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India Nuclear Energy Forum 2026: Building India With Nuclear Power

Accelerating towards 100 GWe of nuclear power in India — post SHANTI Bill 2025

A platform curated by the IIT Bombay Research Hub for Green Energy and Sustainability (GESH IITB), the Department of Energy Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay, and India Energy Network.

The INEF 2026 organising and advisory committee met to discuss the forum event. Members discussed all issues on measures to implement the vision of 100 GW of nuclear power in India, and how to accelerate the implementation. Members concurred that India Nuclear Energy Forum 2026 should strive to develop mechanisms for the continuous engagement and involvement of all stakeholders in the Indian nuclear energy sector.

INEF 2026 organising and advisory committee members standing together
Meeting participants, in person (left to right — see list below).

Meeting participants — in person

From left to right

  1. 1Dr S KalirajanMD, EDF India
  2. 2Dr S ShamasundarMD ProSIM, India Energy Network
  3. 3Prof VenkatDESE, IIT Bombay
  4. 4Mr Kishor U AgrawalExecutive Director, TENEX India (former Associate Director NPCIL)
  5. 5Mr Umesh ChandraIndia Energy Network
  6. 6Mr Ranjay SharanFormer Director-Projects, NPCIL; President, Reliance Nuclear
  7. 7Mr Prasenjit PalFormer ED, Nuclear Division, NTPC
  8. 8Dr C P Kaushikformer Director of NRB, BARC DAE; Sr Technical Advisor, Core Energy
  9. 9Ms Kseniia ElkinaRosatom India
  10. 10Mr Kailas AgarwalFormer Director of NRB BARC DAE and Specialist at IAEA
  11. 11Prof Kamal BajoriaFormer Professor of IIT Bombay and Cambridge University

Attended in person — not in photograph

  1. Prof Suneet SinghDepartment of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay
  2. Mr Ujjwal K BhatacharyaCMD, STEAG India; former Director Projects, NTPC

Attended online

  1. Prof Kallol RoyVisiting Professor, IIT Madras; Former CMD, BHAVINI
  2. Dr Nawal PrinjaFormer Technical Director, Nuclear, Jacobs
  3. Dr Samyak MunotIndia Youth Nuclear Society Research Foundation
  4. Mr Thomas MathewFormer ED, NPCIL
  5. Mr Arnaud LefevreCEO, Dynatom, Switzerland
  6. Mr Navnit NairMD, Framatome India
  7. Dr Nitendra SinghIYNS Research Foundation

Members who could not attend

  1. Dr Arun K NayakDean Research, Somaiya Vidyavihar University; Former Head, Nuclear Control and Planning Wing, Dept of Atomic Energy, India
  2. Dr Alok MishraMD, Westinghouse India
  3. Dr R NagarajaCMD, Power Research and Development Consultancy
  4. Mr Ashish TandonMD, Assystem India
  5. Mr G D MittalVice President, India Nuclear Society
  6. Dr B Venkatramanformer Director, IGCAR
  7. Mr Vijay JoshiDirector, Rosatom India
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