Mr. Sunil Jain is the Founder Partner of Sundev Renewables LLP. He has over three decades of experience across industries including renewable energy, automotive, infrastructure, manufacturing and cleantech. He specializes in creating new businesses and taking the start-ups to scale.
Prior to Sundev, Mr Jain was Operating Partner (Energy Transition) at Essar capital and before that as CEO & ED at Hero Future Energies, which is one of India’s leading Renewable energy companies with a portfolio of almost 3 GW across wind and solar assets both operational and under development. Under his leadership, the company grew into one of the largest IPPs in India. Prior to Hero, he played an instrumental role in establishing Green Infra Limited and making it achieve a prominent position in the industry amongst renewable IPPs in India.
Mr Sunil Jain is a passionate advocate for sustainability, Climate change and has been actively promoting stable and meaningful policies to enhance the cause of green energy. He has been associated with the Renewable Energy Industry for the last 14+ years and has been an advocate for the sector at various levels and with different government instrumentalities. Apart from the Chairman of the Board of Skill Council for Green Jobs, he is the Chairman, Energy Council, NRC at Indo- American Chamber of Commerce(IACC), Chairman, MSME centre for excellence and Skilling at IACC and Chairman at Indian Renewable Energy Alliance, a pan India association representing all the leading IPPs in the country. Previously, he has also served as founder President, Wind Independent Power Producers Association (WIPPA).
For his achievements and contributions towards renewable energy and sustainability, he was awarded the Excellence Award in the year 2012 by Energy and Environment Foundation. He was mentioned as top 50 Solar personalities in Asia in 2015-16. His academic research paper on Sustainability and Renewable Consumption Obligation has been presented at forums of international repute. He has authored numerous articles about the sector and has been featured in leading publications and speaker at many forums in both domestic and international circuits.
Mr. Sunil Jain is an alumnus from the prestigious Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, where he attained his engineering degree and holds MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University.
