Imagine Delhi

Urmi Goswami

Assistant Editor, The Economic Times

Urmi Goswami is Assistant Editor with The Economic Times. She writes on environment and climate change, sustainable development, social sector, education, minorities, and politics, and foreign policy. She has reported extensively on the international negotiations and domestic policy and developments on climate change and environment. She has attended and reported on the ups and downs of international negotiations on climate change beginning with the 2009 UN climate summit at Copenhagen. She has also attended and reported on the United Nations Environment Assembly meetings. Besides reporting for The Economic Times, she does programmes for public radio, All India Radio and is a regular discussant in programmes on the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha’s television channels.

Sean Chiao

President, Asia Pacific, AECOM

The President of Asia Pacific at AECOM, Sean Chiao’s depth and breadth of experience in challenges arising from Asia’s accelerating urbanization enables him to take the lead in strengthening the built environment by advising on sustainability, resilience and innovation for strategic projects. An engaging thought leader, Chiao has delivered keynote speeches at major international conferences and seeded with Harvard Graduate School of Design the “AECOM China’s Studio”, an urban research program that has delved into complex, emerging issues in urbanism in China’s developing cities. He is also the executive sponsor of “Jigsaw City”, a book that examines the new towns in Asia. Chiao is a global trustee of the Urban Land Institute, a member of the American Institute of Architects and a member of the Mainland Business Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Trade Development Council.

Praveer Sinha

CEO and Managing Director of Tata Power

Praveer Sinha is the CEO & Managing Director of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL), a joint venture between Tata Power and the government. A pioneer in implementing power distribution reforms in the capital city, TPDDL serves a population of 7 million in Delhi. With experience stretching across 31 years, Sinha was indispensable in the reshaping of the power distribution sector and the establishment of Greenfield and Brownfield Power Plants in India and overseas. He is a member of major committees for reforms in Power Sector such as Committee to Review the National Electricity Policy and co-chairman of CII Regional Committee on Power Reforms & Renewable Energy.

Tonny Xie

Director and founder, Innovation Center for Clean-air Solutions

Tonny Xie is the director and founder of a leading Chinese environmental think-tank, Innovation Center for Clean-air Solutions (ICCS). ICCS is acting as the Secretariat for Clean Air Alliance of China (CAAC), which is an integrated platform initiated by ten leading Chinese research institutions. ICCS works with the alliance members and partners to provide integrated technical support on clean air policy making and implementation, cleantech assessment, demonstration & promotion, and innovative investment. Before joining in ICCS, Xie served varied posts, including senior consultant, technical director, program manager, at environmental consultancies and development agencies in the field of environmental protection and curbing climate change.