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KEYNOTE ADDRESS: MOUD PROGRAMMES AND PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What are the key government priorities with regards
to water availability and demand from various segments?
• What is the current status of the JNNURM and UIDSSMT
programmes with regard to the water sector?
• What are the new initiatives of the government that
the industry can look forward to?
• Keynote Address/presentation by Navin Kumar, Secretary,
Ministry of Urban Development
• plus Q&A
WATER SCENARIO IN INDIA
Questions/Topics:
• What is the current state of water and sanitation
services in the country?
• What is the current and projected water demand and
availability in India?
• What has been the impact of the various government
programmes to ensure water supply and sanitation in major
cities?
• Presentation by S.R. Ramanujam, Director, Samatva
Infrastructure Advisors
• plus Q& A
KEYNOTE SESSION: STATE-LEVEL PERSPECTIVE - KEY INITIATIVES
AND PROJECTS
Questions/Topics:
• What are some of the key initiatives and projects
at state level?
• What are the challenges faced by cities in raising
finances for water supply and distribution projects?
• What is the progress by cities in meeting the service
level benchmarks?
Address/presentations by:
• Anjum Parwez, Director and Commissioner, Directorate
of Municipal Administration, Government of Karnataka
• Agam Mathur, Chief Engineer, Special Projects, PHED,
Government of Rajasthan (This presentation may take place
on the second day of the conference)
• Plus Q&A
KEYNOTE SESSION: MOWR PROGRAMMES AND PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What are the key government priorities with regards
to water availability and demand from various segments?
• What initiatives are being planned under the national
water mission under the NAPCC?
• What are the key priorities of the government with
regards to review of the Water Policy?
• Special address/ presentation by Sudhir Garg, Joint
Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources
• plus Q&A
ROLE OF IT IN WATER MANAGEMENT
Questions/Topics:
• What role can IT play in effective water management
for industries and utilities?
• What are some of the existing and emerging solutions
and what are their advantages for India?
Presentations by (in alphabetic order):
• Praveen Goyal, Assistant Vice-President, Market Development,
Ferranti Computer Systems
• Ajit Tawde, Solutions Architect, Energy and Utilities,
IBM
• Plus Q&A
DESALINATION UPDATE
Questions/Topics:
• What is the current scenario of water desalination
in India?
• Which are the ongoing and proposed desalination projects?
What are their key characteristics and lessons learned?
Presentations by:
• Dr S.V.S Phani Kumar, Joint Project Director, National
Institute of Ocean Technology
• Sriram Kulkarni, Director, Technochem Group and Vice-President,
Indian Desalination Association on behalf of IDE Technologies
India
• Shivani Dixit Masodkar, Additional General Manager,
VA Tech Wabag
• Plus Q&A
SPOTLIGHT ON PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
Questions/Topics:
• What is the experience of private players in the
urban water sector?
• Which are the most successful examples of private
sector participation?
• What are the key challenges and risks faced by the
private players?
• What are their expectations from the government?
Panel discussion amongst (in alphabetic order):
• Allard Nooy, Chief Executive Officer, Jindal ITF
• Patrick Rousseau, Chairman and Managing Director,
Veolia Water
• Rishabh Sethi, Executive Director, SPML Infra
• Plus Q&A
TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
Questions/Topics:
• Which technologies are currently used and what is
the revenue and cost involved?
• What are the new technologies evolving in the sector?
What are the best practices followed globally for treating
water?
• Presentation by Manish Gandhi, Associate Vice-President,
Ion Exchange India
• plus Q&A
RECYCLING AND REUSE OF WATER
Questions/Topics:
• What has been the experience with regard to recycling
and reuse of wastewater for industrial and domestic consumption?
• What government incentives are especially targeted
at increasing recycling and reuse?
Presentations by:
• Dr Uday Kelkar, Director, India Operations, NJS Consultants
• Anil Bhatia, Associate Vice-President, Management
Services and Projects, Hero Cycles
• Dr. S. K. Chakrabarti, Deputy Director, Thapar Centre
for Industrial Research & Development for B.I.L.T.
• Plus Q&A
INDUSTRIAL WATER AND WASTEWATER
Questions/Topics:
• What are the strategies planned by industries to
meet the zero liquid discharge standard? What challenges
do they foresee?
• How is the industrial water services scenario expected
to change in the future?
• What are various industry and ULB initiatives in
managing water demand as well as dwindling water availability?
Presentations by:
• Dr D.D. Basu, Senior Scientist ‘D’, Central
Pollution Control Board
• B.P. Baliga, Executive Director, HSE, Indian Oil
Corporation
• Sushil Kumar, President, Dahej Manufacturing Division,
Reliance Industries Limited
• O.P. Oberoi, Deputy General Manager, Water Systems,
NTPC
• Plus Q&A
FINANCING CHALLENGES
Questions/Topics:
• Which are the key financial institutions and multilateral
agencies actively involved in the sector? What are the key
ongoing and future projects planned by these agencies?
• What are the perspectives of these agencies with
regard to leveraging private capital for water projects?
• What perspective do these agencies bring to water
conservation, treatment and recycling?
Panel discussion amongst (in alphabetic order):
• Anita George, Director, Infrastructure, International
Finance Corporation
• S. Ramachandran, Executive Vice-President, C&W,
Thermax India
• Cherian Thomas, Chief Operations Officer, IDFC Foundation
• Dr Anand Prakash Tiwari, Deputy Chief (Projects)
and Senior Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Habitat, Human
Settlement Management Institute, HUDCO
• Plus Q&A
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