FACULTY PROFILE

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SPEAKERSNitin Gadkari ..................................................................................................1

Nirmala Sitharaman .....................................................................................2

Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu ............................................................................3

P. Ashok Gajapati Raju ..................................................................................5

Mansukh L. Mandaviya .................................................................................6

Pon. Radhakrishnan .....................................................................................7

Sanjay Mitra ...................................................................................................8

Yudhvir Singh Malik .......................................................................................9

Abhay Damle................................................................................................10

Adesh Sharma .............................................................................................11

Allwyn Crasto ...............................................................................................13

Alkesh Kumar Sharma, IAS .......................................................................14

Amitava Saha ..............................................................................................16

Anil Arora .....................................................................................................17

Anil L Devli ...................................................................................................18

Anil Singh .....................................................................................................19

Ashutosh Bajpai ..........................................................................................20

Axel Sondermann .......................................................................................22

Cecilia Briceño-Garmendia ........................................................................23

Cordula Rastogi ...........................................................................................24

Davinder P S Sandhu ..................................................................................25

Deven Pabaru ..............................................................................................26

Dip Kishore Sen ...........................................................................................27

Ekroop Caur ................................................................................................29

Eugenio Prieto .............................................................................................30

H.D. Gujrati ...................................................................................................31

Hasmukh Adhia............................................................................................32

Harrie de Leijer ............................................................................................33

José Luis Irigoyen .......................................................................................34

Junaid Ahmad ..............................................................................................35

K V Mahidhar ...............................................................................................36

Kenichi Yokoyama .......................................................................................37

Leena Nandan .............................................................................................38

M Ramsekhar ..............................................................................................39

Mike Mullin ...................................................................................................40

Mohd. Jamshed ...........................................................................................41

SPEAKERSMukund Kumar Sinha..................................................................................42

Nick Vyas ......................................................................................................43

Neeraj Bansal ...............................................................................................44

Niraj Verma, IAS ..........................................................................................45

Nitin Kumar...................................................................................................46

Polina Hristeva ............................................................................................47

Prakash Tulsiani ..........................................................................................48

Prasanna Patwardhan ...............................................................................49

Preeti Sudan ................................................................................................50

R Dinesh .......................................................................................................51

Rajesh Yabaji ..............................................................................................52

Rajive Kumar ................................................................................................53

Rajiv Nayan Choubey .................................................................................54

Ramanujam .................................................................................................55

Ramesh Abhishek, IAS ...............................................................................57

Ravindra Verma ..........................................................................................58

Rinkesh Roy .................................................................................................59

Rita Teaotia .................................................................................................60

Rob Brekelmans .........................................................................................61

Rohit Kumar Singh ......................................................................................62

S. Nagarajan ...............................................................................................63

Sandeep Agarwal ........................................................................................64

Sanjay Bhatia, IAS .......................................................................................65

Sanjeev Kumar Lohia .................................................................................66

Sarvesh Kumar Shahi .................................................................................67

Shashi Verma ..............................................................................................68

Subrata Mitra ...............................................................................................69

Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem ......................................................................70

Stefan Palskog ............................................................................................71

Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Bin Mamat ...........................................................72

Thomas Sim ................................................................................................73

Upendra Gupta ............................................................................................75

V. Kalyana Rama ..........................................................................................76

Veena lsh .....................................................................................................77

Vinayak Chatterjee .....................................................................................78

Vivek Kele ....................................................................................................79

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Mr. Nitin Gadkari, 57, was elected to the Lok Sabha from Nagpur in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. Gadkari was born in a middle-class agricultural family in Maharashtra’s Nagpur City in central part of India. Gadkari has studied M.Com, LLB & Diploma in Business Management (DBM). Gadkari has been a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council since 1989. He was also the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council from 1999-2005. He was also President of the Maharashtra Pradesh BJP till 2009 when he was elevated to the post of the BJP National President to become the youngest ever party president. He was Minister for Public Works in Maharashtra between 1995-1999. There he gained first-hand experience of undertaking large scale infrastructure projects. “With Rs. 5 Crore equity, I earned the distinction of completing works worth 8,000 crores”; Gadkari often recalls this unique distinction he earned as the PWD Minister.

As Public Works Minister in Maharashtra, he built the Mumbai – Pune Expressway which was first of its kind in India. He is recognised for being pioneer of PPP in Road Sector in India. He was elected to Parliament from Nagpur in 2014 and become Minister for Road Transport Highways & Shipping in PM Narendra Modi’s government. In last two years this administration & visionary skill has been recognized and has been rated top performer in the government. From that experience he was asked by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to launch the National Highways Authority and Rural Roads Program.

Nitin GadkariMinister of Road TransportHighways & ShippingGovernment of India

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Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman was born on 18th August 1959 in the temple town of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. She did her schooling and her graduation in Economics, from Seethalakshmi Ramaswamy College in Tiruchirapalli. She went on to do her Masters in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Indo-European Textile Trade was the focus of her draft Ph.D thesis. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman served as an assistant to Economist in the Agricultural Engineers Association, UK in London. She subsequently worked as Senior Manager (Research and Analysis) with Price Waterhouse, London. During this time she also briefly worked with BBC World Service. On her return to India, she served as Dy. Director of the Centre for Public Policy Studies at Hyderabad. Her interest in education led her to lay the foundation of ‘Parnava’, a reputed school in Hyderabad. She was a member of the National Commission for Women from 2003-2005 and instrumental in voicing various issues of women empowerment. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman joined Bhartiya Janata Party in 2008, and was made a member of the National Executive. She was nominated as party spokesperson in March 2010, from when she has been a full time party worker. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman was inducted in the Union of India’s Cabinet in a Government led by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 26th May 2014. She is now Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce and Industry.

Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of State (Independent Charge)for Commerce & Industry

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Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (born 11 July 1953) is an Indian politician and the current Railway Minister of India, under the Narendra Modi government. He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Since 1996, Prabhu has been a repeatedly elected Member of Parliament from Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra as a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party. He quit Shiv Sena and joined BJP on 9 November 2014. He presently represents Haryana in Upper House of Indian Parliament.

Prabhu has held several government and semi government positions, which includes chairmanship of Maharashtra State Finance Commission, Saraswat Co-operative Bank, Member of the Maharashtra Tourism Development Board, among others. Prabhu has travelled to more than 100 countries. He is working on 16 global organizations and 9 strategic dialogues.

He was, at various times during the Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee of 1998 to 2004, Industry Minister, Minister of Environment and Forests, Minister of Fertilizers & Chemicals, Power, Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises. As the Union Minister for Power he won praise for his performance. As Minister of Power, Prabhu introduced major reforms in India's power sector. He is credited with championing and enacting the Electricity Act of 2003 and the reforms that created securitization of dues from the states. He has been elected four times to the Lok Sabha, India's parliament, from Maharashtra since 1996. However, he lost his seat in the 2009 general election.

He was also Chairman of Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers with a status and rank of Union Cabinet Minister. He was elected a member of the World Bank parliamentary network and chaired the South Asia Water regional group of the World Bank.

Suresh Prabhakar PrabhuMinister of RailwaysGovernment of India

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Asia week rated him as one of three future leaders of India. As a mark of protest against the cancellation of Narendra Modi's keynote address at the Wharton India Economic Forum 2013, he called off his visit to the University. The NDA government under the leadership of Narendra Modi appointed him as the head of a high-level panel on power revamp — “Advisory Group for Integrated Development of Power, Coal and Renewable Energy” in July 2014.

On 9 November 2014, he was sworn-in as Cabinet minister in Narendra Modi government. He is currently the Union Railway Minister of India.

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P. Ashok Gajapati Raju

Ministry of Civil AviationUnion Minister

Shri P.Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Son of Late Shri P.V.G.Raju, Rajah Saheb of Vizianagaram was born on 26th June, 1951. He was educated at Scindia School, Gwalior; Lovedale School, Ooty; Hyderabad Public School, Hyderabad and V.S.Krishna College Visakhapatnam. He is married to Suneela and has two daughters. He was a member of Andhra Pradesh State legislature for over twenty five years and was a Minister in the Govt. of A.P., for thirteen years holding the portfolios of Commercial Tax, Excise, and Legislative affairs, Finance, Planning and Revenue. Influenced by socialism and moved by the deplorable condition of the people, both socially and economically, he joined politics to serve the people. He took an active part in the struggle for the formation of a new district viz. Vizianagaram. His interest to improve education in the district led to the establishment of several governmental and non-governmental educational institutions. Presently he is Vice-Chairman of a trust The Maharaja Alak Narayana Society of Arts and Science (MANSAS) which is running twelve educational institutions in the district. As a Minister, he was associated with several developmental activities. He is keenly interested in the field of public health and the conservation of water and electricity. In pursuance of this ideal, he launched housing, drinking water and health schemes. He has traveled abroad to study town planning and to implement it suitably in Andhra Pradesh. He is a former President of Andhra Cricket Association. His efforts resulted in the establishment of several centres for imparting training in several sports at many places including Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram.

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Mansukh L. MandaviyaMinister of State for Road Transport Highways Shipping,Chemical and Fertilizers

Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya is from Gujarat, elected to the Rajya Sabha in April 2012. He had been a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from 2002-2007. Shri. Mandaviya had earlier been a member of the Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas, National Welfare Board for Seafarers, and Committee on Chemicals & Fertilizers and also a Member of Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill. As a Gujarat lawmaker, Shri Mandaviya has served the state as chairman of Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation Ltd. Shri Mandaviya was sworn-in as Minister of State in the Union council of ministers on 5th July, 2016.

By Profession, Shri Mandaviya is a Businessman, Agriculturist/Farmer, Political and Social Worker. He has done a Certificate Course in Veterinary Live Stock Inspector and has been educated at Songadh Gurukul and Gujarat Agriculture University, S.K. Nagar, Dantiwada, Gujarat.

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Shri Pon Radhakrishnan is the Union Minister of State (MoS) for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping. During the November 2014 cabinet reshuffle, he was shifted to this new portfolio from the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises in the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. During May 2014, ‘Pon Rji’ or ‘Ponnar’ (as he is known popularly in the political fraternity) became the only Bharatiya Janata Paty (BJP) MP – having won from the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency – to be included in the Union Government from Tamil Nadu. Radhakrishnan has been Tamil Nadu BJP’s President. He was recently replaced by Dr Tamilisai Sounderrajan, National Secretary of the party. Radhakrishnan’s USP, as a politician, is his clean image.

Shri Radhakrishnan is a graduate in Arts stream and also has a Law degree. He did his schooling from Nagercoil’s D.V.D.H. School and completed his graduation from Virudhu Nagar’s VHNSN College. He went on to complete his Law degree from Chennai’s Madras Law College. A lawyer by profession, social activist, and full time politician, Radhakrishnan has chosen to remain unmarried.

