Transitions in the UK-India Energy Sectors
The UK India Business Council is delighted to invite you to our webinar ‘Transitions in the UK-India Energy Sectors’, exploring renewable energy opportunities in the UK and India, the energy transition to new technologies, and relevant programmes.
Date: Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 (BST) / 15:30 – 16:30 (IST)
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As we set our priorities for the year, it is no surprise that the path to sustainable energy is among the top players. The UK and India are becoming more energy reliant, which in turn offers more opportunities for collaboration in ideas and technology. While the UK seeks to fulfil its commitment to be net-zero by 2050, and India looks to solve the outstanding challenge of how you actually power the huge increase of electricity needed as more production comes online, we will observe policy, regulatory, and financial improvements needed to aid in the successful completion of both.
Joining us for this session are industry experts Debasish Mishra and Jimit Devani, Partners at Deloitte, and Alex Marshall, Group Marketing and Compliance Director at Clarke Energy.
In this interactive session, as well as answering your questions, our speakers will discuss:
- Major opportunities for UK companies in the renewable and cleaner energy sectors in India
- Expectations from this year’s COP26 meeting being hosted by the UK in Glasgow – further areas of UK-India collaboration leading up to the meeting and beyond
- Green Energy and ESG funding in India
- How the UK could support with sharing good practices in regulatory and legal areas for further development and adoption of clean energy in India
Our Experts
Debasish Mishra leads the Energy, Resources and Industrials Products industry for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in India.
He is a Partner in the consulting function of Deloitte with more than two decades of experience in energy sector in India and several other developed and developing countries. Debasish has been advising Governments, sector regulators, energy companies, investors and multilateral agencies in range of issues in energy sector.
He has helped several international funds and strategic players in developing and implementing their renewable energy and energy transition strategy.
Debasish is a leading opinion maker in the energy sector in India and often quoted in the newspapers and electronic media on range of issues in the sector. Debasish is a regular speaker in academic and industry forums.
Jimit has around 18 years of tax and regulatory experience. Jimit specialises in domestic and international tax. His experience encompasses a broad range of industries. Jimit is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Masters of Law.
Jimit has advised several Clients in developing strategies for international tax planning, filings to CBDT on industry specific issues, on corporate tax matters, tax treaty planning, entry strategies, exchange control issues, group reorganizations, Permanent Establishment and other aspects of international taxation, etc.
Jimit has been a regular speaker on various international tax conferences. He has been a regular contributor to various articles, magazines, journals and newspaper.
Jimit recently contributed various articles on “Taxsutra” (an Indian online tax newspaper) which analyzed various aspects to the changing landscape of PE in India.
Jimit has been a lead author of book titled “EPC Contract: Compendium on Taxation and Regulatory Issues” which inter alia includes analyzing various PE driven issues in EPC and also other international tax aspects.
Alex Marshall is the Group Marketing and Compliance Director at Clarke Energy. Clarke Energy is an international specialist in distributed power generation systems established in 1989 in the UK. Clarke Energy acquired Cogen India in 2003 and has delivered close to 500MW of high efficiency and renewable power generation in the country.
Alex is an Council Member of the World Biogas Association and will be a founder of the Cogeneration World Coalition. Alex has an MBA from Manchester Business School and is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Marketing and Chartered Institution of Wastes Management.
Jennifer Fagan is the First Secretary Trade and Investment at the British High Commission in New Delhi. She leads on energy and clean growth, supporting UK businesses looking to invest in India and COP26 corporate engagement.
