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Cleantech in India

From IT outsourcing to cleantech resourcing

Only ten years ago, India took the challenge of Y2K and turned it into a booming IT industry. Today, as one of the countries potentially most affected by resource shortages and climate change, India is poised to do the same again… in cleantech.

For a country late to the game, India’s private sector is moving as quickly as it did in building its offshore IT expertise, and is not waiting for local policy leadership. India has begun to embrace new clean technology to address its monumental water, agriculture, and transportation challenges, in many cases leapfrogging Western infrastructure. And a far-flung, entrepreneurial diaspora funneling world class expertise and wealth into the country is helping India position itself as a leading ‘laboratory’ for clean technology.

Cleantech Forum XIX in Mumbai, India connects Indian investors, technology innovators, policymakers and other cleantech influencers with their counterparts from Asia, Europe, North America, the Middle East and elsewhere. Join us in shaping the sector at the world’s premier cleantech investment platform, providing unparalleled definition, analysis, networking, deal flow and thought leadership for the cleantech investment category. Join with your peers in what has emerged to be the most significant economic opportunity of the 21st century; the “Clean Industrial Revolution.”

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

TIME	EVENT DESCRIPTION
5:30pm – 7:30pm	Cleantech Forum XIX Welcome Reception

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

TIME	EVENT DESCRIPTION
8:00am – 9:00am	Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00am – 7:00pm	International and Presenting Company Exhibits Throughout the day engage with emerging cleantech companies who will exhibit and be available for in-depth exploration of their products, services and investment opportunities. Cleantech category leaders will also be showcased.
9:00am – 9:30am	Welcome to Mumbai Cleantech Forum XIX & Opening Comments Speakers: Dr. Avinash Patkar, Chief Sustainability Officer, TATA Power Vinod Khosla, Founder Khosla Ventures & Chair Cleantech Group India Advisory Board - via video webcast Q&A
9:30am – 10:00am	The Cleantech Group Forecast: Data, Patterns, Trends & Predictions The Cleantech Group, founders of the cleantech investment category, unveil market moving data, analysis and predictions. Speaker: Nicholas Parker, Chairman and Co-Founder, Cleantech Group, LLC
10:00am – 10:30am	Keynote: From Environmental Policy to Cleantech Markets – a Policy Perspective Speaker: Shri Vilas Muttemwar, Minister, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India
10:30am – 11:00am	Networking Break
11:00am – 12:30pm	Plenary Session: India Cleantech Opportunities – The Investor Perspective Leading investors in private Indian cleantech companies share their outlook on Indian innovation, investment opportunities and prospects and the opportunities for realizing gain in local and international markets. Speakers: Raj Pai, Managing Director, Global Environment Fund Ravi Viswanathan, Partner, New Enterprise Associates Russell Pullan, Director, Nomura Sandeep Singhal, Managing Director, Nexus India Capital Moderator: Pankaj Sehgal, Director Clean Energy Investments, Sun Group
12:30pm – 1:30pm	Screened Investment Opportunities – Deal Flow Session #1 Competitively selected CEOs ready for institutional investments from across the full spectrum of the cleantech category present and pitch. Over the last six years, CEOs presenting at Cleantech Forums have secured USD$1.4billion in financing.
1:30pm – 2:30pm	Networking Lunch
2:30pm – 3:30pm	Alternative Financing: Beyond the Venture Model Venture capital represents only a fraction of the estimated billions of total investment to date in the global cleantech economy. This panel discusses private equity financing as well as the other major financing options available to entrepreneurs, such as project financing and ways to monetize carbon emission reduction (CER) credits. They will explore the myriad number of financing choices for startup to growth stage companies seeking to scale to the next level, especially as they enter international markets. Speakers: Vinod Kala, Founder, Emergent Ventures Karthik Ranganathan, Head, Investments, Baring India Raja Parthasarathy, Principal, IDFC Private Equity Debashish Majumdar, Chairman & Managing Director, IREDA (Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd.) Moderator: Ben Mathias, Principal, New Enterprise Associates (India)
3:30pm – 5:00pm	Screened Investment Opportunities – Deal Flow Session #2 Competitively selected CEOs ready for institutional investments from across the full spectrum of the cleantech category present and pitch. Over the last six years, CEOs presenting at Cleantech Forums have secured USD$1.4 billion in financing.
5:00pm – 5:30pm	Networking Break
5:30pm – 6:30pm	Entrepreneurs Dialogue Session Chief Executives cleantech companies in India will share their success stories, lessons learned and perspectives on making a success of growing a cleantech company in India. Speakers: Chetan Maini, Founder, Reva Ravi Khanna, CEO, Moser Baer Photovoltaic Ltd. Promod Chaudhari, Chairman, PRAJ Industries* Moderator: Mohanjit Jolly, Executive Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson India
6:30pm – 8:00pm	Reception
8:00pm – 9:30pm	Gala Dinner and Awards Presentations Keynote: Sundeep Waslekar, President, Strategic Foresight Group

