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N. Mohan

Aakash Minda

Aditya Munjal

DIRECTOR NITI AAYOG

Akash Gupta

DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER (T) ENERGY EFFICIENCY SERVICES LIMITED

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GROUP FINANCE & STRATEGY MINDA CORPORATION LIMITED

CEO HERO LECTRO (A DIVISION OF HERO CYCLES LTD)

CO-FOUNDER & CEO ZYPP ELECTRIC

Akshay Shekhar

Vaibhav Tyagi

Akshit Bansal

Amit Raj Singh

Ankit Kumar

CO- FOUNDERS, KAZAM

FOUNDER STATIQ

Atulya Mittal

CO- FOUNDERS, KAZAM

FOUNDER & MD GEMOPAI ELECTRIC

CEO GOZERO MOBILITY PRIVATE LIMITED

FOUNDER NEXZU MOBILITY PVT. LTD.

Himanshu Jadhav

Inderveer Singh

Ketan Mehta

M Natish Reddy

CEO AND DIRECTOR JENDAMARK INDIA PVT. LTD

FOUNDER & CEO EVAGE VENTURES PRIVATE LIMITED

Nishant Saini

Pankaj Sharma

Rahil Gupta

Rahul Goyal

Aditya Ghoshi

FOUNDER & MD EEE-TAXI MOBILITY SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED

CO-FOUNDER BATTRE ELECTRIC MOBILITY PVT LTD

CO-FOUNDER, HEAD OF PRODUCT HOP ELECTRIC MOBILITY PVT LTD

FOUNDER & CEO REPUBLIC MOTORS

FOUNDER & MD REPUBLIC MOTORS

Randheer Singh

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CEO & MD HOP ELECTRIC MOBILITY PVT LTD

JOINT MANAGING DIRECTOR NDS ECO MOTORS PRIVATE LIMITED

Raj Mehta

Ranjita Ravi

Suhas Rajkumar

Shreshth Mishra

FOUNDER GRETA ELECTRIC SCOOTERS

CO - FOUNDER ORXA ENERGIES PRIVATE LIMITED

CO-FOUNDER AND CEO SIMPLE ENERGY PVT LTD

CO-FOUNDER AND COO SIMPLE ENERGY PVT LTD

Vamsi Krishna Gaddam

Varun Chaturvedi

Neha Jain LEAD - ELECTRIC VEHICLES MG MOTOR

Rashi Agarwal CO-FOUNDER & CBO ZYPP ELECTRIC

Nidheesh Patel CO-FOUNDER AND MD NEXILON ENERGY SYSTEMS PVT LTD

Rahul Shonak

BOARD OF DIRECTOR AND COO NEXZU MOBILITY

Siddharth Sreenivasan

Tarun Mehta

Vivekananda Hallekere

Abhishek Gupta

CO-FOUNDER AND CMO NUMOCITY TECHNOLOGIES

CO-FOUNDER & CEO ATHER ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED

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INDIA'S DYNAMIC YOUNG EV LEADERS

Swapnil Jain CO-FOUNDER & CTO ATHER ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED

Harshal Desai

In our quest to recognise India’s young and zestful achievers in the Electric

E-MOBILITY MANAGER R&D AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SCHAEFFLER INDIA LIMITED

FOUNDER & CEO ATUMOBILE PVT. LTD.

Kumar Sumit Ranjan DIRECTOR GOZERO MOBILITY PRIVATE LIMITED

FOUNDER & CEO VOLTTIC EV CHARGING SOLUTIONS

Neha Kapoor BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, CONSUMER UBER INDIA SOUTH ASIA

Varun Goenka CO-FOUNDER & CEO ECHARGEUP

Rajneesh Singh HEAD MARKETING HOP ELECTRIC MOBILITY PVT LTD

CO-FOUNDER & CEO BOUNCE (PART OF WICKED RIDE ADVENTURE SERVICES PVT. LTD.)

BUSINESS HEAD - DELHI YULU BIKES

Raunak Bidasaria Subhabrata Ghosh CITY HEAD - BANGALORE YULU BIKES

PRESIDENT, OPERATION KABRA EXTRUSIONTECHNIK (KET)

Vehicle field, EMobility+ called for nominations from industry experts for the 40 under 40 program. It recognizes the accomplishments of the best and most talented trailblazers who are the critical team members and prime catalysts as companies navigate the everchanging post-pandemic landscape. After receiving an overwhelming response from the industry, we are happy and excited to announce the names of these EV achievers!''

