Welcome Speech
Mr. Neeraj Swaroop, Chief Executive Officer-India, Standard Chartered Bank

Keynote Address
Dr. Subir Gokarn, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Panel 1: Finance and Climate Change
Overview of the international and domestic climate negotiations. What are the opportunities and barriers in financing a low carbon economy?
International and domestic policy framework and its implications on financial institutions.
Overview of domestic investment scenario, national action plans, and opportunities for financial institutions.
Role of financial Institutions - opportunities and challenges

Moderator:
Ms. Emily Farnworth, International Finance Director, The Climate Group

Panelist :
Mr. Nakul Zaveri, India Representative, Climate Change Capital
Mr. Pradeep Khosla, Chief General Manager, CPPD, State Bank of India.
Mr. Yashpal Gupta, Chief General Manager, IDBI Bank

Panel 2: Renewable Energy:
Role of renewable energy sector in promoting low carbon growth and key stakeholders, such as policy makers, governmental agencies, financial institutions and technology providers
Role of the government sector in providing an enabling environment for optimizing RE development, research and innovation, scaling up private sector investments.
Financial sector perspective on opportunities and barriers in scaling up RE investments
Insights from a solutions provider, an industry perspective

Moderator:
Shirish Sinha, Head Climate Change and Energy, WWF India

Panelist :
Shri Debashish Majumdar, Chairman and Managing Director, IREDA [ Download Presentation ]
Shri. R K Bhalla, Financial Advisor, IREDA [ Download Presentation ]
Mr. Vivek Mehra, MD, Sustainable Investment Bank, Yes Bank.
Mr. Rajat Misra, Project Advisory & Strategic Finance, SBI Capital Markets
Dr. Urjit Patel, President – Business Development, Reliance Industries

Findings from the Best Practice Sharing Report
Swarup Kumar Mahanti, Sr. Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Panel 3: Mainstreaming Energy Efficiency Financing

What are the policy/regulatory measures/financial incentives needed to simulate the energy efficiency market?
Products & services that financial institutions can offer to incentivise energy efficiency projects; risk guarantee funds, etc.
Insights from a solutions provider, an industry perspective.

Moderator:
Ms. Emily Farnworth, International Finance Director, The Climate Group

Panelist:
Mr. Unmesh Brahme, SVP, Group Corporate Sustainability, HSBC Bank
Mr. Sachin Khandelwal, Head – Retail Assets, ICICI Bank [ Download Presentation ]
Dr. Koshy Cherail, Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy [ Download Presentation ]
Mr. E S Balasubramanian, Consultant, WRI [ Download Presentation ]

Panel 4: Sustainable lending guidelines for Financial Institutions
Evolving sustainable lending guidelines; how do Equator Principles’ like guidelines help banks address environmental, social and financial risks?
Equator Principles and their relevance to Indian financial institutions? Case examples and principles of how these guidelines are being implemented
Private sector experience in implementing such guidelines

Moderator:
Ms. Bhavna Prasad, Head, Business & Industry, WWF-India

Panelist:
Mr. Richard English, Principal Specialist, Environment, & Social Development, International Finance Corporation
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Mr. Mark Eadie, Head of Environmental Risk, JP Morgan [ Download Presentation ]
Mr. Ashok Emani, Sr. Vice President, IDFC [ Download Presentation ]
Ms. Rita Soni, Rita Soni, Country Head, Responsible Banking, Yes Bank Ltd. [ Download Presentation ]
Mr. Rajesh Jogi, Director, Citibank India [ Download Presentation ]

Wrap up & Close