Speakers

Vikash is a climate change and sustainability expert working on diversified projects & roles for last 18 years. He has undergone extensive training in the validation and verification of GHG offset projects including the accreditation requirements for the DOEs/VVBs. He has actively been involved in the validation and verification and internal technical review of more than 500 GHG offset projects in under different GHG Programs and under different sectoral scope , more than 500 GHG mitigation activities worldwide, covering a range of sectoral scopes, such as Energy industries (renewable - / non-renewable sources), Energy demand, Manufacturing industries, Chemical industries, Metal production, Fugitive emissions from fuels (solid, oil and gas), waste management, Livestock and Land use & forestry. He was also involved in assessment of baseline & monitoring methodology and standardized baseline. 

‘Master in Biology’, University of Ghent. 17 years of experience with the Jan De Nul Group, including 14 years as an expat on civil, dredging, and offshore projects worldwide. Extensive work experience as a (Lead) Environmental (Site) Engineer and (Senior) Project Survey Manager. Proficient with a wide range of topographic and hydrographic equipment, monitoring techniques, data acquisition and processing software, as well as environmental sensors and environmental mitigation techniques. Skilled in overseeing and managing projects from the start-up phase through to completion, including personnel management, client and authority reporting, and handling installations both in the field and aboard dredging and offshore vessels. From January 2024, Manager of the Marine Environmental Department within Jan De Nul Group. 

With a degree in Civil Engineering followed by an MBA in Marketing, and a Master of Financial Analysis, Daljit Singh Kohli started his career as a self-employed civil engineering consultant. Later he moved to work along with a consultancy group specialized in providing India Entry Strategies for Scandinavian companies. In 2008, he joined ‘New Zealand Trade & Enterprise’ (the economic development agency of the NZ Government) helping New Zealand companies enter and expand in the Indian subcontinent mainly in India, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka. Currently he is the International Representative for India for the Port of Antwerp-Bruges and is responsible for the development of cargo flows between India and Europe through the Port of Antwerp-Bruges along with attracting investments to the Port, thereby contributing to the economic prosperity of the Port, the region of Flanders and Belgium. A true trade facilitator, Daljit brings 20+ years of broad experience and network in many domains and in multiple sectors.

Ms. Rucha Shevde has over 10 years of techno-commercial experience in the New Energy Industry. She is a Masters in Chemical Engineering and worked in multiple roles including R&D, innovation management & scale up of technologies. In her current role as Deputy Science & Technology Counsellor at Flanders Investment & Trade, she focusses on cooperation between India & Flanders on climate technologies.

Shaurya is a dedicated climate change and sustainable development professional with a focus on creativity, innovation, systems-based approaches, and empirical methodologies. He is a researcher at the Global Centre for Environment and Energy at Ahmedabad University and the Contact Point for the Mitigation Working Group at YOUNGO, UNFCCC. Concurrently pursuing a Master’s in International Relations and a diploma in Environmental Law and Policy, his work spans the science-policy interface of climate change, energy, urban planning, and sustainable development. Shaurya has assisted the Working Group III’s Co-Chair and Technical Support Unit (TSU) on Assessment Report Six (AR6) cycle of the IPCC. His past work includes projects on urban equity, urban housing, and climate strategy at CEPT University, where he earned his bachelor’s in urban planning.

Holds a PhD in Language Studies, with a focus on teaching/learning and foreign language teacher education (UEL, 2013). She is an adjunct professor at the State University of Northern Paraná, where she has taught undergraduate and graduate courses. In the field of university management, she has served as Coordinator of the Language Program, the Center for Languages, Communication and Arts, Institutional Coordinator of the Science without Borders Program, Languages without Borders Program, International Language Center, Teaching Initiation Program, as well as Coordinator of International Relations (2014 – 2022). From 2014 to 2023, she served as executive secretary of the Internationalization and Mobility Chamber of the Brazilian Association of Rectors of State and Municipal Universities (ABRUEM), where she coordinated several international missions, in addition to the National and Latin American Mobility Program (PILA). She was vice-president of the Brazilian Association for International Education (FAUBAI) from 2017 to 2019. Since 2014, she has been the State Coordinator of the Paraná Speaks Languages Program (English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese as a language of reception), under the State Secretariat of Science, Technology, and Higher Education (SETI). Since 2018, she has been the Advisor for International Strategic Projects at the Araucária Foundation, working to expand and strengthen internationalization policies in support of science diplomacy in the state of Paraná. She has had language policy and internationalization projects approved by the British Council and Araucária Foundation, and was awarded by ELAP (Emerging Leaders of America) while participating in diplomatic missions. She has publications, book editing work, and focuses her research on the development and impact of language and internationalization policies.

