Is technology the emerging trend in India's road assets?
Wednesday, 21st October
16:30 - 17:30 | Indian Standard Time (GMT+5:30)
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Pawan Anand
Ex- Secretary General - HOAIHOAI
India
Maj Gen Dr Pawan Anand, AVSM has a wealth of experience in infrastructure management at apex level in Govt, having been Senior Chief Engineer of the South Western Region, guiding three Zonal Chief Engineers executing over 400 projects with Rs 4300 Crore ($ 605mn) outlay. Projects- residential and essential services, roads, runways, hover port, explosive storage houses etc. Was one-stop person for procurements, international/domestic (a few million USD contracts). Currently, Secy Gen of Highway Operators Association in India, Mentor for senior civil services and military officers at National Defence College, Delhi, Distinguished Fellow USI of India (think tank), Fellow Institution of Engineers. Awarded by GoI.
Akhilesh Srivastava
Member, NHEV Knowledge GroupAkhilesh Srivastava
India
Mr Akhilesh Srivastava is a globally known digital & innovative technology leader. He has successfully led many e-governance projects in India like FASTag (electronic toll collection system of India), e-Tendering platform, citizen-centric highway information Mobile Apps, Geo-Fencing of highways and AI-powered NHAI Data Lake.
Akhilesh Srivastava is currently leading the World Economic Forum’s initiative in India Road Safety 2.0, which is “Shaping the Future of Road Safety in India” with a tech-driven approach and creating a human-centric road ecosystem,
He is IT Advisor to the Government of Uttarakhand State and an External Senior Advisor to McKinsey.
Before this, he was Chief General Manager at NHAI, COO of IHMCL and CEO of NHAI InVIT.
Neeraj Sanghi
CEOHighway Concessions One
India
Neeraj has over 30 years experience in managing oil&gas & infra sector. He worked on development of LNG receiving terminal project at Hazira, Gujarat at Essar (1994-98). He developed 3 projects at Total India(1998 - 2010) viz. LNG terminal at Mumbai (project didn’t take off), LPG Cavern Project at Visakhapatnam(as CEO) & Hazira Port sub concession project at Ahmedabad. As CEO-Essar Concessions, he looked after Essar’s entry into infra business viz. road, water, airports, pipelines, etc. Currently, he is CEO-Highway Concessions One(HC1), road platform of Global Infrastructure Partners India. HC1 operates seven projects acquired by India Infrastructure Fund. He is also founder President of HOA(India), an industry body for road investors.
Sudhir Hoshing
Joint Managing DirectorIRB Infrastructure Developers
India
Experienced Joint Managing Director with a demonstrated history of working in the civil engineering industry. Strong business development professional skilled in Highways, Project Estimation, Feasibility Studies, Construction, and Cost Control.
Magnus McEwen-King
CEOSintela
United Kingdom
Deepak Malhotra
Director, Infrastructure, South AsiaCDPQ
India
Deepak Malhotra is Sr. Director, Infrastructure, South Asia at Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ). He has over 18 years of experience across all facets of infrastructure. Before joining CDPQ, Mr. Malhotra worked with International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank Group, where he led many debt and equity investments in the infrastructure sector. Prior to IFC, Mr. Malhotra worked with one of the leading credit rating agencies in India and in the shipping industry. Mr. Malhotra holds a Bachelors Degree from Delhi University and an MBA from Vanderbilt University.
