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D. Election of officersThe following experts were elected as moderators:Session I: Promotion and Development of Advanced Fossil Fuel Technologies in India– Mr. A.K. Ahuja, Executive Director (CP), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).Session II: Opportunities and Challenges in Advanced Fossil Fuel TechnologyDeployment – Mr. S. Seetharamu, Additional Director, Central Power Research Institute(CPRI).Session III: National Approaches, Including Investment Policies for the Deployment ofAdvanced Fossil Fuel Technologies – Mr. K. Ramanathan, Head of the Asian andPacific Centre for Transfer of Technology of the Economic and Social Commission forAsia and the Pacific (APCTT-ESCAP).Session IV: Investment and Financing for Deployment of Advanced Fossil Fuel-basedPower Generation Technologies in India – Mr. Kirit Parikh, former Member (Energy),Planning Commission, Government of India.Session V: Panel Discussion on Development of Power Sector with Reference toAdvanced Fossil Fuel Technologies – Mr. V. Raghuraman, former Principal Adviser(Energy), Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).E. ProgrammeThe Workshop proceeded as per the programme attached as Annex II.IIOPENING OF THE WORKSHOPA. Inaugural sessionThe inaugural session commenced with Mr. Nagesh Kumar, Chief Economist, UNESCAPand Director, Sub-Regional Office for South and South-West Asia, New Delhi, India,welcoming the gathering. This was followed by the opening address delivered by Mr.Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman and Managing Director, NTPC, and Secretary, WorldEnergy Council–Indian Member Committee (WEC-IMC), New Delhi, India. Mr. P. UmaShankar, Secretary, Ministry of Power (MoP), Government of India (GoI), India deliveredthe inaugural address. After presentation of mementos to distinguished guests andpanel members, Mr. Branko Milicevic, Economic Affairs Officer, Sustainable EnergyDivision, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Geneva,Switzerland, proposed a vote of thanks, thus concluding the inaugural session.In his welcome address, Mr. Nagesh Kumar explained the background to the organizationof the Workshop. Advanced fossil fuel technologies hold the key to climate changemitigation, he stated. The approach of the 12 th Five-Year Plan (FYP) of India for theperiod 2012-2017 appropriately focuses on modernization of power plants. There is anurgent need to create an investment climate for clean technologies. Public-private4

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