The ZENERGY Podcast: Energy Leadership, Finance, and Technology
By Karan Takhar
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The Zenergy Podcast interviews global energy leaders, featuring guests such as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk, former National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, former EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, and founders of leading financial firms like DBL Partners and Spring Lane Capital. Past guests also include founders of major energy and automotive companies. These conversations share industry developments, highlight clean tech investment opportunities, and provide guidance for young professionals seeking to enter this rapidly growing sector.
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John Podesta | Senior Advisor to President Joe Biden; Counselor to President Obama; Chief of Staff to President Clinton; Founder, Center for American Progress
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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Jeff Marootian | Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. DOE
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Neil Chatterjee | Former Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Rodolfo Bitar | VP Business Development at PVH USA
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Pajani Singah | Co-Founder, Amazonia Impact Ventures
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Sophie Bakalar | Partner, Collaborative Fund
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Lynn Heller | Founder & CEO, Climate Access Fund
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Derrick Flakoll | Senior Policy Associate, BloombergNEF (ROUND TWO DISCUSSION)
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Brandon Oyer | Head of America’s Power & Water, Amazon Web Services
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Jaclyn Presnal | VP, New Energy Ventures - Williams
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Hon. Andrew Wheeler | Former EPA Administrator and Current Partner and Head of Federal Affairs at Holland & Hart
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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Mike Kramer | Vice President of Data Economy Strategy, Constellation
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Derrick Flakoll | Senior Policy Associate, BloombergNEF
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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C’pher Gresham | Co-Founder & Co-Organizer of DC Climate Week; Co-Founder of Gridvolve; Co-Founder of Front Row
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Dave Turk | Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. DOE
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Alan Young | Senior Advisor on Extractives Strategy and the World Circular Economy Forum, Circular Economy Leadership Canada and Director of MERG
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Francesco Maria Graziani | Climate & Energy Counsellor, Delegation of the European Union to the United States
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May 29, 2025 |
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John Holm | Senior Vice President of Partnership Development, Pyxera Global
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May 22, 2025 |
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Dan Thompson | Principal Research Analyst covering Datacenter Services and Sustainability, S&P Global Market Intelligence
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May 15, 2025 |
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Bradley Pischea | National Director of the Land & Liberty Coalition, Conservative Energy Network
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May 08, 2025 |
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Lara Pierpoint | Managing Director for Trellis Climate, Prime Coalition
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Heidi Binko | Co-Founder & CEO of Just Transition Fund
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Alex Kizer | Executive Vice President, EFI Foundation
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Erika Reinhardt | Executive Director, Co-Founder, and Board Director for Spark Climate Solutions
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Dr. Vanessa Chan | Vice-Dean of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University of Pennsylvania
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Jamila Yamani | Director of Climate and Energy at Salesforce
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Terry Paule | Co-Founder & CEO, Botanical Water Technologies
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Amy Harder | Executive Editor, Cipher
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Jason Hochman | Co-Founder & Executive Director, Direct Air Capture Coalition
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Ben Rubin | Executive Director & Co-Founder, Carbon Business Council
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Andrew Herscowitz | CEO of Mission 300 (M300) Accelerator, RF Catalytic Capital, The Rockefeller Foundation
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Doreen M. Harris | President & CEO, NYSERDA
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Komal Kaul | Co-Founder of Isotonik Solutions / Founder of Sam India Project / YPO Impact Network Chair
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Kate Kelly | Chief of Staff, Avalanche Fusion
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Joel Armin-Hoiland | Founder & CEO, Climate Finance Solutions
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Paul Straub | Co-Founder and Managing Director, Wireframe Ventures
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Kristin Barbato | Co-Founder and President of Dynamo Energy Hub
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Brian DiMarino | Deputy Director of Global Sustainability, J.P. Morgan
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Mona E. Dajani | Global Co-Chair of Energy Infrastructure & Hydrogen, and Co-Chair of the Energy Sector, Baker Botts
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Pete Schork | Principal, Broadscale Group
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Jon Glass | Senior Technology-to-Market Advisor, DOE ARPA-E
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Rob Day | Co-Founder of Spring Lane Capital
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Amanda Leland | Executive Director, Environmental Defense Fund
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Dimitry Gershenson | CEO & Co-Founder, Enduring Planet
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Yasmeen Shaheen-McConnell | Senior Advisor for the American Climate Corps, AmeriCorps
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Nancy Pfund | Founder & Managing Partner, DBL Partners
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Adam James | Partner, Energy Impact Partners
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Dr. Jonathan Foley, Ph.D. | Executive Director, Project Drawdown
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Dr. Michael Mann | Climate Scientist and Bestselling Author
