27th - 29th October, 2023 Delhi
  • Program Outline 2023

      16TH URBAN MOBILITY INDIA CONFERENCE CUM EXPO 2023

      INTEGRATED & RESILIENT URBAN TRANSPORT

      27TH TO 29TH OCTOBER, 2023

      MANEKSHAW CENTRE, DELHI

      DRAFT PROGRAM AGENDA

      Draft as of 14-10-2023



      THURSDAY - 14:00 to 18:00 hrs                    REGISTRATION                                                     26.10.2023
       
      Day ONE – FRIDAY                                                                                                                         27.10.2023
      RESILIENT URBAN MOBILITY SYSTEMS
      09:30 – 11:30(Exhibition / Reception Hall)
      Registration
      11:30 – 12:00(Exhibition Ground)
      Inauguration of the Exhibition
       
      12:00 – 13:00(Zorawar Hall
      Inaugural Session
      12:00 – 12:05
      Lighting of Lamp
      12:05 – 12:10
      Welcome & Opening Addressby Shri Manoj Joshi, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India
      12:10 – 12:15
      Address – TBC
      12:15 – 12:30
      Key Note Address – TBC
      12:30 – 12:40
      Release of Publications and Inaugural Video byShri Hardeep Singh Puri, Hon’ble Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India
      12:40 – 12:55
      Inaugural Address by Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Hon’ble Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India
      12:55 – 13:00
      Vote of Thanks by Shri Vikas Kumar, Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
      13:00 - 14:30
      (Rxn Area)
      Inaugural Lunch
       
      14:30 – 16:00
      (Ashoka Hall)
      Conclave
      Risk Analysis & Mitigation in Making Urban Transport Resilient
       
      Chairperson & Moderator: Mr R R Rashmi, Distinguished Fellow and Programme Director, Earth Science and Climate Change, TERI
      Panelists:       
      1.     Mr. Loknath Behera, Managing Director, Kochi Metro Rail Ltd
      2.     Mr. Naresh Lalwani, General Manager, Central Railways
      3.     Mr. Vikas Kumar, Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
      4.     Ms. Carolin Gassner, Director South Asia, KfW Development Bank
      5.     Mr. Ramesh Subramanyam, Director General and Group Chief, Asian Development Bank
      6.     Mr. Armin Wagner, Senior Advisor, GIZ
      7.     Ms. Jen Oh, Practice Manager, South Asia Transport, World Bank
      16:00 – 16:30
      Exhibition Ground
      Tea Break & Networking
      PARALLEL SESSIONS
      16:30 – 18:00
      (Ashoka Hall)
      Technical Session 1
      Embedding Resilience in Urban Transport Systems(Metro Session)
       
       
       
      (Supported by ADB)
      Session Chair & Moderator: Dr. Mukund Kumar Sinha, Senior Transport Specialist, Asian Development Bank
      Speakers
      1.     Mr. M A Siddique IAS, Managing Director, CMRL
      2.     Mr. P. Uday Kumar Reddy, General Manager, Chairman, KMRCL - TBC
      3.     Mr. K V B Reddy, MD & CEO, L&T-Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited
      4.     Dr. Klaus Liebig, Head of Division, Climate Finance and Mobility South Asia, KfW Development Bank
      5.     Mr. D K Sinha, Former Director, MMRDA and Kochi Metro
      6.     Ms. Rashmi Bhardwaj, AGM Architecture, DMRC
      7.     Mr. Sandeep Fuller, Senior Vice President (Systems), Systra MVA India Ltd., Faridabad
       
      16:30 – 18:00
      (Shamsher Hall)
      Technical Session 2
      Strategies for Meeting Challenges in Multi-modal Integration of Urban Transport Systems
      Moderator: Mr. Shravan Hardikar IAS, MD, MahaMetro
      Opening Remarks: Mr.Deepak Singla IAS, Additional Metropolitan Commissioner, PMRDA
      Speakers
      1.     Mr. Loknath Behera, MD, KMRL
      2.     Mr. Vinay Kumar Singh, MD, NCRTC
      3.     Dr. Shalini Sinha, Professor, CEPT University
      4.     Mr. Guido Bruggeman, Senior Urban Transport Expert, Netherlands
      5.     Mr. Daniel Moser, Director Transport India, GIZ
      6.     Mr. Antonio Lleras, Coordinator of Accessibility, Exteriors and Signage, Metro Madrid
      7.     Mr. Hans - Jörg Gisler, Head, HESS's international OEM partners and customers Carrosserie HESS AG, Bellach, Switzerland.
      8.     Ms. Aditi Singh, Principal Consultant, Mott MacDonald Pvt Ltd
      16:30 – 18:00
      (Talwar Hall)
       
