Vikash Jha

Currently, Vikash is the Founder - C.E.O of RuKart. He founded RuKart along with two other IIT Bombay alums in 2019. Mr. Jha did M.Tech in Technology & Development from CTARA at IIT Bombay. During his masters program, he has shown interest in developing scalable green technologies for small plot holders. This led to grant support from IIT Bombay after completing his M.Tech. He & his team developed technologies like Subjee Cooler and Peek-Rakshak in a participatory approach where the end-users were an integral part of the design team.

Prakash Ingole

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Mr. Prakash Ingole served as Project Director for India's Maharashtra State Road Project and Chief Engineer for the Maharashtra Public Works Department. In these two roles, and in his previous capacity as Deputy Secretary for Roads and Superitending Engineer, he was responsible for the construction, maintainance, and administration of major infrastructure projects in India. He has extensive experience in procurement, bidding, contract maangement, and preparation of health and safety plans.

Renewable Energy-enabled Community-scale Agriculture: Evidence from Gram Oorja's Work

The presentation discussed some initial interventions in community-scale solar pumping for agriculture. Preliminary learnings suggested that the approach is suitable for remote communities. Scaling these interventions holds promise and can facilitate further investments at the nexus of energy, water, and agriculture, accruing benefits for the communities.

Pamli Deka

Pamli leads the energy access work in WRI India, where she works with governments, investors, technology providers, and development institutions to improve access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable sources of electricity. She started her career as an oilfield engineer with Schlumberger and went on to consult for BCG and Shell. Prior to WRI India, she was mentoring clean energy enterprises in India, helping them scale up and seek investments. And also covered clean energy companies listed on LSE as an equity analyst.