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May 15-16, 2013Navi Mumbai, India
Workshopon the search for
game-changing energy technologiesfor the developing world
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n behalf the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University, I am delighted
to welcome you to this special workshop on game-changing energy technologies for the
developing world.
Today, billions of people lack access to electricity, cooking fuels and other basic energy services that many
of us take for granted. Over the last 10 years, GCEP and its sponsors – ExxonMobil, GE, Schlumberger, Toyota and
DuPont – have invested in fundamental research to develop new energy technologies that will meet the changing
needs of a growing world population in an environmentally sustainable way. We are very pleased that Reliance
Industries and GCEP could come together to sponsor this important workshop.
The seed for this event was planted by Dr. Ajit Sapre during a talk he delivered at the annual GCEP
Research Symposium at Stanford in October 2012. Dr. Sapre offered a new approach to global energy challenges,
inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, which he called “Gandhian engineering of inclusive innovation.” The idea is
that sustainability can be achieved through eradicating poverty by developing innovative, energy-efficient
technologies that are both high quality and affordable. Examples include low-cost portable solar air conditioners
and water filters for people in poor rural areas.
We found Dr. Sapre’s ideas so compelling that we initiated conversations with Reliance Industries, which
eventually culminated in this workshop. Together we developed an informative program designed to engage
every workshop participant. Over the next two days, we will learn more about energy needs in the developing
world so that we can focus our technology-development efforts on areas that will have the biggest impact on
people who are most in need.
I would like to thank all of you for joining us. I know that many of you traveled a long distance to be here.
I look forward to your participation in this landmark workshop.
Sally M. Benson
Director
Global Climate and Energy Project
Stanford University
W
elcome to the workshop on the search for game-changing energy technologies for the developing
world. I hope that the ensemble of leading thinkers and practitioners from industry, academia,
government and NGOs will open up new opportunities for collective action to move us closer to
the goal of providing access to energy, water and food for all.
Despite the enormous strides in global scientific and industrial progress we are still unable to serve the needs
of a major part of the global population that primarily lives in the developing countries. The change in our planet’s
climate poses a heightened threat to meeting the basic needs of energy, water and food for all. The traditional
carbon emitting industrialization and urbanization path, which evolved in the advanced countries over the last
few centuries to grow their economies, is clearly not sustainable. Today, developing economies too are poised for
energy intensive growth with increasing demands for material comfort and consumption from its population. They
provide a fertile ground for implementing novel energy and materials technologies, and innovative infrastructure
development opportunities, e.g. distributed power, bio-fuels etc. There is an imminent need for more, secure and
responsible energy technologies that will take the world on more sustainable trajectory.
Moreover, as we all know, a one size fits all approach in deploying the technology developed for the
developed world may not solve the developing world’s cost and performance requirements. The problems on the
ground in technology adoption are complex. History has shown that energy technologies typically take more than
a decade to get to a critical market penetration even in places where it was first developed. We need innovation
in every aspect of the solution building process: technology development, scale-up, business model and cultural
adaptation. We need to rise to this complex challenge and I urge you to help us develop a plausible road map.
At Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), sustainable development is a cornerstone of our business strategy, with a
focus on:
› Energy security—We have made significant investments in natural gas (cleanest of fossil fuels), ultra
clean refining to secure energy supplies and we are building transformative initiatives to promote use of
alternative energy.
› Environment—We are committed to identify and act upon environmental risks in our business processes.
› Growth through innovation—Reliance Innovation Council drives our innovation agenda along with
Reliance Technology Group focusing on next-generation technologies for the growing world.
› Product responsibility—Our commitment to our customers is to produce products that meet stringent
international standards.
› Health & safety—We strive to provide a healthy and safe work environment.
› Social institution building—Transforming lives of the underprivileged sections of our society through
rural development, livelihood programs and education.
We welcome your perspective and active participation in this workshop. Thanks for joining us today. We
look forward to your enthusiastic participation to help shape the future.
