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Mr S Raghupathy, Executive Director of CII-Godrej GBC, Hyderabad shared his views on the transformation of the green building market and its future.

Ashvin Dayal, Managing Director-Asia at Rockefeller Foundation talks about the SPEED Program for rural electrification in India, its current status and feedback received from the various stakeholders.

Dr. Ram Babu is the Chief Executive Officer at General Carbon and has participated in setting up many of the systems and processes of the Clean Development Mechanismand has also led some of the early transactions in the compliance and voluntary markets. R. P. Sharma is a Director at General Carbon and has over 35 years of experience in the field of energy and environmental management.

What are some of the kind of projects that you have been working on in General Carbon?

The "Father of the Green Revolution in India", Prof. M S Swaminathan shares his views on the status of the National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture, and myriad opportunities for India to explore.

Srivats Ram has been Managing Director of Wheels India Ltd. since May 1, 2008. Mr. Ram has over 3 decades of work experience in Vehicle and Component Industry and serves in various leadership roles across the TVS group including the Board of TVS & Co. and Axles India.

Dr. Shalini Sharma is an environmental scientist currently working as the Head of Center for Climate Change at Engineering Staff College of India, Hyderabad. She is a trainer for working professionals, and works on national capacity building programs on climate change and environment.

In this next interview under the ‘Corporate Sustainability Series’, Mahesh Bhalla, Executive Director of Consumer and SMB at Dell India talks about the e-waste problem in India and the various e-waste management initiatives of the company.

In this next interview under the ‘Sustainable Technology Series’, V. K. Kripanand, Founder of See Beyond Technologies talks about InfraSecure, their innovative desktop energy reduction  product which was also recognized at the Parivartan Sustainability Summit earlier in the year.

In this first article under the ‘Sustainable Technology Series’, Dr. Cameron Brooks, Director-Smart Water Management, IBM talks about the existing water crisis, smart water grids and the smart water management solutions being offered by IBM.

In this interview under our “Corporate Sustainability” Series, David Horlock, VP Global Inspection and Auditing talks about sustainability- its drivers, role of consumers and their new 'Think Green Initiative' tool.

In an ambitious target of being a carbon neutral company by 2012, Infosys has undertaken a number of exemplary sustainability initiatives.

In this next article in the "Corporate Sustainability Series", Beroz Gazdar, Vice President- Group Sustainability in Mahindra and Mahindra, talks about how the company percieves sustainability, their sustainability targets till 2015 and the supply chain initiatives of M&M.

Boris Westphal, Managing Director of Suntrace talks about the CSP focused work being done by his company, past and upcoming trends in the solar thermal industry in 2010 and the opportunities they  perceive in the Indian CSP market due to the National Solar Mission.

Mr. Patrick von Braunmühl is the Senior International Advisor to GTZ- ASEM in the project “Consumer Protection and Sustainable Consumption in India” and is heading a number of pilot initiatives for consumer awareness and protection programs in several states of India.

Can you tell us about the project “Consumer Protection and Sustainable Consumption in India”?

Bharati Chaturvedi- Director, Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group- shares her motivations behind setting up the organization, her views on the impact of the newly released e-waste guidelines on the informal waste sector, and also the impact of privatization and Commonwealth Games on the life of a common waste picker.

For the first time in India a new technology has been used by ITC to launch paper an eco friendly paper for office and home use.

International climate activist, Will Bates from 350.org talks about the strength, achievements and plans of the 350 campaign, and his opinion on the developed vs. developing country debate in terms of taking emission cuts.  

Lavleen Singhal talks about his initiatives in promoting solar thermal technologies in India, solar thermal vs. solar PV debate and his views on the National Solar Mission and the 2010 solar energy market for India.