The ZENERGY Podcast: Energy Leadership, Finance, and Technology

Anjali Garg is the manager of the IFC’s Lighting Asia India Program. The IFC Lighting Asia India initiative, through helping portfolio companies scale their operations, has been a key catalyzer of the rural energy access ecosystem in India. Ms. Garg has helped spearhead these efforts and in this interview, we will explore the development of the rural energy market over the past decade, and the work the IFC has engaged in, in this space. I would like to give a special thanks to Ms. Garg, who has been

Kamal Lath is the managing director and former CFO of D.Light, which just recently reached the 100 million rural product milestone. Mr. Lath was instrumental in helping D.Light raise 100 million dollars in funding during a difficult time, providing thus an important inflection for D.Light in its mission. In this episode Mr. Lath discusses the company's journey and many challenges they had to overcome to reach their goals. Mr. Lath concludes by providing his views on the decentralized energy

Tushar Devidayal is the founder of Devidayal Solar, which provides innovative cooling solutions to the last mile. Mr. Devidayal was the former CEO of Devidayal Chemicals which was one of the top ten pesticide and chemical processing companies in India. In this episode, we will explore Mr. Devidayal's journey, and his motivations behind wanting to launch a solar company, after having such a successful career in the corporate space. Hope you enjoy my conversation with Mr. Devidayal! Topics covered in

Hemant Sahai, the founding partner of HSA Advocates, which is one of India’s leading and most active law firms in the renewable energy space. In this conversation, Mr. Sahai provides insight into how the energy landscape is evolving from a legal standpoint, and how the courts have responded to instances where discoms have renegaded from contract commitments. Hope you enjoy my conversation with Mr. Sahai! ​ ​Topics covered in this podcast: ​ [0:09] Mr. Sahai introduces himself and his involvement in

Sidharath Kapur is the recent CEO of Acme Solar, which is India’s largest utility scale solar development company. In this conversation Mr. Kapur discusses renewable energy financing in India — beginning with an assessment of how much investment is required to achieve India's renewable energy targets. In this conversation Mr. Kapur breaks down a key challenge in the India solar market, which is the deficiency of long term debt financing at attractive rates. Mr. Kapur concludes by introducing a

One quick note - we had some wifi connectivity issues for the first ten minutes or so - please bear with us, as the insights shared by Mr. Khanna are too good to miss. I highly recommend you listen to this audio with headphones - and then everything should smoothen out after the ten minute mark or so. Thank you and hope you enjoy! Ashish Khanna is the President of Tata Power - Renewables, which is now India’s largest integrated power company, that has helped transform the Indian electricity

In this episode we will be speaking with Mr. Saurabh Agarwal, Managing Director of Infrastructure in the South Asia Practice at CDPQ. In this role, Mr. Agarwal directs CDPQ’s infrastructure investment efforts in South Asia, and leads business development in the region. We discuss CDPQ’s decision to acquire a majority ownership stake in Azure Power and how the investment climate is involving in the Indian renewable energy space. Hope you enjoy! Topics discussed in this podcast: 1. When you are

Taranjit Singh Sandhu is the current Ambassador of India to the US and former High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka. In this conversation, Ambassador Sandhu provides a historical overview of the relationship between India and the US, and talks about how the relationship has evolved over time. Ambassador Sandhu discusses the strengths of the Indian renewable energy market and what steps the government is taking to facilitate greater access for foreign investors. I hope you enjoy my conversation