Railways

10.30 – 11.00 am

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Registration

11.00 – 11.05 am

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Welcome remarks by Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director & CE, ICRIER

11.05 – 11.20 am

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Overview of lessons from NCE Phase I

Speaker:
NCE Steering Committee Member – Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai, Global Commissioner, New Climate Economy

Railways Report Launch

11.20 – 12.00 pm

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Presentation of the ‘De-carbonization of Indian Railways’ study

Speaker:
Dr. Saon Ray, Senior Fellow, ICRIER
(Presentation of the ‘Demand Side’)

Speaker:
Dr. Gireesh Shrimali, Director, CPI’s India program (Presentation of the ‘Supply Side’)

12.00 – 12.15 pm

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Tea/Coffee break

12.15 – 01.00 pm

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Panel Discussion

Panelists:

Mr. Ashwani Kumar Kapoor, Member Electrical, Railway Board

Mr. Ganga Ram Agarwal, Additional Member Electrical, Railway Board

Mr. Daljit Singh, Independent Consultant

Moderator: Mr. Sunil Jain, Managing Editor, The Financial Express

01.00 – 01.25 pm

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Question and Answers

01.25 – 01.30 pm

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Vote of thanks

01.30 – 02.30 pm

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Lunch

Cities

02.30 – 02.35 pm

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Introductory remarks by Dr. Madhav Pai, India Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

02.35 – 02.40 pm

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Introductory remarks by Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson, ICRIER

02.50 – 3:00 pm

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Special address: Mr. Rajiv Gauba, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India

Cities Report Launch

03.00 – 03.50 pm

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Presentation and Panel Discussion 

Presentation:  ‘India’s urban and spatial development in the post-reform period: an empirical analysis’ by Dr. Meenu Tewari, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina & HUDCO Chair Visiting Professor, ICRTIER (via video conference)

Presentation: ‘The Role of Full Cost Pricing in Designing Smart City Services’ by Dr. Anil Markandya, Director, Basque Centre for Climate Change (via video
conference)

Panelists:

Dr. Yoonhee Kim, Senior Urban Economist, World Bank

Dr. Smita Srinivas, Head, School for Economic Development, Indian Institute for Human Settlements

Moderator: Prof. Chetan Vaidya, Director, SPA, New Delhi

03.50 – 04.10 pm

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Question and Answers

04.10 – 04.15 pm

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Vote of thanks