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Mr. Rohan Ganapathy, Co-Chairman, CII National Committee on Space; Mr. Mallavarapu Apparao, Chairman, CII National Committee on Space; Ms. Jaya Choraria, Deputy Trade Commissioner for South Asia, UK; H.E. Mr. Antonio Bartoli, Ambassador of Italy to India; Dr. Pawan Goenka, Chairman, IN-SPACe; Dr V. Narayanan, Secretary, Department of Space; Chairman, Space Commission; and Chairman, ISRO; Mr. Shashwat Goenka, Vice President, CII; H.E. Mr. Philip Green OAM, High Commissioner of Australia to India; Mr. ISHII Yasuo, Senior Vice President, JAXA; Mr. Radha Krishnan A, Chairman and Managing Director, NSIL](https://24x7newsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Screenshot-2026-09-08-at-20-52-52-DSC_6125.JPG-JPEG-Image-6048-%C3%97-4024-pixels-%E2%80%94-Scaled-14_-360x180.avif){kind=tracking}
19 JUL 2019 5:41PM
Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) called on i RK Singh, Union Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable Energy (IC) and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship here today. Various issues came up for discussion during the meeting including shift towards Electric Vehicles, renewable energy and battery & hydrogen storage.
Dr. Birol appreciated the efforts made for energy access under Saubhagya scheme and for energy efficiency under UJALA scheme. “Your achievements in energy access and in distribution of LED bulbs are amazing and a big success story”, he said adding “It changes the people’s lives”.
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