
Positive Impact Day 2025
UNLOCKING THE POWER OF A SUSTAINABLE TRANSITION
What does the reshaping of global trade mean for India’s energy transition? How can India’s auto sector accelerate the switch to electric vehicles? How can decarbonisation unlock new opportunities in India’s hard-to-abate sectors?
Societe Generale is pleased to host the India edition of our Positive Impact Day conference series, where we will be exploring these questions in more detail.
Thursday
19 Jun 2025
Conference: 14:00 - 17:50
Cocktail dinner: 17:50 - 20:00
Trident Bandra Kurla
Golconda Ballroom (map)
With international commitments to decarbonisation in flux and energy security firmly in focus, this will be your opportunity to hear from industry leaders and finance experts on the outlook for India’s energy transition. Our agenda will focus on the following key themes:
• Unlocking complex renewable energy solutions
• Advancing India’s electric vehicle supply chain
• Securing a low-carbon future for Indian industry
AGENDA
14:00 – 14:30 | REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING |
14:30 – 14:35 | OPENING REMARKS Cecile Bartenieff |
14:35 – 15:00 | ENERGY TRANSITION JOURNEY IN INDIA Sekharipuram Narayanan Subrahmanyan Moderator: Katan Hirachand |
15:00 – 15:45 | COMPLEX RENEWABLES: THE WAY FORWARD Kailash Vaswani Kuldeep Jain Pratibha Bajaj Nikhil Nigania Moderator: Rritu Saurabha |
15:45 – 15:55 | PRESENTATION BY BERNSTEIN [TBC] Nikhil Nigania [TBC] Venugopal Garre |
15:55 – 16:15 | COFFEE BREAK |
16:15 – 17:00 | ADVANCING INDIA’S ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY CHAIN Deep Gupta Divya Gulati Sumit Sen Moderator: Sayan Das |
17:00 – 17:45 | DECARBONISING INDIA: HARD TO ABATE, NOT IMPOSSIBLE Atul Atul Hufriz Wadia Paul-Antoine Thiebot Prabodha Acharya Moderator: Shweta Rastogi |
17:45 – 17:50 | CLOSING REMARKS Stephanie Clement de Givry |
17:50 – 20:00 | COCKTAIL DINNER & NETWORKING |
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