Tentative Agenda
3rd Edition of India Bioenergy & Tech Expo: International Conference and Exhibition on Bioenergy and Technologies
Advancing Bioenergy Solutions for a Low Carbon World (IBET Expo 2026)
| 11 August, 2026 (Day 1, Tuesday) | |||||
| 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Registration & Networking Tea | ||||
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Inauguration of Exhibition by Shri A K Sharma, Hon'ble Minister for Energy & Additional Sources of Energy, Government of Uttar Pradesh | ||||
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
UP State Session – Special Plenary Session Venue: Hall A – 2nd Floor, Plenary Main Hall Session No. – 01/RJAG Chief Guest: Shri A K Sharma, Hon'ble Minister for Energy & Additional Sources of Energy, Government of Uttar Pradesh Guest of Honour: Shri Kailash Singh Rajput, Hon’ble Minister of State for Energy and Additional Sources of Energy, Government of Uttar Pradesh • Dr. Ashish Kumar Goel, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Energy and Additional Sources of Energy, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh and Chairman, UPNEDA • Shri Pankaj Kumar, Joint Secretary – Transmission, Ministry of Power, Government of India • Shri Ravinder Kumar, Principal Secretary Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Education and Research, Government of Uttar Pradesh • Smt. Ministhy S., Commissioner Cane and Sugar, Government of Uttar Pradesh • Shri Vijay Kiran Anand, Secretary, Infrastructure & Industrial Development Department cum CEO - Invest UP, Government of Uttar Pradesh • Shri P. Guruprasad, Principal Secretary, Urban Development Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh • Dr. Adarsh Singh, Excise Commissioner, Government of Uttar Pradesh • Mr. Deepak Ballani, Director General, ISMA • Mr. Roshan Lal Tamak, ED & CEO – Sugar Business, DCM Shriram • Mr. Yashodhan Mankame, Executive Vice President- Bioenergy, Praj Industries Moderator: Mr. Subodh Kumar, National Advisor, IFGE, ED, ValPro & Former ED, Indian Oil |
Emerging Opportunities Beyond E20 Venue: Hall B, 2nd Floor Session No. – 02/NS Chair of the Session: Dr. Shantanu Gupta, Director – Technical, Global Biofuel Alliance • Mr. Atul Mulay, Chairman, Bioenergy Committee of IFGE, President – Corporate Strategy, Praj Industries • Mr. Ravi Gupta, Chairperson, IFGE Sugar Bioenergy Forum, & Executive Director, Shree Renuka Sugars • Mr. Prakash Naiknaware, Managing Director, National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Limited (NFCSF) • Dr. Johan Thevelien, Chief Executive Officer Novel yeast, Belgium • Mr. Krishna Mohan Puvvada, Regional President- Middle East, India and Africa, Novonesis • Mr. Kunal Bhattacharjee, Commercial Lead – Biofuels, India, Advanta Seeds Moderator: Mr. Rajesh Rawat, Director, Business Consulting, Ernst & Young LLP |
Special Focused Roundtables | ||
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Maximizing Value from Distilleries Venue: Hall – B, 2nd Floor Session No. – 03/NS Chair of the Session: Shri Sambhaji Kadupatil, Director General, Vasantdada Sugar Institute • Shri Y B Ramakrishna, Sr. Vice President, IFGE, & Former Chairman of Working Group on Biofuel, MoPNG • Mr. Vaibhav Tiwari, AVP-New Product Development, Praj Industries • Mr. Naresh Goel, Chairperson, IFGE: Grain Ethanol Distillers Association & Director, Pingaksh Beverages • Dr. Sangeeta Srivastava, Co-Chairperson, IFGE Sugar Bioenergy Forum, & Executive Director, Godavari Biorefineries Ltd. • Mr. Anurag Goel, Head-Marketing, ISGEC • Mr. Pradeep Dhokare, MD, Universal Forces • Mr. Dilip Patil, Regional Director (West), IFGE • Mr. Mayank Jain, Senior Marketing Manager & Head of Strategic Intelligence – MEIA, Novonesis Moderator: Mr. Sreeraman Thiagarajan, CEO, JK India eAgriTech Limited |
