UPES has organized ‘Future India- Eco Energy’ part of Bonjour India

UPES got an opportunity to conduct an important event of ‘Bonjour India’. Bonjour India, is a crucial stage of ‘Knowledge Summit’; in which Hon’ble Prime minister Mr. Narendra Modi and Hon’ble French President Emmanuel Macron  will be signing Bilateral Agreement between India & France on March 10-11,  2018.

Bonjour India’s ‘Future Tour – Eco Energy’ was conducted in UPES on Feb 16, 17 2018 at Bidholi campus.

The Inaugural Ceremony was conducted on Feb 16, 2018. Mr. N. Ravishanker, Former Chief Secretary, Govt, of Uttarakhand was the Chief Guest and Ms. Adele MARTIAL Gros, Deputy Counsellor from French Embassy was the Guest of Honor. Around 250+ have witnessed the Inaugural Ceremony in Vivekananda Auditorium.

There were 4 Round Tables on the topics related to ‘Smart Grid’, ‘Solar Energy’, ‘Decarburization’, ‘e-Vehicles’. There Round Tables were the main backbone of the events and have ruled the FN session of Feb 16. Around 31 experts all around the India and France have participated  in the Round Table Discussion. To a name a few eminent experts are Dr. Dhiran Patel, Dean-VJTI, Dr. Sukumar Mishra – Prof. IITD, Dr. Dinesh Pandya- Dean IITJ, Dr. Dinesh Babu- Meger (India), Bhupesh Arora VP - Schneider, Karin Bony-Merad, Director-Societe Generale India (Banker), Mr. Manish Verma – Senior VP, ENGIE,  along with the French Delegates.

There were two Plenary Sessions and followed by the ‘Development of Training module for Renewable Energy’. Ms. Karin Bony-Merad, Director-Societe Generale India delivered a talk on financing solar Energy In India and

Mr. Manish Verma – Senior VP, ENGIE delivered a talk on ‘e-Vehicle opportunity and challenges in India’. Prof. K. Raghavan, Prof. UPES, concluded on the outcomes of all four round tables.

The Feb 16, was concluded with campus round and Lab visits. All the dignitaries were excited to see the student Projects under ‘RISE’ and other international student projects.

The Feb 17, was fully dedicated to students. The day begun with Presentations by French University representatives and followed by one to one interaction till 3.00 PM.

The names of few French Universities, participated in the event are:

·         École Catholique d’Arts & Métiers de Lyon (ECAM Lyon) ·         University of South Britanny ·         University of Lorraine ·         University of Pau ·         University of Toulouse