Ajit Sapre
Group President of Research and Technology
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)
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AGENDA DAY ONE
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
IntroductIon Moderator AjIt SApre
10:00 Introductory remarks Ajit Sapre10:10 Inaugural remarks Hital r. Meswani10:20 Meeting Objectives Sally Benson
Keynote address
10:30 emerging paradigm for Accelerated Inclusive Growth with a Sustainable energy Future: More from Less for More
r.A. Mashelkar
sessIon 1 ModeratorNeedS ANd CHALLeNGeS tO prOvIdING eNerGy IN tHe deveLOpING WOrLd AjIt SApre
11:15 Clean energy Access for the three Billion in rural Areas and its Co-benefits for Health, Agriculture and Climate Change
veerabhadran ramanathan
11:50 Break12:05 report on Site visits by Stanford visitors Hrishi Goel, Love Sarin12:15 • renewable energy technologies for the developing World—
Focus on BiomassB.C. jain
• developing a Utility Business to Serve the rural poor Nikhil jaisinghani• Solar energy for the developing World—
Challenges and OpportunityAmitabh verma
1:30 Lunch2:20 perspectives from various energy Application Areas
• emerging Frugal Innovations in energy: Learning New Heuristics from Grassroots and technological youth
Anil Gupta
• Issues in rural energy Innovations Anil rajvanshi• Understanding Cooking Needs and practices Mark thurber
sessIon 2 ModeratorMAppING StANFOrd teCHNOLOGIeS tO tHe deveLOpING WOrLd rICHArd SASSOON
3:20 Overview of GCep portfolio and Approach Sally Benson4:00 Break4:20 GCep technical Area discussion
• Fossil Fuels – Carbon Mitigation and Advanced Combustion• renewables – Solar and electrochemistry• Bioenergy• energy Systems Analysis
Franklin ‘Lynn’ OrrBruce Clemensjennifer Milne
Charles Barnhart5:50 Applying Other Stanford technologies to the developing World Banny Banerjee
richard Sassoon6:20 Adjourn7:30 dinner at Sheraton Four points, Navi Mumbai, vashi dinner speaker: Kirit parikh
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AGENDA DAY TWO
thursday, May 16, 2013
sessIon 3 ModeratorteCHNICAL OppOrtUNIty AreAS peter HANIK
10:00 Industry perspectives• technical Opportunities in energy in the emerging
Markets—A dupont perspective• Opportunities for Innovation in the energy Field in the
developing World—A perspective from reliance Industries• A perspective from Ge on Identifying technical Opportunity• Areas in energy Markets in the developing World
Homi Bhedwar
Ajit Sapre
vinay jammu deepesh Nanda
11:30 Overview of Breakout Sessions pankaj Mehta11:45 Break12:00 Breakout Sessions on the Needs for Breakthrough energy
technologies, Criteria for their Successful Implementation, and Identification of Opportunity Areas in the developing World• renewable energy Anil rajvanshi, jennifer Milne• electricity Grid Sydney Lobo, emilie Hung• Fuels and transportation Swaroop Sarangan, richard Sassoon• Water and Cooking Applications Arjun Bhattacharyya, Mark thurber
1:30 Lunch2:30 review of Breakout Sessions Breakout Session Leaders3:30 Break
sessIon 4 ModeratordISCUSSION SeSSION ON COLLABOrAtIve ApprOACHeS ANd Next StepS peter HANIK
3:45 Moderated discussion Between GCep, GCep Sponsors, reliance, reliance Sponsors, and Indian Academic personnel on Future Collaboration and path Forward
peter Hanik richard Sassoon
concLudInG reMarKs Moderator AjIt SApre
5:00 Summary of Meeting Accomplishments Sally Benson5:15 Concluding remarks Ajit Sapre5:30 Adjourn
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About the workshop
“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
Mahatma Gandhi
The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford
University and Reliance Industries Limited have joined together to
organize this workshop, which explores the challenges of creating
and applying new energy technologies in the developing world. We have
assembled leading thinkers and practitioners from industry, academia,
government and NGOs to discuss potential applications of state-of-the-art
energy technologies and possible collaborative approaches and next steps that
could move research forward to find the best technical solutions for supplying
energy to the developing world. Through a variety of formats, including
presentations, breakouts and open discussions, we would like to gain insights
into the issues related to energy supply in the developing world that will allow
us to identify opportunities for organizations such as ours to contribute in this
critical area.