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Laura Mondragon | Director for Climate Resilience, Montgomery County Green Bank
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Chair Frederick H. Hoover and Commissioner Kumar P. Barve | Maryland Public Service Commission
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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John Adler | Chief ESG Officer at NYC Office of the Comptroller
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Amir Chireh Mehr | Senior Investment Director, Elemental Excelerator
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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Tristan Bel | Platform Director, URBAN-X
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Dr. Julie Pullen | Founding Partner and Chief Scientist, Propeller
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Kaitlin Butler | Vice President for Business Development at NY Green Bank
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Quincy Edmund Lee | Founder & CEO at Electric Era
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Eoin Ó hÓgáin | Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Power Sustainable
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Cristina Shoffner | Senior Manager, US Policy and Advocacy at Breakthrough Energy
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Jared Yarnell-Schane | Director of Innovation, Biomimicry Institute
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Yee Lee | Chief Growth Officer and VP of Capital Markets, Terraformation
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Amy Duffuor | Co-Founder & General Partner, Azolla Ventures
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Sanjay Seth | Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor for Climate and Equity, EPA
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Daniel Morris | Clean Energy Lead, Climate Investment Funds
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Surabhi Shah | Senior Advisor, EPA
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Zachary Tofias | Director of Food and Waste, C40 Cities
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Carla Frisch | Executive Director, DOE Office of Policy (Live Session)
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May 31, 2024 |
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Aliya Haq | VP, Breakthrough Energy
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May 24, 2024 |
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Cameron Poole | Energy and Innovation, GNO
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May 10, 2024 |
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Ari Matusiak | Co-Founder and CEO of Rewiring America
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May 03, 2024 |
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Mark Chung | Co-Founder and CEO of Verdigris
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Valerie Shen | Partner & COO, G2 Venture Partners
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Giana Amador | Executive Director, Carbon Removal Alliance
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Julia Souder | Chair of Global Renewables Alliance & CEO of LDES Council
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Allison Dring | CEO & Co-Founder, Made of Air
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Doug Arent | Executive Director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (repost)
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Stephen Brittain | Director & Co-Founder, Insurtech Gateway
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Shari Friedman | Managing Director of Climate & Sustainability at Eurasia Group (repost)
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Eric Meyer | Principal at Activate Capital
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Shuo Yang | Partner, Lowercarbon
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Gabriel Malek | Chief of Staff at Fervo Energy
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Matthieu Soule | Venture Partner and Head of Innovation Lab, BNP Paribas
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Tony Chan | CFO of Bezos Earth Fund
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Fernando Castellanos I Head of Environment and Climate, United Nations Global Compact
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Jonathan Coppel | Head of Investments at the International Energy Agency (repost)
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Ashlie Burkart | Chief Scientific Officer at Germin8 Ventures (repost)
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Andrew Howell | Head of Research, Sustainable Finance at Environmental Defense Fund
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Jason Dymbort | EVP, General Counsel & Secretary at First Solar
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Gina McCarthy | Former White House National Climate Advisor and EPA Administrator (repost)
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Danny Cullenward | Senior Fellow with the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Julia Kurnik | Senior Director, Innovation Start-Ups, World Wildlife Fund
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Nitin Tyagi | VP Supply Chain - ONE | Former Rivian and Apple
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Richard Feola | Founder of Solar Exclusive
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Greg Degen (Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Energy) Carlos Monje (Undersecretary at U.S. Department of Transportation) Jennifer Sara (Global Director of Climate Change, World Bank)
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Carolina Inés Pan | Director of Research at Power for All
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Ashlie Burkart | Chief Scientific Officer at Germin8 Ventures
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Gina McCarthy | Former White House National Climate Advisor and EPA Administrator
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Xin Li | Director of Li Laboratory, Harvard University
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Ben Vannier | Partner, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Sean Murphy | CEO of Pingthings
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Doug Arent | Executive Director at the National Renewable Energy Labratory
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Jonathan Coppel | Head of Energy Investment at the International Energy Agency
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Barbara Humpton, Ann-Mari Kemell, Doug Arent | Creating the Energy Future
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Nicola De Blasio | Senior Fellow at Harvard University
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Alex Laplaza | Partner at LowerCarbon Capital
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Ram Ramanan | Vice President at Bloom Energy
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Ian Springsteel | Director, U.S. Regulatory Strategy at National Grid