The CCUS funding gap: who absorbs the cost of carbon-negative industry - government, industry, or the carbon market Venue: Hall – C, 2nd Floor Session No. – 04/AGRS Chair of the Session: Dr. Neelima Alam, Associate Head & Scientist - F, CEST, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India • Mr. Vishal Choudhary, Scientist - F, Office of Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA), Govt. of India • Dr. Sanjeev Mishra, Scientist D, Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy • Dr. Anisha Goel, Regional Strategy & Business Development Lead, MEIA, Novonesis • Ms. Priyanka Khemka, Energy Transition & Decarbonization Specialist, Ravista Global Ltd, London UK • Dr. W Selvamurthy, President, Amity Science, Technology and Innovation Foundation & Director General, Amity Directorate of Science and Innovation, & Chancellor of Amity University • Prof. Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT Delhi Moderator : Mr. Keshav Goela, Co-Chair, IFGE: CCUS Forum & Director – Operations, Gas Lab Asia |
India's Green Hydrogen Potential: Opportunities, Challenges & Roadmap Venue: Board Room, Ground Floor Session No. – 05/AGRJ Chair of the Roundtable: Dr. Alok Sharma, Sr. Vice President, Hydrogen Association of India and Former Director (R&D) and Board Member, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. |
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| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Networking Lunch | ||||
| 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Achieving Economic Viabilty of CBG plants via GOBARdhan Scheme? Venue: Hall – A, 2nd Floor Session No. – 06/NS Chair of the Session: Mr. Alok Tripathi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), Government of India • Mr. Ravinder Singh, IAS, Director, UPNEDA • Mr. S N Yadav, Executive Director (CBG), GAIL (India) Ltd. • Mr. Pankaj Singh, Secretary, UPNEDA • Mr. Mohit Dhawan, CEO, HPCL • Mr. Deepak Agarwal, Managing Director, GPS Renewables Arya Pvt. Ltd. • Mr. Vijay Kumar Nirani, MD, TruAlt Bioenergy • Mr. Mehul Chanpura, Senior Vice President, Head - Strategy, Planning & Optimization, Bioenergy, Reliance Industries Limited • Mr. Venkatesh Rao, President – Bioenergy, Praj Industries • Mr. K R Raghunath, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, KIS Group • Mr. Vivek Dua, Sr Partner, Kearney Moderator : Mr. Ashish Kumar, VP, IFGE, Vice Chairman, IFGE : CBGPF & MD Verbio India |
From Pilot to Scale: Making CCUS work in the Indian Industrial Context Venue: Hall – B, 2nd Floor Session No. – 07/AGRS Chair of the Session: Dr. Sangita Kasture, Scientist G and Head, Biomanufacturing Directorate, Department of Biotechnology • Dr. Amit Bansiwal, Chief Scientist & Chair of Environmental Materials and Sustainable Systems, CSIR National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur • Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, CEO, Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) • Mr. Mahendra Singhi, MD & CEO, Dalmia Cement • Mr Sujay Karmakar, Executive Director, NTPC NETRA • Mr. Sangeet Jain, Co-chair – CCUS Forum, IFGE & VP, ESG Strategy & Alliances, LanzaTech Pvt. Ltd. • Mr. Yash Agarwal, CEO & Co-Founder, Carbonetics Moderator: Dr. Vikram Vishal, Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Roundtable - Engaging meeting with Biomass Briquette & Pellet Producers organized by IFGE: Bhart Biomass & Pellets Forum Venue: Board Room, Ground Floor Session No. – 08/AK Moderator: Shri Aman Kwatra, National Coordinator, IFGE : Bharat Biomass & Pellets Forum (BBPF) |
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| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Networking Tea | ||||