      Round Table 1
      Compact Cities: Pathways toward India’s Sustainable Future   
       
       
       
      (Sponsored by ITDP)
      Opening Remarks: Mr. Jaideep, OSD (UT), Ex-Officio Joint Secretary, MoHUA
      Moderator: Ms. Aswathy Dilip, South Asia Director, ITDP
      Context Presentation: Ms Vaishali Singh, Deputy Manager, ITDP India
      Speakers
      1.     Dr J. Radhakrishnan IAS, Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation – (TBC)
      2.     Mr. Shekhar Singh IAS, Commissioner, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
      3.     Mr. Gerald Ollivier, Lead Transport Specialist, World Bank
      4.     Ms. Shruti Narayan, Regional Director, C40  
      5.     Mr. Sharif Qamar, Associate Director, TERI
      6.     Mr. Theirry Desclos, Project Director, Cerema – (TBC)
      7.     Ms. Shelley Bontje, Project Manager, Dutch Cycling Embassy.
      8.     Mr. Jacob Mason, Research and Impact Director, ITDP
      16:30 – 18:00
      (Taber Hall)
       
      Round Table 2
      Urban Mobility India Innovation Challenge
       
       
       
      (Sponsored by GIZ)
      Expert Jury:
      1.     Mr Kunal Kumar, Mission Director, Smart Cities
      2.     Mr Prashanth A., Vice President, Mobility Platform & Services, Bosch India
      3.     Mr. Armin Wagner, Senior Advisor, GIZ
      4.     Mr. Shishir Maheshwari, Managing Director, Eversource Capital
      Moderator: Ms. Lena Kliesh, GIZ & Mr. Narendra Verma, GIZ
      Thematic Areas
      1.     Digitalization in Public Transport
      2.     Mobility Data Analytics & Management
      3.     Urban Freight & Logistics
      4.     Road Safety
      19:00 onwards
      (Rxn Area)
      Dinner
       
      Day TWO – SATURDAY                                                                                                          28.10.2023
      COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCE IN URBAN TRANSPORT
      09:30 – 11:00
      (Ashoka Hall)
      Research Symposium 1
      Integrated & Resilient Urban Transport
      Chairperson: Prof. Bhavathrathan, Assistant Professor, IIT Palakkad
      Rapporteur: Mr. Mustansir Farooq
      Authors
      1.     Almas Siddiqui, Veera Manikanda Prabhu and Ashish Verma
      2.     Gaurav Raheja, Divyang Purkayastha, Suyash Rahariya and Santhosh Malothu
      3.     Maneesha B and Ashish Verma
      4.     Nilkanti Gurav and Dr. Chetan R Patel
      5.     Dimple Maria, Kiran Kumar S, Anjali G R, Ardra S Babu, Vincy Vijayan, Veena R S, Dr. Priyanjali Prabhakaran and Dr. Shailaja Nair
      6.     Aaditya Bhamidipati, Rahul T M and Navdeep Asija
      09:30 – 11:00
      (Shamsher Hall)
      Research Symposium 2
      Sustainable Transportation Planning & Policy
      Chairperson: Prof. Sanjay Gupta, Professor, SPA New Delhi
      Rapporteur: Ms. Poonam Rajaram Adsule
      Authors
      1.     Rohit Singh Nitwal, Hemanthini Allirani and Ashish Verma
      2.     Vikas Meena, Shahiq Ahmad Wani and Ranju Mohan
      3.     Harsh Rabdiya, Rohit Rathod, Aninda Bijoy Paul, Gaurang Joshi and Shriniwas Arkatkar
      4.     Poonam Adsule, Akshay Sonavane and Dr. B Raghuram Kadali
      5.     Dilawaiz Ali, Shahiq Ahmad Wani and Mohammad Shafi Mir
      6.     Punyabeet Sarangi and Malayath Manoj
      09:30 – 11:00
      (Taber Hall)
      Research Symposium 3
      Urban Freight/ Transportation Engineering
      Chairperson: Prof. Ashish Verma, Professor, IISC Bangalore
      Rapporteur: Mr. Vamsi Krishna G
      Authors
      1.     Mayank Bhandari, Suraj Prajapat and Abhinav Kumar
      2.     Yash Dhawade, Sreedevi Kurur, Anuja Kothawala and Anirudh Badarinath
      3.     Harish Kumar Saini, Ankit Kathuria and Ashoke Kumar Sarkar
      4.     Supriya Bhutani and Naina Gupta
      5.     Vaishvi Kikani, Gaurang Joshi, Shriniwas Arkatkar and Agnivesh Pani
      6.     Adarsh Yadav, Manoranjan Parida, Pushpa Choudhary and Brind Kumar
      09:30 – 11:00
      (Talwar Hall)
      Research Symposium 4
      Land Use (LU) and Transportation Planning
      Chairperson:Prof. P. K. Sarkar, Director, Asian Institute of Transport
      Rapporteur: Mr. Yogi Shastri
      Authors
      1.     Ashish Makanadar and Samit Shahane
      2.     Sneha and Ashok Singh Rajpoot
      3.     Bala Eswari Macha and Debapratim Pandit
      4.     Puneet Mishra and Uttam Kumar Roy
      5.     Kritika Sharma, Aditya Pitale and Shubhajit Sadhukhan
      6.     Somnath Bhui and Preety Saini
      PARALLEL SESSIONS
      11:30 – 13:00
      (Ashoka Hall)
      Technical Session 3
      Financial Sustainability of Mass Transit Projects
       