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S P E A K E R S
Sally M . BenSonBenson is director of the Global Climate
Energy Project (GCEP) and acting director of
the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford
University. She is also a professor (research)
of energy resources engineering in Stanford’s
School of Earth Sciences. Benson is a member
of the American Geophysical Union, Society
of Petroleum Engineers, American Association
for the Advancement of Science and the
American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
In 2012 she received the Greenman Award at
the International Conference on Greenhouse
Gas Technologies. A groundwater hydrologist
and reservoir engineer, Benson has conducted
research to address a broad range of issues
related to energy and the environment. For the
past 10 years, she has studied how to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions by capturing CO2
from power plants and pumping it into deep
underground formations for permanent
sequestration as a means of climate change
mitigation. Her research interests also include
technologies and energy systems for a low-carbon
future, groundwater quality and remediation, the
biogeochemistry of selenium, and geotechnical
instrumentation for subsurface characterization
and monitoring. Benson was a convening lead
author of the 2012 Global Energy Assessment
and a coordinating lead author on the 2005
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) special report on CO2 capture and storage.
Benson received a BA in geology from Barnard
College at Columbia University, and an MS and
PhD in materials science and mineral engineering
from the University of California-Berkeley.
RaGhunaTh ananT MaShelkaRMashelkar is president of Global Research
Alliance, a network of publicly funded R&D
institutes from Asia-Pacific, Europe and the
United States. A leading advocate for innovation
and balanced intellectual property rights, he
chairs the National Innovation Foundation,
Reliance Innovation Council and other
foundations. Mashelkar led a successful challenge
to U.S. patents on Basmati rice and on the use
of turmeric for wound healing, landmark
cases on the protection of India’s traditional
knowledge base. While at the World Intellectual
Property Organization, he led an effort led to
change the International Patent Classification
System giving traditional knowledge its
rightful place. Mashelkar was director of the
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research,
and was president of the Indian National
Science Academy and of the Institution of
Chemical Engineers (U.K.). In recognition
of his contribution to nation building,
the president of India awarded him with
Padmashri and Padmabhushan, two of the
highest civilian honors. Mashelkar was only
the third Indian engineer elected as a fellow of
the Royal Society (London) in the 20th century.
He was also elected to the National Academy
of Science (U.S.) and the Royal Academy of
Engineering (U.K.). Mashelkar is on the board
of directors of Reliance Industries Ltd., Tata
Motors Ltd. and other companies, and is on
the scientific advisory board of Microsoft.
He received a bachelor’s degree and PhD in
chemical engineering from the University of
Mumbai (Bombay).
hiTal R. MeSwaniMeswani is the executive director and member
of the board of Reliance Industries Ltd. He is
responsible for the refining and marketing
business, as well as for corporate functions,
including safety, research and technology,
manufacturing and projects. Meswani has been
involved in almost all of the recent mega-
initiatives of the Reliance group and has helped
the company become a significant player in
the petrochemicals arena. He was instrumental
in establishing the world-class petrochemicals
complex at Hazira, integrating fibres,
intermediates, olefins, polyolefins and other
products. He also led the execution of the world’s
largest refining complex at Jamnagar. Completed
in less than 36 months, Jamnagar is regarded as
one of the most profitable and modern refining
complexes in the world, setting a benchmark for
future refineries. In 2012, Meswani was awarded
an honorary fellowship from the Institution of
Chemical Engineers (IChemE) in recognition of
his contribution to the process industries. He is
also a recipient of the Indo-American Society’s
Young Achiever Award and the D. Robert
Yarnall Award from the Engineering Alumni
Society of the University of Pennsylvania. In
2003, he became a member of the university’s
engineering board of overseers. Meswani
received two degrees from the University of
Pennsylvania: BS in chemical engineering and BS
in economics from The Wharton School. He also
graduated from the university’s Jerome Fisher
Program in Management and Technology.