Confirmed participants
Confirmed participants
Co-chairs
Alvaro SantosROADIS
Anuranjan MohnotGruhas & Lumos
Arvind ChokhanyTATA Projects
Ashish JainGMR Group
Atul SanganeriaAsian Development Bank
Behnad ZandiAdani Airport
Daanish VarmaYes Securities
Debasish RoyL&T Construction & Mining Machinery
Eric NewmanCity of Stamford
Jayant MhaiskarMEP Infrastructure Developers
Krishna KotakJ. M. Baxi Group
Kuldip ChawllaAliens Group
Kunal AgarwalI Squared Capital-India
Manish AgarwalIndian School of Public Policy
Pawan KantIndInfravit Trust
Pushkar KulkarniCPPIB
Raakhee KulkarniGEF Capital Partners
Ritesh SampatHDFC Bank
Rohit AnandCDC Group
Rohit GargAdani Group
Sanjay BansalAurum Equity Partners
Sanjeev Kumar LohiaIRSDC
Sidharath KapurSidharath Kapur
Sunil SharmaRays Power Infra
Taranjot GulatiCBRE Host
Vijay AgarwalInfracap India Advisers India Pvt Limited
Confirmed participants
Alvaro Santos
Deputy CEO Asia
ROADIS
Anuranjan Mohnot
MD & CEO, Lumos Alternate
Gruhas & Lumos
Arvind Chokhany
CFO
TATA Projects
Ashish Jain
Group Head – CSPD & ERM
GMR Group
Atul Sanganeria
Expert/Consultant
Asian Development Bank
Behnad Zandi
CEO
Adani Airport
Daanish Varma
Group Executive Vice President
Yes Securities
Debasish Roy
Head - Cost Control & Business Environment Analysis Development Projects
L&T Construction & Mining Machinery
Eric Newman
Treasury Manager
City of Stamford
Jayant Mhaiskar
Chairman and Managing Director
MEP Infrastructure Developers
Krishna Kotak
Chairman
J. M. Baxi Group
Kuldip Chawlla
Advisor
Aliens Group
Kunal Agarwal
I Squared Capital-India
Manish Agarwal
Professor Energy Policy & Infrastructure Expert
Indian School of Public Policy
Pawan Kant
CEO
IndInfravit Trust
Pushkar Kulkarni
Managing Director - Infrastructure
CPPIB
Raakhee Kulkarni
Senior Vice President & Head - ESG
GEF Capital Partners
Ritesh Sampat
Head Debt Cap. Markets and Proj. Finance
HDFC Bank
Rohit Anand
Head - Infrastructure Asia
CDC Group
Rohit Garg
Bid manager
Adani Group
Sanjay Bansal
Founder and Managing Partner
Aurum Equity Partners
Sanjeev Kumar Lohia
Managing Director & CEO
IRSDC
Sidharath Kapur
Sidharath Kapur
Sunil Sharma
Head - Project & Corporate Finance
Rays Power Infra
Taranjot Gulati
APAC Lead (Sales & Solutions)
CBRE Host
Vijay Agarwal
Director
Infracap India Advisers India Pvt Limited
Alvaro Santos
Deputy CEO AsiaROADIS
India
Mr. Alvaro Santos Higuera is Director of Indus Concessions India Pvt Ltd. and CFO of ROADIS SBU ASIA. Previously, he was Financial Director of Isolux Infrastructure in India, in charge of highways, roads and photovoltaic plants. Before this, he was Head of International Financing department for Isolux Group, being responsible for structure financing for projects in Mexico, US and India. Prior to this, Mr. Alvaro Santos was Head of Project Finance Spain and Portugal with Depfa Bank. He started his career working in BNP Paribas in several departments (M&A; Project Finance and Leverage Finance). Alvaro received a Master in Finance from Georgetown University and he studied Business Administration at Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE).
Anuranjan Mohnot
MD & CEO, Lumos AlternateGruhas & Lumos
India
Anuranjan Mohnot, is founding MD and CEO of Lumos Alternate Investment Advisors Private Limited. Lumos is currently focusing on stress and last mile funding projects. Prior to Lumos Alternate, Mr. Mohnot was Managing Director and CEO of Amplus Capital Advisors Private Limited and was responsible for setup of Real Estate Fund for the Lalbhai group (Arvind Limited). Amplus has successfully invested and exited in the projects of some of prominent developers in India. Mr. Mohnot has wide experience in various cross functional areas at some of the leading business conglomerates including Motilal Oswal, FutureGroup's $450 million Horizon fund, Essel Group, Reliance, Little & Co. Mr. Mohnot is B.com(H), LLB, CA & CS
Arvind Chokhany
CFOTATA Projects
India
Mr. Arvind Chokhany is the CFO of Tata Projects Ltd. He has over 23 years of experience in Corporate Planning, Investments, Finance Operations, Capital structuring, Mergers & Acquisitions, Raising strategic investments, Funds deployment, and monetization through stake dilution and Joint ventures through mezzanine and equity structures.
