MERCOM INDIA RENEWABLES SUMMIT 2026, NEW DELHI

Registration

Welcome Address 

Keynote Address

Mercom Outlook Presentation & Opening Address 

Networking Break

As India strengthens its position as one of the world’s leading clean energy markets, this session will assess the direction of policy, investment momentum, and supply and demand dynamics shaping the sector. Panelists will address structural challenges, including grid readiness, financing gaps, domestic manufacturing scale, skill shortage, and regulatory uncertainty, and discuss how stronger alignment across government and industry can accelerate the next phase of renewable energy growth.

Ghanshyam Prasad

Samir Chandra Saxena

Khalid Nadeem 

Raj Prabhu

India’s Clean Energy Expansion: The Path Forward

As solar deployment accelerates across the country, domestic cell manufacturing has become central to India’s clean energy and industrial strategy. This session will unpack the progress made in reducing import dependence and expanding capacity under policy frameworks such as production-linked incentives and ALMM. Panelists will address cost competitiveness, technology depth, skill workforce requirement, raw material access, and policy stability, and examine how India can build a resilient and globally competitive solar cell manufacturing ecosystem.

Harsh Vardhan Govil

Suhas Donthi

Hardip Singh

Prashant Mathur

Building a Globally Competitive Solar Cell Manufacturing Ecosystem 

Hybrid renewable projects combining solar, wind, and energy storage are redefining the next phase of clean energy deployment in India. This session will assess the role of hybrid configurations in improving capacity utilization, enhancing grid reliability, and delivering firm power as demand rises. Panelists will address project design, transmission planning, financing structures, and regulatory certainty, and examine how scalable and bankable hybrid models can support a stable and cost-effective clean power supply.

Sivakumar V Vepakomma

Bhaveshkumar Rathod 

Divya Chaturvedi

Dhananjay Kumar

Powering Stability: Scaling Hybrid Renewables for a Resilient Grid 

Networking Lunch

Battery storage projects are highly sensitive to technical and commercial assumptions, including degradation rates, round-trip efficiency, dispatch strategy, cycling frequency, and revenue stacking potential. This session will evaluate how realistic performance data, financial modeling, and revenue visibility across ancillary services, peak shifting, and capacity mechanisms shape project bankability and investor confidence. Panelists will address contract structures, risk allocation, financing strategies, and execution challenges, and examine how to structure and deliver scalable battery storage projects.

Sarit Maheshwari 

Kayan Kalthia

Krishan Dutt Tiwari 

Purnendu Chaubey

Structuring Battery Storage for Scalable Deployment

India’s solar manufacturing sector is moving from capacity announcements to execution. As the industry scales beyond module assembly into cells, wafers, and upstream integration, competitiveness will depend on bankable factory design, technology selection, equipment integration, cost discipline, commissioning quality, and ramp-up efficiency.

This RCT Solutions-led technical session will examine what it takes to build and operate competitive solar manufacturing facilities in India, with a focus on cell and wafer manufacturing, FEED and owner’s engineering, production line planning, equipment selection, utility readiness, testing, quality systems, safety, workforce training, and achieving stable yield after commissioning.

The session will also highlight the practical execution issues that often determine project success, from realistic timelines and CAPEX/OPEX planning to process discipline, local capability building, and moving from installation to nameplate production.

Sukumar Reddy Madugula

Scaling Globally Competitive Cell and Wafer Manufacturing in India - A Practical Roadmap from Factory Design to Ramp-Up

Building a fully integrated solar manufacturing ecosystem from polysilicon and wafers to cells and modules has become a strategic priority for India’s clean energy and industrial ambitions. This session will explore the progress made in expanding downstream capacity and examine the investment, technology, and policy measures required to strengthen upstream integration. Panelists will address capacity requirements, supply chain resilience, cost competitiveness, infrastructure readiness, and export potential, and evaluate how India can develop a vertically integrated and globally competitive solar manufacturing value chain

Nimish Jain 

Prashant Choubey

Amit Barve

Rajasekar Elavarasan

Closing the Gap: Building Integrated Solar Manufacturing Value Chain 

Networking Break 

Renewable energy is emerging as a strategic growth segment as demand accelerates from data centers, digital infrastructure, and commercial and industrial expansion. This session will take a closer look at the role of C&I rooftop solar, open access, behind-the-meter storage, and microgrids in delivering reliable, cost-effective, and low-carbon power solutions. Panelists will address investment models, corporate procurement strategies, storage integration, and new revenue streams, and examine how decentralized clean energy can strengthen energy security and drive scalable deployment.