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Charles Barnhart
Barnhart is a postdoctoral scholar
at Stanford University’s Global
Climate and Energy Project
(GCEP), where he performs
energy systems analysis. His
research focuses on identifying
technology attributes that can
reduce energy and materials use, as well as lower financial costs. In a
2013 study published in the journal Energy & Environmental Science,
he presented a novel way to calculate the material and energetic cost
of building large-scale batteries and other storage technologies for the
electrical grid. In 2010, prior to joining GCEP, Barnhart was a national
postdoctoral fellow at NASA. He holds a PhD in planetary geophysics
from the University of California-Santa Cruz, a BS in physics and a BS
in astronomy from the University of Washington.
Banny Banerjee
Banerjee is an associate professor
(teaching) of mechanical
engineering at Stanford
University’s d.school and the
Stanford Design Program. He
is the founder of the Stanford
ChangeLabs, a network of
innovation experts, behavioral scientists and technology strategists
working towards new paradigms for scaled interventions to global
challenges, such as climate change, water and energy. In India,
Banerjee worked in a variety of fields, including architecture, adobe
housing for the rural poor and low embodied energy building systems.
From 1998-2007, he was a senior designer/strategist at the U.S.
firm IDEO. He received a bachelor of architecture degree from the
University of Bombay, MS in architecture from Washington State
University, and two MS degrees from Stanford in product design and
mechanical engineering.
homi Bhedwar
Bhedwar is director of the
DuPont Knowledge Center in
Hyderabad. He has responsibility
for operating the center, and for
developing science and technology
for India and the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations. In 1977,
Bhedwar joined DuPont in the U.S. as a research engineer and has
since held a number of technical and leadership roles in engineering,
electronics, fluoroproducts, and central research and development.
His previous responsibilities included establishing and implementing
growth programs in semiconductor fabrication materials, electronic
packaging, display materials, nanomaterials and photovoltaics. In
2006, he transferred to India with the responsibility of constructing,
operating and growing the Knowledge Center. Bhedwar received
a bachelor of technology degree from the Indian Institute of
Technology-Bombay, a master’s in materials engineering from
Cornell University, and a PhD in materials science and engineering
from Carnegie-Mellon University.
arjun BhattaCharyya Bhattacharyya is the technology
leader for GE Water & Process
Technologies at GE Global
Research in Bangalore. He leads
global technology teams on
the development of advanced
technologies and process solutions
for tough-to-treat waters, such as industrial wastewater and zero-
liquid discharge systems. His team focuses on chemical, membrane,
systems and optimization technologies aimed at providing water
treatment, water reuse and efficient process system solutions.
The team has developed numerous products in areas such as oil-
water separation, green chemistries for wastewater coagulation
treatment, and systems for treating acid mine drainage and water
from oil fields. Prior to joining GE, Bhattacharyya worked at Tata
Consultancy Services in the areas of advanced process control and
systems monitoring. He received a master’s degree in chemical
engineering from Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur
and a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of
Massachusetts-Amherst.
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Peter hanik
Hanik is president of platform
research at Reliance Industries
responsible for leading the
company’s technology efforts in
refining and petrochemicals. He
has more than 45 years of executive
management and technology
experience, and is a registered professional engineer. Prior to joining
Reliance, Hanik was president of Pretium Innovation, LLC; president
and CEO of Millennium Petrochemicals; director of applied research
and technical service at Quantum Chemical; and senior systems
engineer at Northern Petrochemical. He is a former board member and
petrochemical committee chairman of the National Petrochemical and
Refiners Association, and a former member of the American Institute
of Chemical Engineers industrial advisory board. Hanik received a BS
in chemical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and
an MBA from the University of Chicago.