      (Supported by ADB)
      Session Chair & Moderator: Mr.Sharad Saxena, Principal Transport Specialist, Asian Development Bank
      Speakers
      1.     Mr. Anjum Parvez, IAS, MD, BMRCL
      2.     Ms. Namita Mehrotra, Director Finance, NCRTC
      3.     Ms. Niti Kothari, Director Finance, MPMRCL
      4.     Mr. Anil Kumar Kokate, Director (Strategic Planning), Maha Metro
      5.     Mr. Saurabh Singhal, Auctus Advisors
      6.     Mr. Junkichi Kano, Director, Urban Renaissance Agency (UR), Japan
      7.     Mr. Nikhil Mittal, Boston Consulting Group
      11:30 – 13:00
      (Shamsher Hall)
      Technical Session 4
      Facilitating Implementation of TOD – Case Studies for Replication
       
       
      (Supported by World Bank)
      Session Chair & Moderator: Ms. Ashwini Bhide IAS, MD, MMRCL
      Context Setting & Presentation: Mr. Gerald Ollivier, Lead Transport Specialist,World Bank
      Speakers
      1.      Mr. Shankar C Deshpande, Chief, Town & Country Planning Division, MMRDA
      2.      Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Lohia, Sr Advisor (Railway & Urban Mobility Sector), World Bank
      3.      Mr. Ajit Sharma, Director Finance, DMRC
      4.      Mr. Mukut Sharma,Chief TOD Expert,NCRTC
      5.      Ms. Lise Breuil, Country Director, AFD India
      6.      Mr. Guido Bruggeman, Senior Transport Planner, Netherlands
      7.      Prof Jignesh Mehta, CEPT Ahmedabad
      8.      Ms Namrita Kalsi, Chief Architect, HMRTC
      9.      Mr. Alok Jain, CEO & MD, Trans-Consult Ltd
      11:30 – 13:00
      (Taber Hall)
      Round Table 3
      Integrating Technologies in Metro Rail Projects: Lessons and Innovations
       
       
       
      (Sponsored by Spanish Embassy)
      Opening Remarks: Lucía Paternina, Chief Economic & Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Spain
      Moderator: Mr. Om Hari Pande, Director, DMRC
      Panellists
      1.     Mr. Antonio Lleras, Coordinator of Accessibility, Exteriors and Signage, Metro Madrid
      2.     Mr Vinay Kumar, Commercial Director, CAF India
      3.     Mr. Ashish Dasgupta, Director, Business Development (Infra), India & SE Asia, Ayesa
      4.     Mr Alberto Gonzalez Galvez, International Director, Ardanuy
      5.     Mr Arshad Ali, Managing Director, Cemosa
      6.     Mr Enrique Huertas García, Director, Colin Buchanan
      7.     From Teltronic
      8.     Mr. Edwin Cruz, Sales Manager – ASEAN, Teltronic
      9.     Mr. Gonzalo-Alfonso Navarro Hernández, Economic & Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Spain, New Delhi
      10.   Dr Nina Fenton, Head of Regional Representation, South Asia, European Investment Bank
      11.   Mr K N Ramesh, Executive Director, BEML - TBC
      12.   Mr Anup Rai, Chief Scientist - Central Research Laboratory, Bharat Electronics Limited - TBC
      13.   Dr. Deepak Tripathi, Director Technical, RITES - TBC
      11:30 – 13:00
      (Talwar Hall)
       