Ashish Jain
Group Head – CSPD & ERMGMR Group
India
Atul Sanganeria
Expert/ConsultantAsian Development Bank
India
Atul is a seasoned Infrastructure professional with vast experience of working in Industrial corridors, transportation and multimodal logistics with focus on project design, feasibility in infrastructure development, infrastructure financing, regulatory, policy and governance issues. Atul has policy, finance and economics degree from NUS Singapore, JNU, Delhi and St. Xaviers Kolkata. In his current role he is working with the several line ministries and state governments on Logistics sector development, industrial corridor and park development including integration in GVCs. His past roles include Economist (Consultant) for IFC in Singapore, Public Finance Economist for PwC South Asia and J. Economist for Willis Towers Watson.
Behnad Zandi
CEOAdani Airport
India
For more than 30 years, Ben Zandi has been a driving force behind business turnarounds, mergers and acquisitions, commercial expansion and industry reinvention. Mr. Zandi takes an active role in re-imaging airport travel with pioneering technologies, retail concepts and new levels of customer experience. Ben has been on the leading edge of brand redevelopment, growth, and scalability in performance management. Ben was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Fraport USA, the North American division of Fraport Group, where the operations extended from Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Baltimore‐Washington to JetBlue’s Terminal 5 at JFK and the new $1.2 billion Nashville International Airport.
Daanish Varma
Group Executive Vice PresidentYes Securities
India
Debasish Roy
Head - Cost Control & Business Environment Analysis Development ProjectsL&T Construction & Mining Machinery
India
Eric Newman
Treasury ManagerCity of Stamford
USA
Eric serves on the City of Stamford Investment Advisory Committee, Classified Employees Retirement Fund Board, Defined Contribution Plan Board & Other Post-Employment Benefit (OPEB) Board. He also serves on the Town of Fairfield Joint Investment Retirement Board, NASP-MiDA Africa Institutional Investor Advisory Council and USAID Prosper Africa MiDA Institutional Investor Delegations to Senegal, Kenya and South Africa. Eric is a member of AIF Global Trustee Advisory Board. Has a B.B.A. in Accounting from Adelphi University; Certificate in Investment Banking from New York University; MBA from Sacred Heart University and is pursuing post grad studies in International Finance at Harvard University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
Jayant Mhaiskar
Chairman and Managing DirectorMEP Infrastructure Developers
India
Jayant D. Mhaiskar is the Chairman and Managing Director of our Company. He is one of the founding Directors and Promoter of our Company. He has completed the first year of his Bachelor's degree in Commerce from K.V. Pindharkar College of Arts, Science & Commerce. He has 17 years of experience in the Tolling and Infrastructure industry.
Krishna Kotak
ChairmanJ. M. Baxi Group
India
Joining the family business at an early age of 18, he has over three decades of experience in shipping, logistics and the maritime industry. He successfully spearheaded the group's diversification from a ship agency to encompass project cargo movement, bulk and container port infrastructure, container freight stations, inland container depots and container rail operations enabling J. M. Baxi & Co to emerge as the largest logistics solutions provider in the country today. His in-depth knowledge of the Indian transportation sector, diverse experience, business acumen and keen foresight have contributed significantly to the growth of J. M. Baxi Group.
Kuldip Chawlla
AdvisorAliens Group
India
Kuldip Chawlla is currently the Group CFO for Puravankara Group, a diversified real estate group with active projects across the gateway cities largely in south and west India. His career of over 3 decades spans complete program management of capital at both an operating as well as platform levels, with life cycle investments and divestments in private equity, infrastructure, growth capital and especially real estate, which he has been doing for the last 15 years.
Kunal Agarwal
I Squared Capital-India
India
Manish Agarwal
Professor Energy Policy & Infrastructure ExpertIndian School of Public Policy
India
Manish has over 25 years of experience in consultancy services related to financial strategy, investment promotion, financial modelling, project feasibility and policy formulation for public sector and government organizations in various sectors. He has extensive experience in consultancy services related to demand assessment, entry strategies, commercial due diligence, bid advisory and project finance across transportation sectors, urban development project, industrial infrastructure (SEZs, large area & commercial development), etc.