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Robust Supply Chain and Healthy Farm Circularity in CBG Sector Venue: Hall – A, 2nd Floor Session No. – 09/VBNS Chair of the Session: Prof. K. V. Raju, Member, NITI Aayog • Mr. Tushar Lowalekar, Managing Director, Biofuel Circle • Mr. Dinesh Singh, Sr. Vice President, Head- Fertilizer, Reliance India Limited • Maj. Sumeet Lahane, Co-Founder & CEO, REnergy Dynamics • Mr. Neelendu Kumar, Founder & CEO, Farmwatt • Dr Kanwar Singh, VP, EverEnviro Resource Management • Dr. Tushar Patil, Assistant Vice President – Corporate Strategy, Praj Industries • Mr. Vinay Patel, Sr. Manager, National Dairy Development Board Moderator: Dr. Rajesh Raut, Managing Consultant, EAC - International Consulting |
Advances in Biomass Sector: Torrefaction, Ash Valorization and Gasification Venue: Hall – B, 2nd Floor Session No. – 10/AG Chair of the Session: Mr. Subodh Kumar, National Advisor, IFGE, ED, ValPro & Former ED, Indian Oil • Mr. Pratyush Maiti, Chief Scientist CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat • Dr. Sanjukta Subudhi, Associate Director, Microbial Biofuels & Biochemicals, The Energy & Research Institute (TERI) • 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. Patrick Bergman, CTO, Yilkins • Mr. Devdutt Singh, Senior Manager, New & Renewable Energy Business, BHEL • Dr. Mohan K. Dongare, Director, Malati Fine Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. Moderator : Shri Aman Kwatra, National Coordinator, IFGE : Bharat Biomass & Pellets Forum (BBPF) |
India's SAF Opportunity: Building a Domestic Sustainable Aviation Fuel Ecosystem Venue: Board Room, Ground Floor Session No. – 11/NS Chair of the Roundtable: • Dr. SSV Ramakumar, Chairperson, IFGE: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Forum (SAFF), EVP/ CTO, Greenko / AM Green |
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| 7:30 PM Onwards - |
Dinner at India Expo Centre & Mart (All Delegates, Speakers, Sponsors, Partners & Exhibitors are invited) |
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| 12 August, 2026 (Day 2, Wednesday) | |||||
| 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Networking Tea | ||||
| 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
(Main Ceremony) Venue: Hall – A, 2nd Floor, Main Plenary Room Session No. – 12/SGRJ Welcome Address by Shri Y B Ramakrishna, Sr. Vice President, IFGE, & Former Chairman of Working Group on Biofuel, MoPNG. Former Chairman Biofuel Development Board, Govt of Karnataka Introductory Remarks by Dr. Ashish Kumar Goel, Addl Chief Secretary, Energy & Additional Energy Sources, Government of Uttar Pradesh Address by Guest of Honour: Shri A K Sharma, Hon'ble Minister for Energy & Additional Sources of Energy, Government of Uttar Pradesh Address by Guest of Honour: Shri Kailash Singh Rajput, Hon’ble Minister of State for Energy and Additional Sources of Energy, Government of Uttar Pradesh Address by Guest of Honour: Shri Surya Pratap Shahi, Hon'ble Minister for Agriculture, Government of Uttar Pradesh Address by Chief Guest: Yogi Adityanath, Hon'ble Chief Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh Dignitaries on Dias: Shri Atul Mulay, Chairman, Bioenergy Committee of IFGE, President Bioenergy, Praj Industries & Shri Sanjay Bandopadhyay, Retd (IAS), Chairman, IFGE: Green Transport Mobility Committee Vote of Thanks by Shri Ravindra Boratkar, Founder Member, IFGE & Managing Director, MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications Moderator: Shri Sanjay Ganjoo, Director General, Indian Federation of Green Energy |
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| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
