Delegate registration and networking tea

All participants are to be seated in the Kamal Mahal Plenary Hall, as the VVIP security will lock the perimeter of the plenary.

Welcome by the President, Convener, Chair and Co-Chair of the BCF Governing Committee, setting the tone for the Forum and its national and global ambitions

• Ashwani Mahajan - President, Bharat Climate Forum, National Co-Convener, Swadeshi Jagran Manch & Board member, CIEU
• Meenakshi Lekhi - Convener, Bharat Climate Forum & Former Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture, Government of India (GoI)
• N K Singh - Chair, Bharat Climate Forum & Chairperson 15th Finance Commission, GoI & Former Rajya Sabha MP.

Inaugural address by the Hon’ble Vice-President of India, highlighting Bharat’s commitment to sustainable and inclusive development with an emphasis on balancing economic progress with ecological responsibility. The Hon’ble Vice-President will launch the Blueprint of the national Cleantech Manufacturing Plan.

• Hon’ble Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan - Vice-President of India

• Sumant Sinha, Co-Chair - Bharat Climate Forum & Founder, Chairman & CEO, ReNew

Address from the UN Secretary-General's Climate Envoy, reinforcing India’s climate ambition and positioning India as a critical partner in mobilizing global finance and resilience efforts.

• H.E. Selwin Hart - Assistant Secretary General and Senior Advisor for Climate to the United Nations Secretary-General

Context-setting session highlighting India’s achievements and ambition for a clean, resilient, and green growth trajectory despite global geo-political uncertainties. This session will feature a moderated conversation with senior policymakers and financiers from India and around the world.

• Johannes Zutt - Vice-President, South Asia, World Bank Group
• Bhupinder Bhalla - Former Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India (GoI)
• Amitabh Kant - Senior Advisor, Fairfax Financial & Former G20 Sherpa, Government of India
• Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal - Member of Parliament & Chief Whip of BJP & National Convenor of Climate Parliament
• Girish Tanti - Co-founder, Suzlon Group

Moderator: Hem Kaur Saroya, CNN News 18

• Hon’ble Shri Manohar Lal Khattar - Minister of Power, Housing & Urban Affairs, Government of India (GoI)

A high-level fireside chat on the intersection of global and national agendas of energy, climate and economic growth.

• H.E. Damilola Ogunbiyi - CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (UN SRSG) for Sustainable Energy for All, and Co-Chair of UN-Energy
• Dr Shamika Ravi - Member, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council

Moderator: Timsy Jaipuria - Policy Editor, CNBC

This session will explore how climate adaptation and resilience are central to sustaining India’s long-term economic growth and development priorities.

• Anantha Nageswaran - Chief Economic Advisor, Government of India (GoI)
• Kamal Kishore - Special Representative of the UNSG (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction & Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
• Montek Singh Ahluwalia - Senior Economist & Former Deputy Chair, Planning Commission of India
• Franziska Ohnsorge - Chief Economist, South Asia Region, World Bank Group
• N.S. Vishwanathan - Non-Executive Chairman, Axis Bank

Moderator: Oren Ahoobim - Partner & Climate Practice Area Co-Lead, Dalberg Advisors

A high-level panel discussion on India’s National Cleantech Manufacturing Implementation Plan and its core pillars: R&D, Skilling, Raw materials, Demand, Capital Infrastructure and Machinery, and Financing.

• Gauri Singh - Deputy Director General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
• Gyanesh Chaudhary - Chairman and Managing Director, Vikram Solar
• Diane Jegam - Regional Director – South Asia, Proparco

Moderator: Sumit Chaturvedi - Former Senior Business Editor and Delhi Bureau Chief at ET NOW

Financing deep dive on mobilizing long-term climate capital, including green bonds, blended finance, sovereign guarantees and new financing institutions to make cleantech manufacturing and green industrialization bankable.

• Ashwini Kumar Tewari - Managing Director (Corporate Banking and Subsidiaries), State Bank of India
• Shalabh Tandon - South Asia Regional Head of Operations & Climate Change, IFC
• Umesh Revankar - Executive Vice Chairman, Shriram Finance Limited
• Sanjeev Kaushik - Principal Financial Sector Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Moderator: Kristween Walia - CNN-News18

A high-level dialogue on how climate impacts and hazards affect all parts of the Indian economy, from agriculture and industry to cities and infrastructure. The session will focus on the solutions and financing needed to climate-proof India’s growth.

