professional, Project Finance and Operations Department
New Development Bank
Himanshu Vishnoi
President, Corporate Finance
O2 Power
Isabel Chatterton
Regional director-APAC-Infrastructure
IFC
J Krishna Sankar
Managing Director
Eastern Powers & Systems
Kartik Deuskar
Principal – Investments
Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate
Khyati Sanghvi
Partner
Samvad Partners
Kumar V Pratap
Board of Advisors, IIM Lucknow [ex. Joint Secretary (Infra Policy & Finance), DEA, Govt of India]
IIM Lucknow
Manish Agarwal
Professor Energy Policy & Infrastructure Expert
Indian School of Public Policy
Manoj Gupta
Vice President Solar
Fortum - India
Markus Lehmann
President
Navigatio Capital
Naveen Khandelwal
CEO
Bright Night Energy
Neha Kumar
India Programme Manager
Climate Bonds Initiative
P. Krishnakumar
Director
Orient Green Power
Pawan Anand
Ex- Secretary General - HOAI
HOAI
Pawan Kant
CEO
IndInfravit Trust
Rahul Agrawal
Investment Principal
Actis
Rajiv Panda
Head - Technical
SARI/EI, IRADe
Sandeep Bhattacharya
India Projects Manager
Climate Bonds Initiative
Sandro Gonzalez
CEO
Grupo Transpes
Sanjay Bansal
Founder and Managing Partner
Aurum Equity Partners
Santosh Janakiram
Partner
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Santosh Khatelsal
Managing Director
Enerparc Energy
Sujoy Bose
MD & CEO
National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
Tarun Shankar
Sr. Infrastructure Investment Professional
IFC
Victor Molina
BD Project Manager
Enel Green Power
Adhirath Jalan
Adhirath Jalan
DirectorShekhawati Group
India
Adhirath Jalan serves as Director at Shekhawati Cred, a financial services company based in India. With expertise in credit and financial solutions, he plays a key role in driving the company's strategic initiatives and business development. His leadership focuses on expanding access to credit services and implementing innovative financial products. Jalan brings valuable experience in the Indian financial sector, contributing to Shekhawati Cred's growth and market presence through his strategic vision and industry knowledge.
Aditya Aggarwal
Aditya Aggarwal
CEOGIP
Singapore
Mr. Aggarwal Partner, GIP India and CEO GIP Singapore has over 20 years of experience across equity investing and project finance. As a part of the leadership team, he primarily focuses on origination, evaluation & capital deployment across infrastructure sectors along with managing the portfolio and creating exits.His current specific responsibilities also include overseeing the build out of Vector Green, the renewable platform. He is a member of the Investment Committee & represents the Funds on the Boards of various Portfolio Companies. In his earlier role,Mr. Aggarwal was a founding member of the core investment team at IDFC Alternatives, which set up IDFC’s Infrastructure Funds business.
Ashish Jain
Ashish Jain
Group Head – CSPD & ERMGMR Group
India
Ashish Jain serves as Group Head – CSPD & ERM at GMR Group, one of India's leading infrastructure conglomerates. In his strategic leadership role, he oversees Corporate Strategy, Planning & Development (CSPD) and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) functions across the organization's diverse portfolio spanning airports, energy, highways, and urban infrastructure. With extensive experience in corporate planning and risk management, Jain plays a crucial role in driving GMR Group's growth initiatives and ensuring robust risk governance frameworks. His expertise encompasses strategic planning, business development, and enterprise-wide risk assessment, contributing to the company's position as a key player in India's infrastructure sector.
