Poverty and climate risks are the two most important issues that are leading to increase in disparities across geographies. These disparities can be bridged by clean energy based productive solutions to achieve decent work and economic growth for all in a sustainable manner.
The two day event will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders: End Users; Livelihood Practitioners; Financing Institutions; Productive Use Technology Innovators; Energy Access Enterprises and many more, to discuss replicable models and processes that can scale sustainable energy and livelihood solutions and transform under-served communities.
SEE THE CONCEPT NOTEGovt. of Karnataka
Harsha Trust
Bigstamp, Millet machine and Tools
Director, IIMB
Agri Processing Entrepreneurs
CLEAN (Clean Energy Access Network)
Founder & CEO, Sangam Ventures
Council for Energy, Environment and Water
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9:30 - 10:15 | Welcome Address Opening Speaker Keynote Address | Shri. G. Raghuram, Director IIM-B Shri. L K Atheeq, IAS, Principal Secretary to Government, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj & Chairperson (GOK), Executive Committee, MGIRED Shri R. Ramanan, Atal Innovation Mission, Niti Aayog |
10:15 - 11:30 | Sustainable Energy Access Models for Livelihoods Demonstrate the impacts of different energy access models for powering livelihoods and outline the critical parts of the ecosystem in each context |
Pushpa Gullenanavar, Flour Milling and Roti Making Entrepreneur Ranjan Panda, Puffed Rice Maker Thangjan Laingam Singh & Thangjam Merina Devi, Blacksmiths Sridevi Melavanki, Digital Solutions Provider Huda Jaffer, Lead Designer, SELCO Foundation Devkishor Soraisam, Founder, Mangaal Sustainable Solutions Shripathi Hadigal, Program Manager, SELCO Foundation |
11:30 - 12:00 | Tea/Coffee |
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12:00 - 1:30 | Need Based & Energy Efficient Appliance Manufacturing Challenges in developing and scaling energy efficient technologies for livelihoods |
Context Setting Raghu Kulal, Potter Jagadish Naik, Coir Rope Maker Moderator Rachita Misra, SELCO Foundation Speakers Smita Rakesh, Social Alpha Karthik Chandrasekhar, Sangam Ventures Kusumdhaara Kepalakaje, Ksheera Enterprises R Narayan, Bigstamp, Millet machine and Tools Shailaja Vittal, Dharma Technologies Shuboday Ganta, Associate Vice President, Transaction Advisory Services, Ernst & Young LLP |
1:30 - 2:30 | Lunch | |
2:30 - 3:30 | Last Mile Refrigeration & Cold Storage | Context Setting Sripathi Hadigal, SELCO Foundation Moderator Shahaab Javeri, SELCO Foundation The following organisations will participate in the discussion - Cool Crop, Devidayal, Tan 90 Innovations, Pluss Technologies, Harsha Trust, Ecozen, Aagun, CoolNext along with End Users of Cold Storage Technologies |
Solar Powered Irrigation | Context Setting Ganesh Neelam, TATA TRUSTS Moderator Nilanjan Ghose, GiZ The following organisations will participate in the discussion - TATA Trusts, Harsha Trusts, Sehgal Foundation, CEEW, CLEAN, Kethworks, REEEP, TATA Solar |
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Demonstration of 30+ Livelihood Applications | Demonstration across sectors - Agriculture, Food Processing, Animal Husbandry, Textile, Blacksmithy, Pottery, Rope Making, etc. |
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3:30 - 4:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
4:00 - 5:30 | Role of Clean Energy Enterprises in scaling sustainable livelihoods What does it take for last mile clean energy enterprises to champion energy driven productive applications? |
Context Setting Thippeswammy, Dairy Entrepreneur Manjunath Bhagwat, Senior Manager, SELCO Solar Light Pvt. Ltd. Prerna Sharma, Associate - Policy, CLEAN Energy Access Network Moderator Sarah Alexander, SELCO Foundation Speakers Joysing Teron, Hill Solar Sudeshna Mukherjee, Deputy Country Director - India, MLinda K.S Patil, Branch Manager, SELCO Solar Light Pvt. Ltd. Upendra Sahoo, Founder, Tarini Enterprises Ekta Jaju, Founder & CEO ONganic Foods |
5:30 - 6:00 | Closing Speaker | Shri. Jeffrey Prins, Program Manager, Renewable Energy, IKEA Foundation |
