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.

Shweta Garg

Shweta Garg is an active social worker and associated with Not-for-Profit organization running Old Age homes for the destitute and homeless in Western UP, and in Uttarakhand, India. By education, she is a Masters in Economics, but more than that, she has hands-on experience at ground level. She took many initiatives, spanning across various aspects of the running of the care homes. Currently, her interest is in the development of rural communities and optimizing energy consumption in such areas.

Net Zero and Near Net Zero Energy Districts – Case Studies from China, India, and the U.S.

While first-cost typically governs single building development, entire new districts are able to reach net-zero or near-zero energy/emissions status through technology integration and design across multiple systems on a site. With project examples from China, India, and the United States, this presentation explored the technologies for efficiency, district energy systems, and ownership models that enable breakthrough energy performance.

WaterAid: A WASH strong COVID-19 response

In this presentation, WaterAid shared their response to COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific, specifically in the eight countries they work in: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste. Given the changing dynamics of the pandemic, WaterAid has taken a context-specific and phased approach to support government-led action plans, depending on rate of transmission and lockdowns, and prioritizing the most marginalized groups.