      Round Table 4
      Uniting India's Mobility Ecosystem With NCMC
       
       
       
      (Sponsored by CHALO)
       
       
       
       
      Session Chair: Mr. Anurag Jain IAS, Secretary, MoRTH
      Moderator: Mr. Manish Khetrapal, Founder & Managing Partner WaterBridge Ventures
      Panelists
      1.     Mr. Loknath Behera, Managing Director, Kochi Metro Rail Ltd
      2.     Mr. Arun Bothra, IPS, Managing Director, Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT)
      3.     Mr Sushil Kumar, Managing Director, UPMRC
      4.     Mr. Rahul Chandra Das, Managing Director, ASTC
      5.     Mr Athar Aamir Khan IAS, Commissioner,SMCand CEO & MD, Srinagar Smart City - TBC
      6.     Ms. Vaidhehi Ramachandra, Partner, Lightrock
      7.     Mr. Abhijit Sengupta, ABIS Consultants & Director, APSCA India
      8.     Mr Naveen Chaluvedi, Chief Digital Officer, Yes Bank
      9.     Mr Denny Thomas, Head - NETC & AePS product,NPCI
      10.   Mr. C.K. Goyal, Senior Vice President, DIMTS
      13:00 – 14:30
      Rxn Area
      Lunch
      PARALLEL SESSIONS
      14:30 – 16:00
      (Ashoka Hall)
       
      Technical Session 5
      Roadmap for Scaling Up E-Buses: Vision 2030
       
       
       
      (Supported by World Bank)
       
      Session Chair: Dr Hanief Qureshi IPS, Joint Secretary, MHI
      Moderator:Mr Gerald Ollivier, Lead Transport Specialist,World Bank
      Speakers
      1.      Mr Vishal Kapoor, CEO, CESL
      2.      Mr Daniel Moser, GIZ
      3.      Ms Veronika Pliats, Principal Portfolio Manager, Climate Finance and Mobility South Asia, KfW
      4.      Mr Nishant Arya, Vice Chaiman,JBM Group
      5.      Ms Malavika Pillai, Principal Investment Officer, Infrastructure & Natural Resources, IFC
      14:30 – 16:00
      (Taber Hall)
       
       
      Technical Session 6
      Gender Mainstreaming in Urban Mobility
                     
       
      Session Chair: TBC
      Moderator:Dr. Laghu Parashar, Senior Transport Specialist, World Bank
      Speakers
      1.     Ms. Laura Ballesteros Mancilla, Alternate Senator, Founding member of Mujeres en movimiento, Mexico
      2.     Ms. Ashwini Bhide IAS, MD, Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited
      3.     Ms. Krishna Desai, Gender Focal Point- Mobility Practice, SUM-ACA, GIZ
      4.     Ms. Carolin Gassner, Director South Asia, KfW Development Bank - TBC
      5.     Ms. Swati Khanna, Senior Sector Specialist, Urban Development & Mobility, KfW
      6.     Mr. Chris Bruntlett, Communications Manager, Dutch Cycling Embassy
      7.     Dr. Aanchal Jain, CEO, PMI Electromobility Solutions Private Limited
       
      14:30 – 16:00
      (Shamsher Hall)
       
      Round Table 5
      Institutional and Governance Frameworks for E-Mobility Action
       
       
       
      (Sponsored by WRI India)
       
