Prominent Speakers in Thermal Power India 2 include:

• Mr Anil Razdan, Secretary, Ministry of Power
• Mr V P Joy, Joint Secretary (Th, IPP, FS), Ministry of Power
• Mr H L Bajaj, Member (Technical), Appellate Tribunal for Electricity
• Mr T Sankaralingam, CMD, NTPC
• Mr P Abraham, Former Secretary, Power
• Mr V Sethuraman, Director (Power), Neyveli Lignite Corporation
• Mr Sunil Verma, Member (E&C), CEA
• Mr Arvind Singhal, Managing Director, Hagglunds Drives
• Dr Chandan Chowdhury, CEO, IFS Solutions
• Mr S Thakur, Executive Director (CP), Nuclear Power Corporation of India
• Mr K V Muthukrishnan, Executive Director- PMG & TS, BHEL
• Mr Prasad Rao, Addl VP- DTPS, Reliance Energy
• Mr Gokul Chaudhri, Partner & Leader: Energy & Infrastructure Practice, BMR & Associates
• Mr Amit Kapur, Partner, J Sagar Associates
• Mr Sujit Ghosh, Executive Director, BMR & Associates
• Mr Mukul Modi, VP - PA & SF, SBI Capital Markets
• Mr Prabjot Singh Bhullar, Partner, Kochhar & Company
• Mr Pramod Joshi, VP- South Asia Pacific & Middle East, GE Energy
• Mr Dhruv K. Kotak, Director, J M Baxi & Co
• Mr Janesh Gulati, Sr. Vice President- Project Transport Division, J M Baxi & Co
• Mr M T Swamy, DGM - New Business Development, Kennametal India Limited
• Mr S Padmanaban, Dy Director & Senior Advisor, USAID
• Mr Takuya Hattori, President, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum Inc
• Mr Luc Jacquet, MD- South East Asia, EDF
• Mr Dipankar Ghosh, Associate Director, Ernst & Young
• Mr T K Haldar, AGM- Sales, Murugappa Morgan Thermal Ceramics Limited
• Mr G S Bindra, General Manager- Engineering, BHEL
• Mr Shantanu Banerjee, Business Area Manager, Hagglunds Drives
• Mr Vimal Kumar, Advisor, Fly Ash Utilisation Programme
• Mr J Ganesh, Director- Indian Operations, KMPT AG
• Mr Paul Felten, Senior Vice-President, AREVA NP, France
• Ms Sunita Kumar, Director- Nuclear Energy Affairs, AREVA
• Mr U S Bapat, Senior General Manager- Trombay Generating Station, Tata Power Company
• Mr S M Mahadik, ED, Chembond Drewtreat
• Mr B Bandyopadyay, Advisor, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
• Mr Gopal P Sinha, Director, CMERI
• Mr P K Basu, Technical Director, Crescent Power

List of Speakers & Paper Presenters alongwith their topics

• Presidential address by Mr T Sankaralingam, CMD, NTPC Ltd

• Address by Guest of Honour- Mr H L Bajaj, Member (Technical), Appellate Tribunal for Electricity

• Inaugural Address by Chief Guest, Mr Anil Razdan, Secretary (Power), Ministry of Power

India's Planning for Power for All by 2012
• V P Joy, Joint Secretary (Th, IPP, FS), Ministry of Power

ERP Solutions for Power Generation
• Dr Chandan Chowdhury, CEO, IFS Solutions India

Technology up gradation for more efficient thermal generation
• U S Bapat, Sr GM, Trombay Generating Station, Tata Power Company

A National Plan towards a balanced power development in India
• I M Sahai, Former CMD, PFC & International Consultant in Energy

Thermal Power Capacity Addition- Goals and Challenges
• V Sethuraman, Director (Power), Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd

Fuel for future Power Generation for Sustainable Energy Availability
• S Padmanaban, Dy Director & Senior Advisor, US Agency for International Development

Fuel options for future thermal power development in India
• N C Jha, Director (Technical), Coal India Ltd

Advanced pulverized coal fired power plants- Present status and future prospects
• K V Muthukrishnan, Eexecutive Director- PMG & TS, BHEL

Design Development of Supercritical & Ultra Supercritical Power Plants
• C Jaidevan, GM- High Pressure Boiler Plant and Seamless Steel Tube Plant, BHEL, Tiruchirappalli

Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle System (IGCC) and Combined Cycle Technology
• G S Bindra, General Manager, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd

Use of Beneficiated Coal for Thermal Power Generation
• A K Jethi, Vice President, Naresh Kumar & Co and Former CGM, Coal India

