Moderaters
Mr. Gurpreet Chugh
Vice President, Green Transitions, and Leader, South Asia, ICF
Ms. Swetha Ravi Kumar
Executive Director, FSR Global
Panelists
Mr. Suresh P Manglani
Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer, Adani Total Gas Ltd
Mr. Rajesh K Mediratta
Managing Director, IGX
Mr. Dennis Hesseling
Head of Gas, Coal, and Power Markets Division, IEA
Mr. Abhilesh Gupta
Managing Director and CEO, THINK Gas
Mr. Subhash Kumar
Director General, Association of CGD Entities (ACE)
Mr. Rohit Jain
Additional General Manager, Indraprastha Gas Ltd.
Mr. Rajeev Kumar
Chief General Manager, Marketing, O&M & HSSE (Gas), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
Speakers
Mr. Shishir Priyadarshi
President, Chintan Research Foundation
KeyNote Speaker
Mr. Rajiv Gauba
Member, NITI Aayog
Event Report
On July 24, 2025 in collaboration with FSR Global, CRF hosted a policy dialogue to deliberate on strategic policy interventions essential for strengthening India’s natural gas ecosystem. The keynote address was delivered by Shri Rajiv Gauba, Member, NITI Aayog. Special addresses were delivered by Mr. Praveen Mal Khanooja, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Mr. A K Tiwari, Member, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board. The dialogue was structured around two thematic panel sessions that explored critical aspects of India’s natural gas sector. The two sessions focussed on Policy Initiatives for Accelerating Natural Gas Adoption in India, and Infrastructure Matters – Strengthening Natural Gas Infrastructure for India’s Energy Transition. The panellists emphasised on integrating natural gas in GST Framework, expanding domestic gas production, accelerating infrastructure development, and ensuring policy coherence, coordinated governance.
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