Sushovan Bej TECHNICAL EXPERT DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT GMBH (GIZ)

Ujjwal Yadav BUSINESS HEAD GHOOM.BIKE

Y S R Rajeev Kumar VICE PRESIDENT ETO MOTORS

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INDIA'S DYNAMIC YOUNG EV LEADERS

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Randheer Singh DIRECTOR NITI AAYOG Randheer is spearheading Niti aayog by handholding EV policies formulation for the states. He is the last mile delivery Campaign lead for "Shoonya". A core team member for the Advanced Chemistry Cells Program (PLI), he has also led Niti Aayog in the BIS Committee for EV Infrastructure Standards. He has been instrumental in LIGHT EV Standards notification released in May '21 and also in FAME II remodelling released recently. He has written several articles and also released the EV Financing report in Feb 2021.

N. Mohan

DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER (T) ENERGY EFFICIENCY SERVICES LIMITED

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Aakash Minda

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GROUP FINANCE & STRATEGY MINDA CORPORATION LIMITED

Aakash is the CEO of Emerging Business and Executive Director for Group Finance & Strategy of Spark Minda Group. He pushed forward the plan of introducing EV components by mobilizing the group’s existing collective strength. Aakash had also played around framing a broader impact by a productutility-customer strategy called “3x3x3 approach”. This strategy is formulated by offering 3 components to the 3-vehicle segments which will have the TCO advantage with the products having the range of specification up to 3 KWs. This breakthrough brings the potential to offer a ‘complete systems solution’ to a variety of economically accessible electric mobility solutions. He also advocated setting up of a high capacity manufacturing facility for DC-DC converters and E.C.O. system for tier II manufacturers that also explores partnering opportunities in order to bring innovative technologies to the Indian EV space. One of his key achievements to bring a technology cooperation in two-wheeler ADAS will make a huge impact to Indian roads by reducing accidents, while the applicability being not limited to EV alone. Aakash is also spearheading the Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) division of the group whereby the company has heavily invested to transform its plants into green manufacturing while creating infrastructure for water conservation, recycle-reuse, renewable energy, waste management and reducing carbon footprint.

Aditya Munjal

CEO HERO LECTRO (A DIVISION OF HERO CYCLES LTD) Aditya as CEO of Hero Lectro has led the charge to expand the E-Cycles industry in India, with a growth of almost 100% year on year. Currently Hero Lectro has dominant market share in the E-Cycles industry and is also rapidly expanding its exports and white label business with thousands of E-Cycles being exported to countries such as Germany, UK, Canada, USA etc. Aditya’s vision is to be the No. 1 company in providing short distance e-mobility solutions worldwide. This has led to strategic acquisitions of brands such as HNF in Germany and Insync in the UK. The company has a wide portfolio of E-Cycles catering to various commute and fun/fitness use cases. Under Aditya’s leadership, the company has constantly innovated with 2020 seeing the launch of the very first connected models with the iSmart App to help riders track their rides and see their e-cycles performance. In 2021, the most sought-after E-Cycle in India labelled the F6i (popularly called Straphanger) was launched. Also, the year marked the company’s launch of the first Hero Lectro Experience Center in Chennai.

Akash Gupta and Rashi Agarwal CO-FOUNDER & CEO AND COFOUNDER & CBO ZYPP ELECTRIC Akash and Rashi are the co-founders of Zypp Electric. The company is a last-mile delivery service provider for 3 main customers: pan-India ecommerce, hyperlocal offline stores and bike taxis.

Its revenue model focusses on Dedicated riders (fixed monthly revenue), Pay-per-delivery with minimum commitment and on-demand pay-peruse. This offering is catering to the explosive growth in the 'home delivery' market, where even hyperlocal offline stores are asking for this service.

To ensure efficient execution, Zypp owns its riders, uses tech (AI, IoT, computer vision) and effectively cross-utilises them through-out the day. So, a combination of multiple customer types/revenue models and the tech platform forms Zypp’s competitive moat.

Akshay Shekhar & Vaibhav Tyagi CO- FOUNDERS KAZAM Akshay and Vaibhav are the co-founders of Kazam which was formed in 2020 to make renewable mobility available to everyone. Recently, Kazam has received a Rs 7 crore investment from Inflection Point Ventures. It will advance this toward product development, expanding operations, and increasing sales and marketing. The company is raising awareness and minimizing the dread of range anxiety. They provide public charging infrastructure and an all-in-one mobile application to assist the clients. Their charging stations will enable electric vehicles to operate around the clock, seven days a week! The company is also introducing an electric vehicle listing to their website, will improve the client experience vehicle listing to their website, which will improve the client experience by assisting them in selecting electric vehicles are best suited to their budget, space, and demands. Kazam plans to expand its present network of 30 charging stations soon. It is also developing the Kazam mobile application to make it available through virtual assistants.

