Ministry of Shipping, Road Ministry of Ministry of Civil Federation of Indian Chambers
Transport and Highways Railways Aviation of Commerce and Industry
India Infrastructure Summit’09
20 – 21st March, 2009
Federation House, New Delhi
TENTATIVE PROGRAMME
Day I – 20th March, 2009
1000 hrs – 1030 hrs Registration
1030 hrs – 1130 hrs Inaugural Session
Session Moderator Dr Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI
Welcome Address Mr Harsh Pati Singhania, President, FICCI
Presentation Mr Hemant Bhattbhatt, Senior Director, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd.
Address Mr S S Kohli, Chairman & Managing Director, India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited
Inaugural Address Dr Kirit S Parikh, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India
Vote of thanks Dr Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI
1130 hrs – 1200 hrs Tea Break
1200 hrs – 1315 hrs BUSINESS SESSION I
Theme Financing of Transport Infrastructure Projects in India
Chairperson Mr Pradeep Singh, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, IDFC Projects Limited
Panel of Speakers Mr Rachid Benmesssaoud, Operations Adviser, World Bank (India)
Mr Hidetoshi Irigaki, Chief Representative, JICA India
Ms Diane Farrell, Director, Export Import Bank of the United States
1315 hrs – 1330 hrs Discussion (Q&A)
1330 hrs – 1430 hrs Lunch
1430 hrs – 1545 hrs BUSINESS SESSION II
Theme Opportunities in Indian Railway Infrastructure
Chairperson Mr Pradeep Bhatnagar, Adviser (Infrastructure), Railway Board, Ministry of Railway
Panel of Speakers Mr Kamal K Verma, Director – Business Development, CEC International Corporation
India Pvt. Ltd
Mr N L Manjoka, Group General Manager – Planning & Development, CONCOR
Mr Sanjiv Garg, Executive Director, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
Mr V K Agarwal, MD & CEO, RITES
Mr Sankalp Shukla, CEO & MD, Innovative B2B Logistics Sol. Ltd.
1545 hrs – 1600 hrs Discussion (Q&A)
Day II – 21st March, 2009
1030 hrs – 1130 hrs BUSINESS SESSION III
Theme Growing Opportunities for Building Aviation Infrastructure in India
Chairperson Mr K L Thapar, Chairman, Asian Institute of Transport Development
Panel of Speakers Mr S R R Rao, Executive Director, Airports Authority of India
Mr Kapil Kaul, CEO - Indian Subcontinent & Middle East, CAPA
Mr Kiran Kumar Grandhi, Chairman, Airports - GMR Group
Mr Richard W Chinn, Director–Aviation (India), Mott MacDonald Pvt Ltd.
1130 hrs – 1145 hrs Discussion (Q&A)
1200 hrs – 1215 hrs Tea Break
1215 hrs – 1315 hrs BUSINESS SESSION IV
Theme Opportunities & Challenges in the Maritime Infrastructure
Chairperson Mr Rajeev Gupta, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, Government of India
Panel of Speakers Capt M M Saggi, Nautical Advisor to Government of India
Mr Ramesh Singhal, CEO, i-maritime Consultancy Private Limited
Mr Sudip Sen, Principal Consultant, FQF-Centre for Global Competitiveness
Mr V Kumar, Managing Director, Bharti Shipyard Ltd
‘Opportunities & Challenges in Warship Building Infrastructure’
Rear Admiral M K Badhwar, AVSM, VSM, Director General Naval Design, Indian
Navy
1315 hrs – 1330 hrs Discussion (Q&A)
1330 hrs – 1430 hrs Lunch
1430 hrs – 1530 hrs BUSIUNESS SESSION V
Theme Lessons for Making PPPs a Success: Roads & Highways
Chairperson Mr A D Narain, Former DG (RD), Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Panel of Speakers Mr Alok Brara, Publisher & CEO, India Infrastructure Publishing
Mr Athar Shahab, Deputy Managing Director, IDFC Projects Limited
Mr Brijeshwar Singh, Chairman, National Highways Authority of India
Mr Raman Joshi, Managing Director, Manitowoc Cranes India
Mr K Venkatesh, Executive Vice-President, L&T Limited – ECC Division
1530 hrs – 1545 hrs Discussion (Q&A)
1545 hrs – 1600 hrs Tea Break
1600 hrs – 1700 hrs BUSINESS SESSION VI
Theme Transport Infrastructure: Evaluating Experiences to Shape Future Growth
Chairperson Mr B N Puri, Principal Adviser (Transport), Planning Commission, Govt. of India
Panel of Speakers Mr Jasjit Sethi, CEO - Supply Chain Solution, Transport Corporation of India Limited
Mr Pratap Vijay Padode, Editor-in-Chief & MD, Infrastructure Today
Mr Reji Kumar Pillai, IBM-India/South Asia
Prof. G Raghuram, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Discussion (Q&A)