• Shilpa Kumar - Managing Director and Head of India, British International Investment (BII)
• Manoj Mittal - Chairman and Managing Director, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
• Rajnish Kumar - Former Chairperson of State Bank of India
• Sivasubramanian Ramann - Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)
• Ajay Seth, Chairman - Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)

Moderator: Kristween Walia - CNN-News18

This panel will examine how India can enhance research, innovation, and early-stage development of cleantech and adaptation solutions across key sectors, including agriculture, public health, and water security. It will discuss how to fund, regulate, and scale science-led solutions from the lab to the field, addressing issues such as coordination between research and implementation agencies, and financing models that help translate innovation into real-world impact.

• Prof Abhay Karandikar - Secretary, Department of Science & Technology (DST)
• Deepak Bagla - Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission
• Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala - IITM
• Vikram Shroff - Vice Chairman and Co-CEO, UPL
• Mirik Gogri - CEO, Spectrum Impact and Aarti Enterprises

Moderator: Jagjeet Sareen - India-Head, Dalberg Advisors

A systems-focused panel that will unpack India’s evolving green manufacturing, mitigation, adaptation-development priorities and the policy and governance reforms needed to deliver them. It will link these national priorities to state-level governance models for implementation, such as defining clear roles and coordinating across Union, State, and local bodies, along with practical solutions and financing models that drive the last-mile delivery of benefits.

• Shri Chandra Prakash Joshi - MP Lok Sabha
• Shri Rao Rajender Singh - MP Lok Sabha
• Smt. Anita Bhadel - MLA, Rajasthan
• Shri Rohit Bohra - MLA, Rajasthan
• Dr Shikha Meel - MLA, Rajasthan
• Smt Riti Pathak - MLA, Madhya Pradesh and State Convenor, Climate Parliament
• Shri Gaurav Pardhi - MLA, Madhya Pradesh
• Shri Divya Raj, MLA - Madhya Pradesh

Moderator: Simran Babbar - Senior Correspondent, CNN-News18

• Hon’ble Shri Amardeep Bhatia - Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, GoI

An engaging conversation on how India’s digital infrastructure can strengthen climate adaptation and resilience for sectors like agriculture and others. The session will explore how solutions, ranging from AI and ML to GIS, IoT, Drones, and DPI-backed platforms, can amplify mitigation, energy transition, and green industrialization, adaptation, and resilience solutions across agriculture, cities, and vulnerable communities. This session will also feature the launch of the Climate Resilient Agriculture Innovation Grant Challenge.

• Sanjeev Bikhchandani - Founder and Executive Vice-Chairman, InfoEdge
• Vijay Shekhar Sharma - Founder & CEO, Paytm
• Shaji K.V. - Chairman and Managing Director, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
• Dr Purvi Mehta - Member, Board of Advisors, World Food Prize Foundation; Director, Board, Advanta Seeds; Senior Advisor, Global Centre for Adaptation

Moderator: Gaurav Gupta -Global Managing Director, Dalberg Advisors

• Hon’ble Shri Santosh Sarangi - Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, GoI

• Nivruti Rai - MD & CEO, Invest India, GoI

This panel will examine how India can translate national climate ambition into global leadership through deepened international collaboration. It will explore how India can align and strengthen global partnerships across governments, multilateral institutions, finance, and the private sector to accelerate climate action at scale. The discussion will highlight the technological innovations, institutional models, and implementation approaches India can share with the Global South, and the partnerships, financing pathways, and domestic readiness required to support shared transitions.

• Meenakshi Lekhi - Former Minister of State for External Affairs, Government of India (GoI)
• Amit Prothi - Director General, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
• Ashish Khanna - Director General, International Solar Alliance
• Mohamed Nasheed - Secretary-General, Climate Vulnerable Forum–V20 Secretariat
• Michael Steidl - Head of Regional Representation to South Asia, European Investment Bank
• Anand Shah - Partner-US, The Asia Group
• Hemang Jani - Senior Advisor to the Indian ED, World Bank Group

Moderator: Anand Narsimham - CNN-News18

• Hon’ble Shri Bhupender Yadav - Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, GoI (TBC)

Closing acknowledgements to Hon’ble Minister, participants, partners, and supporters.

• BCF, CIEU and Dalberg Advisors