Reji Kumar Pillai
Reji Kumar Pillai
Magnetar Venture
A recognised thought leader in Smart Grid technologies, Mr Reji Kumar Pillai is a popular keynote speaker at international symposiums and conferences on Smart Grids and Cleantech. He has also contributed to several articles and books.
Mr Pillai is a renowned expert in the electric power sector with 30-plusyears of international experience in the electricity industry in diverse functions across the entire value chain. He has been a key member of many multidisciplinary teams that were engaged in reform and restructuring of power and water utilities in Asia, Middle East and Africa. In Oct 2011, Mr Pillai was unanimously elected as the President of India Smart Grid Forum, a public-private partnership initiative of the government of India for accelerated development of smart grid technologies in the Indian power sector for a two-year term. As an entrepreneur, Mr Pillai has built successful enterprises in India and UAE and exited them. Presently he is the Founder and Managing Director with Magnetar Venture, a 100 million USD India focused Fund to foster innovation in clean technologies with a mission to build globally successful enterprises out of India in the emerging Clentech revolution. He is also an active member of the Indian Angel Network. He has advanced education in Engineering, Finance, Management and Law, and has worked with NTPC and IBM and been a senior consultant with ADB, World Bank and USAID.
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