| DAY 1 – 29 Feb 2024 (Thursday) | |||
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| 0830 – 1000 | Registration & Networking | ||
| 1000 – 1105 | Inaugural Session | ||
| 1000 – 1015 | Welcome Address | Lt. Gen. Harpal Singh (Retd) President IRF IC | |
| Address by | Mr. K. K. Kapila Founder President IRF IC | ||
| 1015 – 1025 | Special Address | Mr. Anouar Benazzouz President International Road Federation Geneva | |
| 1025 – 1035 | Address by Guest of Honour | Mr. Sudhendu J Sinha Adviser, NITI Aayog | |
| 1035 – 1050 | Chief Guest Address | Mr. Anurag Jain Secretary, MoRTH | |
| 1050 – 1055 | Vote of Thanks | Mr. DO Tawade Sr. Vice President | |
| 1055 – 1130 | Tea/Coffee & Networking Break | ||
| 1130 – 1150 | Keynote I: Sustainable Technology & Innovation in Infrastructure Development | Mr. V. Suresh, Former Chairman & Managing Director, HUDCO | View Presentation here |
| 1150 – 1315 | Technical Session 1: Innovative and Intelligent Construction Equipment | ||
| Chair: Prof (Dr.) Manoranjan Parida, Director- CSIR- CRRI | |||
| Co-Chair: Mr. B K R Prasad, GM Marketing, TATA Hitachi | View Presentation here | ||
| 8-10 min each | Mr. Roopak Sharma, VP, RND, JCB India | ||
| Mr Satin Sachdeva, Secretary CERA, Rental equipment for construction | View Presentation here | ||
| Mr. Meghdut Guha, Managing Director, Trans Asian Techno Pvt. Ld. SAKAI: Intelligent compaction equipment | View Presentation here | ||
| Mr. Amol Sinha, Director, TEREX: Equipment | View Presentation here | ||
| Mr. Rachit Kaushal, Key Accounts Manager, Amman India: Equipment | View Presentation here | ||
| Dr. Gopal Rai, CEO, DGC Group: Rehabilitation of Bridges | View Presentation here | ||
| Q&A & summing up | |||
| 1315 – 1415 | Networking Lunch | ||
| 1415 – 1545 | Technical Session 2: Innovative, Sustainable and Cost-effective Construction Materials & Technologies - I | ||
| Chair: Mr. S K Nirmal, Secy General, IRC Co-Chair: Dr. Hari Kishan Reddy, Chairman, CUBE Highways | |||
| 8-10 min each | Mr. Satish Pandey, Principal Scientist, CSIR- CRRI: Steel Slag Road | View Presentation here |
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| Dr. L. R. Manjunatha, Vice President, JSW Cement: Low Energy Cement | |||
| Mr. Vikas Thakar, MD, Pavetech Consultants, CEO, Construction Excellence Testing & Research Services: White topping as a cost effective and sustainable technology for rehabilitation of High-volume traffic highways. | View Presentation here | ||
| Dr. A.V. Rahul, Assistant Professor, IIT Tirupati, Concrete 3D Printing for Fast and Sustainable Construction | View Presentation here | ||
| Dr. Dharamveer Singh, Professor IITB: “Tools and Techniques for Understanding Bituminous Mixes and Pavement Performance” | View Presentation here | ||
| Mr. Himanshu Agarwal, Chief Operating Officer, Zydex Industries Pvt. Ltd. | View Presentation here | ||
| Q&A & summing up | |||
| 1545-1600 | Tea/Coffee & Networking Break | ||
| 1600- 1640 | Presentation by Sponsors/Exhibitors | ||
| Mr. Manish Barot, Head - Technical Sales and Business Development, Techfab (India) Industries Ltd. (Use of Biaxial Geogrids in Optimization of Flexible Pavements & Case Studies) | View Presentation here |
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| Mr. Sushaant Pahalwan, Head - Business Development, Orafol India Pvt. Ltd. (Road Safety Solutions) | View Presentation here |
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| Mr. Subodh Kumar, Sr. VP - Group Corporate Affairs & Policy Advocacy, Vishwa Samudra (Alternate technology in roads construction by using advanced machinery and Its advantages) | View Presentation here |
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| Dr. Ratnakar Mahajan, Regional Technical Head (India, South-East Asia & Pacific) Or Dr. Piyush Parik, Assistant Manager – Technical, Maccaferri India (Quality reinforced soil using geosynthetics - need of the hour) | View Presentation here |
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| 1640-1810 | Technical Session 3: Innovative, Sustainable and Cost-effective Construction Materials & Technologies - II | ||
| Chair: Mr. D. Sarangi, DG(RD) & SS, MoRTH | |||
| Co-Chair: Mr. Sudhir Hoshing, CEO, IRB | |||
| Dr. Ambika Behl, Sr. Principal Scientist, CSIR-CRRI: Sustainable pavements | View Presentation here | ||
| Ms. Minimol Korulla, Head (SISP) Maccaferri: Use of Geosynthetics in Flexible Pavements | View Presentation here | ||
| Mr. Arpan Ghosh, President Engineering, Cube Highway: PG Bitumen in Highway Construction | View Presentation here | ||
| Ms. Atasi Das, Assistant Vice President, GR Infra: New Edge Tech in Pavement Application | View Presentation here | ||
| Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Co-Founder & CEO, MiCoB: 3D Concrete Printing | View Presentation here | ||
| Q&A & summing up | |||
| 1810 -1840 | Presentation by Start-ups | ||
