Breaking Barriers @Fire Side Chat by BloombergNEF by Mr. Shantanu Jaiswal Head of India Research, BloombergNEF with Mr. Nitin Seth, CEO-New Mobility, Reliance
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Session 1 : Powered by BloombergNEF
Driving India’s Road Transport Electrification: Challenges, Opportunities and the Road Ahead
EVs are making steady progress in India supported by favorable policies, increasing consumer interest, and rising fuel costs. Investor interest is also rising with India-headquartered electric mobility firms receiving $1.2 billion in funding in 2022, nearly double the amount in 2021. What are the key near-term challenges that could threaten this momentum? With the FAME scheme set to phase out in a few months, how will the policy gap impact India’s pace of electrification? Further, as countries across the globe are trying to reconfigure supply chains in their favor, can India position itself as a globally competitive manufacturing hub?
Moderator: Ms. Komal Kareer, Analyst, BloombergNEF
Panelist :
Mr. Nitin Seth, CEO-Mobility, RIL
Mr. Joseph Teja, Senior Specialist (Electric Mobility), CALSTART
Mr. Abhishek Bansal, Lead, Capital Goods and Investment Specialist, Automotive/EVs, Invest India, Ministry of Commerce
Mr. Awadhesh Jha, Executive Director, GLIDA
Mr. Sunil Bhambhani, Managing Director, Ador Digatron Pvt. Ltd

Ms. Komal Kareer
Analyst
BloombergNEF

Mr. Awadhesh Jha
Executive Director
GLIDA (Formerly Fortum Charge & Drive India)

Mr. Sunil Bhambhani
Managing Director
Ador Digatron Pvt. Ltd

Mr. Joseph Teja
Senior Specialist (Electric Mobility), CALSTART
Consultant

Mr. Abhishek Bansal
Lead
Capital Goods and Investment Specialist, Automotive/EVs, Invest India, Ministry of Commerce

Mr. Nitin Seth
CEO-New Mobility
Reliance
Session 2 : Paper Presentations : Ever changing world of Batteries
Time 11:50 - 12:05
Mr. Klaus Hamacher, Director New Business Development, BST GmbH
Topic: Inline Quality Assurance - Proactive Defect Prevention Strategy in the Cell Production
Time 12:05 - 12:20
Dr. Pirmin Ulmann, Co-Founder & CEO, b-science.net
Topic: Viability of Solid & Semi-solid Electrolytes in EV and Other Applications
Time 12:20 - 12:35
Mr. Aloysius Daniel Gandhi, Head of PASS and Head of ZMCC, Carl Zeiss India (Bangalore) Pvt. Ltd.
Topic: Zeiss Solutions for Advanced Battery Characterization and Qualification
Time 12:35 - 12:50
Mr. Prasanna Srinivasan, Global Market & BD Manager, Parker Hannifin
Topic: Encapsulant Foams for Thermal Runaway Mitigation, Light-Weighting, and Mechanical Dampening

Dr. Pirmin Ulmann
Co-Founder & CEO
b-science.net

Mr. Klaus Hamacher
Director New Business Development
BST GmbH

Mr. Prasanna Srinivasan
Global Market & BD Manager
Parker Hannifin

Mr. Aloysius Daniel Gandhi
Head of PASS and Head of ZMCC
Carl Zeiss India (Bangalore) Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Andre Karasch
Senior Consultant E-Mobility
P3 automotive GmbH
Networking Lunch
Networking Lunch
Session 3 : Paper Presentations
Ever changing world of Batteries
Time: 14:15 - 14:30
Name: Dr. Esther Quintanilla, Global Strategic Mobility Marketing Leader at Dow
Topic: Innovating together with Dow MobilityScience™ Battery Assembly solutions
Time: 14:30 - 14:45
Name: Dr. Hannes Schmüser , CEO of Division - Clean Technology Systems, DURR Systems AG
Topic: Driving Sustainability in Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Production.
Time: 14:45 - 15:00
Name: Mr. Herve BEUFFE, CEO, TIAMAT
Topic: Sodium-ion battery solutions for high power and moderate energy density applications
Time: 15:00 - 15:15
Name: Mr. Abhishek Murali, Senior Analyst, Rystad Energy
Topic: Battery Storage - Understanding the market potential and its role in the new global energy system
Time: 15:15 - 15:30
Name: Mr. Holger Schuh, Sr. Manager - Thermal Technologies / Equipment Partners, Henkel AG & Co KGaA
Topic: Development of innovative material, testing methodology and simulation model for safe battery systems
Time: 15:30 - 15:45
Name: Mr.Bhavik Patel, Lead R&D, Newen Systems Pvt. Ltd
Topic: DC Coupled BESS
Time: 15:45 - 16:00
Name: Deepak P,Manager Engineering – NEV Mann & Hummel Filters Private Limited
Topic: New Requirements and New Solutions for Multi-Functional Venting Units.

