THEME: PM-DevINE

PRIME MINISTER’S DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FOR NORTH EAST REGION
On: 4th August 2023


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Chief Guest

Mr.Nitin Gadkari

Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India

Nitin Jairam Gadkari who is the current Minister for Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India.He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways currently running his tenure for over 8 years. Gadkari earlier served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2009 to 2013. He is also known for his work as the Public Works Department Minister of the State of Maharashtra, where, under his leadership, a series of roads, highways and flyovers across the state were constructed .He currently represents the Nagpur constituency in the Lok Sabha and is a lawyer by occupation.

GUEST of HONOUR

Shri.Parimal Suklabaidya

Minister of Transport, Government of ASSAM

Why North East?

Our Speakers

Lok Ranjan (IAS)

Secretary, Ministry of Development of

North Eastern Region

Lieutenant General Rajeev Chaudhary

Director General

Border Roads Organisation

Kumar V Pratap

Sr. Economic Adviser

Ministry of DoNER

Chanchal Kumar

Managing Director

National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation

Arun Goyal

Member

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

A Selvakumar

Director

Inland Waterways Authority of India

Kavita Padmanabhan

Commissioner & Secretary

Department of Housing & Urban Affairs

Dr Vibha Dhawan

Director General

TERI

Chinmoy Prakash Phookan

Managing Director

Assam industrial infrastructure development corporation

PVSLN Murty

Chairman & Managing Director

North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (NEDFi)

Kumar Padmapani Bora

IRS, Project Director & First Appellate Authority

Assam Infrastructure Financing Authority

Barun Pal Chowdhury

CEO

Vishvasamudra Engineering

Chetan Kumar Shrivastava

General Manager

North East Frontier Railway

Gaurav Upadhyay

IPS

State Project Director, Assam Inland Water Transport Development Society

Dr. Geetima Das Krishna

Head – North East Desk

INVEST INDIA

Prakash Gaur

CEO

NHML

Pratik Pravin Agarwal

MD

Sterlite Power

RK Vishnoi

CMD

NEEPCO

Rajnish Verma

CEO North East & Assam Circle

AIRTEL

AK Sharma

General Manager - NER

Airports Authority of India

SK Nirmal

Secretary General

Indian Roads Congress

Utpal Baruah

Chief Airport Officer

Adani Airports

Y Joykumar Singh

Project Director cum Chief Engineer

Externally Aided Projects, PWD, Manipur

Vijay Agrawal

Executive Director

Equirus Capital

Anjan Sarma

Regional Coordinator - North East

Asian Development Bank

Dinesh Adukia

Director

N.N Ispat Private Limited

Rajesh Verma

General Manager of Bank and working as Zonal Head

Central Bank of India

Abir Phukan

Senior founding partner

KMNP LAW

RE Zeliang

Deputy General Manager

NEDFi

Narasimha Murthy

Vice President

Indirect Sales East, ExxonMobil

Ramanjeet Singh Walia

Central Concrete Technologist

Dalmia Cement Bharat Ltd.

Agenda

TIME SESSION
09.00 am REGISTRATION
MORNING SESSION: FINANCING THE NORTH EAST

09.30 am
Unlocking Financial Potential: Financing Infrastructure Projects in dynamic NE region

This panel discussion of the day aims to shed light on the key challenges and opportunities in securing financial resources for infrastructure development in the North East region. The focus will be on exploring innovative financing models, attracting investments, and addressing the unique requirements of infrastructure projects in this region. The session will provide valuable insights and strategies to ensure the successful financing and implementation of infrastructure projects.

Moderator: Dr. Geetima Das Krishna, Head – North East Desk, INVEST INDIA

  • Mr. Kumar Padmapani Bora, IRS, Project Director & First Appellate Authority, Assam Infrastructure Financing Authority
  • Mr. Palash Srivastava, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Director, IIFCL Projects
  • Mr. Vijay Agrawal, Director, Equirus Capital
  • Mr. R. E. Zeliang, Dy. General Manager, NEDFi
  • Mr. Anjan Sarma, Project Development Expert, Asian Development Bank
  • Mr. Rajesh Verma, General Manager, Central Bank of India
10.25 am
BREAK
INAUGURAL SESSION

10.30 am
Welcome

Lamp Lighting: AGI, TERI, BAI

10.40 am
INAUGURAL ADDRESS

Shri PRATAP PADODE, President, FIRST CONSTRUCTION COUNCIL

10.50 am
GUEST OF HONOR ADDRESS

Shri LOK RANJAN, Secretary, Ministry of Development of North East Region

11.10 am
CHIEF GUEST ADDRESS

Shri NITIN GADKARI, Cabinet Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Govt of India

Shri PARIMAL SUKLABAIDYA, Minister of Transport, Government of ASSAM

11.30 am
SPECIAL KEYNOTE

Lt. Gen. HARPAL SINGH, Former Engineer-in-Chief and Director General, Border Roads Organization

