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5th World Petroleum Technology Congress | Date: 16-17 April 2026 in New Delhi, India
FIRST DAY — Thursday
16thApril 2026
09h00 – 09h45
Registrations at “NDMC-Convention Centre”
10h00 – 11h30
Inaugural Session
[Plenary Hall]

Welcome Address by
Dr. V. K. Garg, Former Chairman JERC, Goa & UTs, Former CMD, Power Finance Corporation Ltd.
Address by
Dr. A. K. Balyan, Former MD, Petronet LNG, Chairman & Director, Carmine Energy Pte
Theme Address by
Mr. Anil Razdan, Former Secretary of Power, Govt. of India, Chairman, Energy And Environment Foundation
Special Address by Guest-of-Honor
HE Mr. Rubin Gauci*, High Commissioner Embassy of the Malta
Award Presentation by the Chief Guest
Energy And Environment Foundation Global Excellence Award 2026 in Petroleum / Oil Spill / Objective Journalism Sectors
Inaugural Address by the Chief Guest
Shri G. Kishan Reddy, Hon’ble Union Cabinet Minister of Coal & Mines, Govt. of India
Vote of Thanks by
Dr. Anil K Garg, President, World Petroleum Technology Congress 2026
11h30 – 12h00
Networking & Tea / Coffee
12h00 – 13h00
Plenary Session-I
“The Contemporary Strategic Environmental and Sustainable Energy Imperatives.”
[Auditorium]

Address by
Mr. Rajiv Agrawal, Director (Technical), Engineers India Limited
Address by
Prof. John Sheffield, Professor, Purdue University, Purdue, PA, USA
Mr. Nobuo Tanaka, CEO, Tanaka Global, Inc
Former Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA), Japan
Welcome Address By
Dr. A. K. Balyan, Former MD, Petronet LNG and Chairman & Director, Carmine Energy Pte
Theme Address By
Mr. Anil Razdan, Former Secretary Power, Govt. of India and Chairman, EE-Foundation
Presentation of 16th Annual EEF Global Awards 2026 by the Chief Guest

Vote of Thanks by
Dr. Anil K Garg, Founder & CEO, Energy and Environment Foundation
13h30 – 14h30
Power Connect Lunch
14h30 – 16h00
Plenary Session-II
“AI Driving Digital Transformation for Oil & Gas Sector”
[Auditorium]

Chairperson
Mr. Anil Razdan, Former Secretary, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India, Chairman, Energy And Environment Foundation
Key Speaker
Dr. Sanjay Rana, Founder & MD, PARSAN Overseas Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Ashish Sharma, Digital Product Advisor, Baker Hughes
Ms. Shuva Raha, Fellow and Lead - International Corporation, CEEW
Mr. Sunil Rastogi, VP-Head Production, Sun Petrochemicals Pvt. Ltd.
Prof. Uday Bhan, Professor, UPES Dehradun
14h30 – 16h00
Plenary Session-III
“Green Hydrogen: Pioneering the Global Energy Transition”
[Hall A-B (First Floor)]

Chair
Dr. B. S. Negi, Chairman, Resonance Energy, Former Member, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board
Key Speaker
Mr. Parivesh Chugh, ED (SD & Renewables), Gail (India) Ltd.
Mr. Hisham Mundol, Chief Advisor India, Environmental Defense Fund
Mr. Neeraj Prajapati, Business Head India, HGTECH, China
Mr. Tanuj Sharma, Senior Assistant Vice President - Oil & Gas, Invest India
Mr. Vivek Bhatia, Managing Director & CEO, TKIL Industries
Dr. Sudip Maity, Chief Scientist, Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (Digwadih)
Mr. Rajan Varshney, Deputy General Manager, NTPC
Dr. Annapurna Boruah, Sr. Associate Professor, UPES Dehradun
Ms. Ananya Mandal, Research Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Mr. Sravan Kumar, Process Specialist, Fluor
16h00 – 16h30
Networking & Tea / Coffee
16h30 – 18h00
Plenary Session-IV
“Bioenergy – Biofuels, Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) for Green Economy”
[Auditorium]

Chair
Mr. Kushaagra Nandan, Chairman, Nandan Group, CMD & Co-Founder, REnergy Dynamics Pvt. Ltd.
Key Speaker
Mr. Kapil Bansal, Partner, Energy Transition and Decarbonization, EY-Parthenon
Colonel Rohit Dev, Managing Director and Founder, Reveille Energy
Mr. Gaurav Kedia, Chairman, Indian Biogass Assosiation
Mr. Amrit Khater, Director, Hi Tech Agro
Mr. Varun Jindal, Managing Director, Dev Energy
Dr. Jayashankar Elassery Variyar, Pro Vice Chancellor, UPES Dehradun
16h30 – 18h00
Plenary Session-V
“Next Generation Electrolysers & Technologies for Green Hydrogen Production”
[Hall A-B (First Floor)]

