28th March 2019

10.00am – 11.00am

Inaugural Session
  • Hon’ble Shri Venkaiah Naidu
  • Jennifer Layke
  • Madhav Pai
  • Dr. OP Agarwal
  • Jamshyd Godrej

11:15 AM - 01:30 PM

Vision Zero: Scaling Road Safety
  • Dhanpat Singh,
    Additional Chief Secretary to Haryana Transport Department
  • Ani Dasgupta,
    Global Director, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
  • Sarika Panda,
     Head – Integrated Transport & Road Safety
  • Harbahajan Singh,
    Honda Motors
  • Raghav Chandra,
    MoRTH

  • Dr. Sharad Chauhan,
    ADGP Punjab Police
  • Alok Mittal,
    ADGP National Investigation Agency
  • S.K Gupta,
    General Manager, R.O Chandigarh
  • Navdeep Asija,
    Road Safety Advisor to Government of Punjab
  • Prerana Arora,
    Muskaan

  • Deepak Ohlyan,
    Dell

  • Shashank Anand,
    SSP Chandigarh

11:15 AM - 01:30 PM

Air Quality Analytics: Motivating, Sustaining, and Scaling Air Quality Management – Session 1
  • Dr. Prashant Gargava,
    CPCB
  • Varsha Joshi,
    North Delhi Municipal Corporation
  • Dr. Beatriz Cardenas,
    WRI Mexico
  • Dr. B Sengupta,
    Independent Consultant, Ex CPCB Chairman
  • Kartik Desai,
    Asha Impact
  • Bharath Visweswariah,
    Omidyar Network
  • Joy Devgourev Sharma,
    GoMassive Incubator
  • Yogesh Ranganath,
    Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI)

03:15 PM - 06:00 PM

Electric Mobility Forum: Accelerating EV Adoption
  • Hemender Kumar Gupta
  • BJ Antony
  • Rushabh Shah
  • Adarsh Kumar G Nair
  • Kamlesh B. Naik
  • Mustafa K. Sonasath
  • Mayur Patil
  • Gautam Patel
  • Zehera Naseem
  • Pooja Bahri
  • N.V.Fofandi
  • Mukesh Patel
  • Prashanth Bachu
  • Deepak Trivedi
  • Suarabh Kumar,
    ESL
  • Anand Shah,
    OLA
  • Chetan Maini,
    Sun Mobility
  • Naveen Munjal,
    MD Hero Eco Ltd
  • Mahesh Babu,
    CEO, Mahindra Electric Mobility Limited
  • Amit Bhatt

03:15 PM - 06:00 PM

Session 1: Accelerating Innovation in Smart Cities
  • Kunal Kumar, Smart Cities Mission
  • Mudit Narain, Atal Innovation Mission
  • Clemence Vidal de la Blache, AFD
  • Ani Dasgupta, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable cities
  • Sameer Unhale - Thane
  • Raj Cherubal - Chennai
  • Sanjay Kumar Singh -Bhopal
  • Varun Pawar, Vilcap and Lakeer
  • Pawan Mulukutla, Bosch
  • Sanjay Soni, Bhopal
  • Sanju Sunny, Amravati
  • Nidhi Srivastava, NDMC (TBC)
  • Kamal Kishore Yadav, Chandigarh(TBC)
  • Ashutosh Padnekar, Jaipur (TBC)
  • Jaya Dhindaw

03:15 PM - 06:00 PM

Session 1: Furthering Public Private Partnerships in Affordable Housing
  • O. P. Agarwal, CEO WRI India (Session Moderator)

  • Amrit Abhijat, Joint Secretary, HFA, MoHUA

  • Dhaval Monani, CEO First Home Realty Solutions

  • Prof Sejal Patel, Chair-Housing, Faculty of Planning, CEPT University

  • Gaurav Wahi, Operations Head, Anarock Properties

  • Saurabh Mehrotra, National Director, Knight Frank

  • Raghav Garg, Garg Properties

  • Dr. Manika Negi, ( GM- Design and Development Wing, HUDCO)