Kapil Narula is Senior Analyst, Breakthrough Agenda at the Climate Champions Team where he works on catalysing international cooperation for ambitious climate action. He has over two decades of versatile work experience in international organisations, government, think tank and universities. He works on clean energy transition, climate change and maritime sustainability. He is the author/editor of seven books and more than 100 articles/papers. He has earlier worked as Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations, Advisor (Energy) at NITI Aayog, lecturer at the University of Geneva and worked in the Government of India. He holds an interdisciplinary PhD degree in economics, master’s degree in engineering and has a certification in sustainability and climate risk.

Dr Pushplata Singh is working as Senior Fellow and Associate Director of the Nano Commercial Production area of Sustainable Agriculture Division. With 23 years of experience in the Biotechnology sector, Dr Pushplata’ s expertise spans across areas such as Genome wide association studies, Genome analysis, improvement of biofertilizers, nutrient use efficiency, nano-fertilizers, nano-pesticides, application of nanomaterials for pharmaceuticals and other environmental applications. At TERI, she is involved in Nano Research and Commercial production (NCP); Mitigation of greenhouse gas emission (GHG) from agriculture; Improvement of soil organic carbon (SOC), improvement of biofertilizers, development of bio-control formulations, technologies for climate resilient agriculture and development of policies for Agriculture.

Dr Pushplata is a member of advisory committees including, BIS Metallurgical Engineering Department- Nanotechnologies Sectional Committee MTD 33 (mtd33), BioNanoNet (BNN) and International Initiative for Safe and Sustainable Nanotechnology (INISS). She holds a Ph. D. in Interdisciplinary Sciences with a major in Genetics from the University of Delhi, India.

Dr. Shruti Sethi is a Principal Scientist in the Division of Food Science and Postharvest Technology at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. She obtained her Bachelors’ (Delhi University), Masters’ (G.B.Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar) and Ph.D (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana) degrees in the discipline of Food Technology. For the past 21 years, she is serving in Agricultural Research Service of ICAR with research, teaching and extension assignments. As faculty member, she has been teaching PG and PhD students and guided/ guiding 6 Ph. D and 9 M.Sc students as Chairperson. Her research interests centre primarily on fresh produce handling and value addition of agri-produce. Presently, her area of work includes safety and quality aspects of whole and minimally processed fruits and vegetables through application of GRAS chemicals, ozone, edible coatings, modified atmosphere packaging; enrichment of foods through vacuum impregnation, natural colourants and waste utilization. Dr. Shruti is Fellow of Indian Academy of Horticultural Sciences, New Delhi. She was an invited speaker in the International Food and Nutrition Conference held at Tuskegee University, Alabama, USA. Dr. Shruti was involved in the Indo-Myanmar ACARE program for strengthening the PG teaching in Yezin Agricultural University, Myanmar. She has around 120 research publications to her credit apart from other book chapters, outreach articles and teaching aids.

