India is on a flight path to 50 airports by 2030 and a world-class network of 350 airports by 2047

12th March 2026 | COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT, MUMBAI

India is investing ₹96,000+ crore in airport infrastructure. This conclave brings together the decision-makers defining how these projects will be planned, built, financed, and operated — before the contracts are signed.

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| Why Airports, Why Now?

India’s airport sector is entering a new phase of growth — not just in numbers, but in complexity and scale.

With 25+ airports in planning or execution, and over ₹96,000 crore already invested, the next chapter in Indian aviation is being written now.

Modern airports are:

  • Digital command centres
  • Cargo & logistics hubs
  • Commercial ecosystems
  • Long-life, capital-intensive infrastructure assets

This conclave is where strategies are shaped — before tenders are floated.

| Key Themes of Discussion

  • Airport funding models: PPPs, monetisation, and green finance
  • Engineering & execution of large greenfield airports
  • Digital transformation: ATC, security, BHS, digital twins
  • Cargo, MRO & non-aeronautical revenue optimisation
  • Lifecycle planning, scalability & resilient operations

Join the Forum That Shapes India's Aviation Future

This is not a trade show.

It’s a strategic, senior-level forum to drive early-stage airport decisions.

| Who Will You Meet?

  • Airport owners & authorities (AAI, state-level, private)
  • EPC contractors, project planners & engineers
  • Technology solution providers & integrators
  • Cargo, MRO & retail operators
  • Infrastructure investors & policy influencers

| Speakers

Dr. Vasudevan

Head - Aviation

Travel and Tourism - India and APAC, ICF

Nadimanti Subbarayadu S

Member – PPP

Airports Authority of India

Jodhbir Sachdeva

Associate Partner – Aviation

KPMG

Prem Prasad N

Regional Executive Director

Western Region, Airports Authority of India (AAI)

Dinesh Singh Jamwal

Head - Project Delivery

Noida International Airport

Rajesh Jethwani

Executive Director

Aviation for Western India Projects & Project Director for Development of NMIA, AECOM

Sundar Chandramouli

VP

Bengaluru Airport Infra Ltd

Milan Zatakia

Chairman

Millenium Aero Dynamics

Suneel Rathaur

Airport Director

Mundra International Airport – Adani

Mehnaz Ansari

Co-Founder

Aerostrategix & Former USTDA Rep in India

Snehashish Dutta

CEO,

Reliance Airports

Prabhat Mahapatra

COO

Navi Mumbai International Airport

Abhay Kumar Mishra

IRSE(Retd) President & CEO

Jindal Realty Limited

Ramesh Ogale

COO

Piramal Nextgen Industries Pvt. Ltd.

|Agenda

TIME SESSION DETAILS

INAUGURAL SESSION

Setting the Context for India’s Airport Infrastructure Future

09.45 am Welcome – Host & Lamp Lighting
09.50 am
Welcome Address:

Pratap Padode, Editor – in – Chief, Infrastructure Today

10.00 am
Industry Address: Project Pipeline for Airports – What’s Been Done and What’s Coming

Tanveer Padode, IMPACT

SESSION 1

CAPITAL, RISKS & RETURNS: Financing India’s Airport Infrastructure

10.15 am – 11.10 am
CAPITAL, RISKS & RETURNS: Financing India’s Airport Infrastructure
  • Structuring for bankability: PPPs, hybrid models, SPVs
  • Managing traffic & tariff risk; impact of regulation
  • ESG disclosures and sustainability-linked financing
  • Easing regulatory bottlenecks and improving investor confidence
  • Monetising land, cargo, real estate & non-aeronautical revenues

Moderated By:

  • Dr. Vasudevan, Head - Aviation, Travel and Tourism - India and APAC, ICF

Speakers:

  • Aditya Taneja, Deputy General Manager, IIFCL
  • Nitesh Jain, Chief Rating Officer, CARE Edge Global Ratings
  • Ashish Dongre, Chief Operating Officer, Isprava Vesta
11.15 am - 11.30 am
Morning Break
11.30 am – 11.55 am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Airport Engineering Excellence in Extreme Terrains
  • Engineering Under Extreme Conditions: Planning, logistics, materials management, and execution strategies in high-altitude and hostile terrains.
  • Translating Military Precision to Civil Infrastructure: Risk mitigation, time-bound delivery, resilience, and leadership discipline in mega infrastructure projects.

