Ramesh Srinivasan

Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan brings more than 30 years of experience working with global technology MNCs like Bloom Energy, TDK Lambda (New Jersey) and Kepco (New York). Ramesh had delivered two high-end Switch Mode Power Supply product lines in both Lambda and Kepco that are still in production.

He was a founder member of Bloom Energy Bangalore and served as General Manager Operations & Product Development. At Bloom, he built the team from scratch for its center-of-excellence in engineering and delivered grid-tied power products up to 200kW in record time. Ramesh has travelled extensively in Asia, USA, Europe & Mexico to build strategic business relationship with large corporate houses for critical parts development used within fuel Cell systems.

In Singapore, he championed the conversion of a 19-seater commercial bus to an Electric Vehicle that was propelled by a combination of lead-acid and zinc-air batteries.

Dr. Ramesh is Principal Founder of “enArka India” – a company that works in intelligent and efficient power electronics systems and solutions.

Ramesh holds a Ph.D. degree in Power Electronics from National University of Singapore and a Master of Engineering degree (Electrical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Ramesh has several International patents & publications to his credit.

Arne Ballantine

20 years of experience commercializing hydrogen generation and power generation technologies with PEM and Solid Oxide cell technologies. Engineer certified US Navy submarine officer; semiconductor thin films experience; Palo Alto Utilities commissioner experience.

Pashupathy Shankar Gopalan

Pashupathy Shankar Gopalan was the President & CEO, of SunEdison (Asia-Pacific) who successfully built SunEdison’s business in those regions. Prior to joining SunEdison, Pashupathy was with Cypress Semiconductor as Vice President for strategic marketing & corporate business development. In this capacity, he was responsible for various initiatives such as global market strategy, new business creation, Cypress venture fund, mergers & acquisitions, corporate strategy and platform marketing of Cypress’s products.

Pashupathy had also spent over 10 years at Cypress in various operating roles. He was the Business Unit Director for the $250 million mobile handset memory business in 2001-2003. He also led a team that developed Cypress’s 0.25-micron generation platform in 1997 – 1999. Prior to that, he had held several engineering positions in process engineering, fab manufacturing, and technology development. He joined Cypress in 2005 as a Managing Director for Cypress’s Automotive and Consumer Imaging Business Units that included running the Cambridge, MA based SMaL Camera Technologies.

He was the Senior Vice President for sales, marketing & business development at Bloom Energy, a pioneering fuel cell energy company listed in NASDAQ.

Pashupathy holds a B. Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT-BHU, M.S in Materials Science & Engineering from Arizona State University, and an MBA from Stanford University.