Dr. Pratap Bhattacharyya is currently working as a Principal Scientist Head of Crop Production Division at ICAR-NRRI, Cuttack, Odisha. His fields of specialization are climate change, carbon dynamics, GHGs emission-mitigation, resource conservation technologies and microbial diversity in rice. He has given a unique concept that lowland rice ecology is a net carbon sink by using advanced Eddy covariance techniques. The spatial and temporal variations of GHGs emission in mangrove-rice ecology in Sundarbans are quantified by him. He is Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India (FNAAS); Fellow of West Bengal of Academy of Science and Technology (WAST); Fellow of IASWC; Fellow of ARRW; got ICAR-LBS young scientist award; Dr K J Tejwani award by IASWC; Mosaic Foundation award; Certificate of Excellence by University of Georgia, USA and also an ICAR National Fellow. He has published more than 150 research articles including research papers, books, book chapters, and popular articles. He has guided 5 PhD and 8 MSc students.

Dr. Bhatia is a Principal Scientist at the Division of Environment Science, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi having more than 27 years of experience in climate research. She has made significant contributions to quantifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reactive nitrogen fluxes from agricultural soils, evaluating the impacts of management practices, as well as biotic and abiotic factors on GHG emissions, their mitigation, and enhancing nitrogen use efficiency. Her research has improved the accuracy of GHG emission estimates from Indian agriculture. She has contributed to the development of a greenhouse gas emission module in the InfoCrop crop growth model, which predicts the impacts of management practices and climate change on crop yield and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as Tier 3 GHG inventories and adaptation options. She established a free air enrichment facility to quantify the impacts of climate change and identify adaptation options for crops vulnerable to climatic risks. She has represented the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in global greenhouse gas intercomparison studies within the AGMIP platform.  She serves as an expert consultant for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India (GOI), on National Communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Additionally, she is an expert technical reviewer for national greenhouse gas inventories for the UNFCCC and a reviewer of IPCC reports. She has published more than 100 research papers, with an H-index of 44, i10-index of 103 having more than 8000 citations in international literature.

Sh. Ajay Yadav is a 2005 batch IAS officer of the Bihar Cadre. Currently, he serves as the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, where he oversees the National Green Hydrogen Mission and handles regulatory affairs. His prior assignments include roles in Revenue Administration, Urban Administration, and Agriculture/Horticulture.

Dr Sumit Kumar Gautam is a seasoned environmentalist who has professional interest and experience on integrated river basin management, environmental policies, and wastewater management. During his 18 years of professional experience, he has contributed to various research as well consultancy projects as Lead Investigator and/or senior researcher and has published several articles in peer reviewed journals. He was the recipient of Young Scientist Project by DST (Government of India) and Endeavor Research Fellowship, Australian Government. He also served as a Member of the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) of the Government of Delhi. He holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India.

Naveen Mathur is a Business and Strategy Expert with about three decades of rich experience across various industries. He has worked earlier both in India and overseas markets in global corporates such as Nokia, Whirlpool, Electrolux and WaterHealth. He is a distinguished professional revered for his growth strategies coupled with a deep understanding of cross-functional organizational methodologies and strong triple bottom-line orientation.

He nurtures a strong emotional connection with nature and humanity that drives a very noble cause of water sustainability and preservation. Mr Naveen is the Chief Executive Officer of Maithri Aquatech, a company formed under the ‘Make-In-India’ initiative of the government of India with the vision to build ‘Water from Air’ as a new scalable and sustainable category of water while preserving crucial ground and surface water resources. In this endeavour, Maithri Aquatech manufactures India’s indigenous Atmospheric Water Generator (AWG), MEGHDOOT- that produces clean, safe, potable water for all domestic, industrial and commercial use.

Under Naveen’s leadership, the company has successfully executed over 1800 projects across 37 countries, establishing itself as a global leader in sustainable water solutions. Maithri Aquatech has received several prestigious awards such as the United Nations Global SDG Pioneer Award for Water Stewardship, Global Water Award by Suqia UAE, KPMG Global Tech Innovator Competition.

Mr Naveen holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) in Marketing from the Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai.

He is a member of the CII National Committee of Water and the ASSOCHAM National Water Council.

Dr S K Sarkar is Distinguished Fellow and Advisor, Water Resources Division at TERI. He headed the Natural Resources and Climate Programme in (including water resources sector) during 2014-2023. From 1998 till 2003 Dr Sarkar worked as Senior Fellow, TERI in infrastructure (including water resources) division, and during 2005-2007 as Director, Division of Regulatory Studies and Governance in TERI. He is a Doctorate in Economics (1991) from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York.

