- Session 1 Getting to the Core
- 9.30 am to 10.00 am – Registrations (Tea & Coffee)
- 10.00 am to 10.15 am – Keynote Address: Naveen Munjal, MD, Hero Electric Vehicles Pvt Ltd & President, SMEV
- 10.15 am to 10.30 am – Virtual Keynote Address: Shomik Raj Mehndiratta, Practice Manager, Transport South Asia, World Bank, on E-Mobility - The Future is Now!
- 10.30 am to 10.50 am – Guest of Honour Plenary Address on EV Initiatives and Future Plans for Development of EV Ecosystem in India by Sunita Verma, Group Coordinator,R&D-E&IT, MeitY and Om Krishan Singh, Joint Director/Scientist ‘D’, MeitY
- 10.50 am to 11.00 am – Welcome Address - Nitin Malhotra, President, AASSII
- 11.00 am to 11.10 am – Industry Presentation 1 -Accelerating the e-mobility transformation by Dr. Karthik Sundarraj, Technology Advisor – HMI India, & Technical & Business Development Lead – Electronics, Life Sciences & CFD Hexagon, India & Indo - Pacific Region
- 11.10 am to 11.25 am – Tea Break & walk through of Start-up Street
- 11.25 am to 12.10 pm – Panel Discussion 1:
The Future of Electric Vehicles – Innovations and Technologies Discussion focus:The increasing demand for EVs due to policy reforms, technological advancements and consumer preference has brought a paradigm shift in automotive engineering and manufacturing processes. Thus, the role of R&D heads and OT bosses is critical to achieve long term commercial success in the journey to an electric future. In this context, some of the top professionals will deliberate on the following points:
Navigating the Evolving Manufacturing Landscape
Dealing with Multiple Design Iterations
Agile and Adaptable Manufacturing Solutions
Smart & Flexible Production Processes
Research on New materials
Intelligent Inspection Techniques.
- Panel 1 Speakers
- 1. Dr. Arun Jaura, Chief Technology Officer, Hero MotoCorp
- 2. Dr Shankar M Venugopal, VP - Technology Innovation & KM, Dean Mahindra Technical Academy, Mahindra & Mahindra
- 3. Vikas Gupta, Founder, e-Ashwa Automotive & Sampoorn EV
- 4. Prof. Akshay Kumar Rathore, Singapore Institute of Technology
- 5. Tarun Aggarwal, Executive Director, Maruti Suzuki
- Panel Chair: Narasimhan Eswar, CEO, Ki Mobility Solutions Private Ltd. (TVS Group Company)
- 12.15 pm to 12.20 pm – Industry Presentation 2 – Anuj Budhiraja, Country Manager-India, Markforged
- 12.20 pm to 12.25 pm – Industry Presentation 3 – Introducing India’s first EV Showroom in the Metaverse for consumers in emerging markets by Chakrawarty M, Co-Founder - 1 Bridge
- 12.30 pm to 01.15 pm – Panel Discussion 2:
Vocal for Local - Dynamics of Localising the EV Supply Chain Discussion focus: The consistent acceleration of electrification is putting enormous pressure on the automotive supply chains across the world. At the same time, geopolitical and socio-economic dynamics are forcing markets to develop a local EV ecosystem. As customer demand rises, all EV components will achieve economies of scale but they require a robust supply chain to enable production lines to deliver more efficiently. In this context, production and supply chain heads will talk about the following aspects:
Advantages of a Local Supply Chain
Challenges in Achieving the Same
Encouraging Additive Manufacturing
Designing a Future Ready Supply Chain
Building a Collaborative Ecosystem
Digitalizing the Supply Chain
Role of Policy Reforms.
- Panel 2 Speakers
- 1. Rama Shankar Pandey, MD, Hella India Lighting Ltd.
- 2. Kiran Deshmukh, Chief Technology Officer, Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.
- 3. Dr. Reji Mathai, Director, Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)
- 4. Sushant Jena, Business Head - Montra Electric at TI Clean Mobility Pvt. Ltd.
- 5. Sudhendu Sinha, Adviser, NITI Aayog (Infra Connectivity & E-mobilityPanel Chair: Dr. Pramod Joshi, Coach & Mentor, IIT BHU Alumnus
- 01.15 pm to 01.20 pm – International Guest Talk - Prof Frede Blabjerg, Aalborg University
- 01.20 pm to 02.15 pm – Lunch & Networking
- 02.15 pm to 02.20 pm – Leadership Talk - CV Raman, CTO, Maruti Suzuki
- 02.20 pm to 02.30 pm – Smart Manufacturing + EV QUIZ
- 02.30 pm to 03.15 pm – Panel Discussion 3:
Getting Charged Up – New Innovations in Battery Technology & Charging Infrastructure Discussion focus:: Battery manufacturers and automotive companies are investing in a big way to build batteries that are not only safer, cheaper, smaller and lighter but also have longer life. As the industry continues to evolve rapidly, radically different chemistries, materials and other technological breakthroughs are expected to emerge in this segment. This is exactly what our speakers will talk about while covering the following aspects:
Supply Chain Disruptions
Volatility in the Raw Materials Market
Dependency on Lithium ion
Innovations Beyond Lithium ion
Battery Swapping
Battery Management System
Charging Infrastructure Challenges
Role of Finance
- Panel 3 Speakers
- 1. Vani Dantam, COO, NexTech Batteries, Inc., USA
- 2. KVS Manian, Whole-time Director and Group President, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited.