Thursday, October 9, 2008

TIME	EVENT DESCRIPTION
8:30am – 9:30am	Breakfast: Working Discussions
9:30am – 10:00am	Opening Comments/Welcome Speaker: Dr. Arun Jaura, CTO and Head Of Innovation and Global Advanced Technologies, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd
10:00am – 11:00am	Plenary Session: The Cleantech Frontier- Software During the Y2K market cycle, software drove significant wealth creation and innovation in India. Looking forward, developments in software are needed to provide tools to address energy and resource efficiency and pollution abatement. Leading players will outline the emergence of investment opportunities in cleantech-driven software and networking innovation. Speakers: VT Bharadwaj, Vice President, Sequoia Capital India Saurabh Srivastava, Chairman, Indian Venture Capital Association, Former Chairman Of Nasscom and Xansa Jim Walker, Chief Operating Officer, The Climate Group Ajit Nazre, Partner, Kleiner Perkins, Caufield & Byers Moderator: TBD
11:00am – 12:00pm	Clean(er) Energy Alternatives With a burgeoning economy and strong IT focus, India is poised to become a world leader in cleantech. This panel will discuss current cleantech trends, their applications in the Indian market. Speakers: Pinaki Bhattacharyya, Principal, IDFC Private Equity K. Krishan, Chairman, MPPL Renewable Energy Pvt. Ltd Edgar Kuipers, Senior Portfolio Consultant, Kenda Capital Moderator: Sanjeev Krishan, Associate, Global Environment Fund
12:00pm – 1:00pm	Water Investing: Deal Flows Driven by Urgency and Emerging Solutions The demand for drinking water is rising, treatment needs are increasing and meanwhile chronic under-investment means that water infrastructure in India requires significant upgrading. These factors have brought investors to increasingly look at water technologies. This panel will examine trends in India’s watertech markets and discuss investment opportunities in the industry. Speakers: Biju Mohandas, India Manager, Acumen Fund Hank Habicht, Managing Partner, Sail Venture Partners Dr. Tralance Addy, CEO, Waterhealth International Global Through Corinne Figueredo, Cleaner Technologies Lead, Sustainability Innovation Group, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Moderator: Manoj Gupta, Vice-President, Nexus India Capital
1:00pm – 2:00pm	Networking Lunch
2:00pm – 3:15pm	Rural India: a Prime Laboratory for Innovative Green Technologies to Stimulate Economic Growth A lack of affordable energy has long been a deterrent to the economic development of rural India. A continued dependence on fossil fuels has resulted in serious environmental and economic hardships without any easy answers. Energy is primed to be a driving force in rural India’s economic development. Advances in renewable energy technologies (RET’s) are being recognized for their potential as environmentally friendly and sustainable alternatives. This panel will examine ways that renewable energy technologies can help to alleviate poverty and catalyze economic growth in rural India. Speakers: Krish Murali Eswar, Chief Mentor, Biodiversity Conservation India Limited (BCIL) Raj Alur, Chief Marketing Officer, Deeya Energy Sameer Mehra, CEO, Suminter India Organics P. Pradeep, Chief Investment Officer, Aavishkaar India Micro-Finance Moderator: Ajay Mehta, Chairman, Crossover Advisors
3:15pm – 4:30pm	Plenary Session: The Greening of India Inc. Discussion with key Indian corporates and organizations on key drivers for the greening of India Inc., covering globalization of markets, financing models used and impact of leadership to address climate change issues in India. Speakers: Justin Adams, Director Strategy, Venture & Innovation, BP Dr. Avinash Patkar, Chief Sustainability Officer, Tata Power Aditya Jhawar, Corporate, Safety, Environment and Energy, Unilever Moderator: Kuljit Singh, Ernst & Young
4:30pm	Closing Remarks & Adjourn