Dr Sarkar is an IAS officer (retired). He is a former Secretary to the GoI in the Ministry of Water Resources. He was also Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, Govt. of India (2013-14). He served other Ministries including Finance Ministry in the Government of India, and worked in various capacities with Government of West Bengal. He worked as Member Secretary, West Bengal Pollution Control Board under State Environment Department during 2003-05 and formulated policies on plastic waste management. He also worked as consultant with the Asian Development Bank and with the World Bank/PPIAF (Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility).

Dr Sarkar has got several publications to his credit, has authored and edited books on infrastructure issue and has presented a number of important papers in several conferences.

He taught a course on “Public Policy” in the Kabul University (2007), Afghanistan, and also at TERI SAS (formerly TERI University).

Dr. Balakrishna Pisupati is an internationally renowned conservation and development specialist with close to three decades of experience working at national, regional and international levels, holding positions such as the Chairperson of FLEDGE, an international think tank, Vice-Chancellor, TransDisciplinary University (TDU, India), Head of Environmental Policy, Chief of Biodiversity, Land Law and Governance programmes at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, Kenya), Senior Policy Fellow at Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI, Norway), Chairman, National Biodiversity Authority-Government of India (NBA, India), Coordinator, Biodiplomacy Programme at United Nations University (UNU-IAS, Japan), Head, Regional Biodiversity Programme for Asia at the World Conservation Union (IUCN, Sri Lanka), Head, Biodiversity and Biotechnology programme at the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF, India).

He is currently the Head of UNEP’s Office in India.

He is an invited Fellow of American Association of Advancement of Science, Fellow of New York Academy of Sciences, elected Fellow of Linnean Society London, invited member of Cambridge Commonwealth Society, Policy Fellow at Fridtjof Nansen Institute.

He has published widely and have authored more than 20 books and 150 research and policy papers.

Mr Nitin Desai is a distinguished economist and a well-known voice in public policy for a nationally and internationally, especially in the sustainable development sector. He was in the Planning Commission (1973-88) and later served as the Chief Economic Adviser and Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, in the Ministry of Finance (1988-90). He also served as Senior Economic Adviser for the World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland Commission) where he introduced the concept of sustainable development. He was the Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs in the UN, where his major contributions included the organization of a series of global summits, notably the Rio Earth Summit (1992), the Copenhagen Social Development Summit (1995), the Monterrey Finance and Development Summit (2002) and the Johannesburg Sustainable Development Summit (2002). He oversaw the creation of the Commission on Sustainable Development in the UN, and was the first Under Secretary General for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development.

Ajay Shankar is a Distinguished Fellow at TERI and has had rich and varied experience in public service for over forty years. He has served in the Government of India in policy making positions in the areas of industry and energy. He worked for about a decade in the Power Ministry and played a key role in piloting the reform legislation, the Electricity Act 2003 and the major programme for completing the universalization of electricity access launched in 2005 under which over 100,000 villages have since been electrified. He was associated with the preparation of the water and environment sector plants for the 11th plan in the Planning Commission.

Sadhvi Saran is a Strategy and Policy Advisor in the Emerging Technologies Division at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – the UN’s specialized agency on technology. A lawyer, with experience spanning the private and multilateral sectors, her work at ITU focuses on international policy related to Internet governance, digital resilience and AI. Sadhvi holds a Master of Laws in International Law degree (LL.M.) from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a B.A.,LL.B. (Corporate Law Hons.) from the National Law University, Jodhpur.

Over thirty-four years of experience in the field of energy, environment and sustainable development. Dr Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman is currently Director, School of Sustainability, NAMTECH which is an ArcelorMittal/NipponSteel – AMNS - education initiative. Earlier for close to a decade Dr Rehman was with VITO till April 2024. Vito, is a leading Flemish government owned, not for profit, international organization. As part of VITO’s International Office he led South Asia and India Operations and was also CEO, VITO Arabia LLC. 