- 3. Deepak Pahwa, Chairman, Pahwa Group, Managing Director, Bry-Air (Asia)
- 4. Ramkrishna Singh, Head-Business Operations - EV Charging, Tata Power
- 5. Tushar Garg, Co-founder & Chief Business Officer, BluSmart Mobility Panel Chair: Niranjan Mudholkar, Editorial Director, Pro MFG Media
- 03.20 pm to 03.30 pm: Industry Presentation 4 – Smart Visual Inspections for Smart Factories by Rajesh Iyengar, CEO and Founder, Lincode Labs Inc.
- 03.30 pm to 03.45 pm – Tea Break & walk through of Start-up Street
- Session 2Startup * Connect * Collaborate * Skill * Transform
- Session Anchor – Rakesh Batra, Sr Partner Industrial & Automotive, Amrop India Pvt Ltd
- 03.45 pm to 04.00 pm – Guest of Honour Address - Arjun Malhotra, Entrepreneur, Industrialist & Philanthropist
- 04.00 pm to 04.10 pm – Tech Start-up Dialogue – Dr Sujeet Kumar, CEO, IONBLOX in conversation with Vaibhav Dayal
- 04.10 pm to 04.20 pm – Startup Presentation 1: Rana Singh, Founder & Director – India, Setrans Mobility Pvt. Ltd.
- 04.20 pm to 04.35 pm – Startup Presentation 2: Varun Agni, Co-Founder & CTO, Bounce
- 04.35 pm to 04.45 pm – Startup Presentation 3: Visakh Sasikumar, the Founder and CEO of Fyn Mobility
- 04.45 pm to 04.55 pm – Startup Presentation 4: Kaustubh Dhonde, Founder & CEO and Pankaj Goyal, Co-Founder & COO, AutoNxt Automation Pvt Ltd
- 04.55 pm to 05.05 pm – Startup Presentation 5: Amit Das, Founder & CEO, Electric One
- 05.05 pm to 05.15 pm – Startup Presentation 6:Subhendu Mondal, Co-founder, dezynForge
- 05.15 pm to 06.00 pm – High Tea, Cultural Interlude, Speed Networking & walk through of Start-up Street
- Session 3Thought Leadership
- 05.30 pm to 06.00 pm – Registration of New Audience
- 06.00 pm to 06.15 pm – Kulgeet and Lamp lighting - PAN IIT Chairman, Vinnie Mehta – Director General ACMA,President PHD Chamber & President AIBA.
- 06.15 pm to 06.20 pm – Opening Address - Debashish Bhattacharyya, Chairman, PanIIT Alumni India
- 06.20 pm to 06.25 pm – Welcome Address – Saket Dalmia, President, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- 06.25 pm to 06.30 pm –Address by Dr. Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT Delhi
- 06.30 pm to 07.00 pm – Institute Keynote Address - Professor BK Panigrahi, Head – EV, Charging Infra, IoT & Cybersecurity, Centre for Automotive Research and Tribology (CART), IIT Delhi
- 07.00 pm to 07.20 pm –Special Keynote Address - IV Rao, Visiting Senior Fellow, TERI - The Energy and Resources Institute & Member, Expert Panel – MoRTH
- 07.20 pm to 07.25 pm – Leadership Talk – Rajeev Chaba, President & MD, MG Motor India
- 07.25 pm to 07.30 pm – Leadership Talk - Shailesh Chandra, MD, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd & Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Ltd.
- 07.30 pm to 08.30 pm –CEO Panel Discussion - Accelerating EV adoption – Partnerships, Business Models, Opportunities
Building a Robust Blue Print for an All-Electric Future
Achievements so far, New Projects & Future Trends
Envisioning a Collaborative Ecosystem to Fast Pace EV Adoption
Driving Innovation to Drive into an Electric Future
Addressing Fundamental Challenges – Battery, Charging Infra, Financial Barriers, Working Closely with Policy Makers.
- CEO Panel Speakers
- 1. Sanjay Behl, CEO & ED, Greaves Electric Mobility
- 2. Prof. Anil Srivastava, IIT Kanpur, Instrumental in setting up the National Mission on Transformative Mobility & Battery Storage at NITI Aayog
- 3. Ghanshyam Prasad, Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority (GoI)
- 4. Punit Goyal, Co-founder & Chief Fundraiser, BluSmart Mobility Panel Chair: Vinnie Mehta, Director General, ACMA
- 08.30pm to 08.40 pm – Vote of Thanks by President, AIBA, New Delhi
- 08.40pm to 09.00 pm – Cultural Program
- 09.00 pm to 10.30 pm – Mocktails & Dinner