Aswin Palanivel
Aswin Palanivel
Head -International BusinessSolar Philippines
Philippines
Structuring and Raising Equity, Mezzanine and Debt investments International Business Development and Managing Partnerships Asset Management of wholly owned Investment Platforms including Asset Acquisitions, Project Development and Platform Growth & Exit
Claudia Elena Bonelli
Claudia Elena Bonelli
PartnerH2Gov
Brazil
Head of TozziniFreire's Administrative Law practice group, Claudia has a deep knowledge of public sector-related matters. She works on issues related to bids, contracts and administrative covenants, public service concessions, public-private partnerships and governmental permits, as well as administrative laws and regulations such as the Fiscal Responsibility Act. With a thorough knowledge of public-private relations and broad experience in the infrastructure sector, she has worked on many of Brazil's largest infrastructure projects. She is recognized as a leading lawyer in Chambers Latin America, Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250, among others.
Delphine Voeltzel
Delphine Voeltzel
Managing Director - AsiaOMERS
Singapore
Delphine joined OMERS Infrastructure in London in 2012 and transferred to the Singapore office in 2021. In her role as Managing Director, Delphine leads investment and asset management efforts across Asia. Previously, Delphine has been responsible for investing across the European energy, utilities and renewables value chain. Delphine has been involved in the origination, execution and asset management of numerous investments, including Azure Power, NET4GAS, Caruna, Ellevio, SGN and MapleCo. Prior to joining OMERS, Delphine worked in investment banking at Rothschild in London, where she was advising clients on M&A transactions in the utilities, transport and infrastructure sectors. She graduated from HEC Paris Business School in Finance.
Eduardo Gurevich
Eduardo Gurevich
PartnerLacaz Martins Pereira Neto Gurevich & Schoueri Adv
Brazil
Eduardo is partner of the infrastructure sector of  Graduated in LLM in the United States (Master of Laws) at the University of Pacific, MC George School of Law in association with the University of Salzburg, Austria and LLB at Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo.
Garvit Sah
Garvit Sah
Principal Professional, Project Finance and Operations DepartmentNew Development Bank
China
Garvit is a Principal Specialist with New Development Bank in Project Finance and Operations Department and focuses on financing sustainable infrastructure projects in BRICS countries. He is experienced in leading transactions in Brazil, China and India. He also undertakes development and sustainability dialogue with national and sub-national governments. Prior to joining NDB, he worked as Chief Manager of Project Finance Group at ICICI Bank for close to a decade, where he led multiple project finance transactions for private sector and Public-Private-Partnership investment projects in the infrastructure space. Garvit holds a graduate degree in engineering, and MBA from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.
Himanshu Vishnoi
Himanshu Vishnoi
President, Corporate FinanceO2 Power
India
Isabel Chatterton
Isabel Chatterton
Regional director-APAC-InfrastructureIFC
Singapore
Isabel is the Regional Industry Director, Infrastructure and Natural Resources, Asia and Pacific, based in Singapore. For seven years prior to her current role, Isabel was the Regional Manager for PPP Transaction Advisory Services, initially for South Asia based in Delhi, and subsequently in Singapore as her mandate expanded to cover all Asia Pacific for the last four years. Isabel spent four years in IFC’s Subnational Finance unit where she worked in deal origination, structuring and supervision of debt and structured finance products in more than six countries in LAC. Before joining IFC, Isabel held various positions in World Bank operations in the urban sector in the Middle East and North Africa region, the water sector in Latin America,
J Krishna Sankar
J Krishna Sankar
Managing DirectorEastern Powers & Systems
India
Mr. Sankar is a graduate Mechanical Engineer with a Diploma in Business Management from Mumbai University
He has 40 years of work experience in the Energy Sector and about 15 years in the Renewable energy sector working on bringing foreign investors to India to understand the Indian market. Notable clients are SKYPOWER GLOBAL from Toronto CANADA and ENFINITY from BELGIUM. He has both an engineering and finance background working across sectors in the power sector. Good working relationship with PSU Banks DFI in India. Working with NEL of NORWAY for Hydrogen Power.