CEO Roundtable Venue: Board Room, Ground Floor Session No. – 13/SGRS CEO Round Table with Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (Participation through invitation basis only) Moderator : Shri Vaibhav Dange, Founder Director, IFGE |
Experiences of Various Industries for Using Densified Biomass Venue: Hall – B, 2nd Floor Session No. – 14/AG • Col. Rohit Dev, Co-Chair, IFGE: Bharat Biomass & Pellets Forum • Mr. Jinender Jain, CEO & Group Business Head, Forbes Vyncke • Mr. Vimal Jesadiya, Director, Satyajit GreenTech Pvt. Ltd. • Mr. Kalpesh Mehta, MD, Chairman, Gattuwala Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd. • Mr. Rakesh Tirath, Advisor, Merino Industry. • Moderator : Mr. Aman Kwatra, National Coordinator, IFGE : Bharat Biomass & Pellets Forum |
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| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Networking Lunch | ||||
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Optimal CBG Plant Engineering, Construction and Performance Venue: Hall – A, 2nd Floor Session No. – 16/VBNS Chair of the Session: Prof. (Dr.) Atul Mohod, Director General, Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bioenergy (SSS-NIBE) • Mr. Deodatta Deshpande, Chief Executive Officer, Thermax BioEnergy Solutions Private Limited • Mr. Anilraj Pise, MD, Raj Process • Mr. Rajgopal Manohar, Head of Technical Service & Innovation, Novonesis • Mr. Devesh Garg, Chief Commercial and Sales Officer, Gruner Renewable Energy • Mr. Nitin Gupta, CEO, Steer Engineering • Mr. Ajit Deshmukh, Assistant Vice President – Technology Application, Praj Industries • Mr. Shashi Hegde, Director, Hycons Bioenergy • Mr. Keshav Goela, Co-Chair, IFGE: CCUS Forum & Director – Operations, Gas Lab Asia Moderator: Mr. Sumedh Bapat, Partner Tattva Engineering System LLP |
India's Biomass Co-firing Policy Ecosystem: Regulation, Compliance, Market Participation and Financial Landscape Venue: Hall – B, 2nd Floor Session No. – 17/AG Chair of the Session: Mr. Nitish Kumar (IAS), Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) • Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Director (Operations) NTPC • Mr. Alok Sinha, Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh and Advisor, IFGE: Bharat Biomass & Pellets Forum • Mr. Deepak Raizada, Director - Corporate Planning, Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) • Mr. T Venkateswarlu, Member Thermal, Central Electricity Authority, Govt. of India • Mr. Ravi Prakash Agrawal, Mission Director, SAMARTH • Dr. Gaurav Mishra, Scientist – F, MNRE, Govt. of India • Mr. Sudip Nag, COO, Adani Thermal, Former Mission Director SAMARTH • Mr. Amit Kulshreshtha, General Manager, NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance • Mr. Niraj Kumar, President, Farmwatt Innovations Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Aman Kwatra, National Coordinator, IFGE : Bharat Biomass & Pellets Forum |
Roundtable on CBG - CGD Synchronisation Venue: Board Room, Ground Floor Session No. – 18/NS Chair of the Roundtable: • Mr. Sumit Kishore, Executive Director, GAIL (India) Limited Co-Chair of the Roundtable: • Mr. Subhash Kumar, Director General, Association of CGD Entities Moderator: Mr. Sanjay Sah, Deloitte |
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| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Networking Tea | ||||
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Efficient Offtake Mechanisms of CBG & Importance of Grid Connectivity Venue: Hall – A, 2nd Floor Session No. – 19/VBNS Chair of the session: Dr. Ashish Kumar Goel, Additional Chief Secretary, Energy and Additional Sources of Energy, Govt. of UP and Chairman UPNEDA • Mr. P Manoj Kumar, Director General, PPAC • Mr. Subhas Kumar, Director General, Association of CGD Entities • Mr Ashish Kumar, VP, IFGE, Co-Chairman, IFGE CBGPF, & MD, Verbio India • Mr. Sumit Kishore, Executive Director (Gas Marketing), GAIL INDIA • Mr. Joydeep Choudhury, Executive Director (Alternate Energy), IOCL • Mr. Chiradeep Dutta, Director & COO, Think Gas • Dr. Tushar Patil, Assistant Vice President – Corporate Strategy, Praj Industries • Mr. Govind G., VP-BD, TruAlt Bioenergy • Mr. Ankit Kohli, Founder & Managing Director, Sanmish Moderator: Mr. Sanjay Sah, Partner, Deloitte |