Alok Kumar

Shri Venkatesh 

Vishal Jain 

Kartikeya Narain Sharma

Abhishek Ranjan

Decentralized Energy: Unlocking Consumer-Led Clean Power 

Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi

Mercom India Awards 2026

Cocktail Dinner for Speakers & VVIPs

Mercom Energy Storage Outlook Presentation

Energy storage is emerging as a critical enabler of a reliable power system as solar and wind capacity accelerate across the country. This session will dive into the policy direction, market mechanisms, and manufacturing strategy required to scale storage deployment across grid and distributed applications. Panelists will address supply chain resilience, domestic production capacity, financing models, cost competitiveness, and regulatory clarity, and examine how India can build a secure and bankable energy storage ecosystem to support sustained clean energy growth.

Sunil Sharma    

Inder Bhambra 

Ayush Misra 

Wendy Prabhu

Storage Plenary Block: Building a Bankable Energy Storage Ecosystem

Large-scale renewable energy deployment is entering a phase where scale must be matched by infrastructure, capital depth, and operational coordination. This session will review how grid expansion, storage integration, supply chain readiness, land acquisition, and financing structures are aligning with accelerating capacity additions. Panelists will address execution bottlenecks, demand growth in the industrial and digital sectors, and investor confidence, and examine the commercial and policy strategies required to deliver reliable, cost-competitive renewable energy at scale.

Vaibhav Roongta

Naveen Bohra

Gyaneshwar Prasad Payasi

Renewable Energy at Scale: Aligning Capacity, Grid, and Demand 

As India’s renewable energy sector scales rapidly across solar manufacturing, energy storage, grid integration, and project development, the industry is facing a growing gap between academic education and real-world workforce requirements.

Mercom India is leading an important industry conversation by bringing together industry leaders, academic institutions, and experts to identify practical solutions for aligning curriculum, technical training, internships, and industry partnerships with the evolving needs of India’s clean energy sector.

The session will focus on building a stronger industry-ready talent pipeline to support the next phase of India’s energy transition.

Raj Prabhu 

Sishir Garemella    

Prof. Juzer M. Vasi 

Avinash Hiranandani

Bridging the Renewable Energy Talent Gap: Aligning Academia with Industry Needs

As India scales solar manufacturing and deployment, increasing attention is turning to both bill of materials (BoM) inputs and balance-of-system (BoS) components that are essential to building a competitive domestic supply chain. From backsheets, glass, junction boxes, frames, encapsulants, and wafers to inverters, mounting structures, cables, transformers, and switchgear, these segments represent a significant opportunity for value creation, localization, and industrial growth.

This session will assess the progress of domestic BoM and BoS manufacturing, investment trends, technology competitiveness, supply chain resilience, and policy support. Panelists will examine how strengthening these critical segments can reduce import dependence, improve project economics, and help position India as a globally competitive solar manufacturing hub.

Bhupendra Singh Rawat

Ruchi Kukreja

Varun Gupta

Solar BoM & BoS Manufacturing: Expanding Value Creation Across the Solar Supply Chain

Networking Lunch 

Rapid advances in cell and module technologies are redefining performance expectations across the industry. This session will examine emerging technologies, manufacturing innovation, quality assurance frameworks, and reliability standards that can help Indian manufacturers improve product differentiation and create long-term value.

Prashant Shah

Piyush Agrawal

Vish Iyer

Vinay Rustagi

Raising the Bar: Technology, Quality, and Innovation in Solar Manufacturing

As India’s solar market expands rapidly, module quality and long-term reliability are becoming critical concerns for developers and buyers. This practical workshop will focus on solar module QA/QC, defect identification, pre-shipment inspections, procurement risk reduction, and failure prevention.

