V.Subramanian joined the Indian Administrative Service, premier service of the Government of India in 1971. Till his retirement in June 2008 as the Secretary to the Government in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, he occupied various important positions in the Government of West Bengal and the Government of India. His rich experience both at the implementation level and policy making level cuts across various sectors like Finance, Aviation, Energy, Labour etc. Mr. Subramanian was instrumental in the creation of the External Commercial Borrowings Division in the Ministry of Finance in the eighties and structured many innovative deals for Indian Public Sector Enterprises. He was also the Adviser to the Government of Mozambique for three years in 1990-1993. He was also the Secretary to the State Government in the Departments of Power and Labour. As Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism (2000-2005) he was closely involved in policy formulation on Aviation and Tourism. He was on the Boards of Air India, Indian Airlines, Airports Authority of India, Helicopters Corporation of India, Indian Tourism Development Corporation and a host of other PSEs. He was also the Member -Secretary of the High level Committee to recommend a roadmap for the growth of aviation in India. Most of the recommendations are being acted upon now. As Secretary in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, he undertook path breaking initiatives that resulted in more than doubling the grid connected renewable power generation capacity in less than three years. He pioneered the Solar Mission when he was in this position. Till recently, he was the Chairman & Secretary General of the Indian Wind Energy Association, a position he had occupied since October, 2008. He was also the Business Development Adviser to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research for a year, after his retirement. Besides being a freelance consultant, he has taken up independent directorships of a few public and private sector companies. He is based at Delhi. He is a well known speaker on “Renewable Energy” in various international conferences. He is also the key person in the formation of the new organization for policy advocacy in the area of renewable energy as a whole in India known as the “Indian Renewable Energy Federation”. He is a Mentor of an NGO, Vasudha Foundation that is active in the area of climate change.