Energetica India Magazine May - June 2026

RECONNECT SUMMIT The second panel discussion, organised in partnership with No- vasys Greenergy Ltd., explored the topic ‘Solar Manufacturing & Components: Building a Self-Reliant Ecosystem.’ The session was moderated by Er. Alekhya Datta, Director, Electricity & Renew - ables Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Pan - ellists included Girishkumar Kadam, SVP & Group Head, ICRA Ltd.; Atul Saraswat, Sales Head, North India, Icon Solar-En Pow - er Technologies Pvt. Ltd.; Kumar Utkarsh, Vice President, Inter - national Business, Cosmic PV Power Ltd.; Ashok Kumar Singh, President, Solar Business, Novasys Greenergy Ltd.; Vineet Tyagi, Head Sales, North India, Rayzon Solar; and Sarjak Parekh, VP, The final panel discussion of the summit focused on ‘Energy Stor - age: Enabling Round-the-Clock Renewable Power.’ Moderated by Chetan Pathak, Director – Strategy & Growth, India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), the session featured Vatsal Kundalia, Managing Director, Advait Greenergy Pvt. Ltd.; Anil Kumar Bo - hara, Head (System Operation, SCADA, DMS), BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd.; Rajrajeshwari Mishra, SVP, Project Advisory and Structured Finance, SBI Capital Markets Ltd.; Akshat Gautam, Senior Associate, Circulus Fund (Stride AMC); Suhas Sutar, CBO, REPLUS Engitech; Kaushal Kishor, Head, Planning and Strat - Sales, Insolation Energy Ltd. The session highlighted India’s push towards self-reliance in solar manufacturing, supply chain localisation and technology development. egy, EnerGrid; and Kumar Abhishek, Head, Sales and Marketing (North India), POM Systems and Services Pvt. Ltd. The discussion focused on battery energy storage systems, financing mechanisms, grid integration and the role of storage in enabling round-the-clock renewable energy supply. The highlight of the two-day summit was The REconnect Annual Awards 2026, which celebrated outstanding achievements and innovations across India’s renewable energy and solar manufacturing ecosystem. Presented by R.K. Singh, Former Minis- ter of Power and New & Renewable Energy, during the summit at The Grand New Delhi, the awards recognised companies for their excellence in solar manufacturing, energy storage, rooftop solar, advanced technologies and sustainable energy solutions. Overall, the summit reinforced the view that strengthening renewable energy adoption, domes- tic manufacturing capabilities and energy storage infrastructure will be critical in ensuring India’s long-term energy security and sustainability goals. The event also underscored the importance of collaboration between government bodies, in- dustry stakeholders and technology providers in accelerating the country’s transition towards a re - silient and self-reliant clean energy future. energetica INDIA- May-June_2026 61