Mr. Abhishek Murali
Senior Analyst
Rystad Energy

Dr. Hannes Schmüser
CEO - Clean Technology Systems Division Head
Dürr Systems AG

Mr. Herve BEUFFE
CEO
TIAMAT

Dr. Esther Quintanilla
Global Strategic Mobility Marketing Leader
Dow

Mr. Bhavik Patel
Lead R&D
Newen Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Holger Schuh
Sr. Manager
Thermal Technologies / Equipment Partners, Henkel AG & Co KGaA

Deepak P
Manager Engineering
NEV Mann & Hummel Filters Private Limited
Networking Tea Break
Networking Tea Break
Session 4 : Session powered by Bridge to India Pvt. Ltd.
India storage market – ready for take-off:
Large-scale deployment of intermittent renewable power requires storage solutions to address imbalances between supply and demand. Additionally, demand for dispatchable renewable power from DISCOMs and corporates has increased focus on a nascent storage market in the country. Recent government initiatives, like PLI and introduction of new market mechanisms, as well as corporate deals point to an impending boom in the storage sector.
Moderator: Ms. Neha Makol, Manager, Consulting, BRIDGE TO INDIA
Panelist :
- Ms. Sanskriti Dubey (Senior Manager - Market Growth & Communications, Fluence India)
- Mr. Rajesh Kodukula, Sr. Manager- Generation 2 Products, Log9 Materials
- Mr. Sai Charan Kuppili (Technical Director, Jinko Solar)
- Mr. Naveen Nagpal (Assistant Vice President – Renewables | BESS & new initiatives, BSES)
- Mr. Kunal Saxena,Head – Strategic Investments, AmpIn Energy Transition

Ms. Neha Makol
Manager
Consulting, Bridge To India

Mr. Naveen Nagpal
Assistant Vice President
Renewables | BESS & new initiatives, BSES

Mr. Sai Charan Kuppili
Technical Director
Jinko Solar

Ms. Sanskriti Dubey
Senior Manager
Market Growth & Communications, Fluence India

Mr. Kunal Saxena
Head – Strategic Investments
AmpIn Energy Transition

Mr. Praneeth Pillarisetti
Sr. Product Manager
Stationary Storage Systems, Log9 Materials
Session 5 : Session Powered by NHEV
A Fire Chat......India becoming a Battery Manufacturer from being a Market earlier.
Ease of Doing Business in the Indian battery segment has opened room for innovations and advancements. Indian players have picked up their trajectory to enter into manufacturing with Battery Production Linked Incentives (PLI), Advance Chemistry Cell (ACC) with various technologies to meet global and Asia Pacific market demands.
The global market is driven by the increasing demand for lithium-ion batteries in various end users, such as portable electronics, electric vehicles, military, aerospace, and energy storage systems. The market size, value, and CAGR vary depending on the data's source, year, and region, but generally show a positive and high trend. The market is also segmented by different types of lithium-ion batteries, such as cobalt oxide, nickel cobalt manganese oxide, and others with different characteristics and applications. The largest regional segment of the market is Asia Pacific led by China followed by Europe. Now, the same is being envisioned by India.
Mr. Abhijeet Sinha , National Program Director - Ease of Doing Business, Project Director - NHEV, DIISHA Drone Pilot, President- CPOs of India
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Mr. Vikram Handa, MD, Epsilon Advanced Materials.

Mr. Abhijeet Sinha
Project Director - NHEV, DIISHA Drone Pilot, President- CPOs of India
National Program Director - Ease of Doing Business

Mr. Vikram Handa
MD
Epsilon
Session 6 : Session powered by Erhardt + Leimer GmbH
Ever changing world of Batteries
Time 11:50 - 12:05
Name: Ms. Priyanka Mishra, Director and Country General Manager, Umicore India Pvt Ltd. , RBM Umicore
Topic: Closing the loop in India at Gigafactory scale
Time 12:05 - 12:20
Name: Mr. Thomas Grimm, Sales Division Manager Energy, Electronics & Hygiene Converting, Erhardt + Leimer GmbH
Topic: Basis weight and thickness measurement in electrode production for Li-ion batteries
Time 12:20 - 12:35
Name: Mr. Bhuvan Purohit, Exceutive Director, Rubamin Private Limited
Topic: Circular Economy in practice: Perpetual recycling and extraction of "Critical Metals"™ for a low carbon future for India and the world.
Time 12:35 - 12:50
Name: Mr. Alexandre Van De Rijt, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company
Topic: The mismatch of Li-ion battery supply and demand across regions
Time 12:50 - 13:10
Name: Juergen Schneider, Senior Solution Manager Virtual Battery Development, AVL List GmbH
Topic: Battery Modelling for Battery Energy Assessment

