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12 August, 2026 (Day 2, Wednesday)
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09:30 AM
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10:30 AM
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Plenary Session
Expected Dignitaries
Welcome Address by Mr. Y B Ramakrishna, Sr. Vice President, IFGE, & Former Chairman of Working Group on Biofuel, MoPNG
Address by Shri Sanjay Bandopadhyaya, (IAS Retd), Chairman, IFGE: Green Transport & Mobility Committee & Former Chairman Inland Waterway Authority of India
Address by Dr. Ashish Kumar Goel, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Energy and Additional Sources of Energy, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh and Chairman, UPNEDA
Address by Special Guest: Shri Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India
Address by Guest of Honour: Shri A K Sharma, Hon'ble Minister for Urban Development & Energy, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Address by Chief Guest: Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon'ble Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India
Moderator: Mr. Atul Kharate, Chief Operating Officer, IndianOil Adani Venture
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10:30
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11:00 AM
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Networking Tea
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Track 1
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Track 2
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Sectoral Leadership Roundtables
(Participation through invitation basis & separate registration only)
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11:00 AM
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12:30 PM
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Optimal CBG Plant Engineering, Construction and Performance
Chair of the Session:
Shri Sankar Gunasekaran, Executive Director (Act I/c), Centre for High Technology, Government of India
• Mr. Deodatta Deshpande, Chief Executive Officer, Thermax BioEnergy Solutions Private Limited
• Mr. Anilraj Pise, MD, Raj Process
• Dr. Tushar Patil, AVP Corporate Strategy, Praj Industries
• Mr. Rajgopal Manohar, Head of Technical Service & Innovation, Novonesis
• Mr Utkarsh Gupta, Founder & CEO, Gruner Renewable Energy
• Mr. Nitin Gupta, CEO, Steer Engineering
• Mr. Shashi Hegde, Director, Hycons Bioenergy
• Mr. Sankalp Pathak, Sr. VP, GPS Renewables
Moderator: Mr. Sumedh Bapat, Partner Tattva Engineering System LLP
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India's Biomass Co-firing Policy Ecosystem: Regulation, Compliance, Market Participation and Financial Landscape
• Mr. Piyush Singh, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India
• Mr. Alok Sinha, Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh and Advisor, IFGE: Bharat Biomass & Pellets Forum
• Mr. Praveen Gupta, Member Thermal, Central Electricity Authority, Govt. of India
• Dr. Virinder Sharma, Member (Technical), CAQM
• Mr. Ravi Prakash Agrawal, Mission Director, SAMARTH
• Mr. Gaurav Mishra, Scientist – F, MNRE, Govt.of India
• Mr. Sudip Nag, COO, Adani Thermal, Former Mission Director SAMARTH
• Representative from DGFT
• Representative from NTPC
• Representative from IREDA
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India's SAF Opportunity: Building a Domestic Sustainable Aviation Fuel Ecosystem
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Track 1
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Track 2
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Sectoral Leadership Roundtables
(Participation through invitation basis & separate registration only)
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12:30 PM
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2:00 PM
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Efficient Offtake Mechanisms of CBG & Importance of Grid Connectivity
• Dr. Ashish Kumar Goel, Additional Chief Secretary,
Energy and Additional Sources of Energy, Govt. of UP and Chairman UPNEDA
• Mr. Vikas Singh, Director, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India
• Mr. Subhas Kumar, Director General, Association of CGD Entities
• Mr Ashish Kumar, VP, IFGE, Co-Chairman, IFGE CBGPF, & MD, Verbio India
• Mr. Manoj Jain, Managing Director, Torrent Gas Limited
• Mr. Govind G., VP-BD, TruAlt Bioenergy
• Representative from Reliance
• Representative from Praj Industries
• Representative from IGL
Moderator: Mr. Sanjay Sah, Deloitte
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Robust Production of Densified Biomass : Feedstock Acquisition, Processing and Standardization
• Mr. Satish Upadhyay, IFGE: Chairperson, Bharat Biomass & Pellets Forum (BBPF)
and Former Mission Director, SAMARTH
• Mr. Chinmay Dwivedi, Director, Bureau of Indian Standards.
• Mr. Tejasvi Bhargava, Managing Director, Quality Bio Green.
• Mr. Sandeep Gupta, Director Sales, Case New Holland International
• Mr. Rajesh Mundra, Director, Mamleshwar Biofuel Pvt. Ltd.
• Mr. Prasad Malagavi, Territory Sales Manager, California Pellet Mill
• Representative from SP Biofuels.
Moderator: Mr. Sanjay Jain, Business Head, Livgreen Cleantech Pvt. Ltd.