Pawan Kant
CEOIndInfravit Trust
India
Mr. Kant is an Infrastructure & engineering professional with nearly 30 years industry experience in Core Infrastructure, construction, Real Estate sectors. He has worked with reputed organizations such as Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd, Hindustan Construction Company Ltd, Sembcorp Construction and Engineers (Singapore), the Tata Group. He has worked across functions such as Project Financing & Structuring, Strategic Planning, Project Execution, Operations, Commercial and Contracts, Tendering and Business development. He has worked in India, Middle East and Singapore on large infrastructure projects such as Roads, Industrial park, SEZs, Power Transmission, Condominium projects, Townships, etc.
Pushkar Kulkarni
Managing Director - InfrastructureCPPIB
India
Pushkar Kulkarni leads the Infrastructure practice for Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) for India. CPPIB is amongst the world’s Top Ten Pension funds with AUM of C$550.4 billion (as of December 2021). As their first investment in India, CPPIB has made an investment of INR 20 bn. into L&T IDPL making it one of the largest Private Investment in the roads sector. Prior to CPPIB, Mr. Kulkarni has worked in several esteemed organizations including Serco, an Infrastructure Services company, he served as Managing Director for India. Efkon India a leader in ITS systems for Transport Infrastructure and Philips. He has represented the Bureau of India Standards at the ISO on several Intelligent Transport System expert committees.
Raakhee Kulkarni
Senior Vice President & Head - ESGGEF Capital Partners
India
Raakhee Kulkarni is currently working as Vice President & Head – Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) at GEF Capital Partners and is based in Mumbai. Prior to GEF, she was employed with ERM India for a span of 13 years and was leading the Transaction Services Practice. Raakhee has close to 20 years of combined experience largely within the consulting sphere and for the past two years in the private equity industry. Her experience involves projects in the sustainability domain covering environmental, health and safety. Her core competencies include transaction associated due diligence, liability assessment, compliance auditing and environmental risk assessment.
Ritesh Sampat
Head Debt Cap. Markets and Proj. FinanceHDFC Bank
India
Ritesh, with about 20 years of experience, is the Head for Debt Capital Markets Business and Project Finance in HDFC Bank. The bank is now ranked # 2 on bond league table as per bloomberg and is leading arranger of loans for infrastructure projects. Prior to joining HDFC Bank, he has worked with Standard Chartered, Bank Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch & ICICI Bank and has vast experience across project finance, structured transactions, mezzanine financing & bonds market. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Certified Treasury Manager.
Rohit Anand
Head - Infrastructure AsiaCDC Group
United Kingdom
Rohit Garg
Bid managerAdani Group
India
Sanjay Bansal
Founder and Managing PartnerAurum Equity Partners
India
Sanjay is an experienced veteran investment banker with over 25+ years and over 150+ transactions under his belt. Over the years Sanjay has developed an expertise of concluding complex transactions that require a nuanced perspective of the client’s business, as well as, the macro environment impacting the client’s decisions
Sanjeev Kumar Lohia
Managing Director & CEOIRSDC
India
Sanjeev Kumar Lohia (IRSE-1987) has more than 32 years of experience in the transport and urban development sectors especially in Urban, Rail and bus 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 and first EPC project of Station redevelopment in the country and has been pioneer in partnering with State Govts for joint development of Railway stations.
Sidharath Kapur
Sidharath Kapur
India
Sunil Sharma
Head - Project & Corporate FinanceRays Power Infra
India
Taranjot Gulati
APAC Lead (Sales & Solutions)CBRE Host
Singapore
20+yrs of Business Development, Client Engagement & Strategy, Starting New Businesses & Developing Business in different verticals of Real Estate.
In past years, I have garnered deep one-to-one connections with some of the key Industry Leaders, Owners, Investors, CEO’s, Developers, Corporates & Enterprises (7500+ LinkedIn Connections)
Vijay Agarwal
DirectorInfracap India Advisers India Pvt Limited
India
India has the second largest roads network in the world. The Ministry of Road, Transport & Highways (MoRTH) is planning to develop around 60,000 Km of roads in the next 5 years. Road construction techniques and award trends also give optimism of achieving these targets. Focus continues to be on Bharatmala Pariyojana, with added stress on multimodal integration, road safety and increased use of technology. Can technology be the catalyst in achieving these targets and making India’s Road sector more attractive to investors?
Discussion will touch on
- What role will technology play to increase toll revenue?
- What role does technology play in construction management?
- How can technology help boost investor confidence?
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