Best Technology (DST Podcasts (2024)

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Women Outreach in Cleantech Sector- Gauri Singh-IRENA 14:00

1+ y ago14:00

14:00

Gauri Singh, Deputy Director General of IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency, is a career bureaucrat with over 30 years of experience in policy formulation, implementation, and advocacy in renewable energy, sustainable development, and livelihoods. She has walked a long and fruitful path in the energy domain, but her most notable achiev…

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India's first geared electric motorbike 27:00

2y ago27:00

27:00

MATTER recently launched India’s first advanced all-electric motorbike with a gearbox, the motorbike meant for green and connected mobility of the future, aided by next generation technology. The e-bike has been designed and engineered in-house from the ground-up, with a consumer-centric product development approach focused on safety, security, rel…

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DST-IESA Industry Research & Development Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programme 15:14

2y ago15:14

15:14

Please listen in Dr. Ranjith Krishna Pai, Scientist E & Director at Technology Mission division at DST briefing about mission innovation, focus areas & activities towards industry-academia collaboration. India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) is pleased to launch Industry Research & Development Fellowship Programme 2022 (IRDFP) call for applications …

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Dr. N. Kalaiselvi- Director General CSIR, India’s largest research organization 34:28

2y ago34:28

34:28

Heartiest Congratulations to Dr N. Kalaiselvi on her appointment as Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India’s largest research organisation. This makes her the first woman director general of India’s premier eight-decade-old research and development (R&D) organisation. Please listen in about Dr Kalaiselvi…

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EOS Zinc Hybrid Battery Technology 47:20

2+ y ago47:20

47:20

EOSE got listed on NASDAQ via SPAC route in November 2020. The company has worked on the battery technology for over a decade and the core of the EOS energy storage systems is the zinc hybrid cathode battery technology, they call it as EOS Znyth. With 3-12 hours of discharge capability, immediate response time, and modular construction, the Eos sys…

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Renewable Energy Roadmap for C&I consumers 14:06

2+ y ago14:06

14:06

There is increasing interest from private sector commercial & industrial companies to adopt sustainability practices and they are willing to reduce their carbon footprint. Some large corporates have started monitoring and measuring their scope 1, scope 2 & scope 3 emissions. Listen in to find out.. what all options are available for C & I segment, …

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Prof Jhunjhunwala: Building eco-system for budding clean-tech entrepreneurs 39:21

2+ y ago39:21

39:21

Please listen in the conversation with Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala, President, IITM Research Park about his journey, his passion for ''make in India'', starting of IIT Madras Research park, creating young entrepreneurs providing innovative solutions, nurturing start-ups for real world challenges, his views on battery swapping and also advice to young t…

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India Energy Storage Week 2022 12:06

2+ y ago12:06

12:06

The India Energy Storage Week Conference is a one-of-a-kind learning and collaboration platform that brings together key policymakers, innovators, thought leaders, researchers, leading companies, government agencies and stakeholders from around the world to discuss the policies framework, market transformation strategies, and technologies and busin…

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Supplying Raw Material for Global Lithium-Ion Battery Market 41:42

2+ y ago41:42

41:42

Listen to Mr. Vikram Handa, Managing Director Epsilon Carbon Pvt Limited Sharing his experience of building Epsilon carbon, a leading manufacturer of coal tar derivatives and India's only backward-integrated company with a dedicated source of raw materials. He shares about plant manufacturing capacity, experience of customer acquisition, supplying …

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Addressing EV fires & safety challenges in India 25:18

2+ y ago25:18

25:18

On the background of recent disturbing EV fire incidences, it is important to understand what can trigger the fire in lithium batteries. Everyone involved in EV eco- system should take responsibility of safety first and make sure that consumers do not lose the confidence in the cleaner mobility. Listen to Mr Stefan Louis explaining the WHY, WHEN, W…

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#WomenLeaders in Energy: Archana Bhatnagar 26:14