Prior to Vito as a Senior member of TERI Management (Senior Director) Dr Rehman led a team of researchers and implementors; on cross cutting Global Campaigns (Lighting a Billion Lives Program in South Asia and Africa); for Global Research Initiative (As Lead Consultant for UNDP Regional Energy Program for Poverty Reduction for Asia and Asia Pacific); and for Major Research and Implementation Programs in India (Comprehensive Initiative for Bio Fuels; DFID TERI Program on Energy Access); and Evaluation of National Biogas and Cookstove Programs in India; etc.

Dr Rehman has a Master’s Degree in Organic Chemistry; training in Environment Management from the University of Manchester/Birmingham; and a Doctorate from the University of Utrecht, Netherlands. Dr Rehman is also a co-author of some books and has written several scientific (and policy) papers and articles in reputed journals and magazines. Dr Rehman has worked across countries in Asia, Middle East, Africa and Europe.

Ruchi Gupta is an experienced clean energy professional with over 13 years of experience working under different capacities for the government, industry, and academia in Energy Transition. She joined VITO as Senior R&D, International Energy and Climate Strategy in July 2022. She is currently leading green hydrogen projects in India and Morocco and involved in the development of an industry decarbonization support tool for SMEs in Wallonia. In her PhD work at the University of Geneva (2017-2022), she focused on three different flexibility options, namely energy storage technologies, grid reinforcement and green hydrogen to support decarbonization and the net-zero carbon goal. In her tenure prior to PhD, Dr. Gupta worked for the Government of India (2011-2017) on policy and strategy formulation, international cooperation, strategic designing to leading programmes, research and modelling, project management, liaising, communications, training, and capacity building in the field of renewable energy and sustainability. She made significant contributions to the work on power sector, renewable energy integration, off-grid rural electrification, electricity market, energy efficiency, sustainable development goals and G20 energy policy. Dr. Gupta was also instrumental in setting up the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development at the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. In her role as a consultant, she trained around 200 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) & Sustainability officers in environmental sustainability. Dr. Gupta earned her master’s degree in environmental sciences from TERI University, New Delhi and her PhD on analysis of flexibility options and sector coupling for integration of clean energy technologies from University of Geneva, Switzerland. 

Dr James Walker is Team Lead for Renewable Gases at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Innovation and Technology Centre in Bonn, Germany. He is responsible for co-ordinating IRENA activities concerned with the measures required to enable the scale up of green hydrogen and derivative value chains, and works with stakeholders in member countries to support their efforts. James has previously worked in a range of roles across academic research, consultancy, and in the civil service, always with a focus on the emerging hydrogen economy. Before joining IRENA he managed hydrogen strategy for Ofgem, the energy regulator in Great Britain.

Dorothea Müschenborn has a profound business experience in industry as well as in the public sector. Her expertise lies in management, strategic and operational marketing, business development, project management and research & development. She has been in the management team of several start-ups in the service sector and the chemical industry. Currently, Ms Müschenborn is project coordinator at the office of the hydrogen flagship project TransHyDE, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and is dedicated to the transport and storage infrastructure for green hydrogen. Ms. Müschenborn holds an MBA from London Business School and studied chemistry at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany graduating with a Diploma.

Shri Vikas Narwal is the Managing Director of Indian Ports Association. He also served as Deputy Chairman of the Cochin Port Authority. Previously, he served as the Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh State Agricultural Marketing Board. Mr. Narwal has a graduate degree in Nautical Science from T.S. Chanakya and he has worked in the shipping sector for several years as a Nautical Officer before joining the Indian Administrative Service.

Dr. Anil Kumar Jain, a former Indian Administrative Service officer (1986 batch), is currently the Chairperson of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board. With extensive administrative experience, particularly in energy and environment sectors, he has held key positions including Secretary in the Ministries of Coal and Mines, where he championed sustainable mining reforms. At the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Jain contributed to the Montreal Protocol and waste management initiatives. He has authored two books on natural gas, and his recent work focuses on India's energy security and policy development, including the National Energy Policy (2017-2040). Dr. Jain holds a BA in Economics, an MBA, and a Ph.D. on the role of natural gas in India's energy mix.