Pon. RadhakrishnanUnion Minister Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

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Shri Sanjay Mitra, who is presently holding charge of Secretary in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, has joined IAS in the year 1982 and was allotted West Bengal cadre. He has held many important positions in the Centre and also in the State over the past three decades. Prior to his present assignment, he has held the post of Chief Secretary, as the head of the civil service in the state of West Bengal. During 2004-2011, he has held the post of Joint Secretary to Prime Minister in the office of Prime Minister where he had handled several important matters like internal security, energy and agriculture.

He has substantial experience in the power and infrastructure sectors, having headed the state power utility and was instrumental in implementing a major township development project on the outskirts of Kolkata and also many flagship programmes of the Government of West Bengal.

As Chief Secretary, Shri Mitra also chaired the state apex committee on road safety and was able to frame a working plan for remedial road safety measures. He is currently responsible for India’s $18 billion highways development programme and the preparation and monitoring of the country’s road safety initiatives like Golden Quadrilateral, Sethu Bharatham and Char Dham projects. He is also responsible for the administration of the regulatory frameworks for road transport, auto emission norms, vehicle safety regulations, public sector transport organizations and the development of international road interconnectivity.

Shri Mitra has degrees from the University of Delhi and the JF Kennedy School where he was a Mason Fellow in 1995-96.

Sanjay Mitra Secretary Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

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Mr. Yudhvir Singh Malik has been Chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) since November 2016. Mr. Malik is 1983 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre. Prior to this appointment, he was posted as Special Secretary in NITI Aayog. Prior to joining NITI Aayog, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India from September 19, 2014 to December 23, 2015 under Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Ms. Malik served as Government Nominee Director at India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited since December 4, 2015 until January 2, 2017.

Yudhvir Singh MalikChairmanNational Highways Authority of India (NHAI)

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Abhay Damle, IRSJoint SecretaryMinistry of Road Transport & Highways

He obtained his Degree in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Bhopal in 1987. He belongs to 1989 Batch of Indian Revenue Service. He went to Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi to complete his Masters in Production Technology in January, 1989. He also has a degree in Law. Thereafter he was selected in Indian Engineering Services and did a brief stint with Indian Railways, after which he joined Indian Revenue Service. He has served in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Delhi in various capacities.

He has a deep insight into business eco-system and administration.

He worked as Director of Central Institute of Road Transport, Pune for about two years. He has rich experience of automobile testing and homologation.

Presently he is working as Joint Secretary in Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and is looking after transport division of MoRTH. He is dealing with policy matters relating road safety, transportation, vehicle regulations & emission norms.

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Adesh SharmaManaging Director, Dedicated FreightCorridor Corporation of India Limited

Shri Adesh Sharma assumed the charge of Managing Director of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited on 20.10.2014. A Gold Medallist in Civil Engineering from NIT, Allahabad, he belongs to the 1979 batch of Indian Railway Service of Engineers.

Before taking over the charge of Managing Director/ DFCCIL, he was working as Chief Administrative Officer (Construction) in South Western Railway, Bangalore and has vast experience in Rail Project execution and implementation in rail transportation. He has completed 10 Rail Construction Projects of New Lines, doubling and Gauge conversion. He had worked in various capacities in Indian Railways at divisional, zonal and Railway Board level which includes Divisional Railway Manager/Hubli, Chief Engineer (Construction), Executive Director (Vigilance)/Railway Board and Professor at Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune.

While working as CAO/Construction, South Western Railway was awarded Railway Ministers Efficiency Shield for being Best Construction Organisation in Indian Railways for two consecutive years, i.e., 2012-13 & 2013-14 for surpassing the targets by 25% & for commissioning of 240 km of new line, gauge conversion and doubling works respectively. During his tenure as DRM/Hubli in 2008-2010, the Division surpassed the loading target of 36 million tonnes/year and bagged 7 Efficiency Shields including Overall Efficiency Shield for South Western Railway.

The pace of progress has improved five-fold in both the corridors and during the last 2 years DFC project has gained great momentum under the dynamic leadership of Shri Adesh Sharma.

Few of the major achievements are awarding of major Civil, Electrical and System Contracts worth Rs.35,500 crores (6 billion US$) in last 2 years compared to contracts worth Rs.13,000 crores (2 billion US$) awarded during last 7 years; World Bank loans of 1750 million US$ for Phase 2 and Phase 3 of Eastern Corridor got sanctioned in November, 2014 and June, 2015 respectively; Expedited the process of Land

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Acquisition and completed 96% of land acquisition by close liaisoning with State Governments; Track linking with Mechanised track laying machine started for the first time in India during June, 2015 in Eastern Corridor and October, 2015 in Western Corridor. Track laying of 500 kms has been completed during last 2 years; 5-fold improvement in the progress of works of both the Corridors; Awarded with ‘Golden Peacock Award for Sustainability’ for the year 2016 by DFCCIL; trial monitoring of the progress of work through Drone has been started in DFC; The latest technology has been used in the field of Track, Signalling and Safety by using mechanised laying of track, use of Thick Web Switches and Canted Turnouts, use of Train Protection Warning System (TPWS) for ensuring safety and using Mobile Radio Communication for better TMS; and Use of end of Train Telemetry System (EOTT) has been planned to reduce manpower in the form of ‘Guard’ and improve loading tonnage/train by eliminating Guard Van from trains.

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Allwyn CrastoFounder MemberICC-Nicer Globe and Head- Transportation& Distribution Saftey, South AsiaBASF India Ltd

Mr. Allwyn Crasto is an expert in transportation and distribution safety and currently is Head – Transportation and Distribution Safety for BASF Group in South Asia. He has over 24 years of multi-functional work experience in EHS, Supply Chain, Production Planning, Finance, Human Resources and Administration. He is also well versed in the field of chemical regulations, emergency response and fire prevention.

He is closely associated with the Indian Chemical Council and as a member of the EHS/sustainability expert committee has represented ICC with the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, Government of India. Also for the past three years in succession, he has been on the expert jury at the annual Mahindra Transport Excellence Awards which is supported by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India

His interests are to improve the safety standards for transportation of chemicals in India and enhance the emergency response facilities for offsite chemical incident and accident management. As a first step towards this he has partnered with the Indian Chemical Council to conduct the 3 days driver training course on Hazardous Goods transportation at BASF and has facilitated training of over 500 drivers. He, as a founder and member of the steering committee is actively associated with Nicer Globe, a Responsible Care initiative of ICC for providing a technology platform to the Indian chemical industry for safe transportation and for setting up of 24/7 Emergency Control Centre and Emergency Response Centre’s and Services for offsite chemical incidents and accident management.

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Alkesh Kumar Sharma, IASChief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited

Mr. Alkesh Kumar Sharma is presently working as Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited. He is also Member Secretary and CEO of National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust. The Industrial Corridors are being developed by the Government of India as global manufacturing and investment destinations by setting up investment regions supported by the world-class infrastructure and enabling policy framework. The projects are aimed at the development of futuristic, smart industrial cities in India which will converge and integrate eco-friendly and sustainable technologies across sectors. In addition to new cities, the projects envisage development of infrastructure linkages like dedicated power plants, assured water supply, high capacity transportation, logistics facilities and Airports.

Before joining this, Mr Sharma was working as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India for three years, where he handled matters relating to land acquisition, forest and environment clearances, review and monitoring of National Highways Projects, coordination with Railways, Defence and other agencies and all matter related to toll and toll policy on the national highways. He was also Chairman of the Indian Highways Management Company Ltd.

Mr. Sharma worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as National Project Director, Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation and served there for three years.

In the State of Kerala, Mr. Sharma worked as the Managing Director of Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation, Kerala Tourism Development Corporation, Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation, Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited, Malabar

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Cement Limited and Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation. He also worked as Director, Kerala Tourism and as Secretary, Industries and Investment Promotion in Government of Kerala. He was Director in the Board of BPCL, Apollo Tyres, Nitta Gelatin India Ltd and Geojit BNP Paribas Ltd.

Mr. Sharma was actively associated with branding and promoting Kerala Tourism as ‘God’s Own Country’ during his two tenures spanning over seven years. During his tenure, Kerala won the Best Tourism State Awards from Government of India as well as various Awards from PATA and other International Agencies. Mr. Sharma was associated with core team of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) launched by the Prime Minister of India in December, 2005.

Mr. Sharma received the best CEO Awards from the Government of Kerala, the President’s Medal for the Best District Census Officer and the Best Performance Award from the Government of Kerala.

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Amitava SahaCo-Founder & DirectorBrainbees Solutions Pvt Ltd (FirstCry.com)

Amitava founded Xpressbees in September 2015 after demerging it from FirstCry.com. Today within in a year the company is the second largest player in ecommerce logistics ahead of its more vintage peers. It is recognized as the fastest growing and most capital efficient logistics company in the country.

Prior to this Amitava had co-founded FirstCry.com in 2010 along with Supam Maheshwari. Today FirstCry.com is the largest retailer in the country for Babies and Kids products. At FirstCry Amitava oversaw the scaling up of back end operations, capacity building and expansion of FirstCry stores network across the country.

Amitava was earlier working as a Global Head of Sales and Director of Brainvisa, a leading elearning company and was instrumental in creating a successful exit for the founding team.

A Mechanical Engineer from IIT BHU and an MBA from IIM Lucknow, Amitava is a serial entrepreneur and enjoys the challenging work environment in fast growing ventures.

In his free time, he loves to catch up on his reading.

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Anil AroraFounder and Director M J Logistic Services Ltd. (MJLSL),Member CII National Committee on Logistics and Managing Director

Anil Arora’s well-deserved reputation as a dynamic visionary and thought leader of India’s logistics industry is the result of over 20 years’ hands-on experience.

Anil is the Founder and Director of M J Logistic Services Ltd. (MJLSL), a leading logistics and cold chain services provider catering to national and international mega-corporates such as Tata Motors, ITC, Philips, DuPont, Colgate Palmolive, Kirloskar etc.

In his Endeavour to serve the larger community, Anil is also Member, CII Logistics Advisory Council, comprised of the top 20 CEOs engaged with the logistics industry; Member by invitation, CII Delegation to Germany, where Anil was invited to Hamburg with Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles as the sole spokesperson for Indian logistics; Founder Member, National Centre for Cold Chain Development; and Member, PHDCC Task Force on Logistics Management

Anil’s intimate understanding of the logistics industry coupled with his global orientation led him to set up path-breaking Logistics Centres and cold storages across North India, marking MJ’s arrival as a corporate to reckon with in the supply chain industry.

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Anil L DevliCEO, INSA

A lawyer by training, Mr. Anil Devli is an active member of the Indian maritime fraternity. He has been involved with the Indian shipping industry for over 20 years.