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Akshit Bansal

Atulya Mittal

FOUNDER STATIQ

FOUNDER NEXZU MOBILITY PVT. LTD.

Akshit is the founder of Statiq which is building India's largest EV charging network and has installed more than 150 EV chargers pan-India , with a plan to add 500+ DC fast and 2000+ ac slow chargers by the next year. The company is into integrated EV charging solutions including - Smart Electric Vehicle Chargers, Charging station management software, Mobile app for discovery and booking of charging slots. With presence across multiple countries, Statiq is backed by YCombinator, NASSCOM, and many renowned founders from Silicon Valley. The company has received awards like ‘WWF climate solvers award 2019 for innovation in GHG reduction’; ‘Top 3 Startups of India as recognized by NASSCOM’; ‘Yourstory Tech30 startup’. It has clients and Partners like EESL, IOCL, MG, Tata Motors,JBM, ITC, Meru Cabs, BluSmart and other prominent companies in the real estate and automotive sector.

Amit Raj Singh FOUNDER & MD GEMOPAI ELECTRIC Founded in 2017 by Amit Raj Singh, Gemopai has become a key driver of electric mobility in India. It has a network of 75 dealerships in 14 states and exports to Nepal. Under Amit’s expertise, the company has introduced vehicles which can travel upto 200 km on a single charge. The company has also launched India’s first social distancing scooter during the pandemic keeping in mind people’s preference to personal mobility in the future. Till date Gemopai has 7000 vehicles on the Indian roads and has been able to achieve less than 1% warranty claims in the last 3 years.

Their vehicles are also being used on a large scale in last mile connectivity and delivery by prominent fleet operators.

Ankit Kumar CEO GOZERO MOBILITY PRIVATE LIMITED Ankit Kumar is a young dynamic entrepreneur who has ventured into renewable energy, aviation and others. He started GoZero Mobility with a vision to bridge fitness and mobility. Within 2 years from its inception, GoZero is now one of the market leaders in the electric bicycle segment. He has brought the company to the verge of greater success with multiple strategic partnerships. GoZero's products are widely renowned and are known for their quality in the market. He is taking GoZero to the international level with multiple product launches scheduled for different countries.

Atulya is the founder of Nexzu Mobility which is building India’s #1 electric mobility brand with its electric scooters and cycles.

With its made in India products and customer centric design philosophy, Nexzu’s products are catapulting India into the global EV landscape. Nexzu has over a 100 touchpoints in India and customers in the EU and the GCC. Atulya holds a BSc from Wharton and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He has worked in industries in India and in Innovation consulting in London. He is also an angel investor in the U.K. and mentors early stage founders in India and the U.K.

Himanshu Jadhav CEO AND DIRECTOR JENDAMARK INDIA PVT. LTD

Himanshu leads Jendamark India, which is the Indian arm of Jendamark Automation.

The company has achieved the unique distinction of having both automation and IT experts working together to deliver 1st in class solutions to the Indian Industry. Himanshu and his team have conceptualized and built India's 1st automated Industry 4.0 enabled line for Mahindra Electric wherein they created automated solutions for battery pack, VCU, MCU and controller assembly for Mahindra Electric to ensure 100% quality output and 0 defects. He has also built motor, rotor and Inverter lines for Dana TM4, built process secure and standardized lines for Electra EV and installed motor lines for Voltam.

Inderveer Singh FOUNDER & CEO EVAGE VENTURES PRIVATE LIMITED Inderveer started his entrepreneurial journey in 2014 with EVage Ventures - a mobility tech startup in the EV space. He spent over 6 years in R&D mode towards building one of a kind design and tech innovations with a clea objective to reduce the complexity in EV production, EVage calls this concept ‘Micro Factory’’. Under the concept of Micro Factory, EVage has created India’s first ‘Exoskeleton Structure’, which will serve as an affordable common architecture for SUVs, Vans, Delivery vehicles or even Trucks. This essentially eliminates the traditional use of multiple ‘Platforms’ for each vehicle, thus creating one architecture on which seven platforms can be made (seven cars can be designed). Other significant innovations achieved in the last 5 years of R&D towards building efficiencies in the logistics sector are over 20 patents (in process); aerospace inspired structure/focus on lightweighting; innovative bio friendly material - lighter and stronger than steel; focus on modularity assembly and design, EVage can customise the product; Metaheuristic - more robust structure and lighter and integrated powertrain - motor controller, gearbox and battery which EVage has made from scratch.