Jagabanta is a Principal and Director with RMI. leads RMI’s activities on industry and electricity decarbonisation in India. He is a veteran energy professional and international development practitioner with a demonstrated history of working in the energy and climate space in diverse geographies around the world. With RMI India he has led the delivery of critical research and advisory to NITI Aayog on Green Hydrogen and Battery Storage opportunity for India.

Surbhi Goyal is a Senior Energy Specialist with the World Bank’s Delhi office. She has over 19 years of experience and is leading some of the most innovative projects in renewable energy sector in India. Amongst other interventions, she led the World Bank’s engagement with SECI on commissioning of the largest battery with solar project in India. She is also leading a US$3 billion policy engagement on Green Hydrogen and Renewable Energy in India. She been recognized as one of the ‘Asia's Most Influential Women in Renewable Energy’. Surbhi holds a master’s degree in economics from Delhi School of Economics.

Vikram Kapur is a Senior Leader in the green energy/decarbonization space and Group President at Renew – one of world’s leading green energy company. Vikram sits on the management board of Renew and reports into the Chairman of Renew.

In his role, he is responsible for building three large global businesses for Renew - Green hydrogen/Ammonia, Carbon Offsets and Digital; Vikram also leads Renew’s foray into International Markets and Commercial functions, leads a team of global green energy technologists with a view to invest in emerging green technologies and is responsible for defining the overall strategy of the company.

Prior to joining Renew, Vikram spent 17 years at Global Management Consulting firm McKinsey & Company. He was a Senior Partner at McKinsey and lead McKinsey’s Energy and Material practice and before that McKinsey’s Infrastructure practice in India. Vikram also chaired McKinsey’s Client committee in India and was part of the Risk and Investment committee at the India office.

Vikram is a Chemical Engineer, completing his degree from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-Delhi). He is also a MBA, specialized in Finance and Marketing from the prestigious Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, where he was on the Dean’s list.

He splits his time between London, US and Delhi, traveling extensively around the world meeting global leaders in green energy.

Vaibhav Pokharna is a seasoned professional in the steel industry, with over 17 years of rich, multifaceted experience. With a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay, Vaibhav has demonstrated exceptional leadership across various domains, including project execution, energy management, and sustainability. His current focus lies in advancing decarbonization strategies, a critical area for the future of sustainable steelmaking. Vaibhav has also played a pivotal role in shaping the Green Steel Roadmap through his active involvement in task forces convened by the Ministry of Steel, driving industry-wide efforts towards a low-carbon future. His blend of technical expertise and strategic insight positions him as a thought leader in the sustainability and energy management arenas.

Shri. Abhay Bakre, Mission Director, National Green Hydrogen Misison, holds an M.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and belongs to the 1988 batch of Indian Railways Electrical Engineering Services, Ministry of Railways. He has led key railway projects, including Delhi and Kolkata Metro extensions. At the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, he spearheaded initiatives on energy conservation in industry, transport, domestic sector. As Executive Director in the Environment Directorate, Ministry of Railways, he developed India's INDC for the sector and a roadmap for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. His role also extended to participating in COP21 and COP22, contributing to India's green energy and transport initiatives.

Ankur Malyan is an energy and climate policy researcher exploring the near- and long-term aspects of clean energy transitions and mitigation pathways. He is a Manager with RMI India in the Industrial Decarbonisation team working on sectors like steel, ammonia, fertilizers, etc. Additionally, he works on national and sub-national policy advancements around green hydrogen/ammonia across hard-to-abate sectors.

Ms. Akshima Ghate is a Delhi-based Managing Director at RMI, who leads research, analysis, and partner engagement. She provides leadership to RMI India’s ongoing initiatives with the government agencies at the national and sub-national levels, which aim to transform the mobility trajectory of Indian cities to a shared, clean and people-centric path.