He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Indian National Shipowners’ Association, an organisation which is involved in furthering the interests of the Indian flag.

He has varied experience in the business of ship owning & operations. In addition to his experience in pursuing policies for the growth of Indian shipping industry, he engages in thought contribution towards other maritime related activities.

He is a strong believer that the growth of India as a world maritime power is of paramount importance and India's relevance and standing in the world is irretrievably linked to the growth of Indian flag shipping industry.

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Anil SinghSenior Vice President &Managing Director, DP World

Anil Singh has spent over 45 years in the maritime and logistics industry having spent his earlier years at sea.

Before moving to the Subcontinent, Mr. Singh headed DP World’s Africa Region. He joined DP World from Thailand, where he spent 7 years as Group CEO for a joint venture.

Prior to 2001, Anil was with P&O Australia in senior management roles for 13 years of which 8 years as Managing Director of Century Group of Companies in Papua New Guinea. Century Group was involved with Ports, Ship-owning, Ship-agency, Mining and Petroleum logistics for BHP Rio Tinto and Chevron.

His other assignments included CEO of Nhava Sheva Container Terminal, Mumbai, and as Project Manager for Asia/South America region based in Sydney.

Anil is presently heading the Subcontinent Region where DP World has 7 container terminals and a rail company.

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Ashutosh Bajpai VP & Head of Operations DHL Express

Ashutosh Bajpai is VP & Head of Operations for DHL Express in India. He leads a team responsible for International Airport Express Terminals, National Ground Operations, Air Transport, Infrastructure Engineering, Service Quality, Security, Customs & Regulatory Affairs. His team of 1500 employees manages over 2.5 Million shipments per annum. During his tenure, India Operations is recognized as the Most Improved Large Country by DHL Express in Asia Pacific for 3 years in a row since 2011.

He has the experience of managing business in different segments of logistics - air freight, express, ocean freight and contract logistics. He has also acquired good understanding of Postal sector and managed to establish an alliance with India Post that gives India Post access to DHL’s network in 200 countries and a profitable product with seamless track & trace features. He had also conceptualised & developed formal customs clearance business unit for DHL group which is India’s largest CHA now. He has initiated several people development initiatives for frontline, entry level and managers. His concept paper for Customs College program got a Euro 50,000 grant for pilot in partnership with the University of Canberra in India in 2006 and now the course is available to DHL group employees globally.

In his earlier roles as Senior Director – Public Policy for Deutsche Post DHL for South Asia, he led the development of strategic initiatives with industry stakeholders and governments in India and South Asia region. Humanitarian logistics has been an area of his interest. Utilising his logistics experience he has built strong working relationships with the NGOs as well as Government’s Disaster Management Authorities to serve communities through DPDHL’s CSR initiative in the area of Disaster Response and preparedness.

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He has held several leadership positions in general management and supply chain operations during the last 20 years. Before joining DHL he served as Country Manager of Menlo Logistics in India and supported several initiatives for global automotive, hi-tech and FMCG customers in US, Mexico, Western Europe and ASEAN. Previously he headed Ocean Freight Services for West Asia Division of Emery which is now part of UPS.

He also served for two years as full time Consultant with Technology Bureau for Small Enterprises (TBSE) at the United Nations - Asian & Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology and Small Industries Development Bank of India's JV where he supported SMEs, research institutions and consulting organizations through trade facilitation, finance syndication, technology transfers and new alliances.

He has obtained MBA in International Business and holds a Diploma in Logistics Management. He regularly contributes to development of trade and industry as an active member of different working groups and speaker. He has been a member of Minister of Commerce’s Task Force on Reduction of Transaction Cost. He has served as Chairman of Trade Facilitation Council of SAARC Chamber and as Member of Confederation of Indian Industry’s Foreign Trade Policy Committee and the Export Import Panel. His contribution in DHL was also recognized at Asia Pacific Employee of the Year ceremony in 2005 by AP CEO.

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Axel Sondermann is a Principal in A.T. Kearney’s Transportation Travel & Infrastructure Practice and based in Dubai and Riyadh. He has 15 years of consulting experience acquired through various transportation related engagements in Germany and the Middle East. Axel is the Member of the Board of German Public Transport Association.

He worked as Head of Bus Division and Member of Management Board, Veolia Verkehr GmbH; Head of Alliance/Tender Management and Member of Management Board, Urban Transport, Deutsche Bahn AG; Managing Partner, In-house Consulting, Deutsche Bahn AG; and Associate, Booz, Allen & Hamilton.

His primary areas of expertise include: Public Transport and Environmental Services, functional focus on Strategy, M&A, Public Tenders, Business Development, Procurement and Transformation.

Axel SondermannPrincipalA.T. Kearney’s

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Cecilia Briceño-GarmendiaLead EconomistWorld Bank Transport and ICT

Cecilia Briceño-Garmendia is a Lead Economist in the Global Practice of Transport and ICT of the World Bank where she leads the economic research agenda in logistics and transport in the Latin America region, and globally advises teams and governments in strategic issues pertaining prioritization and planning of infrastructure investments including aspects related to wider economic impact of multimodal corridors, capitalization of efficiency gains, improvements in connectivity and adaptation of transport networks to climate change. Recently, her work has focused on Peru, Brazil and a regional connectivity flagship report that covers Europe and Central Asia. Previous to that Dr. Briceno-Garmendia was leading the economic team in the Office of the Director for Sustainable Development of Latin America region of the World Bank where she provided leadership to the analytical agenda on infrastructure, urban, disaster risk management/climate change adaptation issues for the Latin America and Caribbean region of the World Bank. She has worked extensively on issues related to connectivity, logistics, and port performance, and co-led the path breaking Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic, which created a baseline of infrastructure performance and estimated economic losses due to inefficiencies for seven infrastructure subsectors on the continent. She has worked on projects and research in over 40 countries. Before joining the World Bank, she worked in software engineering and the design of information and organizational systems for both private and public sector enterprises in Venezuela. She has a doctorate degree in Economics from Georgetown University, in Washington, DC, and an MBA from the Instituto de Estudios Superiores en Administración in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Cordula Rastogi Global Solution Lead, ConnectivityTrade & Competitiveness Global Practice, World Bank

Ms. Cordula Rastogi, Senior Transport Economist, is a Global Solution Lead on Connectivity with the Trade & Competitiveness Global Practice. She has more than 15 years of project management experience with strong analytical skills to deliver policy-relevant solutions to clients and advise them on strategic investments and policy changes in the area of connectivity, transportation, and logistics. She leads World Bank-supported lending and non-lending transport and logistics projects in a number of countries in East Asia and Pacific, South Asia, and Europe and Central Asia. Cordula holds a PhD and published on several topics surrounding logistics and connectivity, including the recently published book on “The Eurasian Connection: Supply Chain Efficiency along the Modern Silk Route through Central Asia”.

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Mr. Davinder P S Sandhu is Partner at KPMG India, in the Infrastructure and Government Services practice. He has extensive experience in Governance, Infrastructure, Policy, Regulation, PPPs, Project Planning, and O&M. He has held charge as Director for Transport Sector at Prime Minister's Office, Government of India, and country representative at the Executive Board of the World Bank Group. He was Head of Network Operations and Safety functions for Indian Railways at New Delhi. He has been Visiting Fellow at University of Pennsylvania's Centre for Advanced Study of India, and Advisor at the World Bank's Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility. He is Fellow of Institute of Rail Transport, India and a Life Fellow of LILT. Davinder is currently leading transport, logistics, and urban development projects in South Asia and East Asia geographies, both for government and private sector clients.

Davinder P S SandhuPartner KPMG Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd.

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Deven PabaruChief Operating OfficerFuture Supply Chains

An ‘Intrapreneurial’ leader with more than two decades of experince in creating businesses of scale in Supply Chain & Logistics, Retail, Media and Consumer Goods.

Currently he is working at FSC in the area of Supply Chain & Logistics Solutions –Design and Delivery which works with more than 100 customers in FMCG, Retail, Lifestyle, Home and Automotive verticals.

He is looking forward to exciting times ahead, in view of the imminent rollout of GST.

Previously, he has worked at The Times Group ( Bennett Coleman), Gillette India and VIP Luggage.

He studied management at SPJain Institute after completing his Mech. Engg.

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Dip Kishore SenWhole Time Director and Senior ExecutiveVice President (Infrastructure) Larsen & Toubro

Mr. Dip Kishore Sen is Whole Time Director and Senior Executive Vice President (Infrastructure), Larsen & Toubro. He holds additional responsibilities as Chairman on the boards of L&T Infrastructure Engineering Company and L&T Oman LLC and is also a member on the board of L&T Qatar LLC.

A Civil Engineering graduate from IIT Kharagpur and a Post Graduate in Business Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur, prior to joining Larsen & Toubro, Mr. Sen worked for 12 years for a clutch of companies like M/s. Tata Steel, Jamshedpur, M/s. Development Consultants, Kolkata and was involved in a turnkey EPC Transmission line project in Malaysia.

Mr. Sen started his tenure at L&T in 1989 as Sr. Manager (Civil & Structural Design) in EDRC Kolkata and has subsequently headed various portfolios like Head (Civil & Structural Design) EDRC Kolkata, Project Manager - Safal F&V Market Project, Bangalore, SPM (B&F) Kolkata Region, Regional Manager – Mumbai, Project Director Mumbai International Airport & Head - Transportation Infrastructure. His uniqueness is in his versatility of having worked across domains like Design & Engineering, Business Development, Tendering and hardcore construction. Driven by a passion to succeed and possessing the requisite talent, Mr. Sen steadily rose up the ranks and during this period he led several marquee projects that underscored L&T’s standing as ‘a builder of nations’. The most notable amongst which was the highly complex, mega project of the Mumbai International Airport. As Project Director from 2007 to 2011, he oversaw the most critical phase of project and was chiefly instrumental in paving the way to delivering a world-class airport in time, for which the organization takes great pride.

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Mr. Sen took over as Senior Vice President and Head - Transport Infrastructure in 2011 to spearhead the organization’s efforts in the realms of roads, highways, elevated corridors and railways. Under his leadership, the business completed several projects including India’s longest road project, the Bewar Pali Pindwara Road project and a host of other significant road projects both in India and the Gulf. L&T Transport Infrastructure has established its dominance in the domestic roads sector by securing major projects like the Delhi Agra, Unnao Lucknow Expressway, etc.

Under his leadership, several major breakthroughs were achieved in the Railways sector by securing the CTP 1 & 2 & EMP 4 packages of the Dedicated Freight Corridor.