      Session Chair:Dr. SurendraKumar Bagde, A.S, MoHUA – (TBC)
      Moderator: Mr. Pawan Mulukutla, Director, WRI
      Speakers
      1.     Ms. Shilpa Shinde IAS, Special Commissioner, Transport Department, Government of Delhi
      2.     Mr. Shahzad Alam, IAS, Special Commissioner, Transport Department, Government of Delhi  
      3.     Mr. Pramoj Sanker, IOFS, Additional Transport Commissioner and Joint Managing Director, KSRTC Transport
      4.     Mr. Amit Sharma, IAS, Secretary (Transport) Transport Department, Govt. of Ladakh
      5.     Mr. Vijay Saina, Manager, ICLEI
      6.     Mr. Jaideep Saraswat, Senior Manager - Clean Power, Electric Mobility & Green Hydrogen, Vasudha Foundation
      7.     Mr. Pramoj Sanker, IOFS, Additional Transport Commissioner and Joint Managing Director, KSRTC
      8.     Mr. Mohammad Athar Saif, Partner & Leader, PWC
      9.     Mr. Amit Bhatt, MD - India,ICCT
      10.   Ms. Usha Padhee, Principal Secretary, Commerce & Transport Department, Govt. of Odisha - TBC
      11.   Mr. Navdeep Singh Virk, Principal Secretary Transport, Department, Govt. of Haryana – TBC
      12.   Mr. Arvind Singh Hyanki, Secretary, Transport Department, Govt. of Uttarakhand – TBC
      13.   Mr. Anand Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary, Transport and Road Safety Department, Govt. of Rajasthan – TBC
      14.   Ms. Chaitanya Kanuri, Associate Director – Electric Mobility, Sustainable Cities and Transport, WRI India
      14:30 – 16:00
      (Talwar Hall)
       
      Round Table 6
      Alternate Mobility Solutions to Meet Paratransit Demand         
       
       
       
      Sponsored by USAID (CEEW) 
       
      Session Chair:Mr Soumitri Das, USAID
      Moderator:Dr. Himani Jain, CEEW
      Context Presentation: Mr. Krishna Khanna, Research Analyst, CEEW
      Panellists
      1.      Dr. Rajendra Pensiya IAS, Director,Directorate of Urban Transport, Government of Uttar-Pradesh- TBC
      2.      Prof. Shivanand Swamy, CEPT University
      3.      Dr. Shalini Sinha, Center Head and Principal Researcher of the Center of Excellence in Urban Transport (CoE-UT)
      4.      Dr. Geetam Tiwari, TRIPP Chair Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.
      5.      Mr Mihir Sorti, Senior Project Officer (Transport), ADB
      6.      Mr Sudhir Badami, Independent Transportation Professional
      7.      Mr. T Srinivas, Global Head - Product Planning & Strategy (Tata Motors, Buses)
      8.      Mr. Shirish Mahendru, Technical Advisor - Sustainable Mobility - Clean fuels- SUM-ACA (GIZ India)
      9.      Mr. Inderveer Singh, Founder & CEO of EVage Motors
      10.    Mr. Joel George, Sr Manager, EV Vertical, Piaggio
      11.    Mr. Sourav Dhar, Senior Programme Lead, CEEW
      16:00 – 16:30
      (Exhibition Ground)
      Tea Break
      16:30 – 18:00
      (Ashoka Hall)
       
      Plenary Session 1 
      The Role of Local Governance in Sustainability of Transport (Mayoral Session)
       
      Session Chair: Mr. Manoj Joshi, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs                    
      Co-Chair & Moderator: Dr. I. P. Gautam IAS (Retd), Former Member, Lokpal of India
      Panelists
      1.     Mr. M Anil Kumar, Mayor, Kochi Municipal Corporation
      2.     Mr. Dirk de Jager, Deputy Mayor, Ouder-Amstel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
      3.     Mr. Junaid Azim Mattu, Mayor, Srinagar Municipal Corporation
      4.     Mr. Pushyamitra Bhargav, Mayor, Indore Municipal Corporation
      5.     TBC
      19:00 onwards
      (Rxn Area)
      Dinner
       

      Day THREE - SUNDAY                                                                                                                              29.10.2023
                       PATHWAY TOWARDS DIGITALIZATION AND ENERGY TRANSITION
      09:30 – 11:00
      (Ashoka Hall)
      Research Symposium 5
      Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) and Inclusive mobility
      Chairperson: Prof. Mohd. Shafi Mir, Professor, NIT Srinagar
      Rapporteur: Mr. Mustansir Farooq
      Authors
      1.     Karthika P Sobhana and Ashish Verma
      2.     Arpita Saha, Chayan Julaniya, Prajwal Manoj Madghe and Suryawanshi Shridhar
      3.     Animesh Jain and Bivina G R
      4.     Parth Parikh, Mehraab Nazir, Aayushi Barot and Pankaj Prajapati
      5.     Anuj Bhardwaj, Shalini Rankavat and D Sai Kiran Varma
      6.     Parth Jhaveri, Rohit Rathod, Shriniwas Arkatkar, Gaurang Joshi and Rajesh Pandya
      7.     Ravi Kant and Mukti Adwani
      09:30 – 11:00
      (Shamsher Hall)
      Research Symposium 6
      Public Transport and Non- Motorized Transport (NMT)
       
