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Shri V. S. Verma obtained his BE (Mech) and ME (App. Thermo science) degree from IIT (Roorkee) and has been an adjunct professor in IIT (Kanpur) and distinguished professor in CPRI (Bangalore). Shri Verma has been Member of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) and officiated as Chairman CERC also for a brief period. Prior to that Shri Verma was Member (Planning) CEA responsible for planning of electricity availability for the country. He has been Director General of Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). His initiatives were responsible for improved availability of generating stations & transmission networks and preparation of CO2 baseline data for power sector. He chaired Expert committee to set up Geothermal Project in Ladakh, J&K, and National Electricity Plan for XI plan; and the 16th Electric Power Survey was prepared under his guidance & leadership. He has also played a lead role in implementation of Energy efficiency and energy conservations programmes in various Indian industries and the power sector in the country. Shri Verma was awarded life time achievement awards by CBI&P, Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Technology (Bhopal) and Council of Power Utilities. He is a distinguished alumnus of IIT (Roorkee). He has visited large no of foreign countries on official assignments, published more than 50 Tech papers in the national and International workshops and conferences.

Dr. Neha G. Tripathi received her Ph.D degree in Environmental Planning from School of Planning and Architecture. She did her post-graduation (Master of Planning) also from School of Planning and Architecture, with specialization in Environmental Planning (2003) and was awarded the Gold medal for overall performance. She did her B.Tech (Architecture) from TVB School of Architecture. She is having experience of 17 years in the field of environmental planning and architecture and has worked on projects like Zonal Development Plan for Eco sensitive Area, Mount Abu, Indian Institute of Management, Indore, etc. Dr. Neha has published research papers on field of Ecological foot print, Solar Zoning, Climate change etc. Awarded the first prize for paper presentation, Climate Change and Indian Cities Perspectives presented for World Habitat Day 2011 organized by HUDCO, New Delhi. She is Assistant Professor in School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. She is Associate member, Institute of Town Planners, New Delhi, Member, Council of Architecture, New Delhi and Member, Indian Building Council, New Delhi and National Environmental Science Academy.