Inaugural Ceremony

Day 1: 03 July 2026 (Friday)

09.00 AM - 10.00 AM : Registration & Welcome Tea

Inaugural Ceremony (Session 1)

10.00 AM - 10.05 AM
Program Briefing by Ms. Mansi Arora & Ms. Payal Agrawal, Urban Infra Group

10.05 AM - 10.10 AM
Lamp lighting by Chief Guest, Guest of Honor & Other Dignitaries

10.10 AM - 10.15 AM Welcome Note
Prof. (Dr.) Surabhi Singh, Dean (Global Engagement), GNIOT Institute of Management Studies

10.30 AM - 10.45 AM Keynote
Shri Jitin Prasada, State Minister of Commerce & Industries, Govt. of India

10.45 AM - 11.00 AM Keynote
Shri Tokhan Sahu, State Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs, Govt. of India

The Future in Fast Forward – Leaders’ Vision (Session 2)

11.00 AM - 11.05 AM Keynote

Dr. Manoj Singh, Member (Operations & BD), Railway Board, Ministry of Railways*

10.05 AM - 11.10 AM Keynote 

Shri Sitaram Sinku, Addl. Member (Production Units), Railway Board, Ministry of Railways*

11.10 AM - 11.20 AM Keynote

Shri Hari Mohan Gupta, CMD, IRCON International Ltd

11.20 AM - 11.30 AM Keynote

Shri Dipankar Ghosh, CEO (Railway EPC & Signalling), Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd.

11.30 AM - 11.35 AM Keynote

Prof. (Dr.) Manoj Choudhary, Vice Chancellor, Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya,

11.35 AM - 11.40 AM Keynote

Shri Umesh Chowdhary, VCMD, Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd*

11.40 AM - 11.45 PM Keynote
Dr. Aleksan Kagrimanian, Head- Aviation & Railway Ministry of Industry & Trade of Russian Federation

11.45 AM - 11.50 AM Keynote

Shri Surendra Khare, Chief Technical Advisor, Texmaco West Rail Ltd.

11.50 AM - 11.55 AM Keynote

Mr. Lokesh Singh, Eexecutive Director (Mech. Engg. - Frieght), Railway Board, Ministry of railways

11.55 AM - 12.00 PM Keynote

Mr Shailendra Goel, Former Director General, Indian Railways Institute of Singnal Engineering & Telecommunications

12.00 PM - 12.10 PM Keynote

Shri Abhijeet Sinha, Program Director, Ease of Doing Business & NHEV

12.10 PM - 12.15 PM Keynote

Dr. Sarvesh Tiwari, Founder & Managing Director, PR Professionals

12.15 PM - 12.20 PM Keynote

Dr. Surendra Ahirwar, Executive Director (Traffic Commercial), Railway Board, Ministry of Railways

12.20 PM - 12.25 PM Presentation

Mr. Rakesh Kumar Roushan, Executive Director (Business Development), Railway Board, Ministry of Railways 

12.25 PM - 12.30 PM Vote of Thanks and Call to Action

Dr. Vinod Shah, Director General, Chamber of Railway Industries (Rail Chamber)

12.30 PM - 01.00 PM Stall Visit & Interaction with Innovators

01.00 PM - 02.00 PM : LUNCH NETWORKING BREAK

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