He has played a prominent role in establishing L&T in the GCC Countries by securing several landmark projects, notable among which are the Maffraq - Ghweifat Road Project, the Abu Dhabi International Airport in UAE, the Al Wakrah Road Project & LRDP pkg 4 in Qatar, Batinah & Bid Bid Sur Road Projects in Oman, the first Railways job in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other highway and urban infra development projects in Qatar, Oman & UAE.

Apart from his considerable professional credentials, he is also a member of the curriculum advisory committee of the JC Post Graduate course in Infrastructure, IIT Kharagpur and the Infrastructure Post Graduate course of Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

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Dr. Ekroop Caur belongs to the Indian Administrative Service. She has worked with the Government of Karnataka in various capacities including positions of Director, Women and Child Development Department, Deputy Commissioner, Belgaum and Chief Executive Officer of the Zilla Panchayat, Belgaum. She is a recipient of Prime Minister’s award for her work in implementation of MGNREGA in Belgaum district.

Currently, she heads a key urban service utility, the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation as its Managing Director. In her 2½ years in transport sector she has been actively involved in successful implementation of various technology based solutions for transport including Intelligent Transport System (ITS), Inventory Management System (IMS), Mobile Application with real time info, India’s first open loop common mobility card, etc. She has been involved in various committees and groups at national and international level and has contributed towards shaping of policies and strategies for public transport.

Dr. Caur has accumulated extensive experience in handling matters connected with the maintenance of law and public order, land matters and implementation of flagship programs of Government of India in areas of health, education and infrastructure development. She has also authored two books leveraging on her experiences in putting into action the rural development programs of the Government.

Dr. Caur did her Bachelors (with Honours in Psychology) and Masters in Psychology from Panjab University, India and PhD in Health Psychology as a UGC Research Scholar. Before joining BMTC she took a sabbatical and did Masters Degree in Public Administration from the National University of Singapore at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore.

Ekroop Caur Managing DirectorBengaluru Metropolitan TransportCorporation (BMTC)

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Mr. Eugenio Prieto has over 25 years of worldwide industry and consulting experience in the transportation and infrastructure industry with a focus on strategy, organization and operational issues. He is an acknowledged expertise in transport operations, airports, ports & terminals, road cargo & trucking, railways, trucking & logistics. He worked with leading global firms across industries on large-scale supply chain and transformation programs

He is currently working as a Partner in Global Leader Infrastructure, A. T. Kearney. He has also participated in A.T. Kearney’s European Steering Committee as well as led the European Transportation, Travel and Infrastructure Firm area for the EMEA region. Throughout his professional career at A.T. Kearney, he has led countless projects with strong functional focus on strategic and organizational development, business transformation and change management in a variety of industries.

Eugenio Prieto holds a MBA degree from IE Business and Civil Engineering degree from the Universidad Politécnica of Madrid.

Eugenio PrietoPartnerA.T. Kearney

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Shri H.D. Gujrati is presently working as Director (Operations & Business Development) in Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited. A Post Graduate in Physics and MBA in Finance and PGDM/Marketing, he joined Indian Railway Traffic Service in 1985 batch. Before taking over the charge of the post of Director (Operation & BD) in DFCCIL, he was working as Executive Director/Traffic, Railway Board, Ministry of Railways. Prior to this, he has worked as Executive Director/Freight Marketing and Director/Traffic, Director/Safety in Railway Board, Group General Manager/Strategic Planning, International Marketing and Operations in Container Corporation of India Ltd. He started his career on undivided South Eastern Railway, the Blue Chip Railway of Indian Railways. He has vast experience in rail transportation including Freight Operation, Multimodal Logistics, Traffic Planning, Strategic Planning and use of Information Technology in rail transportation.

H.D. GujratiDirector (Operations & Business Development) Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited

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Dr. Hasmukh Adhia is an officer of Indian Administrative Service, presently working as Revenue Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. In his present position, he deals with matters relating to Income-tax, Custom and Excise Duty, GST etc. and reports to the Finance Minister on these matters.

Dr. Hasmukh Adhia has got a basic degree in Accountancy. He is a Gold medalist from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and he holds a Ph.D. in Yoga from Swami Vivekanand Yoga University, Bangalore.

Prior to the current posting he was Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Government of India for the period from November, 2014 till August, 2015. As Secretary, Financial Services, he is credited with many new strategies for banking reforms such as Gyan Sangam and Indra Dhanush as well as social security schemes of Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna, Jivan Jyoti Bima Yoja and Atal Pension Yojna, as also for the scheme of micro-financing of Mudra.

As Secretary (Revenue), he is credited with bringing in many tax-friendly initiatives in the Income-Tax as well as Excise Duty and Service Tax. Also he pursued the agenda of GST systematically as a result of which we are now almost on the threshold of implementation of GST. He is also known for his relentless drive against the black money.

Hasmukh AdhiaRevenue SecretaryDepartment of RevenueMinistry of Finance, Government of India

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Harrie de LeijerPartnerSTC NESTRA Netherlands

Harrie is a specialist in multimodal transportation with a focus on waterways. He has carried out waterway projects in Europe, South America, Asia and Africa.

His speciality concerns the development of integrated transport master plans combining elements of infrastructure, markets, institutional organisation, supporting systems, and knowledge exchange. He has been working for international agencies and institutions, governments, and private organisations.

Presently Harrie is partner in STC-NESTRA (“Netherlands Expert Group for Sustainable TRAnsport and Logistics”). Previously Harrie was Director Strategy at Panteia (Netherlands), Managing Director of SE-Track (China), and Consul for the Netherlands Government, stationed at the Netherlands Consulate-General in Shanghai.

He is awarded with a Knighthood in the Order of Orange-Nassau of the Netherlands.

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José Luis IrigoyenSenior Director World Bank Transport & ICT Group

Mr. Irigoyen is Senior Director for the Transport and Information and Communications Technologies Global Practice (T&I GP) of the World Bank. Since its establishment on July 1, 2014, the Global Practice is responsible for all transport and ICT activities, which include an active portfolio of about US$42 billion in lending commitments and 224 projects under supervision and similar number of knowledge activities in more than 80 countries. Prior to his role as Sr. Director, Mr. Irigoyen was the Director for Transport within the T&I Global Practice.

Mr. Irigoyen, an Argentine national, joined the bank in 1990 and has held several leadership positions as Director for Transport, Water and ICT Department in the Sustainable Development Network (2010-2014), as the Senior Manager for the Sustainable Development Department of the Africa Region (2008 – 2010), and as the Sector Manager for Transport for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region (2001 – 2008).

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Junaid AhmadCountry DirectorWorld Bank

Mr. Junaid Ahmad, a Bangladeshi national, is currently the World Bank Country Director for India. Prior to this assignment, he was the Chief of Staff, Office of the President.

Prior to his work in the President’s Office, Mr. Ahmad was the Senior Director for the Water Global Practice, a position in which he brought a strong track record of management and leadership in the area of service delivery and international partnerships, combining intellectual and analytical rigor with strategic operational focus. Mr. Ahmad has also worked in the areas of urban finance and city management, service delivery in federal systems, and local government reform.

Mr. Ahmad joined the Bank as a Young Professional in 1991, working as an Economist in Africa and Eastern Europe before joining the Africa Infrastructure Unit. Mr. Ahmad spent 10 years in the field, first as the Deputy Resident Representative and Principal Economist in Johannesburg, and then as Regional Team Leader of the Water and Sanitation Program in New Delhi. In 2004, he was a team member of the World Development Report (WDR): Making Services Work for Poor People. From 2004-2008, he was the Sector Manager for Social Development in South Asia Region and subsequently for Urban, Water & Sanitation before taking on the latter responsibility for the Africa Region in 2010. He was also the Director for Sustainable Development in the Middle East and North Africa Region, a position he held from 2012-2014.

He holds a PhD in Applied Economics from Stanford University, an MPA from Harvard University, and a BA in Economics from Brown University.

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Mr. Mahidhar is ME in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University, Chennai. He heads CII – Institute of Logistics Spearheading Logistics Competitiveness in the country. He has over 20 years of experience in conceptualizing, establishing and administering various rating programmes covering Warehousing, Resource Management across Supply Chain, etc. He facilitated formation of Logistics Sector Skill Council – a national body to promote skill development in the country. His contribution to the industry includes Performance measurement system, an unique TCM Maturity Model exercise covering variety of industries to improve the competitiveness of Indian industry. He has facilitated over 100 Resource Management studies, covering variety of industries and has conducted over 150 training sessions in these areas. He is the Lead-Assessor for CII-EXIM Bank Business Excellence Award. Presently, he is leading a team of professionals to facilitate national logistics and supply chain management in the country.

K V Mahidhar Executive Director CII – Institute of Logistics

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Mr. Kenichi Yokoyama is the Country Director of Asian Development Bank in India. Mr. Yokoyama joined ADB in 1999, and has served in various capacities. Prior to joining the India Resident Mission in April 2017, he was Country Director for Nepal Resident Mission. Before his selection as Country Director, Nepal he was Principal Water Resources Specialist in ADB’s South Asia Department, and was responsible for developing water resources projects in South Asian countries including Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. He earned undergraduate degree in Agriculture Engineering from Iwate University Japan, and master's degree in Agriculture Economics from Stanford University, USA.

Kenichi YokoyamaCountry Director, IndiaAsian Development Bank

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Mrs. Leena Nandan is an IAS Officer of the 1987 Batch, UP Cadre, who has served in various capacities in the State of U.P, as District Magistrate, Managing Director, Women Development Corporation, Managing Director, Tourism Corporation and so on. Prior to joining the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, she served in the Central Government as Joint Secretary (Tourism) and then as Project Director, Doordarshan. In the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Mrs. Nandan is looking after Highways, Externally Aided Projects, Land Acquisition and Establishment Wing. Mrs. Leena Nandan is a Graduate in English (Hons.) from Patna Women’s College and has done her Masters in Development Management from the Asian Institute of Management, Manila.

Leena NandanJoint SecretaryMinistry of Road Transport & Highways, GoI

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Ramsekhar has a deep and abiding engagement with the entire life cycle activities across the urban and infrastructure continuum. Before joining DIMTS, he was CEO of IPE Global, a multi-sector development consultancy, and prior to that CEO of CRISIL Risk and Infrastructure Solutions, a risk and policy advisory solutions provider to governments, regulators and private sector in infrastructure and financial services across Asia and Africa. Earlier he was Chief Strategy Officer of GVK PIL, an Indian infra major with interests in airports, power and transport. Previously he was a civil servant (IAS) and had long stints in Urban Development, Transport, Civil Aviation, Industries and Commercial Taxes intimately involved with policy design and implementation.