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Ketan Mehta

Neha Jain

CEO & MD HOP ELECTRIC MOBILITY PVT LTD

LEAD - ELECTRIC VEHICLES MG MOTOR

Ketan is the CEO and Founder of HOP Electric Mobility Private Limited, a B2B and B2C automotive solutions provider that offers new-age, cost-efficient and environment-friendly electric mobility solutions. His comprehensive skills and excellent academic background taught him exemplary analytical skills, deep knowledge about finance, investments & operations and client relationships.

Through HOP Electric Mobility, Ketan strives to provide people from all walks of life with an independent, stylish, comfortable and environment-friendly ride that looks forward to a greener future. His vision is to provide a smart commute mode for everyone, irrespective of their age and gender. He plans to expand HOP's pan India centres in the next two years along with the company's extensive service network. Outside of work, Ketan believes in giving back to society and supporting various non-profit organizations and multiple social activities under the CSR plan, including medical camp, blood donation and plantation drives. In addition, he loves exploring new places and tasting different cuisines and is impressively passionate about cricket.

Nidheesh Patel CO-FOUNDER AND MD NEXILON ENERGY SYSTEMS PVT LTD Nidheesh is the Co-founder of Nexilon Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd., the first Indian startup (Govt. of India recognised) to have an exclusive India focused Joint Venture partnership with a leading US lithium battery manufacturer. Leveraging his Kellogg MBA (USA) and global consulting experience with McKinsey and PwC, Nidheesh began executing his vision of building a global lithium battery business. He entered into a Joint Venture with Onecharge Inc. USA, a leading lithium battery manufacturer (10MWh+ installed battery power). He successfully designed, built and launched 100% ‘Made In India’ lithium batteries that use proven, premium US technology for niche segments traditionally ignored by most players. He is now in advanced talks with international companies which manufacture lithium cells and modules to jointly setup a fully-automated cylindrical and semi-automatic prismatic module assembly line for diverse applications near Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Nidheesh aspires to export Nexilon lithium batteries across the Indian Ocean Region within 5 years.

Neha is an experienced marketing professional with 10+ years of experience spanning across various industries like Automobiles, FMCG and Telecommunications. As a part of her current stint at MG, she is leading the front-end strategy development for the 4W Electric Vehicle (EV) Program and Innovation platform for the brand. Passionate about new and emerging technologies, she has played an instrumental role in developing the “go to market” strategy and creation of a complete and end-to-end EV ecosystem for the launch of the country’s first pure electric internet SUV - MG ZS EV in India.

M Natish Reddy JOINT MANAGING DIRECTOR NDS ECO MOTORS PRIVATE LIMITED Natish is an engineer and MBA graduate from American Heritage University. He brings with him 5+ years of experience in the field of Electric Mobility. His aim is to introduce such Electric 2 wheelers that are no less than gasoline powered vehicles with instant torque, incredible power and zero emissions. This inspiration of introducing the new generation of EVs that are affordable and accessible to the masses which solve the environmental issues has kept him excited and inspired in the EV space. His passion and creative spirit have driven him to get involved in various workshops and multi day events right from his college days, thus increasing his calibre in design, technology, identifying and developing solutions. At NDS Eco Motors, he plays a key role in driving the technology innovations and R&D to bring in the futuristic models into the market. He is a co-inventor, whose product has filed 2 patent rights and applied for 10 Design copyrights out of which 8 Design copyrights have been granted.

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Nishant Saini

FOUNDER & MD EEE-TAXI MOBILITY SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED Nishant is a serial entrepreneur and holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School,UK. He founded eee-Taxi in 2015 with the sole objective of making EV adoption Simple, Scalable and Sustainable. Under his leadership the fleet size increased from mere 5 to over 150+, cities 1 to 7, clients 1- 25+, charging points 5 to 150+. It was a demonstration of his astute leadership that the firm has expanded substantially with networks and strategic alliances. Today eee-Taxi has a network of over 150 Charging Points across 6 states. Nishant's strategic & dynamic guidance helped eee-Taxi onboard some of India's most prestigious clients like Spicejet, Uber, Makemytrip, ITC, Fortum, EY etc. He is on a mission to transform the way India Inc travels. He firmly believes people, planet & profit can converge and his initiative eee-Taxi offers a meaningful proposition in this regard.

