European India Circle

Mayur Andulkar is Co-Founder and CEO of Re-Twin Energy, a software platform helping companies evaluate and optimize battery storage and renewable energy projects. He has more than ten years of experience in AI, optimization and energy, with previous roles at Daimler, Dow Chemicals and TES-H2. At Re-Twin Energy, his focus is on turning complex energy market data into better investment and operational decisions for battery storage and renewable energy assets.

Dr. Vincent Stamer is a Senior Economist at Commerzbank specializing in the Eurozone and international trade. He previously researched international trade policy at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), where he earned his Ph.D. in 2023. An alumnus of Brown University and LMU Munich, he was named one of Germany's top ten economists under 40 by WirtschaftsWoche and is a frequent expert media guest.

Lakshmi Lalita Mohan leads the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) across Germany, France, and Europe, driving strategic industrial collaborations, joint ventures, and cross-border trade between India and European markets. With a background in international corporate law from firms like Linklaters and Osborne Clarke, she works closely with government bodies and industry leaders to strengthen Indo-European economic engagement.

Speaker of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer of dfv Media Group. He is responsible for the strategic direction of the group, which has Ten offices in Germany and abroad and covers 17 industries. Driving cross-border industrial collaboration in Europe and worldwide.

Shuchita Kishore is an Indian Foreign Service officer (2011 batch) currently serving as the Consul General of India in Frankfurt. Her diplomatic career includes postings at Indian Embassies in Berlin, Kathmandu, and Brussels, as well as key roles in the Ministry of External Affairs—most recently as Director for Europe West. She holds an M.Phil in English Literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Sonia Shinde is an award-winning journalist, working with Lebensmittel Zeitung for almost 10 years as a skilled editor with more than 27 years of professional experience. Her expert areas are tech, politics and international economics. She is especially interested in India due to her family heritage. Sonia graduated in 1997 from Henri-Nannen-Schule, Germany's most prestigious School of Journalism and has an academic background in political science and economics as well as in Spanish and French literature.

Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer. In this role, he is responsible for the commercial management of the group, including finance, controlling, human resources, IT, legal affairs, data protection, production, logistics and facility management.