Mr. Thomas Grimm
ales Division Manager Energy,
Electronics & Hygiene Converting, Erhardt + Leimer GmbH

Mr. Alexandre Van De Rijt
Associate Partner
McKinsey & Company

Mr. Bhuvan Purohit
Exceutive Director
Rubamin Private Limited

Juergen Schneider
Senior Solution Manager Virtual Battery Development
AVL List GmbH

Ms. Priyanka Mishra
General Manager
RBM Umicore
Networking Lunch
Networking Lunch
Session 7
Half a day seminar by Federation of Electric Vehicle Association (FEVA),
Barriers in EV Industry and Possible Solutions
LAMP LIGHTING followed by:
Presentations by :
Dr. S.K.SAROJ, Chairman Federation of Electric Vehicle Association (FEVA)
Topic: Introduction of EV Technology and future path and challenges
Mr. Praveen Sood, Chairman, Regnant Energy Solution
Topic: Challenges and Opportunities in DC Charging using Renewable Energy
Dr. Rajeev Mishra, National President, Federation of electric Vehicle Association
Topic: Government policy on EV Industry
Shri Dhruv Agarwal, Chairman, CIMSME
Topic: Import - Export Substitute and Govt. policy
Dr. Rakesh Pandita, Director, Umeandus Technologies India Pvt. Ltd
Topic: Net Zero pathways and Direction , possible solutions
Prof Rajeev Kapoor, Prof. Dept.( ECE), Delhi Technical University
Topic: Latest Innovation of EV industry wireless Charging Research by DTU
Dr. S. Lal, Associate Director, DRDO, Ministry of Defense Government of India
Topic: Battery Safety Management , Standard and procedures
Mr. Tapas Chatterjee, Director, Recycling Management Pvt Ltd
Topic: Recycling and e Waste Management
Mr. Ashwani Mathur, CEO, Ethos Automation
Topic: EV charger and Safety Standards
Dr. Ravi C. Shekhar, Sr. Scientist CRRI, Government of India
Topic: Electric Vehicle Road Map in India prospective of CRRI
Mr. Preetesh singh, Expert CASE and alternative Power Trains
Topic: Lithium- ion Battery Manufacturing and Value Chain: Current Landscape and future potential
Dr. Varghese Samuel, Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Matlabs Technologies
Topic: Lithium ion battery cell manufacturing challenge for EV applications
Vote of Thanks By Dr. S.K.SAROJ & Dr. Rajeev Mishra

Dr. S.K.SAROJ
BTech , MBA, PHD
Chairman Federation of Electric Vehicle Association

Prof Rajeev Kapoor
HOD
Delhi Technical University

Dr. Rajeev Mishra
President
Federation of electric Vehicle Association

Dr. Rakesh Pandita
Director
Umeandus Technologies India Pvt. Ltd

Dr. Ravi C. Shekhar
Sr. Scientist CRRI
Government of India

Dr. S. Lal
Associate Director
DRDO, Ministry of Defense Government of India

Mr. Ashwani Mathur
CEO
Ethos Automation

Mr. Tapas Chatterjee
Director
Recycling Management Pvt Ltd

Shri Dhruv Agarwal
Chairman
CIMSME

Dr. Varghese Samuel
Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Matlabs Technologies

Mr. Praveen Sood
Electrical Vehicle
Expert on

Mr.Preetesh singh
Expert
CASE and alternative Power Trains
Session 8 : Paper Presentations
Ever changing world of Batteries
Time 10:30 - 10:45
Name: Mr.Simon Voss, Managing Director E-Mobility Lab of RWTH Aachen University, Head of E-Mobility Office of RWTH Aachen University
Topic: Research-Industry-Collaboration: Accelerating battery technology- and production-innovation
Time 10:45 - 11:00
Name: Mr. Bhavik Patel, Lead R&D, Newen Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Topic: DC Coupled BESS
Time 11:00 - 11:15
Name: Mr. Saikiran Shetty, National Sales & Marketing Manager, Saint-Gobain Tape Solutions
Topic: Saint-Sobain’s solutions for high performance EV batteries
Time 11:15 - 11:30
Name: Mr.Mike Rosenberg, CEO, Prieto Battery, Inc.
Topic: High-Energy Density 3D Batteries that Fully Charge in 3 Minutes
Time 11:30 - 11:45
Name: Ameya Nalavde, Head India, Heraeus Noblelight
Topic: Complementary Infrared & UV-solutions for battery manufacturing

