Updated 18-Nov-15

International Business Mission to

Chennai + Delhi + Mumbai
November 28 December 9, 2015
INTERNAL DRAFT AGENDA (V2)
All meetings are subject to change. For most up-to-date version, please
contact Samantha Paxton at samanthap@seattletradealliance.com

Saturday, November 28, 2015 (SEATTLE)

14:10

CHECK-IN opens for Group Flight, Sea-Tac International Airport

17:10

DEPART Sea-Tac International Airport, Emirates Airlines 230

Connecting flight Emirates Airlines 542 (Dubai Chennai)

Sunday, November 29, 2015 (Dubai)

19:40

ARRIVE Dubai Airport

21:00

DEPART Dubai Airport for Chennai, Emirates Airlines 542

Monday, November 30, 2015 (CHENNAI)

2:15

ARRIVE Chennai International Airport (MAA)

Main group flight arrival time

3:00

DEPART airport for Hotel Leela Palace Chennai

Group transportation provided by Leela Chennai

3:30

HOTEL CHECK-IN
Leela Palace Chennai Hotel
Adyar Seaface
M.R.C Nagar
Chennai 600 028, India

12:00 13:00
Welcome Buffet Lunch at Hotel with U.S
.Commercial Service in Chennai
CONFIRMED
Guests: Mala Venkat, Senior Trade Specialist, U.S.
Commercial Service
Hosted by: Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle
Location: Spectra Restaurant, hotel
13:30 14:30
Meeting 1: CleanTech in the Context of State
Economic Development
CONFIRMED
Speaker: Mr. Velmurugan, Executive Vice Chairman, Tamil
Nadu Industrial Guidance & Export Promotion Bureau, Industries
Department
Location: Board Room, Leela Hotel
Moderator: The Honorable Pat McCarthy

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15:30 16:30
Meeting 2: Research Universities and Climate
Change
CONFIRMED
Speaker: Dr. K. Palanivelu, Director, Center for Climate
Change and Adaptation Research, Anna University, College of
Engineering
Location: Board Room, Leela Palace Chennai
16:30 17:30
Optional Group Hangout
Location: Library Blu, Leela Hotel
18:30 21:00
Group Reception and Dinner
CONFIRMED
Hosted by: Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC),
Chennai
Location: TBA
Contact: Ms. Sujatha Ravishanker, Regional Secretary, IACC
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 (CHENNAI)
BREAKFAST on your own at the hotel, Spectra Restaurant,
Leela Hotel
9:30 10:30
Meeting 1: Renewable Energy in Tamil Nadu
CONFIRMED
Speaker: Mr. Mangat Ram Sharma, IAS Chairman &
Managing Director, Tamilnadu Energy Development Agency
(TEDA)
Location: Board Room, Leela Palace Chennai
11:00 12:30
Meeting 2: Entrepreneurship in CleanTech
CONFIRMED
Speaker: Mr. Bhoo Thirumalai, Chairperson, TiE Cleantech
Group
Location: Meeting Room 1, Leela Hotel
12:30 13:30
Luncheon with TiE Membership
CONFIRMED
Hosted by: CleanTech Alliance Washington and TiE
Chennai
Location: Spectra Restaurant, Leela Hotel
15:00 16:30
Roundtable with Confederation of Indian Industries
CONFIRMED
Speaker:
Location: Meeting Room 1, Leela Hotel
17:00 17:30

DEPART hotel for visit to Marina Beach

17:30 18:00

Marina Beach Visit

18:00 18:15

DEPART Marina Beech for Kapaleeswarar Temple

18:15 19:00

Visit Kapaleeswarar Temple

19:20

GROUP DINNER at Southern Spice Restaurant

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Location: Taj Coromandel Hotel, 37, Mahatma Gandhi Road,
Nungambakkam, Taj Coromandel, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600034,
India
Tel: +91 44 66002827
21:00

DEPART Southern Spice for Hotel

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 (CHENNAI, DELHI)

BREAKFAST on your own at the hotel, Spectra Restaurant
***Delegates check out of hotel before first meeting***
8:30

Meeting 1: Suzlon Energy OR K. Venugopal, The Hindu

Location: Meeting Room 1, Leela Palace Chennai
Speaker:

9:30

DEPART hotel for Chennai International Airport (MAA)

Meet in Hotel Lobby

10:30

ARRIVE Chennai International Airport (MAA)

13:40

DEPART for New Delhi, Jet Airways Flight 740

16:30

ARRIVE NEW DELHI Indira Gandhi International Airport

17:10
18:30

Group Transfer to Shangri-La Eros New Delhi Hotel

HOTEL CHECK-IN
Shangri-La Eros Hotel in New Delhi
19 Ashoka Road, Connaught Place, New Delhi
Check-in and unpack

Thursday, December 3, 2015 (DELHI)

BREAKFAST on your own at the hotel restaurant Tamra
7:15

DEPART Hotel for India Habitat Centre

8:30 9:30 Meeting 1: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

CONFIRMED
Speaker: Dr. D.K. Khare, Director, Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy
Location: India Habitat Centre, Willow Hall (drop off Gate No. 3,
Vardhaman Marg.) Lodhi Road, Near Airforce Bal Bharati School,
New Delhi
9:40