7.00 pm – 9.00 pm

Engage: Connecting Big Ideas to Action WRI India Talk Series and Dinner
  • Vijay Dhasmana

  • Vinita Gill

  • Padma Shree Deepa Malik

11:15 AM - 01:30 PM

Electric Mobility Forum: Accelerating EV Adoption
  • Hemender Kumar Gupta
  • BJ Antony
  • Rushabh Shah
  • Adarsh Kumar G Nair
  • Kamlesh B. Naik
  • Mustafa K. Sonasath
  • Mayur Patil
  • Gautam Patel
  • Smt Zehera Naseem
  • Pooja Bahri
  • N.V.Fofandi
  • Mukesh Patel
  • Prashanth Bachu
  • Deepak Trivedi
  • Dr. OP Agarwal,
    CEO WRI India
  • Ravi Pandit,
    Chairman KPIT
  • Vikash Mishra,
    EMI
  • Dr Sajid Mubashir,
    DHI
  • Jasmine Shah,
    Vice Chairperson, Dialogue and Development Commission, Delhi Government
  • Vijay Jaiswal,
    Director-Automotive, Government of Telangana
  • Daizong Liu,
    Program Director, China Sustainable, WRI China
  • Dr. (Mrs) Prabhjot Kaur
  • Shri Jyothilal K.R.
  • Principal secretary Transport, Kerala

11:15 AM - 01:30 PM

Inspiring Innovation for Urban Transformation
  • Kunal Kumar,
    Smart Cities Mission
  • Saurabh Kumar,
    EESL
  • Rajiv Ranjan Mishra,
    NCMG
  • Yaduvendra Mathur,
    Niti Aayog
  • Rajnish Prasad,
    Revy Environmental Solutions
    (TBC)
  • Mridula Ramesh,
    Sundaram Climate Institute
  • Viveknanda Hallekere,
    Bounce
  • Prasanna Ganesh,
    Toyota Mobility 
    Foundation
  • Arjun Gupta,
    Smart Joules
  • Ravi Pandit,
    KPIT
    (TBC)
  • Madhav Pai

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM

Plenary: Shri Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Commerce & Industry
  • Shri Suresh Prabhu

03:15PM - 06:00PM

Safer Buses for Safer Transit
  • Prasanna Patwardhan, President, BOCI

  • B P Nigam, Deputy Chief General Manager, DTC

  • Lakshmi Nair, Program Manager, UL India Pvt. Ltd.

  • Ravishankar Rajaraman, Technical Director, J P Research

  • Binoy Mascarenhas, Head of Intergrated Transport

03:15PM - 06:00PM

Session 2: Unlocking Finance for Sustainable Infrastructure in Indian Cities
  • Bhaskar Deol, Mynergy

  • Ravinder Voomidisingh, Caspian

  • Aditi Gupta, Asha Impact

  • Dr. OP Agarwal, WRI

  • Kartik Desai

03:15PM - 06:00PM

Air Quality Analytics: Motivating, Sustaining, and Scaling Air Quality Management – Session 2
  • Dr. Arun S Sharma, Department of Community Medicine at University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi
  • Dr. Mina Chandra, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital
  • Dr. Laveesh Bhandari, Indicus Foundation
  • HS Sudhira, Gubbi Labs
  • Ronak Sutaria, Respirer Living Sciences Pvt. Ltd.

