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Bharat Climate Forum 2025

The Bharat Climate Forum 2025 aims to position India as a global leader in clean tech manufacturing, fostering self-reliance (Atmanirbharta) as the cornerstone of its journey toward a Net-Zero and Viksit Bharat. Achieving net-zero by 2070 demands not only bold climate action but also a robust domestic manufacturing ecosystem to support renewable energy, green mobility, and sustainable industries. India’s ambitious interim targets—reducing GDP emissions intensity by 45% from 2005 levels, achieving 50% of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil sources, and creating a 2.5–3 billion tonne CO₂ carbon sink by 2030— can only be met through self-reliance. Indigenizing production across critical clean tech value chains—from solar and wind to hydrogen and battery storage—will strengthen economic resilience, create jobs, and ensure energy security to support lives and livelihoods while driving industrial growth. Atmanirbharta is not just a climate and an economic imperative. It is also a strategic necessity to reduce reliance on imports, secure supply chains, and harness India’s potential as a global clean tech manufacturing hub. The Bharat Climate Forum 2025 seeks to catalyse these efforts by bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, funders, and global allies to drive investments, foster innovation, and build partnerships that align India’s net-zero ambitions with a vision for sustainable development, inclusive growth, and self-reliance.

Theme

The forum will focus on six foundational themes that are critical to driving India’s net-zero ambitions through self-reliance and clean tech leadership:

Clean energy generation and storage

Manufacturing for Net-Zero

E-mobility and green transportation

Climate finance and investment mobilization

Industrial decarbonization and clean energy transition

Building partnerships for climate action and leadership

View Agenda

10 AM Onwards

Reassemble & Coffee

10:30 AM 11:10 AM

THINKING LAB

Digital Innovation & Banks

11:10 AM 11:50 AM

FOCUSED PLAYERS

Rebuilding India post-COVID

11:50 AM 12:30 PM

GLOBAL SUJOURN

India at Centre of the World

12:30 PM 1:00 PM

Bharat First

India & Global Financial Architecture

1:00 PM 1:40 PM

POWERFUL CONVERSATION

Future of Banks in India

1:40 PM 2:20 PM

HOT DEBATE

Case for DeGovernmentalisation of Banks, or not

2:20 PM 3:00 PM

SPECIAL SESSION

The Banks & $10 trillion India

3:00 PM 3:40 PM

IN CONVERSATION

Can the Next Decade be India’s Era

3:40 PM 4:30 PM

TOWN HALL

Financing multi-trillion dream

04:30 PM 04:55 PM

CONCLUDING NOTE

Conclave Briefing

04:55 PM 05:30 PM

VELEDICTORY NOTE

Financing Multi-Trillion Dream

Invited Honorable Guests

Shri Piyush Goyal

Honorable Minster

Commerce

Shri Bhupender Yadav

Honorable Minister

MoEF&CC

Shri Pralhad Joshi

Honorable Minister

MNRE

Shri Manohar Lal Khattar

Honorable Minister

MoP

Shri Jayant Chaudhary

Honorable Minister

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE)

Invited Speakers

Ram Madhav

President

India Foundation

Prateek Agarwal

Chairman

Serentica Renewable; Former MD, Sterlite Power

Sanjeev Sanyal

Member

PM's Economic Advisory Council

Sumant Sinha

Founder

Chairman and CEO of ReNew

BVR Subrahmanyam

CEO

NITI Aayog

Nivruti Rai

CEO

Invest India

Henrik Skovby

Global Chairman

Dalberg Advisors Group

Girish Tanti

Co-founder

Suzlon

Pramath Sinha

Founding Dean ISB

Founding Dean ISB; Founder, Harappa Education, Ashoka University, Vedica Scholars Programme for Women; Former Partner, McKinsey & Company

Lord Adair Turner

Chair

Energy Transition Commission (EU)

Bhupinder Singh Bhalla

Former Secretary

MNRE

Gyanesh Chaudhary

CMD

Vikram Solar

Pankaj Sharma

Co-founder

Log9 Materials

Anjali Bansal

Founding Partner

Avaana Capital

Dr. Chintan Vaishnav

Mission Director

Atal Innovation Mission

Gurdeep Singh

Chairman and Managing Director

NTPC

Jon Creyts

CEO

Rocky Mountain Institute

Adil Zanulbhai

Chairman

Capacity Building Commission, GOI

Arpit Sharma

CEO

Skill Council for Green Jobs (SCGJ)

