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KEY TRENDS AND OUTLOOK
Questions/Topics:
• What are the key historical trends in the railway
sector? What are the future projections?
• What are the key issues and opportunities?
• What are the recommendations?
• Presentation by Prof G. Raghuram, Indian Institute
of Management, Ahmedabad
• Presentation by India Infrastructure Research
• Plus Q&A
SPECIAL SESSION: STRATEGIES FOR FREIGHT BUSINESS
Questions/Topics:
• What is the competitive landscape in the freight
business (rail vs. road/air)?
• What new strategies/tactics need to be adopted by
IR and other players to develop its freight business?
• What are the new products/services that need to be
delivered by the rail sector to increase its market share?
• Presentation by Rinkesh Roy, Director, Traffic Transportation,
Railway Board
• Plus Q&A
RESTRUCTURING AND THE WAY FORWARD
Questions/Topics:
• Does the Indian Railways need to be restructured?
• What are the restructuring options? What is the way
forward?
• Address/presentation by R. Dayal, Senior Fellow,
Asian Institute of Transport Development
• Plus Q&A
WORD FROM SPONSOR I
• Presentation by Ganesh Muralidharan, Vice-President,
Design and Engineering, Fedders Lloyd
• Plus Q&A
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
Questions/Topics:
• What has been the progress so far on infrastructure
development in Indian Railways (IR)?
• What have been the key milestones? What are the future
plans?
• Presentation by Girish Pillai, Executive Director,
Perspective Planning, Railway Board
• Plus Q&A
FOCUS ON CONTAINER INFRASTRUCTURE
Questions/Topics:
• What is the update on development of container infrastructure
including container trains, warehousing, ICDs, logistics
parks etc.?
• What has been the impact of private participation
in operation of container trains? What is the way forward?
• What other improvements can be made in container
infrastructure?
• Baseline presentation by Indian Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad
Panel discussion amongst (in alphabetic order):
• R.K. Bansal, Advisor, Railways, IL&FS
• Amit Chaudhri, GGM, Operations, Concor
• Sajal Mittra, CEO, Arshiya Rail Infrastructure Limited
• Yogendra Sharma, CEO, Adani Logistics
• Sankalp Shukla, Managing Director, Innovative B2B
Logistics Solutions
• Plus Q&A
UPDATE ON DFC
Questions/Topics:
• What is the current status of DFC? What has been
the progress so far?
• What are the future plans (investment levels, major
milestones)
• What are the key issues and challenges?
• What are the opportunities for private sector players?
• Presentation by V.K. Yadav, Group General Manager,
Electrical, DFCCIL
• Plus Q&A
KEYNOTE SESSION: NEW INITIATIVES AND PLANS
Questions/Topics:
• What is Indian Railways’ perspective on expansion
and modernisation of railways?
• What is the update on key current initiatives and
projects?
• What are the new initiatives and plans?
• Keynote Address by S.S. Khurana, Chairman, Railway
Board
• Plus Q&A
NEED FOR R&D
Questions/Topics:
• What is the need for research and development (R&D)
in the railway sector in India?
• What initiatives have been taken in this regard?
What are the new steps that need to be taken?
• What will be the key benefits derived?
• Brief baseline presentation by Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad
Panel discussion amongst (in alphabetic order):
• H.S. Pannu, Director-General, RDSO (Panel Chair)
• Professor G. Raghuram, Indian Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad
• Rajeev Jyoti, President and Managing Director, Bombardier
Transportations
• Pratyush Kumar, President & Chief Executive Officer,
GE Infrastructure India
• Plus Q&A
WORD FROM SPONSOR II
• Presentation by Faisal Mohammed, Chief Executive
Officer, Texon Indo-Global Rail Technology
POTENTIAL OF HIGH SPEED RAILWAYS
Questions/Topics:
• What is the potential of high speed railways in India?
What are the key benefits?
• What are some of the proposed projects? What is their
financial and economic viability?
• What are some of the technologies on offer, nationally
and internationally?
• Presentation by Alain Hocke, Construction Manager,
Systra India
• Plus Q&A and floor discussion
ENERGY NEEDS OF RAIL SECTOR
Questions/Topics:
• What is the power requirement of the rail sector?
• What is the current source of supply? (grid power,
capital generation, localised back-up etc.)
• What is their comparative cost and what are the potential
cost-reducing options?
• What efforts are being made to increase the use of
renewable power in the rail sector?
• Presentation by Sumant Chak, Director, International
Relations, Asian Institute of Transport Development
• Plus Q&A
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