03:15PM - 06:00PM

Session 2: Catalysing Innovation in Affordable Housing Solutions
  • Tanmay Tathagat,
    Director, Environmental Design Solutions (Moderator)
  • Amrit Abhijat,
    Joint Secretary, HFA, MoHUA
  • Dr. Shailesh Aggarwal,
    Executive Director, BMTPC
  • Dhaval Monani,
    CEO, First Home Realty Solutions
  • S. J. Vijay,
    Chairman, Salmon Leap & Director, hoMMission India
  • Prof Subrata Chattopadhyay, former
    Head, Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, IIT Kharagpur
  • Prof Koshy Varghese,
    IIT Madras
  • Mahesh Khalap,
    Senior Director Alternative Assets, JLL
  • Suneel Padale,
    Senior Director, Habitat for Humanity
  • Zeenat Niazi,
    Vice President, Development Alternatives
  • Dr. Prof. Smita Srinivas,
    Director – Technical Change Lab, Columbia University

29th March 2019

10.00am – 11.00am

Plenary: Urban Innovation Opportunity for Sustainable Development Goals
  • Brazilian Ambassador H.E. Andre Aranha Correa do Lago

  • Dutch Ambassador  H.E. Marten van den Berg

  • Ani Dasgupta, Global Director WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

  • Smita Srinivas, Honorary Professor Science, Engineering Technology and Pulic Policy, University College London

  • Shri Hardeep S Puri/Anil Baijal

11:15 AM - 01:30 PM

Managing Suburbanisation - The Future of India’s Urbanisation
  • Dr. Anirudh Dasgupta, Global Director of WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities (Moderator)
  • Dr. O. P. Aggarwal, CEO WRI India
  • Prof. Srinivas Chary, ASCI
  • Chetan Vaidya, Former Director, SPA, New Delhi, Senior Advisor,Kochi Smart City Project supported by GIZ
  • Prof. Amitabh Kundu, Distinguished Fellow, RIS- New Delhi
  • O. P. Mathur, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi
  • Smita Srinivas,  Ph.D., Technological Change Lab, Honorary Professor, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Public Policy, University College London
  • Visiting Professor, Economics Department, and IKD Centre, The Open University UK

  • Sanjay Sridhar, C40 Regional Director for South and West Asia

11:15 AM - 01:30 PM

Last Mile: Connected and Integrated Transport
  • Ajay Seth, IAS- Managing Director, BMRCL
  • R.Ramana, Executive Director, MMRC (TBC)
  • Aishwarya Raman, Ass. Director, Ola Mobility Institute
  • Samir Sharma- VP, DIMTS
  • Prasanna Ganesh- VP, TDEM and Director, TMF
  • Akash Gupta, Founder, Mobycy
  • Pawan Mulukutla, Head of City Development, Bosch India
  • Madhav Pai, Director, WRI India Ross Center
  • Ajay Seth, IAS- Managing Director, BMRCL
  • D K Sinha, Director systems, KMRL
  • Deepak Goel, Regional Director, Shell Foundation
  • Prasanna Ganesh, VP, TDEM and Director, TMF
  • Madhav Pai, Director, WRI India Ross Center

11:15 AM - 01:30 PM

The CityFix Labs: Leveraging Private Capital for Sustainable Development in Cities (by invitation)
  • Bharath Visweswariah, Omidyar Network

  • Shaliesh Vikram Singh, Massive Fund

  • Ravinder Voomidisingh, Caspian

  • Kartik Desai, Asha Impact

  • Mridula Ramesh, Sundaram Climate Institute (TBC)

  • Jaya Dhindaw

03:15 PM - 06:00 PM

Electric Mobility Forum: Accelerating EV Adoption
  • Hemender Kumar Gupta
  • BJ Antony
  • Rushabh Shah
  • Adarsh Kumar G Nair
  • Kamlesh B. Naik
  • Mustafa K. Sonasath
  • Mayur Patil
  • Gautam Patel
  • Zehera Naseem
  • Pooja Bahri
  • N.V.Fofandi
  • Mukesh Patel
  • Prashanth Bachu
  • Deepak Trivedi
  • Suarabh Kumar, ESL
  • Anand Shah, OLA
  • Chetan Maini, Sun Mobility
  • Naveen Munjal, MD Hero Eco Ltd
  • Mahesh Babu, CEO, Mahindra Electric Mobility Limited
  • Amit Bhatt