      Chairperson: Prof. Shalini Sinha, Professor, CEPT University
      Rapporteur: Ms. Poonam Rajaram Adsule
      Authors
      1.     Apoorva Rao and Dr. Yogeshwar Navandar
      2.     Saroj Kanta Behera and Abhisek Mudgal
      3.     Akshaya Paul and Himanshi Sharma
      4.     Rohit Rathod, Darshan Gheewala, Pankaj Prajapati and Gaurang Joshi
      5.     Athira J, Sumit Aggarwal, Dr. Yogeshwar Navandar, Dr. Krishnamurthy Karuppanagounder and Dr. Velmurugan S
      6.     Shahiq Ahmad Wani and Ranju Mohan
      09:30 – 11:00
      (Taber Hall)
      Research Symposium 7
      Electric and Smart Mobility
      Chairperson: Prof. Pramesh Kumar, Assistant Professor, IIT Delhi
      Rapporteur: Mr. Vamsi Krishna G
      Authors
      1.     Furqan Bhat and Ashish Verma
      2.     Rupesh Kumar Yadav, Akshay Gupta, Pushpa Choudhary and Manoranjan Parida
      3.     Rohan Singh Rawat, Aishree Boruah, Chandrashekhar C, Dr. Digvijay S. Pawar and Dr. Pritha Chatterjee
      4.     Ashish Makanadar and Samit Shahane
      5.     Nipun Choubey, Vaibhav Patil and Ashish Verma
      6.     Shaurya Mall and Ramesh Anbanandam
      09:30 – 11:00
      (Talwar Hall)
      Research Symposium 8
      Travel demand/Transport Planning
      Chairperson: Prof. Manoj M, Associate Professor, IIT Delhi
      Rapporteur: Mr. Yogi Shastri
      Authors
      1.     Anurag Swarnkar, Bhola Ram Gurjar and Hemant Suman
      2.     Sanya Guleria
      3.     Sneha Nirannanilathu and Naina Gupta
      4.     Shipra Verma, Ravi Kant and Shubhajit Sadhukhan
      5.     Samruddhi Gujar and Mohit Dev
      6.     Savita Lakra and Mayank Dubey
       
      PARALLEL SESSIONS
      11:30 – 13:00
      (Ashoka Hall)
      Technical Session 7
      Shaping the Future of Mobility with Digitalization
       
      Session Chair:Mr Dilip Asbe, MD & CEO, National Payments Corporation of India – TBC
      Moderator: Mr Vivek Ogra, Partner, Transport Consulting, EY
      Speakers
      1.     Mr Nitin Nair, Vice President, ONDC
      2.     Mr. Alok Jain, CEO & MD, Trans-Consult Ltd
      3.     Ms. Priya Singh, Cofounder and Director, Chalo Mobility
      4.     Mr. Prashanth A., Bosch India
      5.     Mr. Vivekanand Kotikalapudi, GIZ
      11:30 – 13:00
      (Shamsher Hall)
      Technical Session 8
      Integrated & Sustainable Urban Freight and Logistics
       
       
      (Supported by TERI)
       
      Session Chair & Moderator:Mr Sudhendu J Sinha, Advisor (Infrastructure Connectivity – Transport and Electric Mobility), NITI Aayog
      Speakers
      1.     Mr. Ajay Kumar Roy, Deputy Director General (Mail Operations), Department of Posts – (TBC)
      2.     Dr Gitakrishnan Ramadurai, Professor (Transportation Engineering Division), IIT Madras.
      3.     Prof. Sanjay Gupta, Dean Research and Professor of Transport Planning, SPA Delhi.
      4.     Mr. Shalendra Gupta, CFO & Co-founder,AltiGreen
      5.     Mr Narayan Shreekumar, Associate Director - Electric Mobility Program, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation.
      11:30 – 13:00
      (Taber Hall)
      Round Table 7
      Accelerating EV Charging Infrastructure - Innovation and Collaboration
       