Industry experts and technical leaders will discuss real-world issues such as delamination, broken glass, cell-touching risks, fire hazards, and rejection criteria to help procurement and technical teams improve quality evaluation, reduce project risk, and make more informed procurement decisions beyond price considerations.

Sishir Garemella

Procurement Without Compromise: A Practical Workshop on Module Quality & Reliability

As renewable capacity accelerates, transmission infrastructure has become central to ensuring clean power reaches demand centers efficiently and reliably. This session will examine how substations, transmission corridors, transformers, and grid connectivity systems must expand in alignment with generation growth to avoid curtailment and stranded-asset risks. Panelists will address planning frameworks, procurement strategies, equipment supply constraints, and capital deployment models, and examine how transmission readiness can support sustained and large-scale renewable energy expansion.

Dr. D. Sai Baba

Dr. R.K. Tyagi

Niral Patel

Prashant Sinha

Satish Talmale

Transmission Infrastructure: Expanding the Energy Highway for Clean Power 

As renewable deployment accelerates, capital markets are playing an increasingly central role in financing infrastructure, manufacturing, and energy storage expansion. This session will dive into how green IPOs, strategic equity raises, infrastructure funds, and sovereign capital are shaping investment trends and influencing valuations across the sector. Panelists will address investor expectations, risk perception, balance sheet discipline, regulatory stability, and capital structuring, and examine what it takes for renewable companies to attract and deploy long-term, competitive financing at scale. Tea and coffee will be served during the session inside the conference hall.

Joshit Ranjan Sikidar

Sridhar Narayan

Sumit Kishore

Akhil Jain 

Public Markets and Private Capital: Funding the Clean Energy Scale-Up 

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Why Exhibit?

Now in its sixth year, the Mercom India Renewables Summit 2026 continues to push the boundaries of India’s clean energy future. This is where defining conversations become decisive actions, uniting policymakers, innovators, and investors to shape strategy and steer the industry’s next chapter.

As India moves beyond its 2030 milestones toward long-term energy independence, the Summit is setting the stage for “Building India’s Clean Energy Future” - a vision rooted in innovation, resilience, and global leadership.

The Mercom India Renewables Summit will once again bring together the ‘who’s who’ of the clean energy world

 at the five-star Hyatt Regency in New Delhi

. The Summit is our flagship event, where our analysts steer engaging sessions based on Mercom India’s proprietary, industry-defining research, news, and insights, which cover the full spectrum of renewable energy issues.

Attendees come to the Summit to gain valuable insights into where the industry stands today and discover the trends shaping its future. The event offers a unique opportunity to hear directly from market experts, policymakers, and industry leaders driving India’s clean energy transition. Through in-depth discussions, data-driven analysis, and real-world perspectives, participants leave with a clear understanding of emerging opportunities, challenges, and the direction the sector is headed.

Mercom India Renewables Summit, powered by Mercom India’s proprietary global research and market intelligence, serves as the nexus for forging collaborations that drive the industry forward.

Achieve 50% energy from renewables by 2030

Attain 500 GW non-fossil energy capacity, including 450 GW renewables, by 2030

Cut the economy’s carbon intensity below 45% by 2030

Reduce projected carbon emissions by one billion tons by 2030

This year’s expanded agenda features additional sessions that put a sharper spotlight on how India’s renewable industry is advancing toward a fully integrated manufacturing ecosystem.

Attendees at the event will have access to Mercom India’s exclusive research, get a pulse on the policies driving investment and creating opportunities for private sector growth, and discover technologies being integrated into India’s sustainability journey.

During the event, you will gain a variety of perspectives from investors, developers, manufacturers, and policymakers while networking and interacting with the industry’s elite.

directly with decision-makers who can get deals done and influence policy

 into the future of renewables, cutting-edge technologies, the latest trends, and financing strategies

 driving India’s self-reliant renewable economy

real-time intelligence and market perspectives

 from Mercom India’s renowned research team

Forge partnerships and investment opportunities

 across the full value chain, from technology to development

The Mercom India Renewables Summit is more impactful and influential than ever, and is where decisions shaping India’s clean energy future are made. This is the one event you can’t afford to miss.

 prime exposure to leaders of the renewable energy industry

 valuable connections with industry’s senior decision-makers and top government officials