Mr. Bhavik Patel
Lead R&D
Newen Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Mr.Simon Voss
Head of E-Mobility Office of RWTH Aachen University
Managing Director E-Mobility Lab of RWTH Aachen University

Mr. Saikiran Shetty
National Sales & Marketing Manager
Saint Gobain

Ameya Nalavde
Head India
Heraeus Noblelight

Mr.Mike Rosenberg
CEO
Prieto Battery, Inc.
Session 9 : Powered by CEEW
Scaling up midstream battery manufacturing in India:
India is aiming to scale up battery cell and battery module capacity in India through various policy incentives and 100+ GWh of battery cell manufacturing is expected to be set up in the next 5 years. However, the midstream manufacturing of cathode, anode separator etc is highly concentrated globally and technologically complex to indigenise. This session will deliberate on the steps that the industry, government and academia can take in the short to medium term.
Moderator: Mr. Rishabh Jain, Senior Programme Lead, CEEW
Panelists:
Mr Avishek Kumar - CEO & Co-founder, Vflow Tech
Mr Tejas Kusurkar- CEO & Co-founder, Offgrid Labs
Ms Sheetal Bhat - VP, Catamaran
Ms Rachel Chan - Sales Manager Battery Materials - South Asia & ASEAN, BASF
Mr. Bibin VB, Sr. Manager Maufacturing Operations, Log9

Mr. Rishabh Jain
Senior Programme Lead
CEEW

Mr Avishek Kumar
CEO & Co-founder
Vflow Tech

Mr Tejas Kusurkar
CEO & Co-founder
Offgrid Labs

Ms Rachel Chan
Sales Manager
Battery Materials - South Asia & ASEAN, BASF

Ms Sheetal Bhat
VP
Catamaran

Mr. Bibin VB
Sr. Manager Maufacturing Operations
Log9
Networking Lunch
Networking Lunch
Session 10 : Paper Presentations
Ever changing world of Batteries
Time 14:10 - 14:25
Name: Mr. Philipp Wunderlich, Battery Technology Lead, Industry X
Topic: Digital Transformation in the Battery Industry
Time 14:25 - 14:40
Name: Mr. Nickil Shah, Energy Innovation Centre
Topic: Endurance of single-crystalline Ni-rich cathodes in industrially prepared pouch cells
Time 14:40 - 14:55
Name: Mr.Marc Deyda, Head of Strategy & Communication Battery, Siemens AG
Topic: Overcoming major obstacles in the battery industry for a fast and secure market ramp up
Time 14:55 - 15:10
Name: Dr. Shalu Agarwal, Senior Technology and Market Analyst Power Electronics & Battery and Dr. Milan Rosina, Principal Analyst – Power Electronics & Battery ( Yole Intelligence part of Yole Group )
Topic: Market Trends and Emerging Technologies in Battery Energy Stationary Storage

Philipp Wunderlich
Battery Technology Lead
Industry X

Mr. Nickil Shah
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Energy Innovation Centre

Dr. Milan Rosina
Principal Analyst
Power Electronics & Battery ( Yole Intelligence part of Yole Group )

Dr. Shalu Agarwal
Senior Technology and Market Analyst Power Electronics & Battery
Yole Group

Mr. Marc Deyda
Head of Strategy & Communication Battery
Siemens AG
Session 11 : Powered by JMKresearch
Li-ion Battery Manufacturing in India- Opportunities and Challenges
Discussion points
- LIB Manufacturing trends in India
- New opportunities in Cell Manufacturing
- Battery chemistry- NMC Vs LFP
- Sourcing of raw material
- Impact of PLI scheme
- Battery Safety Issues and norms
- Opportunity in lithium-ion battery Recycling
- Key challenges faced by manufacturers
Moderator: Ms. Jyoti Gulia, Founder- JMK Research & Analytics
Panelist :
Mr. Venkat Rajaraman, CEO, Cygni
Dr. Rashi Gupta, MD,Vision Mechatronics
Mr. Prashant Kumar, Deputy Managing Director, LG Energy Solution India Private Limited
Mr. ALN Rao, CEO, Exigo Recycling

Ms. Jyoti Gulia
Founder
JMK Research & Analytics

Mr. Venkat Rajaraman
CEO
Cygni

Dr. Rashi Gupta
MD
Vision Mechatronics

Mr. ALN Rao
CEO
Exigo Recycling

Mr. Prashant Kumar
Deputy Managing Director
LG Energy Solution India Private Limited