Shamika Ravi

Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister

Eric Soilehm

Former environment & climate change minister, Norway

Taranjit Sandhu

Former Indian Ambassador to USA

Rachel Kyte

UK Climate Envoy

Lekhan Thakkar

Joint Secretary

National Security Council, India

Pradeep Tharakan

Director

Energy Transition, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Auguste Tano Kouamé

Country Director for India, World Bank

Rajnish Kumar

Former Chairperson, SBI

Amitabh Chaudhary

CEO and MD

AXIS Bank

Anita George

CEO

ProsperETE

Rajesh Jejurikar

CEO

Mahindra Auto and Farm sectors

Pawan Munjal

CEO

Hero Motors

Shailesh Chandra

Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited & Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Limited

Rajeev Chaba

President and Managing Director

MG Motor India

N S Vishwanathan

Non-Executive Chairperson

Axis Bank

Ashok Kanth

Former Indian Ambassador to China

Shri Prakash Javadekar

Chairperson

National Tiger Conservation Authority of India, and Former Minister of MOEF&CC

Shri Suresh Prabhu

Former G20 Sherpa and Cabinet Minister of India (Commerce, Civil Aviation and others)

Nagesh Kumar

Director and Chief Executive, Institute for Studies in Industrial

R C Bhargava

Chairman, Maruti Suzuki

S Sunder Manoharan

Vice Chancellor, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Shyam Saran

Former Foreign Secretary, Govt of India

Prof. Ramesh Chand

Member, NITI Aayog

Manjeev Puri

Ambassador of India to the EU, Nepal and the UN

Anirudh Arun

Co-Founder

CEO, Blu-Smart

Ashwini Kumar Tewari

Managing Director

(Corporate Banking and Subsidiaries) of State Bank of India

Dr Raj Nehru

OSD in the Chief Minister’s Office,Haryana

Vice Chancellor of Shri Vishwakarma Skill University

Hemang Jani

Senior Advisor to the Indian Executive

Director at the World Bank

Kishor Nair

CEO

Avaada Group

Shashank Mani

Member of Parliament

Lok Sabha

Shombi Sharp

UN Resident

UN Resident Coordinator in India

Sunil Sinnarkar

Managing Director

Managing Director, KSolare

Vikram Shroff

Vice-Chairman and Co-CEO

Vice-Chairman and Co-CEO, UPL Group

Yash Pal Sachar

Vice President

Corporate Affairs, Ashok Leyland

Invited Moderator

Siddharth Zarabi

Editor

Business Today TV

Ila Patnaik

Chief Economist

Aditya Birla Group

Aakash Sethi

CEO

Quest Alliance

Shaurya Doval

Director, India Foundation and MD

Torch Investment Management

A K Saxena

Senior Director

Senior Director, TERI

Subrahmanyam Pulipaka

CEO

National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI)

Akshima Ghate

MD India

Rocky Mountain Institute

Jagabanta Ningthoujam

Principal

Principal, RMI

Sujatha UG

Vice President

Global Partnerships & Net Zero, Invest India

Amit Jain

Senior Energy Specialist

World Bank

Sachin Chaturvedi

RIS

Shalabh Tandon

Head

Climate, South Asia, IFC

Mahua Acharya

CEO

Former CEO of Convergence Energy Services Limited and Rocky Mountain Institute

Dinesh Jagdale

Former Joint Secretary

MNRE

Vinay Rastogi

Former CEO

Bridge to India

Swapan Mehra

CEO

Iora Ecological Solutions

K S Popli

India head

International Biogas Association

Dr. Rahul Walawalkar

Chairman

India Energy Storage Alliance and RMI

Vivek Sen

India Director

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)

Dr. Pritam Banerjee

Professor & Head

Centre for WTO Studies Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

Sidharth Jain

Founder & CEO

MEC+

Dhruba Purkayastha,

Director for Growth and Institutional Advancement with Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

Invited Keynote Speakers

Amitabh Kant

India’s G20 Sherpa

Shailesh Chandra

Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited & Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Limited

Jayant Sinha

Former MoS

Finance, India

SMT. MEENAKSHI LEKHI

Former MoS

Foreign Affairs

Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Former Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Electronics and Information Technology, and Jal Shakti