BruCe Clemens
Clemens is the Walter B. Reinhold
Professor in the School of
Engineering at Stanford University
and a professor of photon science
at Stanford’s SLAC National
Accelerator. His research interests
include the synthesis, structure
and properties of thin film and nanostructured materials. In 2012, he
taught a Stanford online course on renewable technologies. Prior to
joining the Stanford faculty in 1989, Clemens was a scientist at the
General Motors and Hughes Research laboratories, and a visiting
professor at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He holds
two patents and serves as advisor and consultant for a variety of
companies. Clemens received an ASM Silver Medal for Research and a
Distinguished Achievement Medal from the Colorado School of Mines
(CSM). He received a BS in engineering-physics from CSM, and an MS
and PhD in applied physics from Caltech.
anil GuPta
Gupta is a professor at the
Centre for Management in
Agriculture at the Indian Institute
of Management-Ahmedabad
and executive vice chair of the
National Innovation Foundation,
which is dedicated to making India
a global leader in sustainable technologies. To ensure recognition,
respect and reward for grassroots innovators, Gupta founded the
Honey Bee Network, the Society for Research and Initiatives for
Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI), and the Grassroots
Innovation Augmentation Network (GIAN). A member of several
government and corporate bodies, he is a fellow of the World
Academy of Art and Science and recipient of the Padma Shri National
Award for distinguished achievements in the field of management
education, and the Science-in p-Society Award from the Indian Science
Congress Association. Gupta received a BSc in agriculture from
Haryana Agricultural University and a PhD in management from
Kurukshetra University.
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WorkshopB.C. jain
Jain is the chairman of Ankur
Scientific Energy Technologies
Pvt. Ltd., which focuses on
renewable biomass gasification
technologies. He serves on
several committees and national
panels dealing with energy
and development. He is also chairman of Mahavir International/
Mahavir Foundation Trust, which provides financial and other
support to economically disadvantaged students. Jain has more than
35 years of experience developing products and systems based on
renewable sources of energy, as well energy conservation, planning
and management. He was instrumental in developing an automotive
engine capable of accepting a wide range of liquid fuels, including
alcohols and petroleum products. In 1977, Jain joined the solar
company Jyoti Limited and was general manager of Jyoti’s energy
division from 1981-86. He received a BE from the Birla Institute of
Technology and Science (BITS)-Pilani; three mechanical engineering
degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): MS,
ME and DSc; and an MS from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.Vinay jammu Jammu is the technology leader
for Aero Thermal and Mechanical
Systems-Asia at GE Global
Research in Bangalore. He and
his team focus on developing
next-generation technologies
in aerodynamics, combustion,
novel cycles, heat transfer and dynamics with applications to
GE products, such as wind turbines, gas and steam turbines, and
diesel and gas engines. In 1997, he joined GE Global Research in
New York as a diagnostics engineer focused on developing novel
failure- and life-prediction technologies for power generation and
transportation equipment. In 2002, he relocated to India to lead a
team of 20 researchers in the area of condition-based maintenance
and prognostics. Jammu is a certified master black belt and holds 34
patents applications. He received two New Technology Innovator
Awards from NASA Glenn Research Center and numerous GE
awards, including the Best New Product and the Product Innovation
awards. Jammu received two degrees in mechanical engineering:
BE from Osmania University and PhD from the University of
Massachusetts-Amherst.
emilie hunG
Hung is an energy assessment
analyst with Stanford University’s
Global Climate and Energy Project
(GCEP). Prior to joining GCEP,
she was an energy engineer with
Emcor Energy Services in San
Francisco, evaluating energy
systems and providing services for demand-side energy management.
She also worked at LCG Consulting as an energy analyst, testing
propriety software for the electric grid and supporting LCG’s energy
consulting services. She has worked with a broad range of institutions,
including utilities, hospitals and municipalities. Hung is a registered
professional engineer in the state of California and has served on
the board of directors for GRID Alternatives. She received a masters
degree in civil and environmental engineering from MIT, and a BS in
biological and environmental engineering from Cornell University.
