The Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA) was set up in 1996 as a non-profit organization. The Association, which began with 21 members, now has 1,352 members spread all over India. The National Office of the Association is located at Chennai and has regional offices at Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Mumbai. Since its inception it has worked consistently, towards removing barriers to wind power development and creation of an enabling regulatory and policy environment for investments in this sector. The Association is working closely with several national industry bodies such as the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Ministry of Power,Ministry of Environment,CWET,CERC,CEA,Confederation of Indian Industry, State utilities, State Electricity Regulatory Commissions,State Nodal Agencies,World Wind Energy Association,Bonn,Germany etc. IWPA Publishes monthly Windpro Journal for dissemination of information to members and conducts annual International Conference & Exhibition on Wind Energy.