PM to inaugurate Urja Sangam on Mar 27

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Urja Sangam 2015, Energy Conclave at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on March 27 where Ministers, CEOs, joint venture partners, industry leaders, academia, technology innovators, policy makers and thought leaders will converge on a single platform to deliberate the contemporary challenges and opportunities of shaping the energy security of India in a rapidly changing energy landscape and intensely integrated world.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister, India is at the threshold of the next great phase of socio-economic transition with all round optimism in its citizens. As the gears of progress are turning fast, country will be hungry for more energy resources to match the needs for development and therefore it is time to evaluate the past, consider the present and chart a future of Hydrocarbon Industry in India to nourish all round development.
Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas [I/C] considers energy security as the backbone of the key Government initiatives and this event will focus on showcasing India’s promising potential in the Hydrocarbon sector to the world and creating an investor-friendly atmosphere.
Urja Sangam will create long-term business opportunities by drawing a road map to firm-up the country’s energy security, integration of downstream, midstream and up-stream segments besides firming up cooperation agreements with key global players.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Minister for Communication and IT , Ravi Shankar Prasad , Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas [I/C]  and renowned author and speaker Dr Daniel Yergin will also address the summit.
All the state-owned companies in the petroleum sector have joined hands with  India’s foremost international petroleum company ONGC Videsh, engineering giant Engineers India Limited and refining major Indian Oil Corporation’s Barauni Refinery who are celebrating their glorious journey of 50 years, this year. And to mark this historic milestone, under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas the first international summit “Urja Sangam 2015: Shaping India’s Energy Security”.