03:15 PM - 06:00 PM

Bus Karo 14: Innovations in Scaling Public Transport
  • Rushabh Shah, Co-founder, Cityflo
  • Mayur Patil, Founder, Small Spark Concepts
  • Sridhar Ramasubban, Chief Business Officer, Cell Propulsion
  • Dr. K Ramamurthy, Chief Mechanical Engineer, Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation
  • Pawan Mulukutla, Bosch India
  • Krithi Venkat, WRI India
  • Sreekumar Kumaraswamy, WRI India

  • Gautam Patel, Associate-CRDF, CEPT University
  • CK Goyal, Associate Vice President, Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System Limited
  • HK Gupta, Chief General Manager, Himachal Road Transport Corporation
  • Deepak Trivedi, General Manager, Janmarg Ahmedabad
  • Naga Satyam N, Executive Director, Olectra
  • GP Pradeep Kumar, ED (Technical), Kerala State Road Transport Corporation
  • Divya Prakash, C40 Cities

  • Parveen Kumar and Ms Aparna Vijaykumar, WRI India

  • Dr. OP Agarwal, WRI India

03:15 PM - 06:00 PM

Urban Agenda Roundtable (with Citizen Matters)
  • Journalists and Academic Scholars

03:15 PM - 06:00 PM

The CityFix Labs: Scaling Innovations in the Public Sector (by invitation)
  • R.K. Singh, IRSDC (TBC)
  • Kalpana Kaul, IRSDC (TBC)
  • Paromita Roy, IRSDC (TBC)
  • Srinivas R, TCPO
  • Shashi Shekhar, WRI
  • Dr. C.V. Dharma Rao, NWM, Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR, GoI (TBC)
  • Dr. Rajan Chedambath, Centre for Heritage, Environment and Development (CHED), Kochi Corporation (TBC)
  • Dr. Ayesha Chaudhary, Niti Ayog
  • Ravi kant Joshi, Consultant with GoI
  • Palash Srivastava, South Pole
  • Mriganka Saxena, DJB/ IRSDC
  • Shri M. K. Parida (Pr. Secretary), PWD (TBC)
  • Dr. Avinash Kumar, Water Aid
  • Nidish Kumar, PWC
  • Dr. Namrata Kalsi, NDMC (TBC)
  • D.P. Singh, DDA (TBC)
  • J.K. Kapoor, TCPO and Jabalpur Smart Cities
  • Smita Chandiwala, Energe-se
  • Sanjay Kaul, Sanmarg Projects
  • Reshmi Vasudevan, UNIDO (TBC)
  • Dr. Shailesh Kumar Agrawal, BMTPC

11:15 AM - 01:30 PM

Bus Karo 14: Innovations in Scaling Public Transport
  • Tanushree Deb Barma, IAS, IT Director, Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation
  • Akshima T Ghate, Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute
  • Vivek Chandran, Program Manager, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation

  • Amit Bhatt, WRI India
  • Zehera Naseem, IAS, Managing Director, North-East Karnataka Transport Corporation
  • Sunaina Tomar, IAS, Principal Secretary Port and Transport, Government of Gujarat
  • Pravesh Biyani, IIIT Delhi

  • Anuj Sinha, Dy Chief General Manager, Delhi Transport Corporation /Durgesh Nandini, RM West, Delhi Transport Corporation
  • Prashanth Bachu, Gear Change

11:15 AM - 01:30 PM

Inclusion and Equity in the Transition to Zero Carbon Buildings
  • Dr. Ronita Bardhan, Assistant Professor IIT Bombay
  • Simmi Shashi, Center for Heritage, Environment and Development, Kochi Muncipal Corporation
  • Arijit Sengupta, Director, Bureau of Energy Efficiency
  • Laxman Shankar, Managing Director Kaushal Bhaav Skill Solutions
  • Tanmay Tathagat, Executive Director, EDS Global
  • Karthik Ponappa, Co-founder and Principal, Smarter Dharma
  • Sumedha Malaviya, Manager, Energy program, WRI India