A graduate in Mechanical Engineering, Ramsekhar pursued post-graduation in Infrastructure Planning and Development at Columbia University in the City of New York, and in Public and Economic Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

M RamsekharMD & CEODIMTS

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Mike MullinSenior Director for Global Government AffairsBrambles Limited

Mr. Mike Mullin leads the global government and public affairs activities for Brambles Limited. He plays a key role leading the company’s efforts to promote food security, economic growth opportunities for small holders and SMEs and sustainable global commerce. He also leads the company’s efforts to promote trade facilitation and the benefits it drives to least developed and developing nations. Mike leads the company’s engagement with international organizations and partners including the G7/B7, the World Economic Forum, and the Consumer Goods Forum, the World Bank, the WTO as well as others. Mike serves as a guest lecturer at universities in emerging markets on geopolitics, national interests and the need for collaboration between government, business and civil society. He currently serves as a member of the Consumer Goods Forum End to End Value Chain Committee and is Chair of the US-India Business Council’s Task Force on Supply Chain Standards and Practices. Mike’s career has spanned journalism, government service and the public sector. Mike’s reporting in Beirut earned him recognition from the US Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association. During his government service Mike served two Members of Congress and the US Secretary of Transportation. His previous private sector experience includes senior roles leading government and public affairs activities and advising C-suite executives in the auto, cement and packaging sectors. In addition, Mike has throughout both his personal and professional life been engaged in promoting economic and environmental sustainability. Mike’s efforts were awarded the President’s Environmental Protection Award of Excellence by President Richard Nixon. He later served as the Chairman of the Business Network for Environmental Justice, a coalition of the National Manufacturing Association, the American Petroleum Institute and the Chemical Manufacturers’ Association. He also led negotiations with the Clinton Administration for sustainable, performance-based cement standards.

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Mr. Mohd. Jamshed Member Traffic, Railway Board & ex-Officio Secretary to Government of India, belongs to 1980 Batch of Indian Railway Traffic Service. He has held various important assignments on Indian Railways, including Executive Director/Railway Board, Divisional Railway Manager, Chief Operations Manager, Addl. Member, Railway Board, and General Manager, Northeast Frontier Railway.

Mr. Jamshed has been associated with a number of Joint Commissions of Indian and Foreign Railways. He has also been associated with development of Trans Asian Railway Agreement of UNESCAP and has authored the “SAARC-Regional Multi-Modal Transport Study” during his stint with the Asian Development Bank. Mr. Jamshed has written for International & UN Transport Journals.

On the present assignment he has initiated a number of policy reforms both on Freight and Passenger Business segments bringing a paradigm shift in policy planning of Indian Railways and charting strategies for a high growth path, keeping pace with the development of other sectors of the economy, steering the transformational agenda of Indian Railways’ role of a logistics provider.

Mohd. JamshedMember TrafficRailway Board

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Mr. Mukund Kumar Sinha belongs to the 1988 batch of Special Class Railway Apprentice of Indian Railways. He has served across a range of strategic and operational assignment in India. He has taken over the charge of Officer on Special Duty (Urban Transport) in the Ministry of Urban Development on 2nd December 2013, where he works as the head of the nodal office for rail and road based urban transport in India. He is the Nodal officer for national level planning of Urban Transport Infrastructure, formulation of economic policies related to funding, creation and operation of urban transport infrastructure. Actively involved in selection and appraisal of new urban transport infrastructure projects supported by Central Government, Mukund is also involved in formulation of new policies by the Government of India .

Prior to this assignment as Director - Planning in the Ministry of Railways he was deeply involved in decisions on identification of infrastructure programs and resource planning. His prime involvement included the exercise of formulation of Annual Capital Investment Budget Plans of the Indian Railways of approximately 10 billion US $ annually. Among other things, he was also responsible for the initiation and monitoring of the progress of such projects.

In his earlier assignments he has headed the challenging Rail Road Branch in parts of Eastern India. These were critical operational roles, and meant taking decisions on almost all functions of management, be it finance, HR functions, Operations, or planning and managing change, in an environment of continuously evolving technologies.

An alumnus of the London School of Economics, Mukund also holds a Masters in management from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India as well as a Masters in public policy from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India.

Mukund Kumar SinhaOfficer on Special Duty (Urban Transport) Ministry of Urban Development

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Nick VyasExecutive directorCenter for global Supply ChainUSC Marshall School of BusinessUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles

A specialist in Operation Management, Organization Excellence through Application of Lean Six Sigma and a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Global Supply Chain Management, Nick Vyas has led cultural and business transformation for large fortune 100 M&A. Mr. Vyas implemented breakthrough process improvements for over 450 projects globally that have transformed businesses for clients in the field of health care, service, military, government, retail, and end-to-end supply chain focusing on procurement, sourcing, IT, distribution, logistics, and transportation.

As the Executive Director and Co-founder of USC Marshall’s Center for Global Supply Chain Management (GSCM), MS in GSCM and as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Data Sciences & Operations, Vyas is educating the next generation of business leaders. As a thought leader, he speaks at global conferences sharing his views on global trade, disruptive technology and its impact on global supply chain management. Working closely with students, he teaches Global Supply Chain Management in International settings and application to students and executives. He also taught executive leaders from various industries at Cal Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Previously Vyas managed and consulted for over 25 MNC clients and global operations such as Duty Free International, Sears, Federated Stores, and Toys R Us; where he integrated technology, teams, and oversaw strategic transformation initiatives that optimized speed-to-market, foster profitable growth, reduced cost and quality in global setup.

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Neeraj BansalDeputy ChairmanJawaharlal Nehru Port Trust

Mr. Bansal is an Officer of Indian Revenue Service with around 20 years of experience across the country in Direct Tax Administration, Investigation, Tax-payer Service, Vigilance, Legal & Co-ordination. He has wide administrative experience in the general managerial capacity in handling the Legal, Personnel, Co-ordination, Vigilance, and Administrative matters of more than 5000 Officers and Staff members of Income-tax Department, Mumbai in a highly unionized environment. He also has vast experience of various functions of Direct Tax administration such as, Budget Collection, Investigation, Enforcement, Assessments, Recovery, and satisfactory Tax Payers service in various parts of India. He has exercised leadership in coordinating with Public Accounts Committee on Finance and other Government Agencies such as, Government of Maharashtra, BMC, Mumbai, Police, CBI, Customs etc.

He also has vast experience in handling legal issues such as, Vodafone case and Scam cases of Harshad Mehta before Hon’ble Supreme Court, Bombay High Court etc. He also has experience in formulation of tax-policy and its administration in Mumbai

He has been holding the post of Deputy Chairman, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust since 22nd August 2014 and Second-in-Command, looking after day-to-day Administration, Operation and maintenance of the Port.

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Niraj Verma, IASDirector (Finance) National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

Mr. Niraj Verma IAS (Assam- Meghalaya 1994) is the Director (Finance) in the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

He is the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India had been appointed as Member of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), till August 22, 2018.

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Mr. Nitin Kumar has been associated with Fairwood Group since 1999. He is currently having multiple responsibilities as Deputy Managing Director of Fairwood Group. Before joining Fairwood, he has worked with Dalal Mott MacDonald.

Nitin has a wide experience across sector ranging from social infrastructure, Bridges, Residential, commercial and large scale Mix used Developments, etc. Nitin is an excellent leader. Under his guidance, Fairwood has established itself as one of the leading project management consultancy in the country.

Currently, he is leading a team for developing new businesses for Fairwood group in the area of Solid Waste Management and a revolutionary Urban Transportation “Personal Rapid Transit” (PRT).

He is a Project Management expert and has huge experience in smart high-rise construction technologies. He has expertise in ISO processes. He has written several insightful articles ranging from contracting strategy, classification of cost estimates, high-rise construction, etc.

Nitin KumarDeputy Managing DirectorFairwood Group

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Polina HristevaManager/Senior Policy AdvisorTransport Canada, Economic Analysis & Research

Mrs. Hristeva is presently Senior Policy Advisor, Multimodal Transportation Performance & Capacity Analysis at Transport Canada, the federal government department responsible for transportation policies and programs to ensure that the national transportation system is efficient, safe, sustainable and accessible to all its users.

Mrs. Hristeva is responsible for the development of multi-modal performance and capacity utilization indicators to monitor supply chains fluidity. She also contributes to the development and implementation of various policies, initiatives and projects aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of the Canadian transportation system supporting international commerce.

Prior to joining Transport Canada in 2010, Mrs. Hristeva worked as an economist in Agriculture Canada where she was responsible for economic and policy analysis and evaluation of firms’ business innovation strategies and for the development of performance indicators related to innovation activities.

Before joining the Canadian federal government, Mrs. Hristeva was supporting the Bulgarian Department of Agriculture on a number of high profile files, such as the implementation of the United States-Bulgarian Agreement on donation of agricultural commodities and changes in the Foreign Trade Regime for agricultural products preparing for Bulgarian accession to the European Union.

Mrs. Hristeva holds a Master of Science degree in agricultural economics from McGill University, Canada and agribusiness degree from the University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria.

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Mr. Prakash Tulsiani, is the Executive Director & COO of Allcargo Logistics, the largest integrated logistics service provider in private sector in India. He is spearheading two of the company’s strategic investments, namely The Logistics park in Jhajjar, Haryana and Development of a CFS near Kolkata Port. Both, created to leverage company’s expertise in the sector and capitalize on country’s booking manufacturing and EXIM trade and support it.

He is leading the company’s Coastal Shipping and CFS Vertical and responsible for managing investor relations. He is actively heading the Steering Committee created to drive strategy and accomplish Allcargo’s goal of achieving a turnover of USD 2 billion by 2020.

Previous to this, he served Gujarat Pipavav, India’s first Public Private partnership Port, as its Managing Director and successfully took the company public in September 2010. He was also responsible for Turnaround of the Port and its operations. Under his leadership, the port also won the prestigious fastest growing and Connectivity of Port to Hinterland Award.

As the COO of APM Terminals, Mumbai between 2005 and 2009, he was involved in completing development of container terminal within cost and time, today the largest container terminal in India.

A chartered accountant with a degree in law, he is a seasoned professional with special interest in ports and extensive experience of 25 years. He is also the governing board of member of The Council of EU Chambers of Commerce in India.

Prakash TulsianiExecutive Director & COOAllcargo Logistics Ltd.

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The Prasanna Group was founded by Shri Keshav Waman Patwardhan, father of Shri Prasanna Patwardhan, the current Chairman & Managing Director of the Group. He is a science graduate with professional management education. He is also an avid fan of sports and has himself represented in Indian Basket Ball team, was a Skipper of Maharashtra team apart from being a Coach and a Member on the Board of Sports at University and State level.