2+ y ago26:14

26:14

Listen to Archana Bhatnagar, Director - Sales & Project Development at Wartsila India Pvt Ltd, sharing her journey, her role from planning to commercial operations for new projects in India & Wartsila’s role in meeting the world’s increased demand for energy in a sustainable way. She asks new women entrants not to get bogged down just thinking abou…

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UNIDO's FLCTD - Promoting Innovation & Deployment of Low Carbon Technologies 26:46

2+ y ago26:46

26:46

UNIDO's FLCTD Project facilitates identification of innovative low-carbon technologies in India and provides financial support up to US $50,000 for validation and its commercialization. Listen to Mr. Sandeep Tondon, sharing his experience leading FLCTD program, technology verticals, innovation challenge process, funding allocation, validation & ben…

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Importance of Safety Standards for Energy Storage Systems 37:35

3y ago37:35

37:35

As India is on the verge of adoption of energy storage systems in a big way, it is important to understand safety standard requirements of these systems right at the start of the journey for the smooth adoption and operation of the systems. Listen to Dr Judy Jeevarajan, Vice President & Executive Director, Electrochemical Safety Research Institute …

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Fluence: Supporting Global Energy Transition with Excellence 38:45

3y ago38:45

38:45

Mr. Achal Sondhi, Vice President - Growth, at Fluence for APAC region shares about company’s vision, growth strategy, experience of installation & commissioning of energy storage projects at various parts of the world, learnings with problem solving, taking care of safety & standards, trends of energy storage projects as well as financing such proj…

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2021: Indian energy storage industry’s big leap forward 8:13

3y ago8:13

8:13

2021 was the year of many industry-advancing announcements, and a year where India Energy Storage Alliances’ (IESA), long-standing efforts to transform India into a global manufacturing hub for advanced energy storage technologies took a big leap forward. Listen in some of the hi-lights of 2021 from India. Wishing all our listeners happier, healthi…

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Importance of Value Chain in setting up Battery Gigafactory 27:36

3y ago27:36

27:36

With India’s focus on Advance chemistry cell battery manufacturing, the India battery supply chain council aims to develop a holistic, sustainable & robust ecosystem for the supply chain of batteries in the country. On this background, we bring you a special interview of Mr. Simon Moore; MD, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence talking about lithium pric…

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Building the largest Gigafactory of Europe-Italvolt-Lars Carlstorm (part2) 18:45

3y ago18:45

18:45

Mr. Lars Carlstorm, founder & CEO of Italvolt; sharing his journey of entrepreneurship of four decades, ups & downs, identifying opportunities, creating opportunities and some practical advice to new entrepreneurs.By Netra

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Building the largest Gigafactory of Europe-Italvolt-Lars Carlstorm (part1) 30:40

3y ago30:40

30:40

Mr. Lars Carlstorm, founder & CEO of Italvolt; talking about his vision, decision, investment, site selection & plan of building one of the largest gigafactories in Europe.By Netra

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DISCOM’s perspective on BESS projects in India 22:46

3y ago22:46

22:46

On the background of SECI’s BESS bid document, industry is wondering if DISCOMs will sign battery storage procurement agreement. Please listen to Mr. Praveer Sinha, MD & CEO Tata Power, implementer & practitioner of India’s first grid scale project, talking about the experience & plan for adding more renewables along with energy storage.…

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DHI invites 50 GWh bids for ACC Battery Manufacturing in India 35:23

3y ago35:23

35:23

The Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI), Gov of India has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to invite bidders for setting up manufacturing facilities under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to promote Advance Chemistry Cell (ACC) ACC manufacturing in the country. This is an important step to develop greenfield giga-scale advance cell ma…

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India kickstarts GWh scale energy storage procurement 16:57

3y ago16:57

16:57

On the occasion of the 5th World Energy Storage Day, Mr Ghanashyam Prasad, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India shared about the launch of 1000MWh tender for energy storage in October 2021. He mentioned about the steering committee being ready with the draft of guidelines and bid document. He also assured Government’s support for…