Clean Coal technology for Green Power
• A K Gupta, GM (PCRI C & PR), BHEL

Blending of Imported Coal with Indian Coals and its associated effects on boiler design and operation
• V T Sathyanathan, GM (Quality), BHEL Tiruchirappali

Design Development of Supercritical & Ultra Supercritical Power Plants
• R Kumar, AGM (BP&P), BHEL & V K Verma, AGM (PE-FB), BHEL

Residual Life Assessment, Uprating Renovation and Modernization of Old Power Plants
• A K Awasthi, Managing Director, UP Power Corporation Limited
• C Subramaniam, Addl GM- Operation Services- R&M, NTPC Limited
• P C Bhavnani, AGM- Steam Turbine Engine, BHEL

Technology Development in Operation and Maintenance of Thermal Plants
• S M Dev Raj , GM (TS) BHEL

Operation and Maintenance Philosophy to Improve Availability of Thermal Power Plants:
• U Jain, Addl Chief Engineer, Gujrat State Electricity Corporation Limited

Operations and Maintenance of DTPS using washed coal
• Prasad Rao, Addl Vice President- DTPS, Reliance Energy

Renovation & Modernization and Life Extension of Thermal Power Plants
• Siddarth Dutta & Chinmoy Mohanty, Turbo Machines Group, Alstom Projects India Ltd

Residual Life Assessment and Renovation & Modernization of Steam Turbine
• Amitabh Srivastava, Sr Dy GM (FES), STE (FES), BHEL Ranipur, Haridwar
• R K Anand, DGM, BHEL & S J Ghosh, BHEL

Residual Life Assessment and Life Extension Programme in Power Boilers of Captive Power Plant (120 MW x 8) of NALCO
• R S Das, Chief Manager (Mech ) & Area in Charge- Boiler Maintenance- CPP, NALCO

Operation and Maintenance Philosophy to Improve Availability of Thermal Power Plants:
• S Surya Narayan, Executive Engineer (Mechanical), KPCL

Krauss-Maffei FGD Centrifuges
• J Ganesh, Director of Indian Operations, KMPT Process technology

Afforestation
• Virkush, Sr Manager, NTPC Limited

Evolution of Fuel linked parameters for Indian Power Boiler Design
• Vimal Kumar, Advisor (Fly Ash), Fly Ash Mission

CDM, Carbon trading and Carbon Sequestration:
• Dipankar Ghosh, Associate Director, Ernst & Young
• Swapan Mehra, Business Development Manager, Eco Securities
• Prabjot Singh Bhullar, Partner, Kochhar & Company

Zero Discharge & Legislation Pertaining to Ash utilization
• G P Saxena, Sr Manager (Envt Mgmt ), NTPC Limited

Environment Management in Thermal Power Plant
• R K Sinha, Addl Sr Chemist, Environment, Management Cell SGTPS, MPPGCL

Project Financing & Proper Techno-Economic Appraisal
• Mr Sunil Verma, Member (E & C), CEA

Financing and Availability of Funds
• Mr Mukul Modi, VP - PA & SF, SBI Capital Markets Limited

Development of a Multi Year Tariff (MYT) Frame Work
• Jagdish Sagar, Former Chairman, Delhi Vidyut Board

Energy analysis of an operational 500 MW coal fuel based thermal power plant
• Dr R D Mishra, Asst Professor, NIT, Silchar & M S Murthy, Asst Professor, Dr Paul Raj Engg College

Nuclear Power- Challenge to Climate Change
• Takuya Hattori, President, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum Inc

Role of Nuclear Power as the Future Source of Energy for the Growing Power Demand
• Bruno Lescoeur, Sr Executive Vice President, EDF
• Pramod Joshi, VP- South Asia Pacific & Middle East, GE Energy
• Rajendra Shrivastava, Former Country Head- India, EDF

Meeting the challenges of nuclear renaissance worldwide
• Paul Felten, Sr Vice President, AREVA NP, France & Sunita Kumar, Director, Nuclear energy affairs, AREVA

Operation of Nuclear Power Station in Indian Power System
• D K Goyal, Station Director, Narora Atomic Power Project
• U Ramamurthy, Station Director, Tarapur Atomic Power Station

Select Speakers in our previous Conferences:

