Proceedings : Revolutionizing Road Infra with Modern Equipment, Technologies, Sustainable Materials and Policy Guidelines

 DAY 1 – 29 Feb 2024 (Thursday)  
0830 – 1000Registration & Networking
1000 – 1105Inaugural Session
1000 – 1015Welcome Address Lt. Gen. Harpal Singh (Retd)
President IRF IC
Address by Mr. K. K. Kapila
Founder President IRF IC
1015 – 1025Special AddressMr. Anouar Benazzouz
President International Road Federation Geneva
1025 – 1035Address by Guest of HonourMr. Sudhendu J Sinha
Adviser, NITI Aayog
1035 – 1050Chief Guest Address Mr. Anurag Jain
Secretary, MoRTH
1050 – 1055Vote of ThanksMr. DO Tawade
Sr. Vice President
1055 – 1130Tea/Coffee & Networking Break
1130 – 1150Keynote I: Sustainable Technology & Innovation in Infrastructure Development
Mr. V. Suresh, Former Chairman & Managing Director, HUDCO
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1150 – 1315Technical 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
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8-10 min eachMr. 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: EquipmentView Presentation here
Mr. Rachit Kaushal, Key Accounts Manager, Amman India: EquipmentView Presentation here
Dr. Gopal Rai, CEO, DGC Group: Rehabilitation of BridgesView Presentation here
Q&A & summing up
1315 – 1415Networking Lunch
1415 – 1545Technical 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 eachMr. Satish Pandey, Principal Scientist, CSIR- CRRI: Steel Slag Road View Presentation here
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.
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Dr. A.V. Rahul, Assistant Professor, IIT Tirupati,
Concrete 3D Printing for Fast and Sustainable Construction
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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
1545-1600Tea/Coffee & Networking Break
1600- 1640Presentation 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)
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Mr. Sushaant Pahalwan, Head - Business Development, Orafol India Pvt. Ltd.
(Road Safety Solutions)
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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)
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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)
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1640-1810Technical 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 pavementsView 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 ConstructionView Presentation here
Ms. Atasi Das, Assistant Vice President, GR Infra: New Edge Tech in Pavement ApplicationView Presentation here
Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Co-Founder & CEO, MiCoB: 3D Concrete PrintingView Presentation here
Q&A & summing up
1810 -1840Presentation by Start-ups
05 minutes eachPresentation of New Researches and InnovationsMr. Konala Varma, CEO, INAI (Hyd)View Presentation here
Dr. Venkata Satyanand Mutnuri, Technical Officer, TIHAN (Hyd)
Mr. Chaman Tulsyan, President, Verma IndustriesView Presentation here
Dr. Ankit Gupta, Associate Professor, IIT BHU
Prof. Nikhil Saboo, IIT RorkeeView Presentation here
Mr. Ganesh Verma, CMD, Bhavya Srishti Udyog Pvt Ltd.
Ms. Prerna Kalra, Co- Founder, Hanu AIView Presentation here
1840-1910Visit to Poster Presentations
1910-
onwards
Cultural Programme
Networking Dinner
DAY 2 – 01st March 2024
0900 – 0930Registration
0930 - 0945Keynote-2: Road Safety in India
Mr. K. K. Kapila, President Emeritus IRF Geneva
0945 – 11.15Technical 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 eachMr. S Kumar Popli, Advisor (Road Safety), NHAI: NHAI initiatives on Road SafetyView 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 managementView Presentation here
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
1115-1130Tea/Coffee Break & Networking
1130 – 1150Keynote 3: Sustainable Technology & Innovation in Bridges
Prof. Mahesh Tandon, CMD, Tandon Consultants
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1150-1315Technical Session 5: Bridges and Tunnels
Chair: Mr. B.N. Puri, Director, AITD
8-10 min eachMr. 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
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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 BridgeView Presentation here
Dr. Harshavardhan Subbarao, Chairman & Managing Director, Construma Consultancy Pvt LtdView Presentation here
Q&A & Summing Up
1315 - 1415Networking Lunch
1415 - 1545Technical 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 eachMr. Tony Mathew, Principal Transport Specialist, TRL(India): Data & Road Asset MgmtView Presentation here
Mr. Kasturi Srinivas, Industry Director (Transportation), Bentley Systems: Design Software & Innovations
Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Chief Scientist: Presentation of a CRRI Case StudyView 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 ToolsView 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 SimulationsView Presentation here
Q&A & Summarising
1545 – 1600Tea/Coffee Break & Networking
1600-1645Valedictory 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 - 1650Vote of Thanks & Closing of Conference

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