Pankaj Sharma CO-FOUNDER BATTRE ELECTRIC MOBILITY PVT LTD Pankaj is the co-founder of BattRE, one of the fastest growing electric scooter companies. He is spearheading the distribution expansion of the technology based start up and has enabled it to reach 16 states and over 180 dealership outlets in less than 2 years of operations. In his previous roles, he was the Business Head with a large conglomerate and prior to that he handled distribution with a large telecom company. He is passionate about playing outdoor sports and loves to interact with people.

Rahil Gupta

CO-FOUNDER, HEAD OF PRODUCT HOP ELECTRIC MOBILITY PVT LTD Rahil started his first business at the age of 17. He is a technology entrepreneur working in the electric vehicle Industry for the past 6 years. He is constantly working towards building real products that aim to accelerate adoption of Electric Mobility in India. Under his leadership the company launched India's one of the first Electric motorcycles on the prestigious stage of ‘India Auto Expo’. He has built India's First utility bike platform made for commercial hyperlocal movement, like Food delivery, E-commerce deliveries, Bike taxi, Last mile mobility, etc. Rahil started Hop Electric in 2019 for getting the best indigenously developed product out in the Indian market. His aim is to have a positive impact using business and technology to solve environmental issues and improve sustainability.

Rahul Goyal and Aditya Ghoshi FOUNDER & CEO AND FOUNDER & MD REPUBLIC MOTORS Republic Motors was founded by Aditya Ghoshi and Rahul Goyal with a Vision to provide Accessible and pollution free mobility solutions .

Today Republic Motors has its product range from 2 Seater Vehicle to 14 Seater Vehicle and has major market share in many of the categories. The Company has its clientele ranging from Indian Army, Indian Airforce, Indian Navy, Ministry of Home Affairs to all Maharatna companies. Beside these achievements. Republic Motors have been awarded with E-mobility outstanding performer of the year award in Electric Three Wheeler Category. On Behalf of Republic Motors Rahul and Aditya are part of many consulting groups and government panels for E-Mobility. Republic Motors under their leadership has created a network of resellers in more than 10+ States in just a span of 2 Years. Both of them feel satisfied by their work when they see transformation in the lives of many people with their Electric Three Wheelers (E-Kranti).

Rahul Shonak BOARD OF DIRECTOR AND COO NEXZU MOBILITY Rahul is a board of Director and Chief Operating Officer of Nexzu Mobility. Under his leadership, the company has launched a new product portfolio i.e Electric Bicycles under Nexzu brand. This is the industry’s first 100km range electric bicycle and the first ever in Indian market.

Raj Mehta FOUNDER GRETA ELECTRIC SCOOTERS Raj is the World’s youngest founder of an Automobile Company. A prodigy Born in 2001 has been active in the EV field since the age of 13. He founded Raj Electromotives in 2015 at an age of just 14 and founded Greta Electric Scooters in June-2019. Raj is India's Youngest Person to get Import-Export License at age of 17. He Started the company with mere funding of 8000 & now the Venture crossed valuation of 5 million Dollar (INR 35 CR). Raj Electromotives Private Limited has delivered green technology to 19+ Countries across the globe. The company has started with reducing the carbon footprints globally by providing a solution of converting Bicycles & later on added with multiple solutions of electrifying existing vehicles to Electric. Greta Electric Scooters is a wholly owned subsidiary of Raj Electromotives Private Limited & It’s into the business of manufacturing electric scooters. The Company is located at Land of Business - Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

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Ranjita Ravi

CO - FOUNDER ORXA ENERGIES PRIVATE LIMITED

Ranjita Ravi is a co-founder at Orxa Energies, a Performance Electric Vehicle startup. Their primary product is the Mantis, India's first naked sports electric motorcycle. The Mantis with a 15-25kW motor has 200km/charge of real range, the best in its category. With innovative material usage & leveraging the core team's ~30 years in aerospace, the Mantis is built to be a no-compromise shift to EVs. Orxa uses their strong experience in high-tech B2B industries to de-risk their R&D process. They have built a Battery tracking & management platform solving the data & trust problem for EV Battery financiers. Their revenues have grown 10x YoY for the last 3 years, with resilient pandemic proof growth.

