
Mr. Uday Khemka
Managing Trustee of N.J. Khemka Foundation
Mr. Uday Khemka is Managing Trustee of N.J. Khemka Foundation (India’s most longstanding foundation to focus centrally on climate change mitigation, since the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992). Co-Chaired the Clean Energy Finance Forum jointly established by P.M. Modi and President Obama to catalyse investment towards India’s 175 GW clean energy target for 2022. Resourced the entry of the Climate Group into India and has been on its India board ever since. Uday is also Vice-Chairman of the SUN Group (a diversified family- owned, emerging market investment and industrial group focused upon new and renewable energy, electric mobility, and other sectors).
Uday is also the Chairman of the Green AI Learning Initiative (“GRAIL”), a global initiative that brings together major stakeholders around the world to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence solutions to both climate mitigation and adaptation.
Educated at Eton College and Cambridge University, Uday received an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar). He was elected a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2005.