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The Massachusetts Clean Peak Energy Standard 31:00

3y ago31:00

31:00

Mike Berlinski, Director, Emerging Tech, Customized Energy Solutions shares concept behind Clean Peak Energy Standard program by state of Massachusetts, USA. CPS is an innovative approach to create a cleaner and more affordable energy future, promoting the use of clean energy technologies to supply power during peak demand duration. To learn such u…

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EVangelise Innovation Challenge by iCreate 33:21

3y ago33:21

33:21

Mr Anupam Jalote, CEO of iCreate (International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology) shares the philosophy behind the EVangelise innovation challenge aimed at improving efficiency of electric 2 & 3 wheelers, details of the various categories & stages of the challenge as well as rewards at each stage. He emphasizes on the idea of building kno…

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Conversation with Mr. Siddharth Mayur, MD-h2e Power Systems 33:50

3y ago33:50

33:50

Mr Siddharth Mayur, Founder & MD of h2e Power systems shares his idea about creating the most inexpensive fuel cell technology in the world. He talks about the h2e’s plan to manufacturing low-cost, low-pressure hydrogen fuel cell 3 wheelers, his collaboration with Canada-based company 'Hydrogen in Motion', his views on India’s hydrogen economy & hy…

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Insights from Industry Veteran Dr Prabhakar Patil for Indian Gigafactory aspirants 24:06

3+ y ago24:06

24:06

Dr Prabhakar Patil, former CEO of LG Chem Power Inc, shares his experience of early days of setting up LG Chem’s lithium cell Gigafactory in USA. According to him, Lithium-ion battery technology is going to be around for foreseeable future, which brings high level of confidence for entities making investment, but it is important to gain economies o…

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NavAlt- Transforming marine transport for greener tomorrow 54:33

3+ y ago54:33

54:33

ADITYA, India’s first solar electric passenger ferry boat has been operational in Kerla backwaters for more than 4 years now, providing pollution free clean ride & also saving thousands of liters of diesel, lakhs of rupees of money to the Kerala State Water Transport Department in operating cost. Mr Sandith Thandasherry, the creator of ADITYA, Foun…

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Setting up Giga Factories in India: Vision! Strategy! Execution! 28:54

3+ y ago28:54

28:54

With ACC PLI scheme, the Government of India intends to optimally incentivize potential investors, both domestic and overseas, to set- up Giga-scale ACC manufacturing facilities in India. The program is technology agnostic. There are opportunities for established companies, companies who are looking for diversification as well as new companies to g…

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Finally, India enters race for Giga factories with ACC Battery PLI scheme 37:04

3+ y ago37:04

37:04

With cabinet approval of Rs. 18,000 Crore for PLI ACC scheme, India looks forward to having its own Giga factories of advanced chemistry cell battery manufacturing. Dr Rahul Walawalkar, President & MD, IESA shares more details on PLI scheme, what is expected from the industry participants, important criteria for selection of companies, how technolo…

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A healthy planet is not an option — it is a necessity 25:56

3+ y ago25:56

25:56

Ms. Karuna Singh, regional director for South Asia and country director, Earth Day Network shares thought behind the 2021 theme ‘’Restore our Earth’’, initiatives by the world’s largest environmental movement, importance of climate literacy, consumer awareness to go for green products, working with agriculture sector, traditional know-how and role …

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Nexcharge- Early mover of lithium battery manufacturing in India 37:42

3+ y ago37:42

37:42

Mr Stefan Louis, CEO & CTO of Exide Leclanche JV – Nexcharge shares background of the partnership, various company product offerings for eMobility, Industry & Utilities Application, challenges in building team, skill development initiatives, R&D efforts, his views on PLI scheme, importance of safety & standards. He also talks about the strategy of …

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Celebrating women’s contribution in Clean Energy Transition 31:42

