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Gauri Singh, Deputy Director General of IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency, is a career bureaucrat with over 30 years of experience in policy formulation, implementation, and advocacy in renewable energy, sustainable development, and livelihoods.

She has walked a long and fruitful path in the energy domain, but her most notable achievements, she has worked for the Government of India, where she led policy formation for India’s National Solar Mission, in 2010, and in Madhya Pradesh, where she provided strategic guidance for large sustainable development projects, with a strong focus on climate resilience.

An alumnus of Delhi University with a major in Economics, Ms. Singh spoke to ETN Editor-in-Chief Ashok Thakur at the World Utilities Conference in Abu Dhabi, where she discussed her journey, female participation in energy, and ways the sector can attract more talent.

MATTER recently launched India’s first  advanced all-electric motorbike with a gearbox, the motorbike meant for green and connected mobility of the future, aided by next generation technology. The e-bike has been designed and engineered in-house from the ground-up, with a consumer-centric product development approach focused on safety, security, reliability, and performance. Please listen in conversation with Mr Mohal Lalbhai, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, MATTER sharing his vision, journey & innovation behind this geared EV bike. 

Please listen in Dr. Ranjith Krishna Pai, Scientist E & Director at Technology Mission division at DST briefing about mission innovation, focus areas & activities towards industry-academia collaboration.

India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) is pleased to launch Industry Research & Development Fellowship Programme 2022 (IRDFP) call for applications under the DST Industry-Academia Fellowship Programme to Support academia-industry interactions in order to address industry‐informed challenges.

Heartiest Congratulations to Dr N. Kalaiselvi on her appointment as Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India’s largest research organisation. This makes her the first woman director general of India’s premier eight-decade-old research and development (R&D) organisation.

Please listen in about Dr Kalaiselvi’s journey of climbing the leadership ladder at CSIR, her work & passion for lithium battery technology, projects and her message to young girls & women who are interested to make their carrier in emerging technology research & development area. Brining her earlier address at IESA’s ‘Women in Energy forum’; as the first woman director of the CSIR-CECRI, on this occassion. 

EOSE got listed on NASDAQ via SPAC route in November 2020. The company has worked on the battery technology for over a decade and the core of the EOS energy storage systems is the zinc hybrid cathode battery technology, they call it as EOS Znyth. With 3-12 hours of discharge capability, immediate response time, and modular construction, the Eos systems can be scaled and configured for utility, C&I and other energy storage applications.

Listen in the conversation with Mr Yashwanth Mahadevan – Vice President , APAC & Middle East region for EOS energy Enterprises; sharing insights on technology, applications, markets, projects & financing aspects.

There is increasing interest from private sector commercial  & industrial companies to adopt sustainability practices and they are willing to reduce their carbon footprint. Some large corporates have started monitoring and measuring their scope 1, scope 2 & scope 3 emissions. 

Listen in to find out.. what all options are available for C & I segment, to adopt & maximize renewable energy in India and take target of RE100. 

Please listen in the conversation with Prof  Ashok Jhunjhunwala, President, IITM Research Park about his journey, his passion for ''make in India'', starting of IIT Madras Research park, creating young entrepreneurs providing innovative solutions, nurturing start-ups for real world challenges, his views on battery swapping and also advice to young technocrats.

The India Energy Storage Week Conference is a one-of-a-kind learning and collaboration platform that brings together key policymakers, innovators, thought leaders, researchers, leading companies, government agencies and stakeholders from around the world to discuss the policies framework, market transformation strategies, and technologies and business-model driven transformations. We welcome all the dignitaries & delegates to the conference.

Listen to Honorable Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari addressing delegates of IESW at New Delhi.

Listen to Mr. Vikram Handa, Managing Director Epsilon Carbon Pvt Limited Sharing his experience of building Epsilon carbon, a leading manufacturer of coal tar derivatives and India's only backward-integrated company with a dedicated source of raw materials. He shares about plant manufacturing capacity, experience of customer acquisition, supplying & qualifying raw material, his R&D facility for testing  as well as global partnerships, investments and his plan for 2025 & beyond.

Mr. Handa is also Chairperson of India Battery Supply Chain Council, initiative by IESA.

Listen to Mr Stefan Louis explaining the WHY, WHEN, WHAT about EV batteries and EV fires.  Safety  starts from the right cell selection, cell testing, verification, proper battery pack design including thermal management, battery pack assembly, battery management system, pack testing , proper through integration with electric vehicle, to proper shipping & handling.

it is a collective responsibility of all the industry to make sure the transition towards cleaner mobility happens smoothly, safely, and responsibly.