Suhas Rajkumar and Shreshth Mishra CO-FOUNDER & CEO AND COFOUNDER & COO SIMPLE ENERGY PVT LTD

Suhas and Shreshth are the co-founders of Simple Energy. The company is working on developing a high performance,affordable Premium electric scooter, focusing on solving the key problems faced by Indian market in adoption of EVs. Offering a range of 200+ km in one single charge and a top speed of 100kmph the ‘Simple ONE’ will be competing with the existing IC engines to build a cleaner and greener India. Under their leadership, the company is promoting MAKE IN INDIA with 80-85% components being produced in the country. Also, the futuristic design of the product makes the electric scooter a remarkably electric product.

Vamsi Krishna Gaddam FOUNDER & CEO ATUMOBILE PVT. LTD. Vamsi is a vocal advocate for adopting ‘renewable and green’ energy for a sustainable tomorrow.

Known for his social responsibility and ecoconscious business approach, he aspires to promote the use of green innovations that act as a carbon offset for the masses. Besides being the founder of Atumobile, he is also the inventor of ATUM, the world's first integrated solar roof which is a patented product and is a disruptor in the renewable energy space. ATUM has been installed across locations in India and the Middle East.

Siddharth Sreenivasan CO-FOUNDER AND CMO NUMOCITY TECHNOLOGIES Siddharth is the Co-Founder and CMO at Numocity. A serial entrepreneur with 18 years of industry experience in Telecommunications, eCommerce and Analytics, he has worked in companies like Siemens AG , Nokia Siemens Networks and InfiBeam. He is a graduate of IIM Calcutta and Engineer from RVCE Bangalore. With his strong acumen, he has conceptualised and launched many products into the market. He is one of the best thought leaders on eMobility and has successfully created new business models in digital solutions for EV Charging and launched innovative products like Battery swap to market. He has made positive contributions to standardisation of EV protocols.

Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain CO-FOUNDER & CEO AND CO-FOUNDER & CTO ATHER ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED IIT Madras batch mates Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain conceptualised and started Ather Energy in Bengaluru in 2013, with a mission to build an electric scooter that could either match the performance of a petrol-powered scooter or do better. Ather launched India’s first truly intelligent, electric scooter - Ather 450 in 2018 in Bangalore and in Chennai in 2019. In 2020 the company launched Ather 450X and Ather 450 Plus and is soon expanding to 27 cities across India. Their products are complemented by a comprehensive public charging network, ‘Ather Grid’ which is one of the largest fast-charging networks for electric vehicles in the country, designed and built-in India. The company has set up over 140 Ather Grids across 22 cities till now. Ather Energy’s new factory is up and running at Hosur, Tamil Nadu, which can today produce 110,000 scooters and 120,000 batteries annually to cater to the demand of the entire nation. In March this year, the eightyear-old electric vehicle manufacturer hit positive gross margins.

Varun Chaturvedi FOUNDER & CEO VOLTTIC EV CHARGING SOLUTIONS Varun has founded Volttic EV Charging Solutions. He has led the company fiercely thus bagging multiple corporate contracts.

Volttic has installed a large network of assured payout irrespective of the usage thus ensuring a regular stream of revenue. Volttic is offering a complete range of EV charging solutions for the home and commercial segment. It is currently operating 200+ charge points across India with presence across all Metro cities. Volttic has already served its EV owner/clients to run more than 1.2 Mn+ KM by charging them at Volttic charging machines and reducing carbon emission.

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Varun Goenka

Abhishek Gupta

CO-FOUNDER & CEO ECHARGEUP

BUSINESS HEAD - DELHI YULU BIKES

Varun is the Co-founder of eChargeUp. The company boasts of a large swapping station network. Some key features of eChargeUp are it has an asset light model, is highly capital efficient, has an in-house designed battery tech along with robust technology platform.

The company has also achieved 4 mn+ zero emission kms and are covering 1 mn Kms per month growing 40% month on month with 500 drivers onboard.

Vivekananda Hallekere CO-FOUNDER & CEO BOUNCE (PART OF WICKED RIDE ADVENTURE SERVICES PVT. LTD.) Vivekananda launched Bounce in May 2018 along with Anil and Varun. Bounce taps into the need for daily, affordable safe travel options for various commuters. Right from covering long distances to providing last-mile support, they aim at addressing diverse mobility needs. A true visionary that he is, Vivek strongly believed in the potential of Electric Vehicles in India and launched in-house EV mobility solutions in June 2019. In just 6 months, Bounce EV clocked 8 million km. It deployed a distributed network of battery stations across 100+ locations recording 200K battery swaps. Building on this success is Bounce’s new sustainable Electric Scooter launched in April 2021. As a cost-effective solution to facilitate faster adoption of EV, Bounce has built retrofit models, i.e converting the existing Internal Combustion Engine (ICE bikes) to EV. With strong ethics, empathy, and unabated energy at his core, Vivek stands as a strong leader, firmly believing that India is at the dawn of an EV revolution. The company is committed to taking up all challenges to bring India into the world map of EV adopters.