Speakers:

  • Lt. Gen. Rajeev Chaudhury, Former Director General, Border Roads Organisation

SESSION 2

Building at Scale: Planning, Design & Execution for Future-Ready Airports

12.00 pm – 01.15 pm
From Connectivity to Growth Engines: Scaling Tier-2 & Tier-3 Airports
  • Transitioning regional airports beyond UDAN support
  • CEO playbook for Tier-2 & Tier-3 airport viability
  • Modular construction, digital-first operations & cost discipline
  • Building regional aviation ecosystems with states & industry

Moderated By:

  • Nilabha Dey, Associate Partner, KPMG

Speakers:

  • Manoj Tipnis, Sr. Adviser – Engineering & Airports, TATA Projects
  • CDR. Pradeep Dixit, Chief Business Officer – Naval Aviation, Millenium Aero Dynamics
  • Rajesh Jethwani, Executive Director, Aviation for Western India Projects & Project Director for Development of NMIA, AECOM
  • Biswajit Sarma, Project Head – Guwahati Airport, Shapoorji Pallonji
  • Krunal Negandhi, Founder & Managing Principal, Jurian Sustainability Consultant
  • Shashidhar Suvarna, National Head, Pidilite Industries
  • Ramesh Ogale, COO, Piramal Nextgen Industries
01.20 pm - 02.15 pm
Networking Lunch

SESSION 3

From Connectivity to Growth Engines: Scaling Tier-2 & Tier-3 Airports

02.15 pm – 03.15 pm
Airports as Always-On Infrastructure: Operations, O&M and Passenger Experience
  • O&M models: in-house vs outsourced vs concessioned
  • Baggage systems, terminal operations & facility management
  • Passenger convenience, retail, dining & workspaces
  • Using data to improve experience, efficiency & uptime

Moderated By:

  • Jehan Sabavala, Head – Airports Business, Millennium Aero Dynamics

Speakers:

  • Rahul Khanna, Head of Design & Master Planning, Adani Airports Holdings Limited
  • Sundar Chandramouli, Former VP, Bengaluru International Airport Ltd.
  • Mehnaz Ansari, Co-Founder, Aerostrategix & Former USTDA Rep in India
  • Amol Khair, Managing Director, Aakar Abhinav

SESSION 4

FIRESIDE CHAT: Airports as Always-On Infrastructure: Operations, O&M and Passenger Experience

03.20 – 03.55 pm

Moderated By:

  • Milan Zatakia, Chairman, Millenium Aero Dynamics

Speakers

  • Hitharth Mankodi, Chief Operations Officer, CSMIA – Mumbai International Airport
  • Hiro Harjani, Chairman, AfterShock & Co-Founder, Air Passengers Association of India 2. O
  • Diloo Parikh, Director, Mithila Motors & Chairman, CII Jharkhand
04.00 – 04.15 pm
Evening Tea Break

SESSION 5

Beyond Passengers: Airports as Cargo, Logistics Hubs

04.15 – 04.55 pm

Moderated By:

  • Ankit Kedia, Senior Director & Head of Ratings at CareEdge Global IFSC

Speakers

  • Chaitaly Mehta, Hon. Secretary General, Air Cargo Agents Association of India
  • Preeti Saluja, Cold Chain Expert & IATA Trainer
  • Neeraj Kumar, Asst. General Manager, Natural Storage Solutions
  • Gaurav Kakkar, Country Head – IT, Hermes Travel & Cargo

Closing Session
Conclave Summary

04.55 - 05.00 pm
Key Takeaways & The Road Ahead

The closing session synthesises insights from the day and outlines what the next five years demand from India’s airport infrastructure ecosystem.

05.00 pm
End of the Event

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| Testimonials

The infrastructure conclave was a conglomeration of almost from all industries airports,metros, ports and waters.

Devdutt Bose

Port Sector Specialist, Marketing and Strategy, Tata Consulting Engineers.

This is one of the very unique and wonderful event. It can bring in lot of ideas and sharing.Otherwise, normally we all tend to be in our self silos.So we can open it out and then learn a lot. And finally it all contributes to infrastructure development. Very good. I appreciate this kind of forum.

S.V. Desai

Whole time Director & Sr. Executive Vice President, Larsen &Turbo.

The Kind of the people who spoke at the event are really the brain behind the infrastructure which is very critical for India.

Ronald Bisio

Senior Vice President, Trimble & Rajan Iyer, Managing Director, Trimble South Asia

Happy to attend this event where the topics discussed were gati shakti, and India 5 Trillon Economy and challenges ahead.I am happy that Pratap is taking up this issue, bringing us together which was needed.

Captain BVJK Sharma

Chief Executive Officer, Navi Mumbai International Airport.

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