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

| Past Speakers

Anil Kumar Khandelwal

Member (Infrastructure),

Railway Board at Ministry of Indian Railways

Dinesh Jamwal

Head Project Delivery

Noida International Airport

Mangal Dev

Head-Hitachi Rail India & South Asia (Green Energy Mobility) & Director,

Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd.

Muraleemohan M

Chief Operating Officer,

Maple Highways

Raman Kapil

President & COO

Urban Infrastructures, Tata Projects Limited

U Subba Rao

General Manager

Integral Coach Factory

Vikramjiet Roy

Region Head (India-South-East Pacific),

Officine Maccaferri Group

Vinayak Pai

CEO & MD

Tata Projects

Vinod Yadav

Former Chairman & CEO,

Railway Board

Dr. Brijesh Dixit

MD

Maharashtra State Infrastructure Development Corporation

Sanjiv Garg

Secretary General

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport , India

Prakash Gaur

CEO

National Highway Logistics Management Limited

DR. SANJAY GAMBHIR

Executive Director

AECOM India Pvt. Ltd.

Sudeep Shrivastava

Executive Director

Ministry of Railways

B.R Parthasarthy

Senior Vice-President & Head-Infrastructure Cluster

Tata Consulting Engineers

Shrinath Rao

IC Head & Sr. VP, Transportation Infrastructure IC

L&T

Dr. Vasudevan S

Senior Director Head - Aviation, Travel and Tourism India & APAC

ICF Consulting India

Dhananjay Dake

MD

Construction Catalysers

Vijay Agrawal

Managing Director

Equirus Capital

Suneet Maheshwari

Managing Partner

Udvik Infrastructure

Kumar Keshav

Director, Business Development (India)

DB RRTS Operations India & Project Director, European Investment Bank

Manpreet Singh

Chief Program Officer

NUDM-NIUA

Sharif Qamar

Associate Director

TERI

Mridul Thottoli

Director - Partnerships

LivSYT

Athar Shahab

Managing Director

Zuari Industries Ltd

Ankit Jain

Chief Financial Officer

Cube Highways

Shailesh K Pathak

Director- Indian School of Public Policy and Secretary General

FICCI

Pramod Kasat

MD

Intellecap Advisory services Pvt Ltd

Sushim Banerjee

CEO

SAIL - Iron & Steel Sector Skill Council

Sunil Desai

Managing Director

Dextra India

Hardik Agrawal

Director

Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon Private Limited

Avanish Shukla

Asst. General Manager

DLF

|Agenda

TIME SESSION DETAILS

INAUGURAL SESSION

Setting the Context for India’s Airport Infrastructure Future

09.30 am Welcome – Host & Lamp Lighting

INAUGURAL SESSION

09.50 am
WELCOME NOTE - Emcee
09.55 am
Lamp Lighting
10.00 am
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Pratap Padode, Founder & President, FIRST Construction Council

SESSION 1

10.00 am – 11.00 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

Invited Speakers:

  • Capt. BVJK Sharma, CEO, Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA)*
  • Hari Marar, CEO, Bengaluru International Airport Ltd (BIAL)*
  • Palash Shrivastava, Chairman, IIFCL
  • Kadhir Kadhiravan, Dy CEO, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd*
  • Nadimanti Subbarayadu, Member – PPP, Airports Authority of India
11.00 am - 11.15 am
Morning Break

SESSION 2

11.15 am – 12.15 am
Building at Scale: Planning, Design & Execution for Future-Ready Airports
  • Greenfield vs brownfield expansion strategies
  • Executing construction while airports remain live
  • Designing for scalability, climate resilience & flexibility
  • Lessons from ongoing greenfield and redevelopment projects

Moderated By:

  • Jodhbir Sachdeva, Associate Partner – Aviation, KPMG

Invited Speakers:

  • Prem Prasad N, Regional Executive Director - Western Region, Airports Authority of India (AAI)
  • Dinesh Singh Jamwal, Head - Project Delivery, Noida International Airport
  • Harinder Khurana, Chief Projects & Engineering Officer, Delhi International Airport Limited, GMR*
  • Rajesh Jethwani, Executive Director, Aviation for Western India Projects & Project Director for Development of NMIA, AECOM
  • Sundar Chandramouli, VP, Bengaluru Airport Infra Ltd

SESSION 3

12.15 pm – 01.30 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:

  • Milan Zatakia, Chairman, Millenium Aero Dynamics

Invited Speakers:

  • Dr. Rajiv Jain, Director, UP Civil Aviation Department*
  • Suneel Rathaur, Airport Director, Mundra International Airport – Adani
  • Rahul Bhatkoti, Chief Airport Officer, Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
  • Mehnaz Ansari, Co-Founder, Aerostrategix & Former USTDA Rep in India
  • Snehashish Dutta, CEO, Reliance Airports
01.30 pm - 02.30 pm
Networking Lunch

SESSION 4

02.30 pm – 03.30 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

Invited Speakers:

  • Kiran Jain, COO, Noida International Airport Ltd
  • Ashwin Noronha, COO, Mumbai International Airport Ltd
  • Prabhat Mahapatra, COO, Navi Mumbai International Airport
  • Puskar Nath Thakur, COO, Delhi International Airport Ltd

SESSION 5

03.30 – 03.45 pm
Digital & Intelligent Airports
  • Smart terminals, biometrics, AI-led operations
  • Integrated SOC/NOC for IT, OT & cybersecurity
  • Digital twins, predictive maintenance & automation
  • Future-proofing airports for scale and resilience
03.45 – 04.00 pm
Evening Tea Break

SESSION 6

04.00 – 04.45 pm
Beyond Passengers: Airports as Cargo, Logistics & MRO Hubs
  • Air cargo as a stabilising revenue engine
  • Pharma, Agri, ecommerce & cold-chain infrastructure
  • Policy & infrastructure readiness for MRO in India
  • Positioning airports as trade and logistics hubs

Closing Session
Conclave Summary

04.45 - 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

|Past Partners

Gold Partner

Construction Partner

Technology Partner

Steel Partner

Exhibit Partners

Construction Intelligence Partner

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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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