• Dr Ashok Manglick, TRANSGRID, Australia
• Dr Chandan Chowdhury, CEO, IFS Solutions India Pvt Ltd
• Dr M Gopalakrishna, Director-in-Charge, Andhra Pradesh Gas Power Corporation
• Dr M V Krishna Rao, Director, Global Energy Consulting Engineers
• Dr Prem Kumar Kalra, Dean, IIT- Kanpur
• Dr. B.S.K.Naidu, Director General, National Power Training Institute
• Mr A Viswanath, Senior Vice-President, KPMG Advisory
• Mr Ajay Shankar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power
• Mr Akhil Pandey, Head of the Group- IT, North Delhi Power
• Mr Amit Goel, VP, KLG Systel
• Mr Amit Kapur, Partner, J Sagar & Associates
• Mr Anil Kr Sardana, CEO, North Delhi Power
• Mr Arup Ghosh, Chief Operating Officer, North Delhi Power Ltd
• Mr Arvind Jadhav, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power
• Mr Awanish Kr Awasth, MD, Paschimanchal Vidyut Nigam
• Mr B Bandyopadhyay, Advisor & Head Solar Energy Center, MNRE
• Mr B S Banafar, Chairman, Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board
• Mr Bal Mukand, Executive Director- Planning, NHPC
• Mr Bhanu Bhushan, Member, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
• Mr Bharat Kumar Meena, Managing Director, Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation
• Mr C Ram Mohan Rao, Director- HRD, APCPDCL
• Mr C Srinivasa Rao, Director- Finance & IT, APCPDC
• Mr Dinesh Kumar, CMD, APCPDCL
• Mr Dipankar Ghosh, Managing Consultant, Ernst & Young
• Mr Firdose Vandrevala, MD, Tata Power
• Mr Francois Lemperiere, Chairman, Hydrocoop, France
• Mr G Sai Prasad, CMD, Eastern Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd
• Mr H L Bajaj, Member Technical, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity
• Mr J N Gaur, Director, Jai Prakash Hydro
• Mr J P Chalasani, Director- Business Development, Reliance Energy
• Mr J S Sekhon, Member Distribution, Punjab State Electricity Board
• Mr John Briscoe, Senior Adviser, The World Bank
• Mr K Jothiramalingam, MD, Karnataka Power Corporation Limited
• Mr K K Sinha, Director- HR, NTPC
• Mr K P Sukumaran, Scientist G, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy Sources
• Mr Kumud Goel, Managing Director, KLG Systel Ltd
• Mr Murli Ranganathan, ED, Torrent Power AEC
• Mr Narendra Singh, President, Jaiprakash Industries Limited
• Mr P Abraham, Former Secretary Power
• Mr P K Kukde, Executive Director, Tata Power Co Ltd
• Mr P Neogi, CEO, Noida Power
• Mr Parag A. Parikh, Principal Product Manager, Oracle Corporation Utilities Global Business Unit
• Mr Pranav Nahar, Country Director, Eco Securities
• Mr R C Gupta, VP, Desein
• Mr R Gopalakrishnan, ED, Tata Sons
• Mr R Jayaseelan, Chairman, Central Water Commission
• Mr R P Singh, CMD, Power Grid Corp of India
• Mr Rabindra Misra, Chief Executive, Indian Aluminium Company Limited
• Mr Rakesh Nath, Chairman, BBMB
• Mr Raman Uberoi, Director- Corporate & Infrastructure Rating, CRISIL
• Mr Ramesh Bhatia, General Manager- Corporate Sales, Conzerv Systems
• Mr Ravi Kumar, Director- Power, BHEL
• Mr Reji Kumar, Head- Energy & Power Utilities, IBM
• Mr S K Anand, Member- Distribution, PSEB
• Mr S P G Chaudhari, Director, WBREDA
• Mr S Padmanaban, Deputy Director & Senior Adviser, USAID
• Mr S S Sinha, Executive Director, CESC
• Mr Sanjeev Aggarwal, CRISIL
• Mr Santosh Kumar, Member, Central Electricity Authority
• Mr Shirish Sinha, Managing Consultant, PriceWaterHouse Coopers
• Mr Singsit, Deputy Director General, Research, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
• Mr Stephane Cai,Vice President- Hydro, Alstom Projects India Limited
• Mr Sudhir Mohan, Scientist G, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy Sources
• Mr Sultan ALAM, Consultant, La Couchoua-France
• Mr Sumit Bannerjee, Mercer
• Mr T S Sridhar, Chairman, TNEB
• Mr Uddesh Kohli, Chairman, Consultancy Development Centre
• Mr V K Duggal, Secretary, Water Resources, Govt of India
• Mr V K Parashar, ED, Power Grid Corporation
• Mr Vikram Gandotra, Chief Manager, Marketing, Large Control System & Energy Automation, Siemens Ltd
• Mr Vivek Gupta, Director, Communications Sector, IBM
• Mr Y H Malegam, SB Billimoria & Co
• Mr Y N Apparao, CMD, Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited
• Ms Nicola Steen, Managing Director- India, CO2e
• Prof Raymond Lafitte, Immediate Past President, International Hydro Power Association & Vice President ICOLD