Shri Prasanna Patwardhan has been instrumental in introducing new activities such as passenger, goods transportation, domestic/international tours & travels and highway restaurants/motels. He has consolidated the group activities by taking the annual group turnover from mere 3.0 lacs to 250+ crores. The Prasanna Group can today boast of being one of the biggest transport company of the country which manages a fleet of 1000+ vehicles ranging from Indica cars to Volvo buses and small tempos to multi-axle trucks and provides employment to more than 4000 people. Such exponential growth has been accomplished through his Visionary Business acumen and the respect that he commands within the business fraternity.

The Prasanna Group, has a long history of more than 25 years in transportation. It has highly trained and motivated team of professionals handling the operations 24/7 which works efficiently with standardized systems and processes. The Group has an array of mobility solutions including City and Intercity scheduled bus services, Bus and Car rentals, Corporate and school bus services, Hop on Hop off city sightseeing services and domestic/international tours and travel services for Corporate and individuals. The Group understands the concept of human logistics very well due to the vast experience of carrying passengers through its City and Intercity bus services. Today the Group serves 4 Million Passengers per day through its city buses and 5000 passengers per day on intercity buses.

The Group has three companies, namely Prasanna Purple Mobility Solutions Pvt. Ltd (Intercity & City Bus Passenger Transport, Corporate & School Mobility, Domestic & International Holiday Packages); Prasanna Transport Network Pvt Ltd (Goods Transport); and Smilestone Motels Pvt. Ltd.

Prasanna PatwardhanChairman & Managing DirectorPurple Mobility Solutions

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Ms. Preeti Sudan, IAS (Andhra Pradesh 1983) is Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Preeti Sudan has served in various capacities in the Union Ministries/Departments including Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Defence.

During a career span of more than 33 years Ms. Sudan has served in various capacities in his cadre state of Andhra Pradesh. She served in various department including Revenue Department, Disaster Management Department, Health and Family Welfare, Finance, Seeds/Agriculture Corporation.

Ms. Preeti Sudan has done M.Phil. in Economics. Ms. Sudan is proficient in Hindi, English, Punjabi and Telugu.

Preeti SudanSecretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

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R DineshLogistics Advisory Council and MDTVS Logistics Pvt Ltd

Mr. R Dinesh is the Joint Managing Director of T V Sundram Iyengar & Sons Private Limited and the Managing Director for TVS Logistics Services Limited. He is also the Director for various joint ventures and subsidiaries of these companies. A Commerce Graduate and an Associate Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India, Mr. Dinesh has vast experience within the Group and as is the tradition in the family, worked his way up in the organization ladder.

Mr. Dinesh is the Chairman for, CII Institute of Logistics, CII National Logistics Advisory Council and Chairman, Logistics Sector Skill Council. He has been elected as the Deputy Chairman for CII Southern Region for the year 2017-2018. He is also currently a member of CII, National Council and Chair Person for CII National Committee on Logistics. During the year 2012 – 13 he was the Chairman of CII Tamil Nadu State Council. He won many awards including, ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ award for ‘Services’ category by Ernst & Young in February 2017. He was also the recipient of TiECON’s ‘Next Gen Entrepreneur of the year 2014’ award and ‘Emerging Entrepreneur’ award by CII in 2010.

Currently, the companies under his management have a turnover of around USD 2 Billion and employ more than 21,000 people. Mr. Dinesh has been instrumental in expanding his companies’ operations globally and has set up subsidiaries in Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Thailand, Bangladesh, United States of America, South Africa, Singapore, China and Australia. TVS & Sons Private Limited is the parent company of the TVS Group. The total turnover of the Group is USD 6.5 Billion and the group employs more than 60,000 people. The Group operates in diverse fields ranging from two-wheeler and automotive component manufacturing to automotive dealerships, Logistics, finance & electronics and is the leading Automobile Distributor in India.

Mr. Dinesh is also a member of Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations of India (FADA) and other Management / Automobile Institutions.

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Rajesh YabajiCo-founder and CEOBlackbuck

Mr. Rajesh Yabaji is the Co-founder and CEO of BlackBuck - the largest tech-enabled player in the inter-city Full Truck Load segment.' Keeping Technology at the core, BlackBuck is redefining the logistics landscape of India, making it reliable and efficient. BlackBuck has secured funding from Tiger Global, Accel Partners, Flipkart and Apolleto (DST Global - Yuri Milner). Blackbuck's comprehensive approach to problems brings in impact to the entire ecosystem of transportation, which stitches across large number of livelihoods.

Before starting Blackbuck, Rajesh was a Category development manager for ITC Ltd where he was responsible for building up a new FMCG category in the Foods Space. While at ITC, Rajesh also led the Supply Chain Transformation for the Leaf Tobacco Business to streamline operations and reduce 20% of the total supply chain cost.

An IIT Kharagpur graduate, and an avid Basketball player, Rajesh has also presented on Supply Chain transformation at multiple international conferences.”

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Rajive KumarSecretaryMinistry of Shipping, Government of India

Shri Rajive Kumar took charge as Secretary, Ministry of Shipping on 1st December, 2014. He belongs to the 1981 Batch of IAS, Uttar Pradesh Cadre. He holds a Post- Graduate Degree in Physics as well as a Masters degree in Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard.

Shri Rajive Kumar has handled several key assignments in the State including Urban and Rural Development, Personnel, District Administration and a long stint in the Industrial Development Sector serving as Chief Executive Officer in several State PSUs.

He has also held important positions in Government of India as Special Secretary/Additional Secretary in Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Joint/Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat and Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance.

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Rajiv Nayan ChoubeySecretaryCivil Aviation

Mr. Choubey joined Indian Administrative Service in 1981, allotted to Tamil Nadu Cadre. He served in Tamil Nadu from 1981 to 1998. During this period held various charges in the State as Collector of Kanyakumari and Madurai for 3 years, Industrial Development Corporation in Tamil Nadu for 3 years, and Finance Department in the Secretariat for about 3 years. After coming to Government of India in 1998, held the assignments- 7 years in the Ministry of Finance, 3 years in the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, about 2 years in the Ministry of Textiles, about 2 years in the Ministry of Petroleum, about 8 months as Additional Secretary in Ministry of Power, and About 4 months as Special Secretary in Ministry of Power. He has been Secretary, Civil Aviation since June 05, 2015.

He has graduated with M.Sc. degree in Social Policy & Planning from London School of Economics, UK. He hold M.Sc. degree in Physics and B.Sc. (Honours) degree in Physics from St. Stephen College, Delhi

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RamanujamChief Executive officerLogistics Sector Skill Council

Capt. Ramanujam has had26 years of distinguished career in the Indian Navy as a professional Submariner. He has had the honour of Commissioning two Submarines from Soviet Union/ Russia and has commanded four submarines. He has Commanded the unique, one of a kind Submarine Training establishment in South Asia wherein he was instrumental in formulating for the first time training programs for Officers of the South African and Vietnamese Navies. He was also responsible for drawing out the requirements for the first ever Nuclear Submarine School and oversaw its construction. He has been awarded the Nao Sena Medal.

He has had varied experience in the Private Sector. He has worked in a Senior Management position responsible for Maritime activity and Projects for a Logistics Company specialising in Container Logistics. He set up an Inland Container Depot at Hassan to cater to the Coffee export from Chikmagalur. He operated a time charter coastal shipping service from Okha to Kochi for Tata Chemicals by containerising bagged cargo. He single-handedly procured ISO containers from China and had them shipped to India with freight cargo. He has been exposed to Transport Fleet Management and helped run a profitable SBU during the recession of 2008. He has planned and operated Transport network and routeing as Head Primary Collection and Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste across over 50 locations for an Environment Company.

He thereafter served as CEO TVS Training Services Ltd (TVSTS) a start-up Training Company focussed on training entry level staff for the shop floors and up-skilling of existing employees in the Automobile and Engineering sectors. During his tenure TVS TS built up a clientele of over 150 Companies including MNCs from scratch and had the distinction of ensuring 100% client retention. He started a training program for College students making them job ready and thereby ensured 75 % placement in

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several Engineering Companies. He started a Welding Training Institute certified by Indian Institute of Welding Kolkata and trained candidates as per American Welding Society standards. Trained candidates were placed with MNCs and for ship building at L&T Chennai.

As CEO of the Logistics Sector Skill Council he is leveraging on his strengths of domain knowledge, practical training skills and pan- India exposure to ensure that candidates are imparted training which is relevant to the Industry thereby making them employable quickly. He intends to focus on a) ensuring higher placement percentage of candidates trained under the Flsgship Training Program of the Government of India the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana and b) commence training of College students for taking up job roles in the mid-management levels. With logistics having International ramification candidates need to be skilled to take up transnational job roles and this challenge, Capt Ramanujam feels could well be an opportunity.

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Mr. Abhishek joined Indian Administrative Service in the year 1982 in Bihar Cadre. He has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School. He also has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration in Finance as well as a Master’s Degree in International Relations.

He has worked in Bihar for over 15 years in the posts of Divisional Commissioner, Patna and District Magistrate, Patna and East Champaran. In the Government of India, he has been Chairman of the Commodity Derivative Markets Regulator, Forward Markets Commission. During his term, he brought about far-reaching reforms in the regulation of the market.

He has also worked in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Law and Justice.

Mr. Abhishek has also worked in the Supreme Court of India as a key Member of the E-Committee that is entrusted with the task of bringing e-Governance in Judiciary. He has also worked in the United Nations in Kosovo as Civil Affairs Officer.

He is currently Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, the key Department which is spearheading key Government initiatives such as Make in India, Start-up India, Ease of Doing Business and Industrial Corridors in the country. Prior to his joining as Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, he was Secretary, Performance Management in the Cabinet Secretariat.

Ramesh Abhishek, IASSecretary Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion

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Dr. Ravindra Verma, Founder & Chairman, Mobility Infrastructure Group, has over 30 years of diverse experience in major multi-modal transport infrastructure programs across various parts of the globe, including USA, India, and SE Asia. He has participated in all project delivery phases from feasibility, planning, financing, engineering, construction, management and operations of bridges and highways, rail and transit, ports and airports. He also serves as the Co-Founder and Managing Director of the award-winning 6-kms long six-lane SVB Tollway near Kolkata - India's largest privately financed toll bridge. Dr. Verma has a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of California at San Diego and a B.Tech in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi.

Ravindra VermaFounder & ChairmanMobility Infrastructure Group

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Rinkesh Roy is a Chairman of the Paradip Port Trust. He is an IRTS officer of 1992 Batch belongs to Odisha. Before joining the PPT as its chairman, he worked in varied capacities in the Railway Operations Department at Khurda Road, Sambalpur, Waltair, Kharagpur, Chakradharpur and Bilaspur Divisions

He has vast experience at the Railway Board level, working there as Director, Planning and Director, Traffic Transportation. Roy has also worked on the East Coast Railways as the Secretary to General Manager and as Chief Freight Traffic Manager of ECOR, wherein he was a member of the team that made it the highest freight loading railway.