Kartik Deuskar
Kartik Deuskar
Principal – InvestmentsShapoorji Pallonji Real Estate
India
Kartik has over 12 years of experience in investing, developing, financing and implementation of infrastructure projects in Emerging Markets. He has successfully delivered assets across infrastructure sub sectors like Renewables, Roads, Power and Ports. At Shapoorji Pallonji Group, Kartik works as Principal-Investments for the Family Office with focus on investing in special situation infrastructure assets. He has been instrumental in creating and scaling ports platform for the group. Prior to SP Group, Kartik has worked with InfraCo Asia and IDFC.
Khyati Sanghvi
Khyati Sanghvi
PartnerSamvad Partners
India
Kumar V Pratap
Kumar V Pratap
Board of Advisors, IIM Lucknow [ex. Joint Secretary (Infra Policy & Finance), DEA, Govt of India]IIM Lucknow
India
Kumar V Pratap is passionate about Infrastructure and Public-Private Partnerships. Currently, he is Joint Secretary (Union Territories), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Earlier, he has worked with the Prime Minister’s Office and Ministry of Finance (as Joint Secretary, Infrastructure Policy & Finance) at New Delhi, and the World Bank and Embassy of India at Washington DC. He has lectured at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), London School of Economics, Singapore Management University, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (Singapore), Duke University, University of Maryland, World Bank (Washington DC), IMF (SARTTAC), Indian Institute of Management (IIM, Ahmedabad), IIM (Lucknow), and IIM (Indore).
Manish Agarwal
Manish Agarwal
Professor Energy Policy & Infrastructure ExpertIndian School of Public Policy
India
Manish has over 25 years of experience in consultancy services related to financial strategy, investment promotion, financial modelling, project feasibility and policy formulation for public sector and government organizations in various sectors. He has extensive experience in consultancy services related to demand assessment, entry strategies, commercial due diligence, bid advisory and project finance across transportation sectors, urban development project, industrial infrastructure (SEZs, large area & commercial development), etc.
Manoj Gupta
Manoj Gupta
Vice President SolarFortum - India
India
25 Years of Experience in Renewable Energy ( 18 Years+ ) & Industrial Sector in the area of Marketing & Business Development with Companies like Fortum India Pvt Ltd, a Finaland based Utility Company, Hindustan Power Group ( Blackstone Portfolio company ), Acme Solar , Suzlon Energy Ltd (Wind ), Enercon India Ltd (Wind, German EPC ), Crompton Greaves Ltd ( Industrial & Traction Motors). The goal is to lead the Renewable Energy business of Global Fund or Multinational Utility Company in Asia or subcontinent.
Markus Lehmann
Markus Lehmann
PresidentNavigatio Capital
Canada
Markus Lehmann serves as President of Navigatio Capital, a firm operating in Canada. He is recognized for his expertise in the hydrogen economy, having presented on its global, Canadian, and regional implications. His work with Navigatio Capital involves understanding and outlining the potential roles and benefits for regions participating in the hydrogen economy, showcasing his focus on strategic energy sector development.
Naveen Khandelwal
Naveen Khandelwal
CEOBright Night Energy
India
Naveen Khandelwal has over 15 years of experience in the power sector in the areas of corporate finance, equity investments, capital raise transactions, M&A, growth strategy, project finance and general management. He has played a pivotal role in the growth of HFE’s renewable portfolio to close to 2.5 GW, comprising onshore wind, solar PV, rooftop solar & international projects. He was also instrumental in launching the country’s first certified domestic green bond for the expansion of HFE’s wind portfolio. In the past, he has worked with SembCorp Green Infra, SBI Capital Markets and NTPC Limited. He is an engineer from the National Institute of Technology, with a master’s degree from XLRI, Jamshedpur & charterholder CFA institute from USA.
