
Positive Impact Day India 2025

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. 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.
Thursday
19 June 2025
Conference: 14:00 - 18:00
Cocktail dinner: 18:00 - 20:00
The St. Regis, Mumbai
Zenith Room I 38 Manhattan Room (map)
AGENDA
14:00 — 14:30
Registration and Networking (Zenith Room)
14:30 — 14:35
Opening Remarks
Stephanie Clement de Givry
Head of Global Banking and Advisory, Asia Pacific, Societe Generale
14:35 — 15:00
Energy Transition Journey in India
Kuldeep Jain
Founder & Managing Director, Cleanmax
Moderator: Katan Hirachand
Chief Executive & Chief Country Officer, Societe Generale India
15:00 — 15:45
Complex Renewables: The Way Forward
Kailash Vaswani
Chief Financial Officer, ReNew
Pratibha Bajaj
Senior Director, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) India
Nikhil Nigania
Director, Bernstein
Vivek Agarwal
Director, Actis
Moderator: Rritu Saurabha
Head of Financing & Advisory, Societe Generale India
15:45 — 16:05
Shaping India’s Tomorrow: Emerging drivers and risks
Venugopal Garre
Managing Director, India Head of Research, Bernstein
16:05 — 16:25
Coffee Break
16:25 — 17:10
Advancing India's Electric Vehicle Supply Chain
Deep Gupta
Co-Head of Southeast Asia and India, Macquarie Asset Management
Divya Gulati
SVP & Group Head Corporate Finance, Investor Relations & Treasury, Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
Vijay Pasupathy
Executive Vice President, Strategy & International Projects, Epsilon Advanced Materials
Moderator: Sayan Das
Head of Financial Institutions, Societe Generale India
17:10 — 17:55
Decarbonising India: Hard to Abate, Not Impossible
Atul V.
Vice President, SMS Group India
Hufriz Wadia
Partner, AZB & Partners
Paul-Antoine Thiebot
Head of Sustainability and Impact Advisory, Asia Pacific, Societe Generale
Prabodha Acharya
Group Chief Sustainability Officer, JSW
Moderator: Shweta Rastogi
Co-Head of Coverage, Societe Generale India
17:55 — 18:00
Closing Remarks
Katan Hirachand
Chief Executive & Chief Country Officer, Societe Generale India
18:00 — 20:00
Cocktail Dinner & Networking (38 Manhattan Room)
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