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Session on Bio-mobility & Future Prospects : Working Towards Model State Policy
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2:00 PM
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3:00 PM
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Networking Lunch
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Track 1
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Track 2
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Sectoral Leadership Roundtables
(Participation through invitation basis & separate registration only)
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3:00 PM
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4:30 PM
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Emerging Opportunities Beyond E20
Chair of the Session: Mr. Ashwani Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution, Govt. of India
Co-Chair of the Session: Dr. Shantanu Gupta, Director – Technical, Global Biofuel Alliance
• Dr. S. S. Thipse, Sr. Deputy Director, Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) (The Roadmap to E25: Vehicle Compatibility, Standards and Readiness)
• Mr. Atul Mulay, President Bioenergy, Praj Industries (Advanced Biorefinery Technologies for Next-Generation Ethanol and Sustainable Bio-Mobility)
• Mr. Deepak Ballani, Director General, ISMA (Role of Integrated Biorefineries in Accelerating India’s Ethanol Blending Programme)
• Mr. Prakash Naiknaware, MD, NFCSF (Sugar Sector's Role in Supporting Advanced Bio-Mobility through Ethanol Production)
• Shri Anurag Saraogi, Executive Director (Biofuels), BPCL (Iso-Butanol Blending in Diesel: Technology Readiness, Applications and Future Potential)
• Mr. Harjeet Singh, Executive Advisor - Technical, Hero MotoCorp
(Two-Wheeler Flex-Fuel Vehicles: Accelerating Ethanol-Based Mobility in India)
• Mr. Sagun Saxena, Executive Director & Chief Innovation Officer, KOKO Networks (Ethanol as a Clean Cooking Fuel: Building the Next Generation Household Energy Ecosystem)
• Mr. Ravi Gupta, Chairperson, IFGE Sugar Bioenergy Forum, & Executive Director, Shree Renuka Sugars
Moderator: Mr Kapil Bansal, Partner, EY Parthenon
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Experiences of Various Industries for Using Densified Biomass
• Mr. Jinender Jain, CEO & Group Business Head, Forbes Vyncke
• Mr. Viral Gamit, Corporate Sustainability, Arvind Mills
• Mr. Vimal Jesadiya, Director, Satyajit Renewable Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
• Dr. Mritunjay Chaubey, Chief Sustainability Officer, UPL Limited
• Col. Rohit Dev, Co-Chair, IFGE: Bharat Biomass & Pellets Forum
• Representative from Adani Cement
• Representative from Dabur
• Representative from Talwandi Saboo
• Representative from Pharma
• Moderator : Mr. Aman Kwatra, National Coordinator, IFGE : Bharat Biomass & Pellets Forum
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CBG - CGD Synchronisation
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4:30 PM
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5:00 PM
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Networking Tea
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Track 1
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Track 2
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Sectoral Leadership Roundtables
(Participation through invitation basis & separate registration only)
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5:00 PM
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6:30 PM
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Maximizing Value from Distilleries
Chair of the Session:
Shri Sambhaji Kadupatil, Director General, Vasantdada Sugar Institute
• Mr. B B Thombare, President, WISMA
• Mr. Naresh Goel, Director, Pingaksh Beverages
• Mr. Sameer Sinha, CEO-Sugar Business Group, Triveni Engineering & Industries Limited
• Mr. Anurag Goel, Head-Marketing, ISGEC
• Representative from Praj Industries
• Mr Pradeep Dhokare, MD, Universal Forces
• Mr. Rajeev Chadha, Chairman & Managing Director, Greenways Bioenergy Pvt Ltd
• Mr. Mayank Jain, Senior Marketing Manager & Head of Strategic Intelligence – MEIA, Novonesis
Moderator: Mr. Bala Iyer, GM SALES, JK India eAgriTech Limited
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Advances in Biomass Sector: Torrefaction, Ash Valorization and Gasification
• Mr. Subodh Kumar, National Advisor, IFGE, ED, ValPro & Former ED, Indian Oil
• Dr. Arvind Patel, Managing Director, Axayah Clean-Tech (Laser Gasification)
• Mr. Sampat Subramaniam , Director, Pyrogreen Energy Pvt. Ltd.
• Mr. Sahil Manucha, CEO & Founder, Biogreen Technologies (Silica Ash)
• Mr. Ben Moxham, CEO, Camberwell Energy
(Representing the World Bioenergy Association)
• Dr. Sanjukta Subudhi, Associate Director, Microbial Biofuels & Biochemicals, The Energy & Research Institute (TERI)
• Mr. Patrick Bergman, CTO, Yilkins
• Mr. Devdutt Singh, Senior Manager, New & Renewable Energy Business, BHEL
• Representative from Reliance
• Representative from CSIR-Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research (Ash Valorization-Potash)
Moderator : Shri Aman Kwatra, National Coordinator, IFGE : Bharat Biomass & Pellets Forum (BBPF)
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MSW related State Policies for CBG production
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End of the Day
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