WRI India’s flagship energy event, Accelerating Clean Energy (ACE) returns for its sixth edition from June 21–24, 2025, at IIT Madras, Chennai. Hosted in collaboration with the School of Sustainability and the CO2India network, ACE convenes key voices from policy, academia and research to advance actionable clean energy solutions.

The 2025 edition will feature the 4th CO2India Meet and SustainX – spotlighting cutting-edge research and perspectives on carbon capture, industrial decarbonization, sustainable cooling, energy finance and more. This year, ACE will place special emphasis on systems transformation and inclusive, equitable transitions critical to India’s clean energy future. Know more.

Speakers

Vikram Kapur, Vikram Kapur, IAS, Director, Anna Administrative Staff College and Director General of Training 

Dr Tapas Majhi, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Bangalore

V Arun Roy, IAS., Industries, Investment Promotion & Commerce Department

Dr Raghunathan Rengaswamy, Dean, IIT Madras

Dr R Harikumar, Director, Energy Management Centre, Kerala

Sudha Ramen, IFS, Member Secretary, State Planning Commission, Tamil Nadu

Madhav Pai, CEO, WRI India

Sujoy Ghosh, Vice President and Country Managing Director India, First Solar

Rahul Agnihotri, Advisor for Clean Cooling Solutions and Building Energy Efficiency, UN Environment Programme

Samhita M, Founder and Managing Director, Ela Green Buildings & Infrastructure Consultants

Priya Narayan, Senior Program Manager, WRI India

Varun Pujari, Senior Specialist, Marketing Systems and Entrepreneurship, Habitat for Humanity International

Nishtha Gupta, Group Head – Sustainability & ESG, Suzlon

Suhasini Ayer-Guigan, Principal architect - Auroville Design Consultants - CSR / Auroville

Richie Stephen, Senior Standards Project Manager, UL Standards & Engagement

Dr Nikhil Tambe, CEO, The Energy Consortium, IIT Madras

Nirmal Shaju, Manager – Scalable Solutions, The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet

Nandini Chaudhury, Managing Director, Head of APAC advisory, CrossBoundary Group

Vivek Venkataramani, Associate Program Director, WRI India

Vivek Gilani, Managing Director & Executive Board Member Director, cBalance

Pankaj Kumar Sharma, Vice President, PH1 Industry

Neelima Aalam, Senior Scientist, Department of Science &Technology

T. Mathevan Pillai, General Manager, Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Ltd (F), Present: Associate Professor, Hindustan Institute of Technology, Chennai

Akanksha Tyagi, Program Lead, CEEW

Devika Wattal, Global Cement and Concrete Association

Lanvin Concessao, Program Manager, WRI India

Dr Krishna S Vatsa, Member, National Disaster Management Authority

Bhagyasree, Energy Advisor, GIZ India

Avinash Kumar, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited

Kavita Sachwani, Principles for Responsible Banking, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative

Rushabh Soni, Senior Program Associate, WRI India

Pamli Deka, Program Head, Energy Transition Finance, WRI India

Dr. P. Uma Maheswari, Livelihood Expert and Startup Enabler

Jyotirmoy Sircar, Business Head, Sandhya Strategic Investment and Advisory, Expert on Waste Management

Dipika Shripad, National Project Coordinator, UNIDO

C. V. Ramanan, General Manager & Head - Enterprise Sales & Corporate Field Services, Thermax Ltd.

Satyanarayan Seshadri, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai

K S Chandershekar, Deputy General Manager, Small Industries Development Bank of India

Neehar Jathar, Co-founder, AmpereHour Energy

Prashant M Wadnere, IAS, Special Secretary, Finance, Govt. of Tamil Nadu

Anjana Rajagopalan, Program Manager, WRI India

Suresh Babu, MSME Development and Facilitation Office

 S Hemalatha, IFS, Divisional Forest Officer, Ramanathapuram

 KVS Baba, Retd. Chairman and Managing Director, POSOCO/Grid-India 

 

Resources

Financing Clean Energy Technologies in SMEs in India

Powering Development in Climate Vulnerable Areas: The Role of Decentralized Solar Solutions in India

Assessing Clean Energy Opportunities Through Demand Aggregation in Bengaluru’s Apartment Buildings

Exploring Technologies for the Clean Energy Transition of Tamil Nadu

Implementing Demand Aggregation for Rooftop Solar Systems in Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprise Clusters

Analyzing the Policy Landscape for Supporting the Clean Energy Transition in Small and Medium Enterprises in India

Critical Minerals for India's Clean Energy Transition

Evaluating the Financial Future of Electric Utilities Using Scenarios Analysis: The Case of Tamil Nadu

Integration of an Energy Modeling Tool in a State’s Power Sector Planning Process—A Tamil Nadu Case Study

Rajkot Smart GHAR III – Addressing Thermal Comfort in Affordable Housing

Improving Ceiling Fan Efficiency

Learnings from Electricity Sector Study

Electricity Report 2020-21

Buildings Report FY 2020-21

Transport Report FY 2020-21

Cross-Cutting Sector

Indicator Guidebook