Chair
Dr. A. K. Balyan, Former MD, Petronet LNG, Chairman & Director, Carmine Energy Pte
Key Speaker
Dr. R. Vijay, Director, ARCI
Mr. Vijay Shekhawat, Vice President (Public Affairs), Thyssenkrupp Nucera
Mr. Ajinkya Shinde, Senior Analyst, Rystad Energy
Dr. Sneha Malhotra, Program Associate Director – Energy Innovation and Tech, WRI, India
SECOND DAY — Friday
17th April 2026
10h00 – 11h30
Keynote Session-VI
"Solutions for LNG, PNG City Gas Distribution in present Critical Situation"
[Auditorium]

Chair
Dr. Anand Gupta, Former Executive Director, Production, ONGC, Former ADG, DGH Govt. of India
Key Speaker
Prof. Kumar Biswas, Former Jt. Director, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Govt. of India
Mr. Manas Majumdar, Partner and Sector Leader, Oil & Gas, PwC
Mr. Manan Shah, Chief Executive Officer, AmbetronicsPwC
Mr. Raj Shekhar, CEO, EnergyStrat Consulting
Mr. Hari Vamsi Duggirala, Senior Process Simulation Engineer, Three Ten Initiative Tech. LLP
10h00 – 11h30
Keynote Session-VII
"CBM Coal to Chemicals – Clean Coal Technologies"
[Hall A-B (First Floor)]

Chair
Mr. R. K. Nigam, Former GGM, ONGC Videsh
Key Speaker
Mr. Gaurav Gulati, Partner, Kearney
Mr. Atul Choudhari, CTO, Tata Consulting Engineers Limited
Dr. (Mrs) Amita Dev, Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University
Prof. Harish Hirani, Director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology
Prof. Asheesh Kumar, Asst. Professor, UPES Dehradun
Mr. Brahmaiah Binginapalli, Sr. Engineer (Production), ONGC
11h30 – 12h00
Networking & Tea / Coffee
12h00 – 13h30
Keynote Session-VIII
"CBG Potential, Supply Chain & Infrastructure"
[Auditorium]

Chair
Dr. Anil K Garg, Founder & CEO, Energy And Environment Foundation
Key Speaker
Ms. Padma Jaiswal IAS, Secretary to the Government of NCT of Delhi
Dr. Vanita Prasad, Chief Technology Officer, REVY Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Amitabh Tandon, Managing Director, Transtech Green Power (P) Ltd.
Dr. Prashant Dhakephalkar, Director, Agharkar Research Institute
Mr. Shashi Hegde, Director, Hycons Bioenergy
Keynote Session-IX
Bio Fuels: Ethanol, Biodiesel driving a greener tomorrow
[Hall A-B (First Floor)]

Chair
Mr. Indrajit Ghosh, Chairman, MSME Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India
Key Speaker
Mr. Dilip Patil, Co-Chairperson, IFGE's SBF
Mr. Samyak Pandey, Editor, Global Biofuels and Agriculture Markets, S&P Global
Dr. Supriya Sharma, Executive Director, BrainGlow Business Services Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Sanjukta Subudhi, Associate Director, Microbial Biofuels & Bio-chemicals Area, TERI
Mr. Harmeet Singh, Manager - Operations Department, HPCL
13h30 – 14h30
Power Connect Lunch
14h30 – 16h00
Keynote Session- X
“Coal Gasification: Energy Transition Towards Net Zero Pathways”
[Auditorium]

Chairperson
Dr. A. K. Balyan, Chairman & Director, Carmine Energy Pte
Key Speaker
Mr. Rakesh Singh, Director Global Marketing, KBR Inc.
Dr. Rajat Srivastava, President, World Leaders Consortium
Dr. P. B. Rastogi, Former Advisor to the Govt. of India, MOEFCC
Dr. Sunil Rai, Vice Chancellor, UPES Dehradu
16h00 – 17h00
Valedictory Session & Global Award-2026 Presentation
Welcome Address by
Mr. Kushaagra Nandan, CMD & Co-Founder, REnergy Dynamics Pvt. Ltd.
Address by
Mr. A. K. Balyan, Chairman & Director, Carmine Energy Pte
Special Address by
Mr. Anil Razdan, Chairman, Energy And Environment Foundation
Presentation of Global Awards and Poster Paper Awards
Valedictory Address by the Chief Guest
Mr. Shripad Yesso Naik, Hon'ble Union Minister of State, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India
Vote of thanks by
Dr. Anil K Garg, President, World Petroleum Technology Congress
17h00 onwards Closing Hi-Tea / Coffee

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