3+ y ago31:42

31:42

IESA ‘’Women in Energy’’ initiative is for Connecting, Educating, Inspiring, Networking & Empowering Women in #CleanEnergy transition and especially promoting this participation in the emerging areas of advanced energy storage technologies as well as eMobility sector in India. In this special episode, Dr Shalini Sarin shares her own experience of b…

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Is this the right time to scale up eMobility in India? 12:10

3+ y ago12:10

12:10

As the fuel prices are reaching a new high every day, it is high time for us to think and take actions to help reduce the dependence on imported fuel. Government is facilitating the eMobility transition by various supportive programs, policies & awareness campaigns like ''Go Electric''. The introduction of green tax along with approval to the scrap…

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Okaya Power: Emerging Leader in EV Charing Infrastructure in India 40:17

4y ago40:17

40:17

‘’ Change has been a factor of motivation for all the family members’’, says Mr Anshul Gupta, Director-Okaya Power group, one of the largest manufacturers and suppliers of EV charging stations, lithium-ion batteries and lead acid batteries in India. Anshul shares companies’ efforts & strategy towards indigenization to reduce the reliance on importe…

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Toyota's journey from Hybrids to Zero Emission Vehicles 42:56

4y ago42:56

42:56

Mr Vikar Gulati, Country Head & Senior Vice President at Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private limited, shares insight on Toyota's journey from hybrids to plan on moving to zero emission vehicles. He talk about Toyota's plan & commitment for 'Make in India'. He also shares his views on tax policies and vision about transition towards sustainable mobility.…

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2020 learnings: Embrace humanity & sustainability 8:21

4y ago8:21

8:21

2020 learnings: Embrace humanity & sustainability! Don’t Take Anything for Granted. It is easy to assume that things will go in a certain way and to take granted what we have. We should take out moments to Appreciate everything that we have and be grateful. We will emerge stronger as a community and the coming decade will help us move towards the m…

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Unique opportunity for Energy Storage Innovators to receive $50,000 UNIDO grant for beta deployments in India 16:41

4y ago16:41

16:41

UNIDO has launched 2020 innovation challenge in the “Electrical Energy Storage Devices & Systems” vertical under The Facility for Low Carbon Technology Deployment (FLCTD) programme on 1st November. PLUSS advanced technologies, one of the winners of UNIDO’s 2018 challenge under space conditioning category of FLCTD program, shares experience of being…

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India’s step towards becoming a Global manufacturing hub of battery technology 15:22

4y ago15:22

15:22

India Energy Storage Alliance thanks NITI Aayog & congratulates Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog for the leadership role in shaping the National Mission for Transformative Mobility and National Programme for Advanced Chemistry Cell Battery Storage Manufacturing. ''Energy storage is emerged as Indispensable technology disruption....The next wave of…

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Applied Materials: driving innovation in every part of our life 17:50

4y ago17:50

17:50

Dr Ashwini Aggarwal, Director, Applied Materials India shares insights from the World’s largest tool maker/ equipment semiconductor company. Do join India Energy Storage Week, starting from 2nd November to get 360 degree overview of energy storage & EV in India. Register at www.indiaesa.infoBy Netra

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Kick starting deployment of innovative ESS technologies in India with UNIDO’s Innovation Challenge 35:23

4y ago35:23

35:23

Mr Sandeep Tondon, National Programme Manager at UNIDO, shares insights about UNIDO’s innovation challenge. The winners get opportunity to receive financial support of upto $50,000, for the industry validation of ESS & eMobility solutions, which will help them move closer to the commercialization. Also at India Energy Storage Week, IESA start-up co…

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What to expect from World Energy Storage Day Global conference? 21:03

4y ago21:03

21:03

Covid-19 pandemic has been a big eye opener for the entire world. Everyone learned that we do not have to always look for incremental change but can adopt to drastic changes as well. Energy Storage & eMobility topics are very much relevant in today's scenario. The WESD Global virtual conference gives opportunity to all the stakeholders hear from th…

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Zero emission Aviation by ZeroAvia with hydrogen fuelled electric flights 33:41