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nikhil jaisinGhani
Jaisinghani is an entrepreneur who
co-founded Value Development
Initiatives (VDI), a Nigeria-focused
energy infrastructure company,
and Mera Gao Power, an Indian
company that builds and operates
micro-grids in North India. He
is primarily responsible for technology and financing at Mera Gao
Power. Prior to founding VDI, Jaisinghani was a project development
officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development, a data
analyst at the World Bank Institute and a teacher at the Kodaikanal
International School in India. He received a BA in physics from the
University of Virginia and an MA in international relations from the
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
sydney loBo
Lobo is head of clean technology
projects at Tata Power Company
Limited. He and his team evaluate
technologies in energy generation
in the renewable spectrum,
distributed generation systems and
other clean technologies that could
be developed for the Indian power scenario. Lobo previously worked
at Tata Consultancy Services-Pune on projects in environmental
engineering and sciences, and at Kirloskar Consultants Limited.
He was also general manager-corporate environment at Reliance
Industries Limited, serving as an in-house expert on environmental
issues and providing technical assistance at various manufacturing
locations. Lobo joined Tata Power in December 2008 as head of
sustainability. In this role, he spearheaded various aspects of corporate
sustainability in terms of cultural lifestyle changes and addressing the
challenge of climate change. Lobo received a BE in civil engineering
from Mumbai University and an MS in environmental health
engineering in from the University of Kansas.
Pankaj mehta
Mehta is vice president for
research and technology
at Reliance Industries. He
has 30 years of experience
in the specialty polymers,
petrochemicals, industrial
biotechnology and mobile
(cellular) industries, with business and technical roles in research,
business development, marketing, mergers & acquisitions and
projects. He has negotiated joint venture/technology licenses for
a global petrochemical project and was instrumental in setting
the direction for Reliance Life Sciences’ industrial biotechnology
endeavours. He has also guided the rollout of a mobile network
for towns and villages throughout India. Prior to joining Reliance,
Mehta worked at DuPont USA for about 15 years. He received a
bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Institute of
Chemical Technology-Mumbai (formerly UDCT) and a masters
degree in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware.
jennifer milne
Milne is an energy assessment
analyst with the Global Climate
and Energy Project (GCEP) at
Stanford University. She is part
of a team that oversees technical
aspects of the proposal-review
process and helps guide GCEP’s
portfolio development through workshops and research. In this
role, Milne contributes assessment reports and book chapters to
the energy research community. She is also a member of the energy
education advisory board of the National Geographic Society. Prior to
joining GCEP in 2007, Milne was a postdoctoral scholar in Stanford’s
Department of Biology and at the Carnegie Institution’s Department
of Plant Biology. Her research focused on the biosynthesis of plant
cell walls with the goal of enhancing biomass for biofuels production.
Milne received a BS in biochemistry from the University of Stirling
and a PhD in biology from the University of York.
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Workshopkirit s. Parikh
Parikh is chairman of the Expert
Group for Low Carbon Strategy
for Inclusive Growth at the
Planning Commission of India
and a former member of the
commission. He is also chairman
of Integrated Research and Action
for Development in New Delhi. Parikh has authored and edited 27
books on development planning and policy. He was a member of the
Economic Advisory Council of five prime ministers of India and is
widely recognized as the architect of India’s Integrated Energy Policy
Committee. From 1960-80, he was a professor of economics (and
sometimes head) of the Indian Statistical Institute. From 1980-86, he
was the food and agricultural program leader at the International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). From 1986-2000, he
was founding director of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development
Research in Mumbai. Parikh is a fellow of the National Academy of
Sciences, India, and an honorary life member of the International
Association of Agricultural Economists. In 2009, he was honored with
Padma Bhushan by the president of India. In 2007, he was named the
most distinguished and illustrious alumni of the decade from India
by MIT, and received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the
Indian Institute of Technology. Parikh received a master’s degree in
economics and a DSc in civil engineering from MIT.