Abhishek as the city head for Delhi possesses exceptional knowledge about the EV industry and has contributed remarkably to Yulu’s growth. He was one of the cornerstones of Yulu’s ‘Miracle’ electric bike launch in India, providing a low-speed, solo rider, ideal for congested cities. Yulu started with 150 bikes in Sept 2019 in Delhi and is now running with 1400 bikes with a dense network of Yulu zones providing easy accessibility for their service across major regions of the city. Abhishek has been maintaining strategic partnerships with multiple stakeholders including DMRC, Delhi Government, HSVP-Gurugram to further expand Yulu’s presence in Delhi and NCR.

Kumar Sumit Ranjan DIRECTOR, GOZERO MOBILITY PRIVATE LIMITED Kumar Sumit Ranjan is one of the youngest entrepreneurs in the EV segment. Having an engineering background, he primarily looks at product development at GoZero. He started working on electric bicycles while he was pursuing engineering. As soon as he completed his graduation, he started the company with his mentor Ankit Kumar who has been very active in the renewable space. GoZero is one of the market leaders in the electric bicycle segment with a customer centric approach.

GoZero works on bringing quality and innovative products to the market with an aim to provide economic means for private transport.

Harshal Desai

E-MOBILITY MANAGER R&D AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SCHAEFFLER INDIA LIMITED

Harshal is an experienced automotive professional having more than 10 years’ experience working in Germany and India.

Having worked in the areas of emissions, engines, transmissions, vehicle development and project management, he now specialises in hybrid and electric powertrain development.

Today at Schaeffler India Ltd. he is establishing the E-Mobility business division and playing a key role in fostering Schaeffler’s engagement in the electrification journey of Indian Auto Industry.

Neha Kapoor BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, CONSUMER UBER INDIA SOUTH ASIA Neha is a part of the Business Development team at Uber and leads external partnerships for the India and South Asia Region in the electric mobility space. At Uber, she was a part of the team that drafted and rolled out Uber’s global EV Commitment to become a fully zero-emission platform by 2040, with 100% of rides taking place in zero-emission vehicles, on public transit, or with micro mobility. She spearheaded the creation of Uber's EV strategy for the India region across all modes including electric two wheelers, electric three wheelers (e-rickshaws and e-autos) and electric four wheelers. Additionally, she represents Uber in industry wide policy conferences and shares feedback from a ride hailing perspective. Her contributions have directly resulted in thousands of EVs being onboarded on the Uber platform. This has led to the completion of millions of clean KMs and reduction of carbon emissions.

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Rajneesh Singh HEAD MARKETING HOP ELECTRIC MOBILITY PVT LTD Rajneesh leads the marketing department at Hop Electric Mobility Pvt Ltd. His motto is to treat subordinates as business partners to achieve the overall goals of the company. He aims to provide people from all walks of life with an independent, stylish, comfortable and environment-friendly ride that looks forward to a greener future. He is diligently working towards the company’s vision to provide a smart commute mode for everyone, irrespective of their age and gender so as to achieve 2 lac happy customers ( B2B and B2C) in next 2 years. He has been awarded by Mr. Anand Mahindra (Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra) in Mahindra Quality Way, has received a GOLD medal from MD & CEO of Mahindra Lifespaces for best performance in SAP. He has also been awarded the Excellence in Technology Leadership Award in Solar Quarter Grand Master India. Rajneesh believes in giving back to society and supporting various CSR activities like book & stationery distribution , sustainability drives. In addition, he loves to spend time with his family ,exploring new technologies and is enthusiastic about cricket.