| 05 minutes each | Presentation of New Researches and Innovations | Mr. Konala Varma, CEO, INAI (Hyd) | View Presentation here |
| Dr. Venkata Satyanand Mutnuri, Technical Officer, TIHAN (Hyd) | |||
| Mr. Chaman Tulsyan, President, Verma Industries | View Presentation here |
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| Dr. Ankit Gupta, Associate Professor, IIT BHU | |||
| Prof. Nikhil Saboo, IIT Rorkee | View Presentation here |
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| Mr. Ganesh Verma, CMD, Bhavya Srishti Udyog Pvt Ltd. | |||
| Ms. Prerna Kalra, Co- Founder, Hanu AI | View Presentation here |
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| 1840-1910 | Visit to Poster Presentations | ||
| 1910- onwards | Cultural Programme Networking Dinner | ||
| DAY 2 – 01st March 2024 | |||
| 0900 – 0930 | Registration | ||
| 0930 - 0945 | Keynote-2: Road Safety in India Mr. K. K. Kapila, President Emeritus IRF Geneva | ||
| 0945 – 11.15 | Technical Session 4: Innovative Technologies in Road Safety | ||
| Chair: Mr. Rahul Bharti, Executive Director, Maruti Suzuki | |||
| Co-Chair: – Mr. Akhilesh Srivastava, Executive Vice President, IRF-IC | |||
| 8-10 min each | Mr. S Kumar Popli, Advisor (Road Safety), NHAI: NHAI initiatives on Road Safety | View Presentation here | |
| Mr. Dipan Bose, Senior Transport Specialist, World Bank: WB initiatives to improve RS in India (Video) | |||
| Dr. Joydeep Shome, DDG, NIC: eDAR/iRAD: Towards better accident reporting and management | View Presentation here |
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| Mr. Teja Gudena, Executive Vice President, Netradyne: ADAS System for road safety | View Presentation here | ||
| Dr. S. Velmurugan, HoD, Chief Scientist, Traffic Engineering and Safety Division, CSIR - CRRI, New Delhi: Revolutionizing Road Safety using Artificial Intelligence: A Case Study | View Presentation here | ||
| Prof. Rajalakshmi, Professor, TIHAN (Hyd): Autonomous Vehicle for India | |||
| Q&A & Summing UP | |||
| 1115-1130 | Tea/Coffee Break & Networking | ||
| 1130 – 1150 | Keynote 3: Sustainable Technology & Innovation in Bridges | Prof. Mahesh Tandon, CMD, Tandon Consultants | View Presentation here |
| 1150-1315 | Technical Session 5: Bridges and Tunnels | ||
| Chair: Mr. B.N. Puri, Director, AITD | |||
| 8-10 min each | Mr. Alok Bhowmick, Adjunct Professor, B&S Engineering Consultants: "FRP Composites – A Wonder Material of Future for Infrastructure Application" | ||
| Mr. J. K. Goyal, Chief Scientist, CSIR-CRRI: Water proofing in bridges | View Presentation here | ||
| Dr. Narayan Chandra Pal, OSD-cum-Engineer in Chief (Civil) Works Department Govt of Odisha Bridge Management System | View Presentation here | ||
| Col. Parikshit Mehra, BRO: Challenges in Tunnel Construction | View Presentation here | ||
| Mr. Yousef Eshaghpour Rahimabadi, Team Leader of AE for NHIDCL ICT: Green Technologies of Road & Tunnel | View Presentation here | ||
| Mr. Satish Navanale, COO, Long Span Structures Pvt Ltd. Longspan Bridge | View Presentation here | ||
| Dr. Harshavardhan Subbarao, Chairman & Managing Director, Construma Consultancy Pvt Ltd | View Presentation here | ||
| Q&A & Summing Up | |||
| 1315 - 1415 | Networking Lunch | ||
| 1415 - 1545 | Technical Session 6: Innovative Technologies of project planning, DPR, Survey, Structural Design, Mix Design, Project Monitoring using IoT, GIS, AI, Drone, BIM, 3D, Digital Twin and Road Asset Management | ||
| Chair: Mr. R.K. Pandey, Advisor to the Hon. Minister of Road Transport & Highways | |||
| Co-Chair: Ms. Susanna Zammataro, DG, IRF | |||
| 8-10 min each | Mr. Tony Mathew, Principal Transport Specialist, TRL(India): Data & Road Asset Mgmt | View Presentation here | |
| Mr. Kasturi Srinivas, Industry Director (Transportation), Bentley Systems: Design Software & Innovations | |||
| Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Chief Scientist: Presentation of a CRRI Case Study | View Presentation here | ||
| Mr. Gurpreet Singh Basra, Delivery Head, AMNEX Info-technologies: Data Lake Concept & Use | View Presentation here | ||
| Mr. Amit Saxena, Regional Sales Manager, Trimble: GIS and AI Based Project Monitoring Tools | View Presentation here | ||
| Dr.-Ing. Saptarshi Sasmal, Chief Scientist, CSIR- Structural Engineering Research Centre; Safety Auditing, Capacity Augmentation and Service Life Enhancement of Road Bridges – Through Detailed Instrumentation, Field Tests and Simulations | View Presentation here | ||
| Q&A & Summarising | |||
| 1545 – 1600 | Tea/Coffee Break & Networking | ||
| 1600-1645 | Valedictory Session & Award Ceremony Guest of Honour – Mr. Santosh Yadav, IAS, Chairman, National Highway Authority of India* Lt. Gen. Raghu Srinivasan, VSM, Director General, Border Roads Organisation* | ||
| 1645 - 1650 | Vote of Thanks & Closing of Conference |