India Nuclear Energy Forum 2026 Building India With Nuclear Power (INEF-2026 Update)
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 IIT Bombay Research Hub for Green Energy and Sustainability ( GESH IITB) and Department of Energy Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay and India Energy Network
Meeting Participants – In person:
From Left to Right
Dr Wazeem Nishad, COO, GESH IIT Bombay
Dr S Kalirajan, MD, EDF India
Dr S Shamasundar, MD ProSIM, India Energy Network
Prof Venkat, DESE, IIT Bombay
Mr Kishor U Agrawal, Executive Director, TENEX India (former Associate Director NPCIL)
Mr Umesh Chandra, India Energy Network,
Mr Ranjay Sharan, Former Director-Projects, NPCIL, President Reliance Nuclear
Mr Prasenjit Pal, Former ED, Nuclear Division, NTPC
Dr C P Kaushik, former director of NRB, BARC DAE; Sr Technical Advisor, Core Energy
Ms Kseniia Elkina, Rosatom India
Mr Kailas Agarwal, Former Director of NRB BARC DAE and Specialist at IAEA
Prof Kamal Bajoria, Former Professor of IIT Bombay and Cambridge University
Attended in person – not in photograph
Prof Suneet Singh, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay
Mr Ujjwal K Bhatacharya, CMD- STEAG India, former Director Projects, NTPC (not in picture)
INEF-2026 organizing 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 continuous engagement and involvement of all stakeholders in this regard.
All stake holders in the Indian Nuclear Energy Sector
Persons Attended Online
• Prof Kallol Roy, Visiting Professor, IIT- Madras, Former CMD, BHAVINI
• Dr Nawal Prinja, Former Technical Director, Nuclear of JACOBs
• Dr Samyak Munot, India Youth Nuclear Society Research Foundation
• Mr Thomas Mathew, Former ED, NPCIL
• Mr Arnaud Lefevre, CEO, Dynatom, Switzerland
• Mr Navnit Nair, MD, Framatome India
• Dr Nitendra Singh, IYNS Research Foundation
Members who could not attend:
• Dr Arun K Nayak, Dean Research, Somayya Vidya Vihar University, Former Head, Nuclear Control and Planning Wing, Dept of Atomic Energy, India
• Dr Alok Mishra, MD, Westinghouse India
• Dr R Nagaraja, CMD, Power Research and Development Consultancy,
• Mr Ashish Tandon, MD, Assystem India
• Mr G D Mittal, Vice President, India Nuclear Society
• Dr B Venkatraman, former director IGCAR
• Mr Vijay Joshi, Director, Rosatom India