Neha Kumar
Neha Kumar
India Programme ManagerClimate Bonds Initiative
India
Ms Neha Kumar works as the India Programme Manager for Climate Bonds Initiative and is based in Delhi. She drives policy, strategy and partner programmes in the country to scale up the green bonds market and green financial ecosystem. She has fifteen years of experience working on public policy and industry action in India on non financial risks, sustainability and responsible financing. In her stint at GIZ India (German Development Agency) prior to joining CBI, she steered projects that led to ESG disclosures regulation by the Indian market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India; and the development of financial sector led Responsible Financing Guidelines.
P. Krishnakumar
P. Krishnakumar
DirectorOrient Green Power
India
Mr. P. Krishnakumar, was Managing Director of our Company from 2008 until September 2013 and continues to be in the Board of our Company as a Non- Executive Director. From Sep.'13 to Sep.'17 he was Managing Director of Leitwind Shriram Mfg Limited and continues to be in their Board as Non-Executive Director. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering & Technology, Madurai Kamaraj University, with about 40 years of industrial experience in Sales and Marketing and International Business Development and as the ‘Profit Centre Head’ of Business Units.
Pawan Anand
Pawan Anand
Ex- Secretary General - HOAIHOAI
India
Maj Gen Dr Pawan Anand, AVSM has a wealth of experience in infrastructure management at apex level in Govt, having been Senior Chief Engineer of the South Western Region, guiding three Zonal Chief Engineers executing over 400 projects with Rs 4300 Crore ($ 605mn) outlay. Projects- residential and essential services, roads, runways, hover port, explosive storage houses etc. Was one-stop person for procurements, international/domestic (a few million USD contracts). Currently, Secy Gen of Highway Operators Association in India, Mentor for senior civil services and military officers at National Defence College, Delhi, Distinguished Fellow USI of India (think tank), Fellow Institution of Engineers. Awarded by GoI.
Pawan Kant
Pawan Kant
CEOIndInfravit Trust
India
Mr. Kant is an Infrastructure & engineering professional with nearly 30 years industry experience in Core Infrastructure, construction, Real Estate sectors. He has worked with reputed organizations such as Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd, Hindustan Construction Company Ltd, Sembcorp Construction and Engineers (Singapore), the Tata Group. He has worked across functions such as Project Financing & Structuring, Strategic Planning, Project Execution, Operations, Commercial and Contracts, Tendering and Business development. He has worked in India, Middle East and Singapore on large infrastructure projects such as Roads, Industrial park, SEZs, Power Transmission, Condominium projects, Townships, etc.
Rahul Agrawal
Rahul Agrawal
Investment PrincipalActis
Singapore
Rahul is a Director in the Actis Energy Asia team. He joined Actis in 2012 and is responsible for Actis’ power sector investments in Asia and has been involved in the investments of Ostro Energy, Sprng Energy and GVK Energy. Rahul has total of 15 years of experience out of which 13 years have been in the infrastructure private equity and investment banking space. Prior to joining Actis, Rahul worked with ICICI Venture as an Asasociate Vice President in their infrastructure private equity team and previously in mezzanine debt fund of IL&FS Rahul holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from BIT, Bhilai in India, Masters in Management from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in India, and an MBA from INSEAD in France.
Rajiv Panda
Rajiv Panda
Head - TechnicalSARI/EI, IRADe
India
Sandeep Bhattacharya
Sandeep Bhattacharya
India Projects ManagerClimate Bonds Initiative
India
Sandeep Bhattacharya serves as the India Projects Manager at Climate Bonds Initiative, where he is instrumental in advancing the Indian Green Finance market. His responsibilities include coordinating efforts to drive market development and stakeholder engagement across India. Bhattacharya actively participates in the Climate Bonds Initiative's communications and media engagements, contributing to discussions on green bonds and adaptation finance. His work focuses on fostering sustainable finance and climate-resilient initiatives in the region.
