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Shri Suresh PrabhuHonourable Railway Minister

Topic: Shri Prabhuji will offer deeper insights into his turnaround plan for

the Indian Railways. He will be speaking on:

The challenges involved in a project of this magnitude and his

strategy for addressing the same.

The 5 year action plan floated by the government .

The evolving regulatory framework for the sector.

The investment opportunities involved in the programme.

His long term vision for Indian Railways.

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February 15-17, 2016St. Regis Hotel, Mumbai

EdelweissIndia Conference 2016

DISRUPTIVEINNOVATIONS

Anil SwarupCoal Secretary,

Future of Coal in India

Topic: Future of coal in India:

Mr. Anil Swarup will discuss the challenges in making India self-reliant in

coal.

l With Coal India's focus on doubling coal production and opening up

the sector for commercial mining, is there a threat of India's

production exceeding demand in coming years?

l In the backdrop of current power capacity operating at low PLFs,

slowing capacity additions in thermal power and the government's

focus on renewable energy sources (solar, wind, nuclear power),

what is the future of coal in India?

Power Push

Zachary ShahanDirector and Editor, CleanTechnica.com,EVObsession.com

Topic: CleanTechnica's experience with clean energy and how he sees

India progressing in the space given its renewed commitment to a

cleaner environment.

Mr. Zachary Shahan is also the president of Important Media. Mr.

Shahan, since he was a teenager, has been obsessed with helping the

world help itself. He has used his passion to travel to promote healthy &

eco-friendly vegetarian food; he has worked as an advocate of bicycle

transportation, mass transit & sustainable development; he has also

worked as a city planner & urban research consultant; and is an avid

blogger.

Mr. Shahan is included among the top 20 eminent world personalities like

US President Obama, Elon Musk, Carlos Ghosn, Mark Reuss and several

other top auto company executives for his influence on fuel economy

matters (with the ranking methodology developed over the course of a

decade at Cornell University). He has been interviewed by CNBC &

Harvard Business Review for their “Energy Opportunities” series and by

Mashable for its “5 Startups Improving Society Through Technology”

series. He is also the founder and owner of Solar Love, EV Obsession and

Bikocity. Mr. Shahan's work has been tweeted by Elon Musk at least

once.

Maverick Energiser









Topic: Views on India's growing appetite for auto fuels and India's increasing

competitiveness in the global refining space.

Mr. B. Ashok has been the Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation since July 2014. He

also heads Indian Oil's group companies—Chennai Petroleum Corporation and

IOT Infrastructure & Energy Services— and industry organisations such as

Petroleum Federation of India (PetroFed). With over 33 years' expertise in the oil &

gas sector, he has a wide experience in various roles of the Corporation's

marketing division and has also been part of the core team that initiated Business

Development activities at its corporate office for diversification of business and

integration, both upstream and downstream.

At Indian Oil, Mr. Ashok is known for his transformational and people-centric

leadership. In his various roles he has been able to energise entire teams to

perform and deliver results through positive engagement and a shared vision.

B AshokChairman,

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

Fuelling Growth

Topic: Insight on India's opportunities / challenges of fuel security and ONGC's role

as India's biggest producer of oil and gas.

Mr. Sarraf is the Chairman & Managing Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

and Chairman of ONGC Videsh, Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals and 5 other

ONGC group companies. He has experience of over three and half decades in the

oil and gas industry, having started his career in Oil India. Mr. Sarraf was elevated to

the post of Director (Finance) in ONGC Videsh (OVL) in 2005 where he served till

2007. During this period, OVL made significant acquisitions in Syria, Brazil,

Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Egypt and Myanmar. In December 2007, he rejoined

ONGC as Director (Finance). In 2011, Mr. Sarraf went back to OVL assuming the

charge as its Managing Director, in which capacity he transformed the

organisation into an aggressive growth engine for the ONGC Group by clinching

many high value deals within a short span of time. In March 2014, he rejoined

ONGC as its Chairman & Managing Director.

The Explorer

Dinesh K. SarrafChairman & Managing Director, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

Topic: An insight into BP's global energy outlook and the key shifts to watch for in

the energy space in the coming decade.

Dr. Kaushik Deb is an economist with British Petroleum (BP) in India. His research

interests lie in infrastructure economics. Mr. Deb is responsible for overseeing the

analysis of natural gas markets in Group Economics in BP with a focus on LNG

markets. In addition, he also leads macroeconomic analysis of South and South

East Asian economics, especially India. He has two decades of research, consulting

and teaching experience in a variety of infrastructure sectors, including sector

restructuring studies, energy-environment-economy modeling, energy and

environmental economics. Mr. Deb has worked closely with several municipal,

state and national level agencies in this sector advising them on policy and

operational issues while serving on subject specific committees set up by various

government departments.

Global Behemoth

Dr. Kaushik D.Deb

British PetroleumDirector and CEO,





Topic: SunEdison's experience in the renewable energy space and the

opportunities and challenges he sees in India for the development of renewable

energy.

Mr. Pashupathy Gopalan has been with SunEdison since 2009 and is currently the

President of the Asia Pacific business. He is responsible for building the company's

renewable energy business in the region and has led SunEdison to build over

900MW of renewable energy power plants in India, Thailand, Malaysia, South

Africa, China and Japan. Under his leadership, SunEdison was named India's Best

Solar Power Producer by IPPAI (Independent Power Producers Association of

India) and Deloitte, and was recognized globally for the ground breaking Gujarat

Narmada Canal Top Solar project in 2012. SunEdison was also named as India's

most Innovative Developer for 2014 under Mr. Gopalan's leadership. He was also

named the Solar Power Person of the Year for 2014-15 by Fortune Media Group in

India. Mr. Gopalan was also one of the team leaders responsible for MEMC's

acquisition of SunEdison in 2009.