11.50 am
Unveiling Special Issue of Infrastructure Today Magazine
11.55 am
VOTE OF THANKS

Mr. Rajeev Agarwal, Vice President, FiNER

12.00 pm
BREAK
Boosting Development by Strengthening Connectivity Experts share their plans for development and expectations from the contractors in executing the planned projects
KEYNOTE: WATERWAYS & PORTS: Accessing new economic potential with ports
12.15 pm

SPEAKER: Mr. A SELVAKUMAR, Director, Inland Waterways Authority of India

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Air Connectivity: Building air connectivity with UDAN
12.35 pm

SPEAKER: Mr. AK SHARMA, General Manager, Regional Headquarters, NER - Airports Authority of India

KEYNOTE: India's Energy Transition: Accelerating Renewable Energy Capacity Creation
12.55 pm

SPEAKER: Dr. VIBHA DHAWAN, Director General, TERI

01.15 pm
LUNCH
02.00 pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: ROAD to Transformation: Establishing Road infrastructure

Lieutenant General RAJEEV CHAUDHARY, Director General, Border Roads Organization
02.40 pm

PARTNER PRESENTATION: Mr. NAVIN BHUWALKA, Executive Director, SRMB

KEYNOTE: Powering the North East: Enhancing Capacity Addition in the Region
02.45 pm

KEYNOTE: Railway Connectivity: Bringing North East on the Grid

03.05 pm

SPEAKER: Mr. CHETAN KUMAR SHRIVASTAVA, General Manager, North East Frontier Railway

03.30 pm
CASE STUDY on Sustainability Infra Development

SPEAKER: Er. Ramanjeet Singh Walia, Central Concrete Technologist, Dalmia Cement Bharat Ltd.

03.45 pm

PRESENTATION: Mr. ABIR PHUKAN, Founding Partner, KMNP Law

03.50 pm

PRESENTATION: Mr. ABHINAV SRIVASTAVA, Country Manager, MPS Sales, TEREX

03.55 pm
BREAK
ROUND TABLE
ACCELERATING CONNECTIVITY IN THE NORTH-EAST: EXECUTION CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS
04.10 pm

This session will discuss the importance of enhancing connectivity, current development plans, execution challenges, policy support, and tackling current challenges and mindsets about development.

  • Climate-focused Urban Planning
  • Combating impediments like topography & environmental conditions, skillset & resource management
  • Boosting connectivity: Fast-tracking Execution Process in Infra projects
  • Strengthening Inland waterways: Collaborating for enhancing connectivity

MODERATOR: Ms. NITIKA KRISHAN, Technical Director, KPMG

<SPEAKERS:

  • Ms. KAVITA PADMANABHAN, Commissioner & Secretary, DoHUA, ASSAM
  • Mr. UTPAL BARUHA, Chief Airport Officer, Adani Airports
  • Col. MAHESH NARAYAN, General Manager – NE Project Office, RITES
  • Mr. Y JOYKUMAR SINGH, Project Director - PWD Manipur, Government of Manipur
  • Mr. BARUN PAL CHOWDHURY, CEO, Vishvasamudra Engineering
  • Mr. DINESH ADUKIA, Director, NN ISPAT
  • Mr. CHANDRAJIT SAHA, Sales Director, Oracle
  • Mr. NARASIMHA MURTHY, Vice President – Indirect Sales East, ExxonMobil
05.45 pm

VALEDICTORY REMARKS

05.50 pm

END OF THE EVENT

Who should attend it?

  • Academia & Researchers
  • Allied Industries
  • Architects & Designers
  • Banks and Financing Institutions
  • Bridge and Tunnel Construction Companies
  • Builders and Developers
  • Civil and structural engineers
  • Consultants
  • Contractors
  • Equipment Manufacturers / Suppliers
  • Government Officials and Policymakers
  • Industry Associations
  • IT Infrastructure managers
  • Project Managers
  • Project Owners
  • State PWD Departments
  • State Road development corporations
  • Technology Provider

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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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About the event

Infrastructure Today, the leading infrastructure journal decoding opportunities for developers, Investors, manufacturers, and service providers, have hosted KPMG-Infrastructure Today awards felicitating projects and project developers, it has held past edition of Infrastructure Today Conclave in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi, New York, and Toronto. Now it brings you the biggest gathering of infrastructure experts discussing National Infrastructure Pipeline, Asset Monetisation, PM Gati Shakti, the newest and biggest opportunities in transportation including roads, rail, airports, ports, freight corridors, EV charging, in urban development including metro rail, housing, smart cities, water in energy including renewable, solar, lithium-ion, and wind, in logistics including multi-modal hubs, industrial corridors, and in digital infrastructure including 5G and Bharat Net.
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