DEPART India Habitat Centre for U.S. Embassy

10:30 11:30
Meeting 3: Ambassador Richard Verma, U.S.
Ambassador to India
CONFIRMED
Location: Embassy of the United States in India
Shantipath, Chanakyapuri
New Delhi

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13:30 14:30
Meeting: Centre for Science and Environment
CONFIRMED
Speaker: Priyavrat Bhati, Programme Director Green
Rating Project,
Centre for Science and Environment
Location: Pending
15:30 16:30
Meeting: Methanol Fuel Cells
CONFIRMED
Speaker: Mr. Amit Saraogi, Co-founder, Oorja
Location: India Habitat Centre, Willow Hall
16:30

DEPART India Habitat Centre for Hotel

17:30

Welcome to Delhi Group Reception w/ Invited Guests

**Will depend on sponsorship**
Location: Tamra (will rope off section)

19:30

Group Dinner w/ Invited Guests

**Will depend on sponsorship**
Location: Bukhara in the ITC Maurya Hotel

Friday, December 4, 2015 (DELHI)

**AGRA TRIP GOERS: Pack before you leave the hotel**
BREAKFAST on your own at the hotel restaurant Tamra
8:15

Bus DEPARTS for India Habitat Centre

9:00 10:00
Meeting 1: cKinetics (IAC) (Rockefellers partner
focused on electrification of rural areas)
CONFIRMED
Speaker: Mr. Upendra Bhatt, cKinetics
Location: India Habitat Centre, Mahogany Hall
Take Away: Achieving rural electrification through fostering and
funding
startups and entrepreneurialism
10:30 11:30
Meeting 1: Solar and Decentralized Energy
Generation: SunKalp (IAC)
CONFIRMED
Speaker: Ms. Kanika Khanna, Director, SunKalp Energy
Location: India Habitat Centre, Mahogany Hall
13:00

DEPART India Habitat Centre for Hotel

14:00

Bus DEPARTS hotel for OPTIONAL Agra & Taj Mahal Trip
OR
DELHI Tours on your own

Saturday, December 5, 2015 (AGRA or DELHI)

FREE DAY
RETURN from Agra (Early Evening)

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Sunday, December 6, 2015 (DELHI, MUMBAI)

BREAKFAST on your own at the hotel restaurant Tamra
14:00

DEPART Shangri-La Eros Hotel for Indira Gandhi International

Airport
Location: Meet in Hotel Lobby

17:30
362

DEPART Indira Gandhi International Airport, Jet Airways Flight

19:40

ARRIVE MUMBAI (BOM) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

21:15

Group Transfer to Leela Palace Mumbai

22:00

HOTEL CHECK-IN
The Leela Mumbai
Sahar, Mumbai 400059

22:00

Dinner on your own

Monday, December 7, 2015 (MUMBAI)

BREAKFAST on your own at the hotel restaurant Citrus
9:30 10:30
Meeting 1: TATA Power
CONFIRMED
Speaker: Mr. Sydney Lobo, Head Clean Technology
Projects, TATA Power
Take Away:
Location: Hotel Board Room
10:45 - 11:45
Meeting 2: USAID
CONFIRMED
Speaker:
Location: Hotel Board Room
13:15

DEPART Hotel for Mahindra offices

14:00 15:30
Meeting 3: Solar, Hybrid, and Green Construction
with Mahindra Susten
CONFIRMED
Speaker: Mr. Basant Jain, CEO, Mahindra Susten
Location: Mahindra Susten, 6th Floor, Lok Bharati Complex, AFL
House, Marol
Maroshi Road, Marol, Andheri-East, Mumbai
15:30

DEPART Mahindra for Hotel

Tuesday, December 8, 2015 (MUMBAI)

BREAKFAST on your own at the hotel restaurant Citrus
8:00 9:00 Meeting 1: MicroEnergy Credits
CONFIRMED
Speaker: Ms. April Allderice, CEO, MicroEnergy Credits
Location: Hotel Board Room, hotel

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9:30 10:30
Meeting 2: Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Development Authority
Speaker:
Location: Board Room, hotel
12:00 13:00
LUNCH
13:00 14:00
Meeting 3: Group Discussion
CONFIRMED
Guests: Ashish, International Advisory Council
Location: Board Room, hotel
14:30 16:00
Meeting 4: Social Change and the TATA Institute for
Social Sciences (TISS)
CONFIRMED
Speaker: Mr. S. Parasuraman, Director, TISS
Location: Board Room, hotel
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 (MUMBAI)
1:00

Depart Leela Mumbai Hotel for Chhatrapati Shivaji

International Airport

2:00

Arrive Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

4:15

DEPART Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Emirates

Airlines flight 501
Connecting flight EK 229 Dubai - SeaTac

12:00

ARRIVE Sea-Tac International Airport

**Mission Concludes**