Soon after assuming the charge of the chairman of PPT, Roy met Odisha governor S C Jamir, who is on an official tour to the port town

Rinkesh RoyChairman Paradip Port Trust

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Ms. Rita Teaotia joined the Indian Administrative Service in the year 1981 and served in the Districts of Panchmahal and Gandhinagar in Gujarat. Subsequently, she worked in the energy sector as Managing Director, Gujarat Industries Power Company Ltd., and Secretary (Energy), Gujarat.

From 2003-2007, she worked as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, focussing on Food Safety, Drugs Control Administration and National Disease Control Programmes.

From 2012 to 2015, she worked in the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology, Government of India, in the areas of e-Governance, and Telecommunications Policy. In this capacity, she has worked on standards, Telecom manufacturing and telecom policy.

Over a career spanning 35 years she has worked extensively in both policy making and practise in varied sectors including Energy, Health, Rural Development, and Telecom.

Ms. Rita Teaotia joined the Ministry of Commerce & Industry as Commerce Secretary, w.e.f. 1st July 2015. She is especially interested in the area of services trade and in standards.

Rita TeaotiaCommerce SecretaryMinistry of Commerce

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Rob Brekelmans is a highly experienced senior transportation and logistics professional with broad international working experience, having served as CEO, Board member and other senior managerial positions for leading Dutch and European logistics firms. His experience includes Eastern and Western Europe, North Africa, USA and the Far & Middle East. He’s currently CEO of Transforium Company Support offering project and interim management solutions to the logistics industry. His expertise focuses on supply chain optimization, production logistics, transportation solutions, activity based costing, greenfield development and the setup of multi modal barge and rail inland container terminals.

Rob BrekelmansChief Executive OfficerTransforium Company Support

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Rohit Kumar SinghMember (Finance)National Highways Authority of India

Mr. Rohit Kumar Singh (IAS) currently serves as the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport, Highways & Shipping, India. He is a trained and skilled professional in the area of technology and public administration and carries a blend of intellectual rigor, policy planning and project management skills. He has led the government initiative of reviving Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in National Highways through various policy interventions. He has completed his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Masters in Computer Engineering from Clarkson University, USA and also Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University.

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S. NagarajanManaging Director & CEONational Bulk Handling Corporation

With a Dairy Technology background from Gujarat Agriculture Univeristy, he received his PGDBM from IIM-Ahmedabad. He began his career with Nestle and worked in other food companies such as Cadbury India, Frito-lay India and Joyco India in various functions. He is the managing director at Mother Dairy since May 2010 and prior to his engagement at Mother Dairy, he spent 6 years with Philips Electronics India, where he held various business roles.

An avid learner, he has attended various training programs. He was awarded a scholarship from British Library for a 2 months young leaders program at Leeds University Business School. He also attended Advanced HR program at Ross School of business, Michigan, and Sales and Marketing programs at Kelloggs business school.. He has been associated with many educational institutes. He is also a member of CII Dairy committee and FICCI food processing committees.

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Sandeep AgarwalVice President – NorthAshok Leyland

Mr. Agarwal is a General Management business leader with experience in Automobile and auto component industry with multi-functional experience in Sales & Marketing and Supply chain &Operations. He is a Business Leader which manages the complete business vertical with cross functional Matrix reporting organisation. He also manages profitable business growth in domestic and International markets; Sales and marketing experience in sales and marketing in automobile and automotive spare parts (OEM and Aftermarket). He has ability to lead large teams (100+) of Operations and sales and marketing including handling of complex Labor relations and related issues in India. He also has ability to select and achieve consistent desired results in Quality/deliver and Cost from a large base of Vendors/Contractors/service providers and channel partners (for sales and distribution). He has thorough understanding of Logistics and warehousing industry. He is experienced in setting up Brown field project in India and Global Capital equipment purchasing for Automotive Gears and Cam Shafts. Involved acquisition and relocation of used plant and machinery from Europe to India.

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Sanjay Bhatia, IASChairmanMumbai Port Trust

Sanjay Bhatia is a Mechanical Engineer and an MBA from Southern Cross University, Australia. He is a Maharashtra Cadre IAS Officer with 31 years' experience in serving at various senior levels in Government of India and Government of Maharashtra. He is presently working as Chairman, Mumbai Port Trust.

He is a preceptor of Heartfulness (Sahaj Marg) Meditation and has been practicing meditation for last sixteen years.

He has held a number of important portfolios like Vice Chairman & Managing Director, CIDCO (Development of New towns, Airport, METRO), Commissioner, Sales Tax, Chairman, Maharashtra State Electricity Board, etc. and has brought transparency reforms in management and HR development in all these organisations with the help of meditation techniques. He has been awarded a number of awards like 'Ananya' Award for Fighting against corruption, E-Governance Awards, Rajiv Gandhi Gatiman Prashashan and Maha Shilpkar Award.

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Sanjeev Kumar Lohia belongs to the prestigious Indian Railways Service of Engineers (IRSE) and has more than 29 years of experience in the transport and urban development sectors especially in Urban and Rail based transportation systems. He is presently MD & CEO of the Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation (IRSDC) leading the world’s largest Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and PPP programme. He has successfully awarded the first PPP project of Station redevelopment in the country and has been pioneer in partnering with State Govts for joint development of Railway stations.

While in the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Government of India as Director and then an Officer on Special Duty (Urban Transport) and Ex-officio Joint Secretary, he was instrumental in evolving a National Urban Transport Policy, drafting working group reports for urban transport for two National Five-year Plans as well as National Transport Development Policy Committee, introduction of metro rail systems in about 15 cities, transforming bus transport scene in India through pioneering bus rapid transit systems as well as introduction of modern city bus service, development of first ever urban bus specifications with all intelligent transport systems, driving various reforms in the field of urban transport, establishment of centres of excellence in Urban Transport, private financing and participation in the urban transport sector, structuring PPPs, development of TOD policy, comprehensive mobility planning of numerous cities and in evolving mechanisms to benchmark urban transport performance in India. He has served as Director in various metro rail corporations in India.

Besides being in public service, Lohia has been a guest faculty at IIM-Ahmedabad for Management development program on Urban Transport and Financing; at Centre for Environment Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad; and at School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.

Lohia is a National Talent Search scholar and merit cum means scholar from India’s premier Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Delhi) with MBA and a Bachelor’s Degree (B.Tech) in Civil Engineering. He is presently pursuing his PhD in Urban Transportation from IIT Delhi. He is also a prestigious Chevening Gurukul Leadership and Governance fellow 2014 in public policy from Kings College, London.

Sanjeev Kumar LohiaCEO, Indian Railway StationDevelopment Corporation

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Sarvesh Kumar Shahi Chairman & Managing DirectorSKS Shipping

Mr. Shahi successfully completed training on "Training Ship" "Rajendra" as cadet Officer in 1976-77. He has also pursued training course in Container Distribution with Cambridge University, London in October 1991, training course in "Anatomy of Shipping with Cambridge University, London in April 1992 and training programme with Small Scale Industries Service Institute (Govt. of India) for successfully starting and Managing Small Scale Industries. He has done an Executive Management course at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Boston, USA and attended Business Planning Management course from AOTS (The Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship), Japan. While few of these above mentioned courses were taken by him after entering into business, which he has started initially in 1985 with one vessel as a Partnership Company, which went on growing with more number of vessels operating in Mumbai Port for various Lighterage Operations for the various commodities either Bulk Cargo, POL products etc and thus the partnership company was converted to Private Limited Company.

Since then there was no looking back for Mr. SK Shahi who can well visualize the programme of further development and also diversifying Company's activities.

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Shashi Verma is the Chief Technology Officer and Director of Customer Experience at Transport for London (TfL). He joined Transport for London (TfL) in September 2002 in the Corporate Finance team. Mr. Verma is responsible for the operation of TfL's revenue collection system including the Oyster card; the largest smartcard based ticketing system in the world. He is also responsible for advising the Mayor of London on fares and ticketing policy and for running TfL's customer service operations. He has led the development and advanced in technology development of contactless payments since 2007 and implemented it successfully on TfL's systems in 2012.

Mr. Shashi Verma was responsible for Crossrail, a £16 billion project to build the next railway line in London and worked on the design, building the business case, managing the planning process and strategizing on financing for the project as a Senior Principal in Corporate finance.

Prior to TfL, Mr. Verma was working with McKinsey and Company, in the domain of heavy industrials, mining and petroleum. He has a Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Masters in Public Policy and an unfinished Ph.D. in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He has also taught at the Kennedy School for a year and received an award for excellence in teaching at the Harvard University.

Shashi VermaChief Technology Officer andDirector of Customer ExperienceTransport for London (TfL)

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Subrata MitraProfessorIndian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Prof. Subrata Mitra is a Professor of Operations Management at IIM Calcutta. He received his B.E. in Electronics and Telecommunications and M.E. in Production Management from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Fellowship (Ph.D.) in Operations Management from IIM Calcutta. He has four years of industry experience and over sixteen years of academic experience. He has research interests in logistics and supply chain management and has published extensively in national and international journals. Prof. Mitra was a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship and Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Lecturer Fellowship awarded by the U.S. Government in 2006 and 2011, respectively.

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Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem Group Chairman and CEO

His Excellency Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem became Chairman of DP World on 30 May 2007. He is a leading UAE and international businessman whose visionary leadership spearheaded the rapid expansion of Dubai’s infrastructure, including ports and free zones, contributing significantly to the stellar growth trajectory of the United Arab Emirates. Mr Bin Sulayem was previously Chairman of Dubai World and in this role oversaw businesses in industries as diverse as real estate development, hospitality, tourism, retail, e-commerce, commodities, transportation and logistics. He previously served as Chairman of Port & Free Zone World FZE and remains one of the two representatives of DP World’s majority shareholder on the Board. Highlights of his career, spanning three decades, comprise DP World’s international expansion, including the $6.85 billion acquisition of P&O Group to become a leading global marine terminals operator, establishing and leading Nakheel, a real estate and tourism property development firm that created many iconic Dubai projects including The Palm, the world’s largest man-made islands; establishing and leading Istithmar World, a major global private equity investment house; and pioneering the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre. Mr. Bin Sulayem holds a BS in Economics from Temple University, United States. A citizen of the United Arab Emirates, he is 59 years old. Committees: Member of the Nominations and Governance Committee.

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Stefan Palskog President Scania CV India and Industrial Operations

Ms. Stefan Palskog is the President of Scania CV India and Industrial Operations, headquartered in Bangalore. With a total stint of over three decades in Scania alone, he has held various positions as Managing Director - DynaMate AB, Managing Director - Scania Netherland BV, Logistic Director - Scania Netherland BV. Stefan graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from Malardalen University, Sweden. He has also undergone Leadership based Management Education and Training at Institute of Management IFL and Royal Institute of Technology. Prior to his assignment in India, Stefan was holding the position of Regional Manager at Scania Bilar, Stockholm. He is an avid golf player, enjoys travelling, good food and gardening is his hobby.