The Visionary

Pashupathy Gopalan

President, SunEdison - Asia Pacific

Sumant SinhaChairman & CEO,

ReNew Power - TransformingEnergy

Topic: An insight into the challenges before India as it attempts to

balance its growth ambitions and meeting commitments to a cleaner

environment.

Mr. Sumant Sinha is currently also the Chairman of the National

Renewable Energy Committee of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

ReNew Power, one of India's largest clean energy companies, was

founded in 2011 with the purpose of establishing a robust and

sustainable presence as an Independent Power Producer (IPP) across the

clean energy space of wind and solar energy. The company has raised

funding from Goldman Sachs, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Asian

Development Bank and Global Environment Fund. Under Mr. Sinha's

leadership, ReNew Power has grown organically and has more than

1,600MW of commissioned and under-construction clean energy assets.

Additionally, it has a development pipeline of more than 1GW solar, wind

and solar rooftop projects.

He is a passionate advocate of solutions to climate change through the

intersection of business and public policy. He has also won multiple

awards like Renewable Energy Leader of the Year at the National Awards

for Excellence in Renewable Energy and Excellence Award 2015 in the

renewable energy sector at the Energy and Environment Foundation

Global Excellence Award 2015.

The Transformer





Bhaskar BhattManaging Director,

Titan

Topic: Titan has been at the forefront of disruption to grow organised jewellery market. How Titan has sailed through the tough tides amidst constantly changing regulations, consumer insights on discretionary spends and competition from online retailers. Will also dwell on the company's take on discretionary slowdown and how it is tackling it w.r.t. watches and eyewear.

Mr. Bhaskar Bhat assumed the position of Managing Director of Titan Company on April 1, 2002. Most of his working experience has been in sales & marketing. Having started his career as a management trainee with Godrej & Boyce in 1983, he moved on after 5 years and joined the Tata Watch Project (initiated at Tata Press). Since 1983, Mr. Bhat has been associated with the Tata Watch Project, which was later christened Titan Watches and now Titan Company. At the company, he dealt with sales & marketing, HR, international business and various general managerial assignments.

Jewel In The Crown





Topic: How disruption will change the way people think of commuting – car pooling, a cost effective alternative to public transport and private taxis.

Mr. Raghav Gupta is India Country Manager at BlaBlaCar. He is leading the company's journey in this large and exciting market and believes in applying a glo-cal approach to bring the best global practices with a strong local proposition to Indian audiences. Mr. Gupta started his career in the fashion business and then spent a number of years working in management consulting as a consumer & retail expert with Booz & Company and Technopak Advisors.

Easy DriveRaghav Gupta

Country Manager-India, BlaBlaCar

Vivek GambhirManaging Director,

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.

Topic: How GCPL has used disruptive innovation in various categories to

change consumer behaviour in its favour to maintain leadership with

accelerated growth.

Mr. Vivek Gambhir joined Godrej Industries in 2009 as Chief Strategy

Officer and was responsible for enhancing strategic capabilities within

group companies, guiding overall group strategy, conducting portfolio

analysis, leading mergers & acquisitions and driving special projects.

Under his leadership, the group's planning processes became more

robust. He helped define the CREATE portfolio strategy and the 10X10

objective for the group. Mr. Gambhir led the Finance, Investor Relations,

Legal and IT functions for Godrej Industries.

In his role as Chief Strategy Officer, Mr. Gambhir was closely involved with

GCPL. He was the key architect of the company's 3x3 strategy, led

mergers & acquisitions and was instrumental in driving the company's

international expansion efforts. He co-led Project Neo that developed

the blueprint for integrating the erstwhile Godrej Sara Lee business with

GCPL. He also led the process for a private equity investment in the

company.

The Bellwether





Rajat GandhiFounder & CEO, Faircent - India

Topic: How Faircent will revolutionise the finance services industry by

setting new standards for the way lending is done—provide a broad

market place for interested individuals to pursue their bilateral

transactions. Highlight how it is a risk-based investment platform and not

a deposit mobilizing institution. Also, challenges it envisages, either in

terms of regulations or competition, and how scalable is the business

model.

Mr. Rajat Gandhi has over 17 years of work experience, of which 13 years

have been in internet. One of the earliest professionals of internet in

India, he has extensive hands-on experience in launching and building

portals, online classifieds, communities, e-commerce and digital

advertising businesses.

Setting Benchmarks





Topic: How BankBazaar has been at the helm of catalyzing change in the

banking landscape— garnering active visitor base of 5 million in a short

span, a spectacular achievement. He will also discuss how the company's

innovation of providing a paperless KYC processing system will go a long

way in enhancing customer experience.

Bank Bazaar.com was founded in 2008 by a group of young engineers who

decided to make life easier for people who faced delays in getting loans

sanctioned from banks. From disbursing loans of Rs 200 crore (Rs 2

billion) in the first year, today, after four years, annual disbursals have

touched Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion). In just two years, Bank Bazaar.com

was chosen as one of the 'Hottest Startups' in India by Business Today.

The company which started with a capital of Rs 45 lakh and 6 people has

130 employees and 60 consultants today. Mr. Adhil Shetty is the Founder

& CEO and has been blazing a trail across New York City, San Jose,

Bengaluru and Mumbai, having worked with Deloitte Touche

Tomahatsu's US East alliances and Cisco Systems.

The Trailblazer

Adhil ShettyFounder & CEO,

BankBazaar





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