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Special Episode: Breakdown of the Inflation Reduction Act by 3 Climate Experts
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Shari Friedman | Managing Director of Climate & Sustainability at Eurasia Group
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Vivek Pathak | Global Head of Climate Business, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Will Hackman | The Climate Explainer
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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John Belizaire | CEO of Soluna Holdings (NASDAQ: SLNH)
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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William Brent | CMO at Husk Power Systems
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Lynn Abramson | President of Clean Energy Business Network, U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Energy
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Neil Chatterjee | Chairman of the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (2017-2021)
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Craig O'Connor | Head of Renewable Energy & Technology, U.S. Export-Import Bank
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Kartikeya Singh | Director at SED Fund
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Rick Rossow | Senior Advisor at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
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May 27, 2022 |
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Claire Broido Johnson | Co-Founder of SunEdison & Board Member for the Sierra Club Foundation
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Linda Silverman | U.S. Department of Energy
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Dan Stein | Chief Economist at IDinsight
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Alexander Hogeveen Rutter | Emerging Clean Technology Lead in Developing Asia, International Finance Corporation
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Rajeev Singh | Chief Technology Officer at AutoGrid
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Sameer Shukla | World Bank Energy Head for Europe and Central Asia
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Radhika Thakkar | Board President at Global Association for Off-Grid Solar Energy
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Manoj Kohli | Founding CEO of SoftBank Energy
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Inderpreet Wadhwa | Founder of Azure Power (NYSE: AZRE)
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Meagan Fallone | CEO of Barefoot College International
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Todeman Assan | Head of Energy Directorate, Benin
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Gaurav Gupta | Global Managing Partner, Dalberg Advisors
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Vaishali Sinha | Co-Founder of ReNew Power (NASDAQ: RNW)
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Dan Croft | Founder of Scaling Solar Program, International Finance Corporation
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Benson Mwakina | Director of Renewable Energy, Kenya's Ministry of Energy
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Ajaita Shah | Founder and CEO of Frontier Markets (Forbes 30 under 30)
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Lessons From Fulbright Experience
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Anand Shah | Co-Founder of Ola Electric
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Meagan Fallone | CEO of Barefoot College International (repost)
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Inderpreet Wadhwa | Founder of Azure Power (repost)
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Harsh Vardhan Shringla | Foreign Secretary of India
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Taranjit Sandhu | Honorable Indian Ambassador to the US
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Mukesh Aghi | President & CEO, US-India Strategic Partnership Forum
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Nisha Biswal | President of the US-India Business Council
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Gagan Sidhu | Director of Finance at CEEW
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Rahul Tongia | Head of Energy Group, Brookings India
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Manoj Kohli | Founding CEO of SoftBank Energy (repost)
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Siddharth Singh | Lead India Analyst, International Energy Agency
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Pallavi Bishnoi | Principal Energy Investment Specialist, Invest India
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Rajat Verma | CEO of Lohum Batteries
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Vibhav Nuwal | Founder of ReConnect Energy
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Rahul Walawalkar | President of India Energy Storage Alliance
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Amit Jain | Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank India
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Gaurav Gupta | Head of Global Energy Practice, Dalberg (repost)
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: KVS Baba | Chairman of Indian Government Power Operations (POSOCO)
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Dan Croft | Founder of Scaling Solar Program, International Finance Corporation
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Pramod Deo | India's Longest Serving Electricity Regulator | Former Chairman of CERC
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Baldev Singh Sran | Chairman of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Arunabha Ghosh | CEO of Council on Energy, Environment & Water
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: CP Poonacha | Managing Director of Commercial and Power Sectors, DLF Group
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Piyush Mathur | CEO of Simpa Energy | CoFounder of Clean Energy Access Network
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Anjali Garg | Climate Finance Specialist, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
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May 28, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Kamal Lath | CFO of D.Light
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May 21, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Tushar Devidayal | Founder and CEO of Devidayal Solar
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May 14, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Hemant Sahai | Founding Partner at HSA Advocates
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Sidharath Kapur | CEO of Acme Solar Holdings
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Ashish Khanna | President of Tata Power - Renewables
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Saurabh Agarwal | Managing Director of Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ)
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Fulbright US-India Series: Honorable Indian Ambassador to the US Taranjit Sandhu
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Mar 11, 2021 |