Time | Event Details | |
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9:30 - 10:00 | Opening Speaker | Smt. Gayathri Vasudevan, CEO at LabourNet Services India |
10:00 - 11:30 | Role of energy efficiency and sustainable energy in empowering agricultural value chains How energy access and efficiency can augment agricultural value chain? |
Context Setting Shivamma, Agri Processing Entrepreneur A Manjunatha, Jenugoodu CMRC, MYRADA Gautam Kumar Pradhan, Coordinator, Harsha Trusts Moderator Ganesh Neelam, TATA TRUSTS Speakers Dr. Lalitha Regi, Sittilingi Organic Farmer's Association Malatesh Puttannavar, Assistant Director of Agriculture (in-charge), DATC, Chitradurga, Karnataka Garima Kumari, Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives (CInI) Gautam Kumar Pradhan, Coordinator, Harsha Trusts |
11:30 - 12:00 | Tea/Coffee Served |
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12:00 - 1:30 | Unlocking end user finance for sustainable livelihoods Outlining and addressing the key challenges in financing for energy driven livelihoods |
Context Setting Ramsingh Kabadi, Tailor Dr. L.H Manjunath, Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Program Moderator Hari Natarajan, Independent Speakers Chingkhei Singh, Self Employment Voluntary Association (SEVA MFI) Sasmita Patnaik, Program Lead, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) Mohan Gullenavar, Assistant Manager, Chigalli Group (GSSN) Co-operative Bank Sathish Ballal, Retired General Manager, Vijaya Bank |
1:30 - 2:30 | Lunch | |
2:30 - 3:30 | Sustainable Energy Driven Technologies for Textile | Context Setting G.N. Raghu, SELCO Foundation Moderator Sumita Ghose, Rangsutra The following organisations will participate in the discussion - Janapada Seva Trust, KVIC, NRGEEE, Khaloom, Timbuktu Collective, Sustainable Earth Foundation, Lady Bamford Foundation, Mitan Handicrafts along with loom innovators. |
Micro finance and Sustainable Livelihoods | Moderator Sumita Ghose, Rangsutra The following organisations will participate in the discussion - IDFC, SEVA - MANIPUR, Ujjivan, MannDeshi Co-operative, Shram Sarathi, Sa-dhan, Chaitanya, NEED |
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Demonstration of 30+ Livelihood Applications | Demonstration across sectors - Agriculture, Food Processing, Animal Husbandry, Textile, Blacksmithy, Pottery, Rope Making, etc. |
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3:30 - 4:00 | Tea/Coffee Served | |
4:00 - 5:30 | Creating an enabling policy environment for scaling energy driven productive applications. What are the key policy takeaways across the different parts of the ecosystem and how can they be approached? |
Moderator Anish Kumar, Co Lead, Transform Rural India Speakers Leena Johri, IAS, Joint Secretary, Department of Rural Development, National Rural Livelihood Mission Gauri Singh, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary & Dev. Commissioner, Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh Mandeep Kaur, IAS, Joint Development Commissioner, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Sunil Kumar, General Manager, Farm Sector Policy Department, National Bank For Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) Keshav Das, Chief Executive Officer, Ashden India Collective Saskia Werther, Programme Manager, DOEN Foundation Sangeeta Baksi, Scientist E, TIFAC |
5:30 - 6:00 | Closing Speaker |
Smt. Richenda Van Leeuwen, Founder of United Nations Foundation and Energy Access Practitioners Network, Chair - International Institutions at the Global LPG Partnership |
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REGISTER NOWSDG7 is critical for achieving the goals laid under SDG8 - Sustainable energy enables the success of livelihood interventions at the grassroots level, leading to inclusivity and democratisation of wealth distribution. Looking at both the SGDs together can bring to light some of the much-needed livelihood related opportunities, that are primarily poor centric, and the related challenges with appropriate solutions.
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