       
      (Sponsored by Energy Systems Catapult)
      Moderator: Professor Ashish Verma, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
      Context Presentation: Mr Andrew Stokes, Senior Advisor – Innovator Support & International, Energy Systems Catapult
      Panelists
      1.     Ms Lowri Williams, Practice Manager – Transport, Energy Systems Catapult
      2.     Mr Maxson Lewis, Managing Director, Magenta Mobility
      3.     Ms. Chaitanya Kanuri, Associate Director – Electric Mobility, Sustainable Cities and Transport, WRI India
      4.     Ms. Varsha Vasudeva, Co-Founder and CEO, buymyEV
      5.     Mr. Sathya Sankaran, Co-Founder and Director, Urban Morph
      6.     Mr. Prashant Palani, Haritha Mobility Solutions
      11:30 – 13:00
      (Talwar Hall)
       
      Round Table 8
      Policy Intervention for Clean Energy Transition in Transportation
       
       
      (Sponsored by ICCT)
       
      Moderator: Mr. Amit Bhatt, Managing Director, ICCT
      Context Presentation: Ms. Revathy Pradeep, Researcher, ICCT
      Panelists
      1.     Mr. K R Jyothilal IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Govt of Kerala – Opening Remarks
      2.     Dr. Hanif Qureshi, IPS, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries - (TBC)
      3.     Mr. Navdeep Virk, IPS, Principal Secretary (Transport), Government of Haryana - (TBC)
      4.     Mr. Ashish Tiwari, Secretary, DOEFCC, Govt. of UP
      5.     Dr. Amarpal Singh, IAS, Chief Executive, PEDA.(TBC)
      6.     Mr. Gopalakrishnan VC, Director-Automotive & EV, Industries Department, Government of Telangana
      7.     Dr. Manish Ram, Energy Transition, Centre for Environment and Energy Development (CEED) (TBC)
      8.     Mr Nayaran Kumar, Associate Director, Shakti Foundation
      9.     Ms. Shikha Rokdiya, Senior researcher, ICCT
      10.   Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh, Chief Project Manager (Hydrogen Trainset), Northern Railways
      11.   Mr. Indradip Mitra, Team Leader, E-mobility, GIZ
      12.   Dr. Zakir Hussain Rather, Deptt of Energy Science & Engineering, IIT-B
      13.   Ms. Sarika Panda Bhatt, Director Nagarro and Co-Founder, Raahgiri
       
      13:00 –14:30
      (Rxn Area)
      Lunch Break
       
      14:30 – 15:30
      (Ashoka Hall)
       
      Plenary Session 2            
      India's Roadmap of Action towards Decarbonizing Transportation
      Session Chair: TBC
      Moderator: Ms. Anumita Roychowdhury, Executive Director, CSE
      Panelists:                      
      1.     Mr K R Jyothilal IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Govt of Kerala
      2.     Mr Sudhendu J Sinha, Advisor (Infra. Connectivity – Transport and Electric Mobility), NITI Aayog
      3.     Mr. P K Bannerjee, Executive Director, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)
      4.     Mr. Manish Gupta, Executive Director – Energy Management, Indian Railways
      5.     Mr Sharad Saxena, Principal Transport Specialist, Asian Development Bank
      6.     Mr. Madhav Pai, CEO, WRI India
      15:30 – 16:00
      (Exhibition Ground)
      Coffee Break
      16:00 – 17:00
      (Zorawar Hall)
      Valedictory Session
      16:00 – 16:05
      Welcome AddressShri Vikas Kumar, Managing Director, DMRC
      16:05 – 16:10
      Address byShri Manoj Joshi, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt of India
      16:10 – 16:45
      Distribution of Awards for “Excellence/Best Practice Projects in Urban Transport” by
      Shri Kaushal Kishore, Hon’ble Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt of India
      16:45– 16:55
      Valedictory Address and Launch of UMI 2024 by Shri Kaushal Kishore, Hon’ble Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India
      16:55 – 17:00
      Vote of Thanks by Shri Jaideep, OSD (UT) & Ex-Officio JS, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India
      17:00 onwards
      (Rxn Area)
      High Tea

      *Proposed Session Topics and Session Timings; Speakers Subject to Change 

 

 

 

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