AGENDA
11:00 - 11:15 a.m.
Opening Session
Opening Remarks
Sujata Gupta, Director, Energy Sector Office, ADB
Keynote Speech
Suresh Acharya, Secretary, Ministry of Energy Water Resources and Irrigation, Nepal
S. Suresh Kumar, Chairman, Damodar Valley Corporation, India
11:15 - 11:25 a.m.
Context Setting: Strategic Importance of RCI in South Asia's Clean Energy Transition
Siddharth Mani, Director, Deloitte South Asia
11:25 - 12:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Pushkar Manandhar, Energy Specialist, ADB
Panelists:
Umme Rehana, Joint Secretary, Power Division, Ministry of Power and Mineral Resources
Dasho Chhewang Rinzin, Managing Director, Druk Green Power Corporation
Ashok Sharma, Deputy Managing Director, State Bank of India (SBI), India
Hitendra Dev Shakya, Managing Director, Nepal Electricity Authority
Pubudu Niroshan Hedigallage, Director General, Power Sector Reform Secretariat, Ministry of Power and Energy
Followed by Q&A session