Robust Production of Densified Biomass: Feedstock Acquisition, Processing and Standardisation Venue: Hall – B, 2nd Floor Session No. – 20/AG Chair of the session: 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. Rajesh Mundra, Director, Mamleshwar Biofuel Pvt. Ltd. • Mr. Prasad Malagavi, Territory Sales Manager, California Pellet Mill • Mr. Ben Moxham, CEO, Camberwell Energy, representing the World Bioenergy Association • Mr. Abhimanyu Bansal, Vice President (Head of Biomass Densification, Biomass to Bio-Bitumen - New Energy Division), Reliance Industries Limited Moderator: Mr. Sanjay Jain, Business Head, Livgreen Cleantech Pvt. Ltd. |
Roundtable on MSW related State Policies for CBG production Venue: Board Room, Ground Floor Session No. – 21/NS Context Setting by • Mr. Subodh Kumar, National Advisor, IFGE, ED, ValPro & Former ED, Indian Oil Moderator: Mr. Som Narayan, Co-Founder, Carbon Masters |
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| 13 August, 2026 (Day 3, Thursday) | |||||
| 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM | Plenary Session | ||||
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Networking Tea | ||||
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Revenue through Green Attributes: Carbon Credits, Green Certificates & Mandates Venue: Hall – A, 2nd Floor Session No. – 22/NS Chair of the Session: Dr. Sanjay Kolte, IAS, Commissioner of Sugar, Government of Maharashtra • Mr. Saurabh Diddi, Director, BEE • Mr. Rajesh Mediratta, MD & CEO, IGX • Mr. Asitava Sen, Co-founder & CEO, Carbon Removal India Alliance (CRIA) • Mr. Manish Dabkara, Chairman & MD, EKI Energy Services Ltd • Ms. Nishtha Singh, Assistant Director, Climate, Asia Society Policy Institute • Dr. Anjan Katna, Associate Director, PWC • Mr. Deepak Sar, Director, ITY Consulting • Ms. Oshin Katulkar, Head of Growth and Asset Management, Varaha Climate Ag Private Ltd. Moderator: Mr. Ashish Singh, Project Manager, Verbio India |
Fuelling Green Energy and Income Opportunities for Farmers Venue: Hall – B, 2nd Floor Session No. – 23/HSAK Chief Guest: Shri Narendra Bhooshan, Secretary, Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India Panellists: • Shri Y B Ramakrishna, Sr. Vice President, IFGE, & Former Chairman of Working Group on Biofuel, MoPNG • Shri Balram Verma, Joint Director Agriculture, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh • Shri Puneet Singh Thind, CEO, Northern Farmers Mega FPO • Dr. Sachin Sakalle, Co-founder and COO Farmwatt Innovations • Dr. Tushar Patil, Assistant Vice President – Corporate Strategy, Praj Industries Moderator : Shri Harvir Singh, Editor-in-Chief, Rural Voice |
Roundtable on Green Shipping Corridor: Role of Marine Biofuels in Decarbonizing the Shipping Sector Venue: Board Room, Ground Floor Session No. – 24/AK Chair of the Roundtable: • Shri Sanjay Bandopadhyay, Retd (IAS), Chairman, IFGE: Green Transport Mobility Committee Moderator: Mr. Subodh Kumar, National Advisor, IFGE, ED, ValPro & Former ED, Indian Oil |
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| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM |
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| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM |
Networking Lunch |
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| END of IBETE 2026 | |||||