Sandro Gonzalez
Sandro Gonzalez
CEOGrupo Transpes
Brazil
Ruz Gonzalez holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with an MBA in Business Management from New York University (NYU). Has several courses of improvement among them stands out: Institute of Education and Research - Government Relations in Brazil (2015) – INPE Dom Cabral Foundation (FDC) Shareholder Development Program (2015) Course of Process Management (Dom Cabral Foundation - Minas Gerais - Brazil / 2010) Course for Directors of Administration (IBGC - São Paulo / 2018) He started his activities at Transpes in 2006, developing expertise in the operational and commercial areas.
Sanjay Bansal
Sanjay Bansal
Founder and Managing PartnerAurum Equity Partners
India
Sanjay is an experienced veteran investment banker with over 25+ years and over 150+ transactions under his belt. Over the years Sanjay has developed an expertise of concluding complex transactions that require a nuanced perspective of the client’s business, as well as, the macro environment impacting the client’s decisions
Santosh Janakiram
Santosh Janakiram
PartnerCyril Amarchand Mangaldas
India
Santosh Janakiram is a partner in and head of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ Infrastructure and Project Finance Group. He has rich experience in banking, projects, project financing, structured financing, acquisition financing and private equity and represents developers, sponsors, lenders and contractors in infrastructure and project finance transactions. He is also involved in various infrastructure sectors, including energy, transportation and mining. Chambers and Partners have since 2009 considered Santosh a Leading Lawyer in India in the Projects, Infrastructure & Energy sector. He has been named a Highly Regarded Lawyer in Banking,
Santosh Khatelsal
Santosh Khatelsal
Managing DirectorEnerparc Energy
India
Santosh started Enerparc business in India in 2012 which he leads ever since. He has been in renewable industry since year 2002 when he worked for British Petroleum (BP)’s alternative Energy business. In renewable space, santosh has been involved in investments, asset ownership, contracting, operation and maintenance and capital projects (setting up manufacturing plants) in solar energy. In BP, Santosh was part of the start up of a global centre of excellence which he looked after from 2002 till 2009. Subsequent to this Santosh was briefly involved with 3M in India where he was part of the team that attempted to start a projects centric market center organization.
Sujoy Bose
Sujoy Bose
MD & CEONational Investment and Infrastructure Fund
India
Sujoy Bose is Managing Director & CEO of the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund of India. NIIF is a public-private partnership anchored by a significant minority investment from the Govt of India, which will leverage commercial institutional capital for investments in Indian infrastructure. Prior to this, Sujoy spent 25 years at IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, most recently as Global Co-Head and Director of Infrastructure and Natural Resources, where he oversaw IFC’s US$12.6 billion portfolio in transport, utilities, power, oil and gas and mining. Sujoy holds an MBA from Rice University and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from St Xavier's College, Kolkata, India
Tarun Shankar
Tarun Shankar
Sr. Infrastructure Investment ProfessionalIFC
India
Tarun is an infrastructure professional working with International Finance Corporation – The World Bank Group. He manages exposures for IFC across sectors. With an academic background in Economics and Management, he is a professional with experience spanning more than two decades. His previous employers have included IDBI, IL&FS, HSBC and IBRD (The World Bank Group).
Victor Molina
Victor Molina
BD Project ManagerEnel Green Power
Spain
Victor Molina serves as a BD Project Manager at Enel Green Power - Spain. In this role, he contributes to business development initiatives for the company's renewable energy projects in Spain. He is based in Spain and plays a key part in expanding Enel Green Power's footprint in the region.
The Electricity Act of 2003 was enacted by the Government of India to govern the country’s power sector with the best interests of all its stakeholders in mind. However, given the pace at which the Indian power sector has been transforming, the need for a revamp to the Act was overdue. the Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued a draft proposal for the amendment of the Electricity Act 2003. The Ministry has also given significant focus to the renewable energy sector in its proposed amendments.

Topics 
Discussion will touch on
  • How will the introduction of National Tariff Policy benefit the stakeholders
  • Will the establishment of Electricity Contract Enforcement Authority (ECEA) build investor confidence?
  • Is this the right time to propose these amendments?
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