DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT (DSM) & RENEWABLE ENERGY (RE) IN INDIA: CAPACITY BUILDING OF CSOS (DREC PROJECT) 
Saturday, August 6, 2011
VIKSAT campus, Thaltej Tekra, Thaltej, Ahmedabad – 54
09:30 – 10:00 Registration/Tea
10:00 – 11:00 Inaugural Session
Welcome Address
Dilip Surkar – Director, VIKSAT
Inaugural Addresses
- Kartikeya Sarabhai, Managing Trustee, Nehru Foundation for Development, Ahmedabad – Chair
- Dr. Ketan Shukla – Secretary, Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC),Gandhinagar – Guest of Honur
- Udai S. Mehta – Project Co-ordinator and Assistant Director, CUTS, Jaipur
- S.K. Nanda, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Forest and Environment, Government of Gujarat. – Chief Guest
- Natasha Bhan, Programme Associate (Power), Shakti Sustainable
- Energy Foundation (SSEF)
Overview of the DREC Project
Gaurav Shukla, CUTS International, Jaipur
11:00 – 11:30 High Tea
11:30 – 12:30 Panel Discussion on “Nature and Scope of CSO intervention in the context of RE and DSM”
Chair
Dr. Gopichandran, Director-In-Charge, Gujarat Energy Research Management Institute (GERMI), Gandhinagar
Panellists
- Dr. Omkar Jani, Principal Scientist, Gujarat Energy Research Management Institute, Gandhinagar
- Bhaskar Raval, Chief Electrical Inspector, Gujarat.
- Alok Das, Business Development Head, Suzlon Energy, Ahmedabad
- K.K.Bagchi, Executive Director, Amrit Bio-Energy
Floor Discussion
12:30 – 13:30 Successful interventions by stakeholders in the Energy Sector in India
Chair
Dr. Chander Mohan, Director, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India (GoI)
Presenters
- Kaushal Shah – Saket Energy Group – Ahmedabad
- Vinod Gadhvi – Aashapura Bahulakshi Charitable Trust – Bhuj
- Jaskan Chaudhury – Motibhai Charitable Trust – Mehsana
Floor Discussion
13:30 – 13:50 Summary and Vote of thanks
Udai S Mehta, National Coordinator for DREC project & Assistant Director, CUTS International
14:30 Lunch