4y ago33:41

33:41

Val Miftakhov, Founder & CEO of ZeroAvia, shares about their first successful test flight of a commercial grade electric plane based on hydrogen fuelled powertrains - that moves the possibility of zero emission flight closer to reality. Also get ready to be a part of the Global marathon event & expo on the ‘’World Energy Storage Day’’ on 22nd Septe…

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Recycling the critical materials in lithium batteries by Li-Cycle Corporation 44:17

4y ago44:17

44:17

Mr Ajay Kochhar; Co-founder, President and CEO of Li-Cycle Corporation talks about the circular economy of batteries and shares insights on a unique process that allows for the recovery over 95% of all battery-grade materials found in li-ion batteries and how do they manage to recycle any kind of li-ion battery, irrespective of the battery chemistr…

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Insights from building GE’s global research center in India 44:31

4+ y ago44:31

44:31

Mr Alok Nanda, CEO for GE India Technology Center & CTO of GE South Asia shares insights about GE’s first largest global lab outside USA – John F Welch Technology Center, Bangalore. With 3800 plus total patents & contributing to many bests in class products by GE; JFWTC is a power-house of talented pool of people. According to Mr Nanda, government …

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Success story of building a strong establishment of Indian manufacturing setup: SWELECT 52:14

4+ y ago52:14

52:14

Mr R Chellappan, Founder & Managing director SWELECT (earlier Numeric Group) shares his 35+ years remarkable journey of building strong establishment of Indian manufacturing setup & going beyond Indian boundaries. He talked about state-of-the-art solar module manufacturing facility and the quality product manufacturing which is in line with Atmanir…

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Experience of India’s first inter city Electric Bus Operator 30:20

4+ y ago30:20

30:20

Mr Prasanna Patwardhan (CMD, Prasanna Purple Mobility & President BOCI) shared his experience about operating electric buses in two cities and India’s first Inter city Electric Bus. He talked about some of the challenges with financing & infrastructure availability. According to him, Economic case for EV adoption for buses is already strong if the …

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Clean Mobility during COVID-19 19:06

4+ y ago19:06

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With COVID-19, automotive industry has received a major jolt and new car sales over past 3 months have dropped sharply around the world. As we start the recovery from the lockdown, response of users could shape the way EV landscapes evolves in India over next year. Mr O P Agarwal, CEO, WRI shares his perspectives on Clean mobility mission along wit…

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Story of Jeevtronics start-up: Disruptive Cardiac Innovation 26:31

4+ y ago26:31

26:31

Childhood teaching of selfless activity & Prof C K Pralhad’s classes while doing MBA motivated Ashish & Anirudhha to work for ‘’Bottom of the Pyramid’’ class of India, leaving behind their job in USA. Know more about their start-up Jeevtronics with India’s first lowest cost, dual powered, most reliable hospital grade defibrillator. The defibrillato…

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Getting ready for a new paradigm in grid management in India 25:56

4+ y ago25:56

25:56

India's grid successfully managed the load drop of around ~31 GW on 5th April at 9pm for 9 mins. Mr B B Mehta, Chief Engg, Gujarat SLDC shares the insights about planning & execution of this nationwide integrated operation. He also shares learning from the event. With the growing penetration of renewables, grid operators need new tools to ensure re…

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Role & Readiness of utilities during COVID-19 20:35

4+ y ago20:35

20:35

Today the utility industry is facing unprecedented challenges managing the grid supply-demand equation with drastically reduced demand, due to COVID-19 lock down situation. They have financial, operational and social challenges to manage. Listen how BRPL & BYPL are prepared to face the challenges.By Netra

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Dr Kale, Director CMET Interview on Center of Excellence 25:37

4+ y ago25:37

25:37

Dr Kale, Director of Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (CMET), Pune shares insights about areas of R&D activities at the centre. He shares focus areas of Center of Excellence including Indigenous Cathode & Anode material for lithium batteries, flexible & stretchable batteries, indigenous battery fabrication machine building and solid …

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