03 · Team
PowerIn Urja brings together operating, technical, financial and public-policy experience across the energy and manufacturing value chain.
PowerIn Urja leadership
Founder & Executive Chairman
Investor, innovator, entrepreneur. Ideated technologies, created and backed teams. Negotiated 2 GW solar supply-chain agreements with GE; US$50 Mn equity from EFS (GE Capital) and CAD146 Mn from Invest Québec; acquired and re-engineered hyper pure polysilicon plant; secured US$119 Mn in incentives and led OEM negotiations for a 1.5 GW US cell & module facility; invested in and managed 700+ rooftop and utility-scale solar projects.
MD Designate
Former CEO, Adani Solar; former CEO, Avaada Group, BALCO and Sterlite. Independent Director, LG India. Nominee Director, Norfund and British International Investment.
CEO Designate
Former Joint President, Adani Mundra Solar — India's only operational ingot & wafer facility. Directly involved in establishing GCL's FBR polysilicon plant in China and the sale of MEMC assets to Samsung; 20+ years across the solar materials value chain.
COO Designate
35+ years of Board and CXO-level leadership across technology, manufacturing, financial services and healthcare, including E&Y, Ricoh Japan, Gillette, Owens Illinois, Max Healthcare, Dell, Prudential Financial and Boston Scientific.
Director · Corporate Affairs
Led fund syndication of ~₹5,000 Cr for Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation and the Bangalore International Airport raise; advised South Indian state governments and SEBs on large-scale mandates and debt restructuring.
Director · Projects & Asset Management
Led complex industrial plant delivery across Toyota Tsusho India, Honda India, Suzuki & Futuba and AISIN Corporation Advised Toyota on Bengaluru metro project delivery. Former AGM of Sumitomo Construction.
Director & Board Member
Key role negotiating incentives for the US$1.8 Bn Kia Motors India greenfield facility. Founder of the Centre for Digital Economy Policy Research and co-author of the Government of India's Start-up India policy.
Director · Technical Services
Technology selection, OEM negotiations and plant design for large-scale solar manufacturing, including a 1.5 GW US cell & module facility and a 6,000 TPA hyper-pure polysilicon plant; former US military nuclear-operations / polysilicon professional.
Financial Controller
Graham Fennell, FCA. Finance leadership role within the initial PowerIn Urja team for overseas capital raise and M&A. Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Advisor · Finance
Specialist finance advisory role within the initial PowerIn Urja team. India CEO of Greenback Capital Limited, DIFC. Former Business Head - Corporate Banking Group at ICICI.
Advisor · Insurance
Specialist insurance advisory role supporting risk architecture for PowerIn Urja. President & CEO, CBC Underwriters Inc, USA. Former CEO Inver Re, Bermuda (The Ardonagh Group); Managing Director RFIB, Speciality (Tysers); Executive Director, Global Head (Accident, Life & Health), Willis Towers Watson; Executive Director, Head of London (Accident, Life, Health), AON Benfield.
Advisor · Social & National Development
Former Central Information Commissioner, eminent journalist, historian and biographer. Founder of Save Culture Save Bharat Foundation.
Advisor · Employee Wellbeing
Nirvana is an Integrative Psychotherapist registered with the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). She has studied Yoga at S-YASA, Bangalore, Ayurveda at the Ayurveda Institute, UK, and is currently studying Srividya with the Mahavidya Sadhana Centre. Her holistic approach integrates western psychology with ancient Indian Yogic wisdom, to support the wellbeing of individuals, families and communities. Former Vice President Credit Management TD Securities, Associate Director, Acquisition Finance HBOS Canada and Lloyds Banking group. Committed to assisting the development of charitable projects in the community, through her work with the Charities Aid Foundation and support for charities in Canada (Portage and the Women's Centre of Montreal) and in India (Banjara Academy and Hamari Muskan).
Qualifications
Selected projects and transactions
US$1.8 Bn Kia Motors India greenfield facility
2 GW solar supply-chain agreements with GE
₹1,200 Cr + ₹500 Cr Honda India plant programme
₹600 Cr Toyota Tsusho India campus
₹5,000 Cr Bangalore Metro fund syndication
US$119 Mn federal & state incentives for a 1.5 GW US project
6,000 TPA hyper-pure polysilicon re-engineering plan
Adani Mundra Solar ingot & wafer plant leadership