Lighting of Lamp

Welcome Address by Shri Srinivas R Katikithala, Secretary, MoHUA, Government of India

Address by Shri Raj Kumar, Chief Secretary, Government of Gujarat

Address by Shri Harsh Sanghavi, Hon’ble State Minister, Transport Department (Independent Charge) Government of Gujarat

Release of Inaugural video and Publications by Shri Bhupendra Rajnikant Patel, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat.

Inaugural Address by Shri Bhupendra Rajnikant Patel, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat.

Vote of Thanks by Shri Ashwani Kumar, Principal Secretary (Urban Development), Government of Gujarat

Inaugural Lunch

Harmonising Standards for Optimizing Urban Mobility: Way forward in the Indian context

Chairperson: Dr. Bimal Patel, Managing Director, HCP Design, Planning and Management Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad

Co-Chairperson: Dr. Mangu Singh, Former Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd., New Delhi

Speakers/Panellists:

1. Ms. Ashwini Bhide, Managing Director, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited, Mumbai

2. Mr. Mohinder Singh, Former Dean, The Land Transport Authority (LTA), Singapore.

3. Mr. Ravi Peri, Former Director, Transport Sector, Asian Development Bank.

4. Mr. Partha Sarathi Reddy Chevuru, Programme Director Island, PPP, NITI Aayog, New Delhi.

Chairperson & Moderator: Mr. Sharad Saxena, Principal Transport Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Speakers/Panellist:

1. Mr. Shalabh Goel, Managing Director, National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), New Delhi 

3. Prof. H. M. Shivanand Swamy, Professor Emeritus Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport (CoE-UT), CRDF, Ahmedabad

4. Ms. Aditi Singh, Principal Consultant, Mott MacDonald Pvt Ltd., Noida.

Chairperson: Mr. Jaideep, OSD (UT), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India.

Moderator: Mr. Mukund Kumar Sinha, Senior Transport Specialist, Asian Development Bank.

Speakers/Panellist: 

1. Dr. Klaus Liebig, Head of Climate Finance and Mobility, KfW Development Bank, Frankfurt Germany. 

2. Mr. S. Sivamathan, Director (Finance) & Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), Bengaluru

3. Mr. Vineet Abhishek, Chief Public Relations Officer, Western Railway.

4. Mr. Kavi Prakash, COS, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd., New Delhi. 5. Mr. Ravi Peri, Former Director, Transport Sector, Asian Development Bank.

Chairperson: Ms. Nicola Beer, Vice President, European Investment Bank.

Moderator: Ms. Shruti Narayan, Managing Director, Regions and Mayoral Engagement and Regional Director, South and West Asia, C40 Cities, India.

Speakers/Panellist:

1. Mr. Kumar Keshav, Project Director UMCH, Director Business Development (India) & Member of Board of DB RRTS

2. Mr. Zoltan Donath, Principal Advisor, Lead Transport Engineer, EIB

3. Dr. Shalini Sinha, Dean, Faculty of Planning, Centre Head, Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport (CoE UT), CRDF, CEPT University, Ahmedabad

4. Mr. Reda Souirgi, Head of Digital and Mobility Division, Agence Francaise de Development (AFD).

5. Mr. Maheswara Rao IAS, Managing Director, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited.

6. Dr. Karan Madan, Associate Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 

7. Mr. Amit Kumar, Senior Vice-President, Mott MacDonald Pvt Ltd., Noida

8. Dr. Monika Kashkari, Special Officer, DULT, Bengaluru.

Jury Members:

1. Mr Yogesh Antil, Director, MoHUA

2. Ms Bhawna Bhatnagar, Co-Founder, We Founder Circle, Mumbai.

3. Prof. Ashish Verma, Professor, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore

4. Mr. Anand Chennira , Ex Chief Strategy Officer, Sun Mobility, Bengaluru.

Finalists:  

· Urban Vind 

  1.   Mr. Pawan Seshadri Venkatesh  

· Meiro Mobility Private Limited

   2. Mr. Sarang Deshpande

   3. Mr. Rupesh Bagde  

   4. Mr. Neeraj Ganji

   5. Mr. Durgesh Rajak  

   6. Mr. Anil Deshpande

   7. Mr. Gaurav Chale

   8. Mr. Heet Shah 

· Automicle

   9. Mr. Jef Heyse

· MCS Cargar Private Limited

   10. Mr. Raj Anupam

   11. Mr. Kayavan Shah

   12. Ms. Pranjal Preet

· Transit Intelligence LLP  

   13. Mr. Ravi Gadepalli

   14. Mr. Lakshay Taneja

   15. Mr. Aaditya Bhamidipati

   16. Ms. Nikita Baliga

· Staex

   17. Mr. Alexandra Mikityuk 

· Nayan Tech

   18. Mr. Jayant Ratti

   19. Mr. Umang Gupta

Chairperson: Dr. Rutul Joshi, Senior Associate Professor, CEPT University, Ahmedabad  

Rapporteur: Ms Minal Shetty  

Authors:

Chairperson: Mr. R. Srinivas, Hony. Secretary, IUT and Former Town & Country Planner, TCPO/MoHUA

Rapporteur: Ms Surya Sugathan

Authors:

Chairperson: Prof. Nitika Bhakuni, Senior Associate Professor, CEPT University, Ahmedabad

Rapporteur: Ms. Geetanjali Jayaprakash

Authors:

3. Arundhati Hakhu and Rutul Joshi.

Chairperson: Prof. Gurang Joshi, Professor, SVNIT, Surat

Rapporteur: Mr Upendra Kumar

Authors:

Chairperson: Mr. Loknath Behera, Managing Director, Kochi Metro Rail Limited  

Co-Chair: Mr. Hari Somal Raju, Managing Director, Systra.  