franklin ‘lynn’ orr
Orr is the Keleen and Carlton Beal
Chair of Petroleum Engineering
at Stanford University. He has
been a member of the Stanford
faculty since 1985. In 2009, Orr
was named the founding director
of Stanford’s Precourt Institute for
Energy. He was the founding director of Stanford’s Global Climate and
Energy Project from 2002 to 2008, and the Chester Naramore Dean
of Stanford’s School of Earth Sciences from 1994 to 2002. He is also
a senior fellow at the Precourt Institute and at the Stanford Woods
Institute for the Environment. Orr’s research focuses on how complex
fluid mixtures flow in porous rocks in the Earth’s crust; the design of
gas injection processes for enhanced oil recovery; and CO2 storage in
subsurface formations. Orr is a member of the National Academy of
Engineering and serves as vice chair of the board of directors of the
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. He also chairs the science
advisory committee at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation,
and was a foundation board member from 1999-2008. Orr received
two degrees in chemical engineering: BSc at Stanford and PhD at the
University of Minnesota.
deePesh nanda
Nanda leads GE’s Thermal Power
Generation & Services and
Distributed Power efforts in India,
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He is
responsible for GE’s interests in
Bangladesh and at the National
Thermal Power Corporation,
India’s largest power-generating company. Nanda specializes in
managing key markets and accounts for clients in various industries,
including power, oil and gas, chemicals and metals. His work focuses
on sales of gas turbines, steam turbines and gas engines, as well as
aeroderivative-based power-generating solutions. Nanda has 18
years of experience in the energy industry with companies such as
Flowserve and Tyco, where he held positions in general management,
sales and operations across India, including vice president of Tyco’s
flow control business. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical
and production engineering from Annamalai University (India), and
an MBA from the Open University Business School (UK).
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VeeraBhadran ramanathan Ramanathan is a distinguished
professor of atmospheric and
climate sciences at the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography,
University of California-San
Diego. He also chairs Project
Surya, which attempts to eliminate
climate-warming pollutants from traditional biomass cookstoves.
Ramanathan was part of an international team that discovered
atmospheric brown clouds (ABCs). He demonstrated that ABCs
produce large-scale dimming, decrease monsoon rainfall and rice
harvest in India, and play a dominant role in the melting of the
Himalayan glaciers. His team also developed unmanned aerial vehicles
to measure black carbon in soot over South Asia and to track pollution
from Beijing during the 2008 Olympics. His awards include the Tyler
Prize, the Volvo Prize and the Rossby Medal. Ramanathan received
a BE from Annamalai University, MSc from the Indian Institute of
Science and a PhD in planetary atmospheres from the State University
of New York–Stony Brook.
anil rajVanshi
Rajvanshi is director of the
Nimbkar Agricultural Research
Institute (NARI) in Phaltan,
Maharashtra, where he has
devoted 30 years to applying
science and technology to solve
problems faced by rural people
in the areas of energy, water, pollution and income generation. He
has served on several national and state government committees in
India, and is the principal author of the national policy on energy
self-sufficient Talukas (administrative blocks of 90-100 contiguous
villages). Rajvanshi holds seven patents and is recipient of several
awards, including the Jamnalal Bajaj Award for the use of science
and technology in rural development, and the Energy Globe Award
for developing the electric cycle rickshaw. He is also involved in
studies of human consciousness and the interaction of spirituality
and technology. Rajvanshi received three degrees in mechanical
engineering: BTech and MTech from the Indian Institute of
Technology-Kanpur, and a PhD from the University of Florida where
he taught for two years.
ajit saPre
Sapre is group president of
research and technology at
Reliance Industries. He has more
than 30 years of experience
in the petroleum refining
and petrochemicals business,
technology development and R&D
management, including technical and managerial assignments in
research, engineering, business, manufacturing units and corporate
planning. Sapre has strong management and technical background in
refining, chemical reaction engineering, optimization technologies,
computer-integrated manufacturing, intellectual asset management,
and petrochemicals process and catalyst development. He has
experience in upstream, downstream (refining, petrochemicals,
polyester, lubes) and renewable energy sectors. In addition to
publishing more than 100 technical papers, Sapre co-edited the book,
Chemical Reactions in Complex Mixtures: The Mobil Workshop.