Dr. Ajay Mathur

Director General

ISA

Sanjiv Puri

Chairman & Managing Director

ITC Limited

Damilola Ogunbiyi

Special Representative of the UN SecretaryGeneral for Sustainable Energy & CEO of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL)

Governing cum Organizing Team

Chairperson NK Singh

Former Member Rajya Sabha

Chairman 15th Finance Commission

Co-Chairperson SUMANT SINHA

Founder Chairman and CEO

ReNew Power

Meenakshi Lekhi

Former Minister

Former Minister of State for External Affairs

ASHWANI MAHAJAN

Member Secretary

Economist

JAGEET SAREEN

Member Secretary

Global Partner, Dalberg

Bharat Climate Forum 2025

Theme

Clean energy generation and storage

Manufacturing for Net-Zero

E-mobility and green transportation

Climate finance and investment mobilization

Industrial decarbonization and clean energy transition

Building partnerships for climate action and leadership

Reassemble & Coffee

THINKING LAB

FOCUSED PLAYERS

GLOBAL SUJOURN

Bharat First

POWERFUL CONVERSATION

HOT DEBATE

SPECIAL SESSION

IN CONVERSATION

TOWN HALL

CONCLUDING NOTE

VELEDICTORY NOTE

Invited Honorable Guests

Invited Speakers

Invited Speakers

Invited Moderator

Invited Keynote Speakers

Governing cum Organizing Team

Organisers

Partners

Strategic Partners

Associate Sponsors

Bharat Climate Forum 2025 - Agenda

Inauguration and Welcome address

Welcome address by Ashwini Mahajan and N K Singh. Welcoming the Hon’ble Minister, MoEF&CC, Bhupender Yadav

Inaugural fireside chat: Bharat’s potential as cleantech manufacturing hub

Viksit Bharat: A Vision for Net Zero through Atmanirbharta

Fireside chat: Role of government in accelerating cleantech manufacturing in India

Tea break and reconvening in plenary

Welcoming the Hon’ble Minister, MNRE, Pralhad Joshi. Opening remarks on: Bharat: The Cleantech Hub for the World

Delivering on the Transition: Can Bharat Become Cost-Competitive by Indigenizing Clean Tech Manufacturing?

Lunch break

Welcoming the Hon’ble Minister, MoP - Manohar Lal Khattar. Opening remarks on: Strengthening cleantech innovation and manufacturing capabilities for energy transition in India

Strengthening Bharat’s Clean Tech and Manufacturing Ecosystem: Connecting Ideas, Innovation, and Industry

Pathways for India’s transition to green mobility: Role of Hybrid vs. EVs and other technologies

Welcoming the Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Jayant Chaudhary. Opening remarks on: CREATING GREEN WARRIORS: Mounting Brigade of Workforce, to Future Entrepreneurs

From Workers to Entrepreneurs: Building Bharat’s Workforce for Clean Tech Manufacturing

High-level fireside chat on: BHARAT Manufacturing Model: Win-win for World

Global Partnerships for Green Ambitions: Technology, Trade, and Resources

Fireside chat: How to make rural India climate ready?

Financing an Atmanirbhar Bharat: Unlocking Capital for Clean Tech Manufacturing

Fireside chat: Changing Global Green Order: Opportunities for India

Valedictory session and welcome of Hon’ble Minster, Commerce, Piyush Goyal

Insights on BCF technical roundtables

Ministerial address and launch of Bharat Cleantech Manufacturing Platform, Hon’ble Minster, Commerce, Piyush Goyal

Closing the forum

Networking dinner

Mobilizing Investments and Financing for Cleantech Manufacturing in India- What is the role of Development Finance

Lighting the Way: Solar Solutions for a Self-Reliant Bharat

Charging Ahead: Bharat’s Journey to Green Mobility Self-Reliance

Harnessing the Wind: Local Solutions across the Wind Energy value chain

The Hydrogen Opportunity: Can India Lead the Global Shift?

Fuelling the Future: Localizing Bioenergy Supply Chains

Electrifying Bharat: The Role of Battery Storage in achieving Net-Zero

Role of NBFCs in supporting clean technologies

Global trade and climate dynamics: Impact and role of green tariffs, nearshoring, domestic regime and other trade shifts on cleantech manufacturing and green energy

Register to Attend

10 January 2025

ITC MAURYA, NEW DELHI