The 13th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Alliance for Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE) held on 14th September 2021 elected its new Executive Council for the term 2021-2023. The AGM was held virtually to protect the health and safety of all parties in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The new council will be chaired by Mr. Chirag Baijal, Managing Director, Commercial HVAC India Region of Carrier Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Ltd, Mr. Venkat Garimella, Vice President, Strategy & Alliances, Efficiency & Sustainability, CSR, Schneider Electric and Mr. Sanjiv Bhatia, President, Stenum Asia, were elected as Vice-Chair and Treasurer respectively.
Other elected EC members are:
Upendra Bhatt
Managing Director, cKinetics Consulting Services Pvt Ltd
Prabal Bose
Vice President, Siemens Ltd
Prof Rajan Rawal
Senior Advisor, CARBSE, CEPT Univ
Arjun Premchand Gupta
Founder & CEO, Smart Joules Pvt Ltd
Umesh Bhutoria
CEO, Xempla
George Rajkumar
Country President, Grundfos India
Vishal Garg
Professor and Head of Department, IIIT, Hyderabad
Mahesh Patankar
Managing Director, MP Ensystems Advisory Pvt Ltd
Sudheer Perla
Country Manager-India, Tabreed
Anil Rawal
MD and CEO, Intellismart, EESL
Satish Kumar
ED & President, AEEE
After being elected as the Chair of EC, Mr Chirag Baijal Said said, “With Socio-Economic & Cultural Impact at the center of AEEE strategy through immersive & credible research & partnering with the Industry & Government- it is a privilege for me to work with fellow Executive Council members and Industry Leaders. The focus on Energy in a developing nation must be balanced with forward looking approach to keeping this sustainable from demand as well as the supply side. AEEE is uniquely positioned to create value through the work across its primary verticals of Buildings & Communities (B&C), Power Utility & Electric Mobility (PU&EM), Industrial Energy Efficiency (IEE), Energy Data Services (EDS), State and Local Actions (SLA).
Speaking on occasion, Dr. Satish Kumar, President, AEEE said, “I am delighted that we have such an incredibly committed group of industry leaders serving on the AEEE Executive Council. I am positive that their combined expertise and experience will further strengthen and actualise the vision and mission of AEEE.”