Raunak Bidasaria

CITY HEAD - BANGALORE YULU BIKES

W i t h a b a c h e l o r ’ s d e g r e e i n E le c t r i c a l Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, Raunak possesses exemplary skills in entrepreneurship and strategy management. As a City head and a part of the Yulu’s executive office, Raunak l e a d s a t e a m o f 5 0 0 + m e m b e r s t o m a n a g e s u p p ly a n d d e m a n d fo r a fl e e t o f 5 , 0 0 0 + b i c y c l e s & 8 , 0 0 0 + e le c t r i c s c o o t e r s w h i c h m a k e u p ~ 7 0 % o f g r o s s r e v e n u e s f o r t h e c o m p a n y . H e a u g m e n t e d a n d i n t en s i fi e d o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c a p a b i l i t y t o m a n a g e t h e g r o w t h t h a t c o n t ri b u t e d t o a 2 5 X i n c r e a s e i n r i d e r s h i p a n d 9 5 X i n r e v e n u e a n d e n h a n ce d a v a i l a b i l i t y to 3,000 parking stations & 250+ EV charging stations, saving ~5,500 m e t r i c t o n s o f c a r b o n e m i s s i o n t o d a t e . I n a d d i t i o n , h e w ork s cl o s e l y t o e s t a b l i s h p a r t n e r s h i p s w i t h g o v e r n m e n t b o d i e s a s D U L T , BBM P, BM R C L , e t c . , a n d m u l t i n a t i o n a l c o r p o r a t i o n s a c r o s s t e c h p a r k s t o p ro m o t e Bangalore’s “green revolution."

Subhabrata Ghosh PRESIDENT, OPERATION KABRA EXTRUSIONTECHNIK (KET) Subhabrata has 15 years of impressive success record in Plant Operation, R&D, SCM, Strategy, Business Acumen, product development, Sales, SOB, Lean manufacturing, Capex, , Electric Vehicle, state-of-the-art Green field projects, Multi plants. He has numerous achievements including setting up a state of art manufacturing facility for Electric vehicle with 100,000 PA capacity manufacturing as per Global quality & safety standard, approved budget and timeline; Domestic and International Vendor Development for electric vehicle in India and Singapore; Business planning, implementation and running of 50 BYD e6 Electric car fleet Operation, Infrastructure setup and software development Singapore; Responsible for Plant Operation, Production, QMS, NPD, SCM & P&L of Patented design Lithium Battery (NCM, LFP, Cylindrical, Prismatic etc for ESS, 2W, 3W, 4W and Commercial vehicles) manufacturing – USD 8 Mil (60 Cr) Turnover & 300 Employees; R&D for Future Projects, Proto Development, BMS and Charger In House Development Project, iot based tracking of Batteries. He has been an active speaker and panelist at various Indian and international conferences.

Y S R Rajeev Kumar VICE PRESIDENT ETO MOTORS Rajeev is an Automotive Engineer from IIT Madras and has the experience of working with the best in class automotive companies like TVS, BOSCH, Mahindra and Mahindra, and GATI, where he was leading the complete Electric Vehicle business unit and strategy and carried out last-mile deliveries through electric vehicles in India 2018 through IKEA. He has contributed a major share in building an entity, Avaan India for last-mile deliveries through electric vehicles and was crowned to be the Chief Operating Officer. He is an eminent member in the Policy Drafting committee of Telangana and Delhi at state levels and has represented logistics in their policy finalization. At the Centre, he works closely with Rocky Mountain Institute and NITI Aayog in promotion of Electric Vehicles. An excellent speaker, he has represented the logistics industry in the Electric Mobility revolution at many National and International Forums. Presently he takes care of the complete Sales, Business Development and Marketing for ETO Motors.

Ujjwal Yadav BUSINESS HEAD GHOOM.BIKE Ujjwal is a DCE alumnus and an experienced founder with over 6 years of experience in reputed startups. He joined Ghoom.bike just before covid and contributed a major role in building and scaling the business, leading to revenue growth of 20% monthly. He is responsible for operations, sales, business planning, execution & p&l of the company. He expanded the business to 2 new cities. Perks of leading a consumer startup, he succeeded in achieving unmatched customer experience with over 95% satisfied customers. In addition, he has been working closely with Delhi metro to promote greener Delhi.

Sushovan Bej TECHNICAL EXPERT DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT GMBH (GIZ) Sushovan is a young EV enthusiast who has mainly worked in the electric mobility domain on the policy advocacy and implementation level to government and private institutions. Some of his key achievements are that he managed the Project Management Unit (PMU) to the Ministry of Power (Government of India) and Bureau of Energy Efficiency (Central Nodal Agency for Charging Infrastructure), for policy advocacy & strategy for charging infrastructure & battery swapping deployment across India. He has designed the Go-Electric Campaign for the Ministry of Power, Government of India for consumer awareness around electric mobility. Undertook evaluation of proposals for deployment of EV chargers under FAME-II scheme. He has even supported cities in developing a feasible electric mobility and charging infrastructure ecosystem. He has been an advisor to the Government of Delhi on implementation of the Delhi EV Policy especially in developing the public charging, private charging and the battery recycling ecosystem in Delhi. He has even undertaken development of public and private partnerships through bilateral dialogues.