11:15 AM - 01:30PM

Advancing Climate Action in States and Cities
  • Pier Remitti, Global Covenant of Mayors on Climate and Energy (GCOM)
  • Shri Anil Kumar Jain, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India
  • Dr. J R Bhatt, Advisor, MoEFCC
  • Smt. Ritu Kakkar, IFS Director General, EMPRI, Bengaluru, Karnataka
  • Jaideep Baruah, Assam
  • Shwetal Shah, Advisor, Climate Change Department, Gujarat
  • Lokendra Thakkar, EPCO, Madhya Pradesh
  • Dr. Anwar Ali Khan, Delhi
  • Shishir Shrivastava, Gwalior Municipal Corporation
  • Pier Roberto Remitti, International Urban Cooperation (IUC)
  • Raina Singh, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)
  • Shruti Sadhukhan, ICLEI-SA (TBC)
  • Shantanu Gotmare, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) (TBC)
  • Daniel Robinson, C40 Cities
  • Dr. S. Satpathy, Adviser (Climate change and Environment), IPE Global
  • Nehmat Kaur, The Climate Group
  • Ashwini Hingne, WRI India
  • British High Commission (TBC)

11:15 AM - 01:30PM

Unlocking the Potential for Transformative Climate Adaptation in Cities (consultation event)
  • Dr. Shiraz Wajih

  • Kamlesh Yagnik

  • Vishnu Narendran

  • Sujatha Byravan

  • Sudhir Chella Rajan 

  • Lalit Kumar Dashora

  • Rajeswari (Raji) Gorana

  • Sheela Patel  

  • Darshini Mahadevia

  • Chandni Singh 

2.30PM – 3.00PM

Plenary: Shri Kailash Gahlot Minister of Transport, Delhi Government
  • Shri Kailash Gahlot

03:15PM - 06:00PM

Inspiring, Enabling, Mobilising a Movement on Cities4Forest
  • Dr. Monalisa Sen
  • Dr. Sanjeeva Pandey
  • Dr. Sudhira H.S
  • Dr. Rajan Chedambath
  • Samrat Basak, WRI India
  • Dr. Ruchika Singh, WRI India
  • USAID representative

03:15PM - 06:00PM

Creating Cities for Children
  • Atsani Ariobowo, (Global Road Safety Partnership)
  • Rushda Majeed, (Bernard van Leer Foundation)
  • Manish Thakre, (Save the Children)
  • Sudeshna Chatterjee, (Action for Children’s Environments)
  • Shailija Tetalia, (Indian Institute of Public Health)
  • Parul Agarwala, (UN-Habitat)
  • Himanshu Garg, IPS (DCP Traffic, Gurugram)
  • Lily Nagpal, (MDN School)
  • Veena Padmanabhan

03:15PM - 06:00PM

Advancing Climate Action in States and Cities
  • Dr. Akhilesh Gupta, Adviser and Head, SPLICE-CCP
  • Anu Jogesh, Acclimatise
  • Rajasree Ray, Ministry of Finance
  • Lokendra Thakkar, EPCO, Govt of Madhya Pradesh
  • R.N Jha, SCCC, Government of Uttarakhand
  • Dr Ashish Chaturvedi, GIZ
  • Vidya Soundarajan, Action on Climate Today (ACT)
  • B. Kalyan Chakravarty, Government of Telangana
  • Anu Jogesh, Acclimatise
  • Namrata Ginoya
  • Shri Ravi S Prasad, Joint Secretary, MoEFCC (TBC)
  • Jesse Worker, WRI
  • Prutha Vaze, ACT
  • Dr. S.K. Lohia, IRSDC

  • P.S. Uttarwar, IRSDC

3:15 PM - 6:00 PM

Unlocking the Potential for Transformative Climate Adaptation in Cities (consultation event)
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