Moderator: Mr. Avinash Dubedi, Head Integrated Transport, WRI, New Delhi  

Panelists:

1. Mr. Kishor Nathani, Managing Director & CEO, UMTC, New Delhi

2. Mr.Shrinivas Rao Arragunta, Assistant General Manager, BEST Undertaking, Mumbai

3. Ms. Swati Khanna, Project Officer, KFW Development Bank, New Delhi

4. Mr. Abhijit Sengupta, Country Director, India, Asia Pacific Smart Card Association (APSCA) India.

5. Mr. Vivekanand Kotikalapudi, Transport Infrastructure Advisor, GIZ.

6. Mr. Saurabh Kasturia, Founder & CEO, Street Surge Technologies, Gurugram

7. Mr. Yury Gorlov, Deputy Head of International Business Team, TVEMA

8. Mr. Pawan Muluktla, Executive Director, Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen

9. Ms. Priyadarshi Singh, Consultant- Integrated Transport, WRI India

Chairperson: Dr. Surendra Kumar Bagde, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA), New Delhi

Moderator: Mr. Sharad Saxena, Principal Transport Specialist, Asian Development Bank (ADB), New Delhi

Panelists:

1. Mr. Kanzo Nakai, Director, Transport Sector Group, ADB

2. Ms. Japnit Kaur, Senior Investment Specialist, Private Sector Operations Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila

3. Mr. Nishant Arya, Vice Chairman & MD, JBM, Gurgaon Auto- Private sector expectations on standardization for different use-cases (public, staff, school e-buses.

4. Mr. Ulrich Thomas, Technical Specialist, KfW, Frankfurt, Germany

5. Mr. Chintan Daftardar, Senior Program Manager - Cities and Transport, WRI India, New Delhi.

6. Prof. (Dr). P. K. Sarkar, Former Professor School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and Vice President, IUT.

7. Mr. Prashanth Kumar Palani, Head- Automotive Homologation, Haritha Techlogix, Coimbatore.

Chairperson: Dr. Vikas Kumar, Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd., New Delhi. 

Co-Chairperson: Mr. E. Srinivas, Joint Secretary, The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), New Delhi.  

Moderator: Mr. Sharif Qamar, Fellow & Associate Director, Transport and Urban Governance Division, TERI

Panelists:

1. Mr. Namit Jain, Founder and CEO, Zen Mobility, New Delhi

2. Dr. Mayank Dubey, Assistant Professor (Transport Planning Department) and Coordinator (Centre of Excellence in City Logistics Management), SPA-Bhopal

3. Ms. Priti Shukla, Program Manager-Electric Mobility, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation.

4. Mr. Nitin Nair, Senior Vice-President, ONDC

5. Mr. Uday Narang, Founder, Omega Seiki Mobility.

6. Mr. Deepak Baindur, Head, Green Freight Project, GIZ, New Delhi.

7. Mr. Abhijit Lokre, Founder Partner, The Urban Lab.

8. Ms. Pritha Ghosh Chatterjee, Senior Principal Transport Planner, Systra

9. Mr. Amegh Gopinath, Lead - Electric Mobility & NDC-TIA, GIZ India.

10. Dr. Gaurav Singh, Chief Technology Officer, Adani Group

Chairperson: Mr. Shalabh Goel, Managing Director, NCRTC.

Co-Chair: Mr. Jitendra Tyagi, MD, Uttarakhand Metro Rail Corporation Limited.

Moderator: Zohra Mutabanna, Team Lead, NMT expert, SUM-ACA.

Panelists:

1. Ms. Aswathy Dilip, Managing Director, ITDP India

2. Prof. Ashish Verma, Professor, Transportation Systems Engg. (TSE), Convenor, IISc Sustainable Transportation Lab. (IST Lab.), Dept. of Civil Engg., Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore

3. Ms. Sujata Hingorani, Co-Founder and Director, Oasis

4. Ms. Rana Amani, Mobility Specialist, GIZ

5. Mr. Pawan Kumar, Associate TCP, TCPO, New Delhi

6. Ms. Thysz Estrada, Marketing Consultant, Cycling activist.

7. Mr. Navdeep Asija, Director, Punjab Road Safety and Traffic Research Centre.

8. Ms. Shalini Agarwal, Municipal Commissioner, Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat.

9. Mr. Sourav Dhar, Programme Lead, CEEW

Chairperson & Moderator: Mr. Om Hari Pandey, Director/Electrical, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.

Co-Chair: Mr. Sushil Kumar, Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited, Lucknow

Panelists:

1. Mr. Jaideep, OSD (UT), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India.

2. Mr. Shalabh Goel, Managing Director, National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC)

3. Mr. Rajiv Dhankher, Director, Projects & Planning, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd., New Delhi.

4. Mr. Sandeep Fuller, Senior Vice-President, SYSTRA

5. Mr. Rajeev Tyagi, Director (Project), Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd., Nagpur.

6. Mr. Praveen Goyal, CEO of DB RRTS.

7. Mr. Alok Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer, Pune IT City Metro Rail Limited

8. Mr. Philippe Leguay, International Director, Keolis International Operation Transport Company.

9. Mr. N.M. Dhoke, Director (Rolling Stock, Signalling & Electrical), Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL).

Chairperson: Dr. Surendrakumar Bagde, IAS Additional Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs. (MoHUA), Govt. of India.

Moderator: Dr. Himani Jain, Senior Programme Lead, CEEW

12. Shri Sooraj Nair, Head of Operations, Tukxi