Pankaj Jain

Pankaj Jain serves as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas since 2021. Mr. Jain holds a Masters in Business Administration and is a qualified Cost Accountant. He has wide-ranging, extensive experience in governance as well as design and execution of policy across the National and State Governments. This has encompassed the domains of oil and natural gas, financial services (banking and institutional finance), industries, power, information technology, livelihoods and MSME promotion. Mr. Jain has extensive Board experience as Chairman/Director on the Board of companies in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Sector, Banks, Development Finance Institutions, Insurance Companies, Non-Banking Finance Companies and Regulatory/Supervisory Bodies.

Session Overview

Wednesday, 5 November

10:50

Global strategy Conference Room B 10:50 - 11:10

India’s energy strides to self-reliance: From barrels to biofuels, harnessing a diverse energy mix

As a central pillar of Prime minister Modi’s Viksit Bharat 2047 national objective to become a fully developed global economy, India has taken robust, far-reaching strategic and policy measures towards achieving energy independence. Balanced with expansive energy security and multi-lateral trade objectives, India has also committed to becoming a low-carbon society, embarking on an ambitious programme of scaling clean energies and becoming a future climate technology superpower.

In this Energy Talk, Secretary Pankaj Jain of India’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, will discuss how inclusive and realistic energy transformation must incorporate a responsible future role for hydrocarbons, as clean energy solutions mature and scale. From expanding LNG within the energy mix and promoting domestic deepwater E&P, to developing biofuels and green hydrogen ecosystems and pioneering advanced nuclear SMRs, India’s fast evolving energy journey offers significant opportunities, as well as key lessons for the Global South.