He also holds more than 25 U.S. patents. Sapre received a bachelor’s
degree in chemical engineering from the Institute of Chemical
Technology-Mumbai, an MBA from Cornell University and a PhD
in chemistry from the University of Delaware.
swarooP saranGan
Sarangan is vice president of
the frontier research group of
Reliance Industries’s research and
technology wing. He has more than
30 years of experience in renewable
energy, pharmaceuticals, edible
oil, hydro-metallurgy and the
petrochemicals industry. He has extensive background in vegetable
oil refining, hydrometallurgical extraction of metals, chemical
reaction engineering, strategic energy planning and intellectual
asset management. Prior to joining Reliance Industries in 2007, he
was general manager of Rubamin Pharmaceuticals from 2001-2005.
Sarangan received an BE in mechanical engineering from Birla
Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)-Pilani, and an MS in
simultaneous heat and mass transfer from the Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT)-Madras.
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riChard sassoon
Sassoon was appointed managing
director of Stanford University’s
Global Climate and Energy Project
(GCEP) in 2003 and is a member of
the American Chemical Society.
Prior to joining GCEP, he was
senior scientist and assistant vice
president at Science Applications International Corporation, where
he led systems integration efforts for nanotechnology applications.
For many years, he was a contractor to the U.S. Department of
Energy supporting the strategic planning and management of DOE’s
environmental programs, and its hydrogen and renewable energy
activities. Sassoon spent more than a decade conducting research
into photochemical solar energy conversion and storage systems,
performing computer modeling of the catalytic processes involved
in hydrogen production, and investigating technologies for the
cleanup of nuclear waste. Sasson received a BSc in chemistry from
Leeds University and a PhD in physical chemistry from the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem. He conducted postdoctoral activities at the
University of Notre Dame.
mark thurBer
Thurber is the associate
director for research at Stanford
University’s Program on Energy
and Sustainable Development
(PESD). His research has focused on
the role of state-owned enterprises
in key global energy markets. He
is an editor of the book, Oil and Governance: State-owned Enterprises
and the World Energy Supply. Thurber also directs research on how
energy services can be delivered more effectively to low-income
populations, improving health, development and environmental
outcomes. He recently has studied how design, demographic and
distribution factors affect the adoption and use of improved biomass
stoves in India. His current research looks at the spread of solar
photovoltaic technology for household use. Thurber received a BSE
in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University,
with a certificate from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs. He received a PhD from Stanford in mechanical
engineering (thermosciences).
loVe sarin
Sarin works with the group
president of research and
technology at Reliance Industries
to identify breakthrough areas
with growth potential for
the company. His focus is on
translating new technologies to the
commercialization path and creating value by promoting sustainable
solutions. Prior to joining Reliance, Sarin led an early stage technology
development effort - supported by the U.S. National Collegiate
Inventors and Innovators Alliance, the National Science Foundation
and the State of Rhode Island - aimed at reducing mercury emissions.
He received a BTech from the Indian Institute of Technology-
Bombay and a PhD from Brown University. Sarin was also a fellow
at the Startup Leadership Program at The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE)
in Boston.
GCeP/Reliance workshop Dinner
May 15, 2013, 7:30 p.m.Sheraton Four Points hotel
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in a survey conducted by the uS financial publication Business week in collaboration with the
Boston Consulting Group (BCG). in 2010, BCG also ranked Ril as the second highest ‘Sustainable
Value Creators’ for creating the most shareholder value over the decade in the world.
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