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The Lab in India is a public-private initiative that identifies, develops, and accelerates innovative solutions to finance renewable energy infrastructure and other green growth channels.

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India Panel Members

India Panel Members

Asian Development Bank

  • Mayank Choudhary
    Senior Investment Specialist

AuctusESG

  • Charu Ghadge
    Assistant Vice President, Talent Acquisition, Partnerships and Communications
  • Namita Vikas
    Founder and Managing Director
  • Sanika Govekar
    Senior Associate

Avaana Capital

  • Anjali Bansal
    Founding Partner
  • Swapna Gupta
    Partner

Bloomberg Philanthropies

  • Priya Shankar
    India Director, Environment and Climate Program
  • Puja Tewary

cKers Finance

  • Jayant Prasad
    Executive Board Member

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

  • Kranti Mohan
    Partner
  • Manasvini Raj
    Partner, Energy and Infrastructure
  • Santosh Janakiram
    Partner

Dalberg Global Development Advisors

  • Jagjeet Sareen
    Partner, Global Climate Practice

Ecube Investment Advisors

  • HV Harish
    Managing Partner
  • Rita Roy Choudhury
    Managing Partner and Chief Executive - Climate Change & Sustainability Services business
  • Shankar Venkateswaran
    Operating Partner and Head ESG

German KFW Development Bank

  • Ekta Mehra
    Senior Sector Specialist
  • Stefan Kliesch
    Head of Energy Team

IIFCL Projects

  • Palash Srivastava
    Deputy Chief Executive Officer

IKEA Foundation

  • Biswarup Banerjee
    Program Manager

Impact Investors Council

  • Girish Aivalli
    CEO

Independent

  • Pradeep Singh
    Board Member, Consultant, Advisor
  • Sharmila Chavaly
  • Shobana Chawla
    Executive Director at Standard Chartered Bank

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd.

  • Debjani Bhatia
    General Manager (Technical) and Head Legal

Indian Venture & Alternate Capital Association

  • Rajat Tandon
    President

IndusInd Bank

  • Roopa Satish
    Country Head Sustainable Banking and CSR, Head Portfolio Management & Decision Science

Intellecap

  • Santosh Singh
    Partner and Managing Director

International Finance Corporation

  • Harsh Jhanjaria
    Private Sector Specialist
  • Hector Gomez Ang
    Regional Director, South Asia
  • Shalabh Tandon
    Regional Head of Operations, South Asia

IORA Ecological Solutions

  • Swapan Mehra
    Chief Executive Officer

King Stubb & Kasiva Advocates & Attorneys

  • Pooja Chatterjee
    Partner – Energy, Sustainability & Mobility

LeapFrog Invesments

  • Nakul Zaveri
    Partner, Global Co-Head Climate Investment Strategy

Massive Fund

  • Shailesh Vickram Singh
    Founder

Northern Arc Capital

  • Bama Balakrishnan
    Chief Operating Officer

Odyssey Energy Solutions

  • Piyush Mathur
    Chief Business Officer

Proparco

  • Solene Lamri
    Investment Officer

QuantumAMC

  • Chirag Mehta
    Chief Investment Officer

RIDA Capital

  • Shujaat Khan
    Founding Partner

Small Industries Development Bank of India

  • Rajiv Kumar
    General Manager

Tata Cleantech Capital

  • Mudit Jain
    Head of Research
  • Pankaj Sindwani
    Chief Business Officer

The Blended Finance Company

  • Nirav Khambhati
    Partner

Trilegal

  • Neeraj Menon
    Partner, Energy and Infrastructure Team

US International Development Finance Corporation

  • Ajay Rao
    Regional Managing Director, South Asia

UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

  • Karthik Krishnan
    Investment Lead – Capital

Unitus Capital

  • Simmi Sareen
    Director

Vivriti Capital

  • Vineet Sukumar
    Founder and MD

World Bank

  • Mani Khurana
    Operations Analyst
  • Simon Stolp
    Practice Manager - Energy, South Asia

India Observers

New Development Bank

  • Han Jingjing
    Senior Professional
  • Takeda Tulio
    Investment Professional, Financial Markets and Infrastructure Division

News and Events

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The Lab announces historic 2024 cohort to overcome climate finance barriers across the Global South

New ideas create opportunities in various areas, such as energy, forestry, agriculture and NbS....

2023 Lab proponent Villgro locks down Convergence grant

The grant will advance climate-focused startups and empower women in India....

The Lab Kicks off its 10th Year with next Call for Ideas

The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance will support a record 10 solutions in 2024....

Event
2024 Call for Ideas – Regional Programs

We will discuss priority areas for programs in India, Philippines, and East and Southern Africa....

Event
The Lab Demo Day 2023

Register for the Lab Demo Day 2023 to learn about six new ground-breaking climate finance solutions ...

The Lab launches six new climate finance solutions to accelerate climate action in emerging markets

The new Lab class presents USD 795 million in climate investment opportunities in challeging sectors...

ImpactAlpha: Global Innovation Lab develops new financial models to tackle climate challenges in emerging markets

ImpactAlpha published an overview of the newly selected Lab ideas for 2023. "Global finance is not ...

Lab announces new class of ground-breaking solutions to drive public and private investment in emerging markets

Lab selects 6 innovative ideas for accelerating climate finance in challenging sectors...

Lab instruments mobilized USD 816 million in 2021

Lab instruments mobilized USD 816 million in 2021, making it the best Lab year so far for total mobi...

The Lab selects six new ideas that create climate investment opportunities for a sustainable economic recovery in emerging economies

Selected ideas will tackle investment barriers in key sectors across Africa, Asia and Latin America ...

Event
Webinar: The Lab Call for Ideas 2021

The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance is currently accepting proposals for innovative financ...

The Lab launches eight new finance solutions to drive climate action and green recovery

Today, the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) launched eight innovative finance sol...