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Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Bin Mamat Executive MemberGlobal Coalition for Efficient Logistics (GCEL)

Tan Sri Abdul Rahman bin Mamat, aged 64, graduated with a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from Universiti Malaya in 1975 and has obtained an Advanced Management Programme qualification from Harvard Business School, Boston, USA in 2004.

He joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) as a Deputy Director in April 1975 and served in various capacities in MITI for 35 years before retiring in December 2010 which included (a) Deputy Trade Commissioner, Malaysian Trade Office, New York, the USA; (b) Director of Trade, Malaysian Trade Centre, Taipei, Taiwan; (c) Economic Counsellor/Trade Commissioner and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission, Malaysian Trade Office, Bangkok, Thailand; (d) Special Assistant to the Minister of MITI, Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz; (e) Board of Director, Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT); (f) Director of Industries; (g) Senior Director, Policy and Industry, Services Division; (h) Chairman of Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (“MATRADE”); (i) Deputy Secretary-General (Industry); and (j) Secretary General of MITI.

During his tenure in MITI, he also served as MITI’s representative on the board of various government-linked companies and corporations including Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), Johor Corporation, Regional Economic Development Authority (RECODA), Sarawak and Small and Medium Corporation Malaysia, Pahang State Economic Development Corporation, Malaysian Technology Development Corporation and MATRADE.

He had represented Malaysia in numerous international meetings, negotiations, conferences and symposiums and had involved in formulating, implementing and monitoring policies and strategies on international trade and industries as well as entrepreneurship development. He currently sits on boards of directors of several public listed and private limited companies in Malaysia.

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Thomas SimChairman, Training and DevelopmentSingapore Logistics Association

Mr. Thomas Sim is the Chairman of ABVT, FIATA (Advisory Body Vocational Training -International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations) which oversees FIATA National Associations’ training programs, assisting to setup and qualifying the standards of international freight forwarding & transport logistics training materials/curriculums, international trade and the eventual FIATA Validation of their national training programs since 2002.

Mr. Sim has been the Chairman of the FIATA Foundation Management Committee since 2002. .

Representing the Singapore Logistics Association (SLA) since 2000, Mr. Sim has been the Chairman of the Working Group Education & Training of ASEAN Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (AFFA) and heads the development of the “AFFA Diploma in International Freight Management Programme” for AFFA National Associations-Members in the ASEAN (“Association of South East Asian Nations”) 10 member-countries.

On a regular basis, Mr. Sim has been invited as a resource speaker the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Mr. Sim is also the Deputy Chairman of the SLA (Singapore Logistics Association).

Mr. Sim has been appointed by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) under the Singapore Ministry of Manpower, as a Member of the Generic Manufacturing Skills Council (GMSC) since Feb 2012.

In his personal and commercial capacity, he co-founded “The Topocean Group” of Companies in Singapore [Topocean Consolidation Service (S) Pte. Ltd., Starlink Freight System (S) Pte. Ltd., and International Freight Consultants (S) Pte. Ltd.],

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Mr. Sim graduated in BSc. (Aeronautical Engineering) in 1986, and MSc. (Logistics & Supply Chain Management) in 1990. He was formerly a regular Pilot-Officer in the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) serving as an A-4s (Skyhawk Fighting Falcons) Fighter Pilot at the then 142 Squadron in the early 1980s and retired as a Flight Commander with a rank of S/Major.

Just recently on January 2017, Mr. Sim is humbled with the recognition on the “Global Educational Award” for the Training-the-Trainers in Africa for more than 20 Years (1996-2017) bestowed upon him from the Chairman of the African Union (AU), Mr. Maculay Kalu and the Secretary-General of the AU, Dr. Beatrice Njenga during the auspicious of the 28th AU Summit 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Upendra GuptaCommissioner (GST), CBEC, Department of RevenueMinistry of Finance, Govt. of India

Mr. Upendra Gupta Belongs to the 1990 batch of Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Central Excise). He has served in various capacities at Meerut, Ghaziabad, Indore and Delhi. Presently, he is working as Commissioner (GST), CBEC. He holds the B. Com. (Hons.) degree from University of Delhi, LL. B. from University of Delhi, Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and Fellow Member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI). He is Special Invitee to the Accounting Standard Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and Indirect Tax Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He was co-opted Member of the Taxation Committee of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI)and a regular faculty on various topics on indirect taxes. He was awarded CA Business Leader (Government Department) for the year 2015 by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in January, 2016. On the occasion of Republic Day, 2016, he was conferred Presidential Award for especially distinguished record of service. He was also awarded CMA Ratna Award for the year 2015 by the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) in May, 2016

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Sh. V. Kalyana Rama is the youngest to become Chairman & Managing Director of Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR), a Navratna PSU under Ministry of Railways. He is a Mechanical Engineer with ICWAI. He is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer of 1987 batch. He had worked in BHPV & BHEL before joining Indian Railways. Prior to joining Board of Directors of CONCOR as Director (Projects & Services), he held various assignments such as Executive Director, Chief General Manager in CONCOR. He had held various challenging assignments in his career with Indian Railways. He has been professionally trained in Railways and multi modal transport logistics. He was instrumental in development of container depots in South Central and Southern regions of CONCOR. He has been involved in all the developmental planning and operational activities of EXIM and Domestic cargo at the various dry port terminals of CONCOR. He was also Chief Executive Officer, M/s. Infinite Logistics Solutions Private Limited now M/s TCI CONCOR Multimodal Solutions Private Limited, a Joint Venture of CONCOR. He has wide experience in the field of Engineering, System design, Railway & multi modal logistics operations and Project planning and commissioning.

V. Kalyana RamaChairman & Managing DirectorContainer Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR)

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Veena lshMember (Admin)National Highways Authority of India

Ms. Veena lsh, is a civil servant belonging to Indian Administrative Service of 1985 batch, Andhra Pradesh cadre. Currently, posted as Member, National Highways Authority of India.

In 32 years of service, she has gained experience and expertise of implementing and formulating government policies at various levels of governance. Having spent 14 years of public service in various geographical locations specially in remote and rural areas of the State of Andhra Pradesh, she has earned wide experience of implementing various development and welfare policies specially for the disadvantaged groups of society, handling of general parliamentary, Assembly and Local Bodies elections, disaster management, Relief & rehabilitation works during heavy floods & cyclones and many such other tasks where high level of coordination and management is required specially in social sector.

At the policy level, served as Secretary, Department of Finance for more than 6 years handling State budget, ways & means, treasuries, institutional finance and externally aided projects. She also served as Secretary, Department of Municipal Administration & Urban Development in Andhra Pradesh handling more than 100 Urban Local bodies and implemented Urban Renewal Mission with municipal reforms. Served in Government of lndia in the Ministry of Urban Development and in the Ministry of Human Resources Development. Before joining the present assignment, she worked as Special Resident Commissioner Incharge of External Engagement Division dealing with Investments in Andhra Pradesh.

Before joining the service, she has taught in the commerce department in Delhi University for more than three years.

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Vinayak ChatterjeeChairman, Feedback Infra (P) LimitedChairman, CII National Committee on Infrastructure& PPP and Chairman

Born in 1959, Vinayak Chatterjee graduated in Economics (Hons) from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University (1976-1979) and did his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (1979 – 1981). He co-founded Feedback Infra in 1990.

Feedback Infra is India's leading provider of professional and technical services in the infrastructure sector. These services include Advisory, Planning & Engineering, Project Management and Operations & Maintenance (www.feedbackinfra.com).

Feedback Infra has over 9000 professionals, predominantly engineers and MBAs from India’s top schools. It is headquartered in Gurgaon, National Capital Region of Delhi, and has Regional Offices in Mumbai, Bhubaneswar, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad; and overseas offices in Dubai, Jakarta and Kathmandu.

Mr. Chatterjee has often been called upon to play a strategic advisory role to leading domestic and international corporates, the Government of India, various Ministries dealing with infrastructure, as well as multilateral and bilateral institutions in the areas of infrastructure planning and implementation. He is one of the leading proponents of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model for developing India’s infrastructure.

He is currently the Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) “Economic Affairs Council”; and has chaired various Infrastructure and related Committees at the national level of CII since 2001.

In 1998, the World Economic Forum at Davos selected him as one of the 100 Global Leaders of Tomorrow. In 2011, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad conferred on him the “Distinguished Alumnus Award”.

He is on the Board of Directors of SRF Ltd., KEC International Ltd., Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited, and is a member of the Advisory Board of JCB India.

He is a well-read columnist and writes a monthly column on infrastructure for Business Standard called ‘INFRATALK’. He also has a weekly column in the Financial Express titled INFRATWEETS. He has authored a book titled “Getting it Right – India’s Unfolding Infrastructure Agenda” published in 2011.

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Vivek KelePresidentAssociation of Multimodal Transport Operators of India (AMTOI)

Vivek Kele is graduate in Economics from the prestigious Fergusson College, Pune with a post graduation in Business Management. He started his career as a Management Trainee in Forbes Gokak Ltd (erstwhile Forbes Forbes Campbell & Co, then a Tata concern), after a brief stint in that organisation, he joined Allcargo Logistics as a founder employee. After working there for 12 years, he started his own business of logistics under the name of Teamglobal Logistics Pvt. Ltd in the year 2005. Today the Co has 18 offices in India, Bangladesh & East Africa, and an employee strength of about 500 people catering to logistic requirements of their Indian and Multinational customers.

During his business career, he has successfully executed challenging assignments of Strategic planning for rapid organizational development, new business start up, market plan execution, budgeting/finance, supervision and mentoring; Expanding in new business areas through own offices and agents; Establishing business tie ups with various companies internationally; Implementation of ERP Software & ISO systems; and Handling Legal Activities

As a past President in Rotary Club of Mumbai Lakers, he was awarded Internationally Prestigious ‘Change Maker Award’ in the year 2012. Till date he continues to hold various positions of responsibility at the Club and District level in the Rotary World.

He is a Trustee, K S Wani Memorial Trust, Dhule, Executive Member of the Governing Council of the Logistics Sector Skill Council (LSC) and President of Association of Multimodal Transport Operators of India, (AMTOI). As a president he is pursuing various important industry wide agendas of Skill Development, Implementation of Cargo Community System and formation of Confederation of Logistics Associations.

He has been a guest lecturer at CII organized seminars, Logistics forums, Maritime Institutes and Various Rotary clubs. Recently he was invited by the Ministry of Shipping to speak about “Hinterland Connectivity” at the recently concluded MIS 2016.