Full Day Programme
The Agenda.
Thursday, 8 October 2026
Taj West End, Race Course Road, Bengaluru
9:00 AM – 7:30 PM
09:00 AM - 09:55 AM
Registration
09:55 AM - 10:05 AM
Emcee Opening & Lamp Lighting
10:05 AM - 10:15 AM
Welcome Note
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Keynote Address
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Leadership Dialogue
11:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Panel 1 : The Capacity Gap - Is India Building Public Transit Fast Enough for the Shocks Coming Its Way?
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Spotlight Talk
Samhita R
CEO, Resilience360
11:50 AM - 12:05 PM
Keynote Address
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Panel 2 : AI at Scale in Mobility - Can India Build Intelligent Transportation That Works in the Real World?
12:45 PM - 01:10 PM
Spotlight Talk
Sharath K Bache Gowda
Hon'ble Member of the Karnataka, Legislative Assembly and Chairman, KEONICS
02:00 PM - 02:20 PM
Spotlight Talk
Arun Pai
Founder, BangaloreWALKS
02:20 PM - 03:00 PM
Panel 3 : Feet First - Active Mobility Is India's Cheapest Form of Resilience. So Why Are Cities Designing It Out?
03:00 PM - 03:20 PM
Keynote Address
Jacobus Johannes Veerman
Consul-General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for South India
03:20 PM - 03:50 PM
Fireside Chat : Working and Moving in India: A Global Leadership Perspective
03:50 PM - 04:00 PM
Keynote Address
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Executive Chairman, Biocon
04:00 PM - 04:40 PM
Panel 4: Industry Voices - Is Corporate India Inadvertently Subsidising the Wrong Kind of Mobility?
04:40 PM - 05:15 PM
Panel 5: Catalysts for Change - Designing Institutions for Transformational Impact
05:15 PM - 05:35 PM
Spotlight Talk
Shirley Rodrigues
Former London Deputy Mayor, Environment & Energy
05:35 PM - 06:00 PM
Panel 6: Beyond the Office Gates - Rethinking Women's Safety
06:00 PM - 06:15 PM
Keynote Address
Byrathi Suresh
Hon'ble Minister for Transport, Government of Karnataka
06:15 PM - 07:00 PM
Changemaker Awards Felicitation
07:00 PM - 07:20 PM
Entertainment
Rhishav Sikdar
Mentalist
09:00 AM - 09:55 AM
Registration
09:55 AM - 10:05 AM
Emcee Opening & Lamp Lighting
10:05 AM - 10:15 AM
Welcome Note
Deepesh Agarwal
CEO & Co-founder, MoveInSync
Akash Maheshwari
CTO & Co-founder, MoveInSync
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Keynote Address
Srinivas Alavilli
Fellow, Integrated Transport and Road Safety, WRI India
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Leadership Dialogue
Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan
General Secretary at Foundation for Democratic Reforms (FDR)
Sharan Setty
MODERATOR
Founder, Bodh
11:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Panel 1: The Capacity Gap - Is India Building Public Transit Fast Enough for the Shocks Coming Its Way?
Srinivas Alavilli
MODERATOR
Fellow, Integrated Transport and Road Safety, WRI India
Maheshwar Rao, IAS
Chief Commissioner,Greater Bengaluru Authority
Dr. G. Srijana, IAS
Commissioner, Cyberabad Municipal Corporation
Shri Banchhanidhi Pani, IAS
Municipal Commissioner Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Spotlight Talk
Samhita R
CEO, Resilience360
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Panel 2: AI at Scale in Mobility - Can India Build Intelligent Transportation That Works in the Real World?
Visweswaran Gowrisankaran
MODERATOR
Chief Customer Officer, MoveInSync
Venkata Subbarao Chunduru
Director, Arcadis IBI Group
Nikhil Maroli
Co-Founder, Road Metrics
Ashwin Mahesh
Urbanist, Journalist, Politician and Social Technologist
Sreenivas Bhandari
Vice President, Transit, ONDC
Gaurav Sen
Founder, AIEngg
12:45 PM - 01:10 PM
Keynote Address
Sharath K Bache Gowda
Hon'ble Member of the Karnataka, Legislative Assembly and Chairman, KEONICS
02:00 PM - 02:20 PM
Spotlight Talk
Arun Pai
Founder, BangakoreWALKS & Coordinator, Walkaluru
02:20 PM - 03:00 PM
Panel 3: Feet First - Active Mobility Is India's Cheapest Form of Resilience. So Why Are Cities Designing It Out?
Vivekanand Kotikalapudi
MODERATOR
Director -Transforming Bengaluru, Janaagraha
Abhijit Lokre
Founder, The Urban Lab
Sarika Panda Bhatt
CEO, Raahgiri Foundation
Naresh V Narasimhan
Managing Partner,Venkataramanan Associates
Rishi Aggarwal
Founder, Walking Project
Sathyanarayanan Sankaran
Founder & CEO, Urban Morph
03:00 PM - 03:20 PM
Keynote Address
Jacobus Johannes Veerman
Consul-General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for South India
03:20 PM - 03:50 PM
Fireside Chat: Working and Moving in India - A Global Leadership Perspective
Mohith Mohan
MODERATOR
Founder, MOAR Advisory
Jacqueline Labib
Chief Operating Officer, ANZ GCC
John Dawber
Vice President & Managing Director,Novo Nordisk
03:50 PM - 04:00 PM
Keynote Address
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Executive Chairman, Biocon
04:00 PM - 04:40 PM
Panel 4: Industry Voices - Is Corporate India Inadvertently Subsidising the Wrong Kind of Mobility?
Manas Das
MODERATOR
President, ORRCA
Sandeep Poddar
Chief Architect, Kimberly-Clark GCC Pune
Pankaj Kaushik
Senior Director, Real Estate, Concentrix
Aravind Babu Ramaraju
Head, Corporate Real Estate, Workplace Services (India) & Transformation, LTM
Chandrasekar Kesavan
Director - Office Services & Security, Equiniti
Manjot Singh
Operations leader and Factory Head, ITC
04:40 PM - 05:15 PM
Panel 5: Catalysts for Change - Designing Institutions for Transformational Impact
Sanjay Sridhar
MODERATOR
Strategy and Policy Advisor Urban Movement Innovation Fund
Amit Bhatt
Managing Director, The International Council on Clean Transportation India
Dr. Sameer Sharma
IAS, Retd.
Vikram Kapur
IAS, Retd.
05:15 PM - 05:35 PM
Spotlight Talk
Shirley Rodrigues
Former London Deputy Mayor, Environment & Energy
05:35 PM - 06:00 PM
Panel 6: Beyond the Office Gates - Rethinking Women's Safety
Priya Vardarajan
MODERATOR
Founder and CEO, Durga
Naved Alam Khan
Chief Executive Officer, SCSC (Society For Cyberabad Security Council)
Mehar Fathima
Director Building & Facilities Amadeus
Bhargavi Mohan Kumar
Workplace Strategy & Facilities Management Leader, Shell
06:00 PM - 06:15 PM
Keynote Address
Byrathi Suresh
Hon'ble Minister for Transport, Government of Karnataka
06:15 PM - 07:00 PM
Changemaker Awards Felicitation
Presided by Shri Byrathi Suresh,
Hon’ble Minister for Transport, Government of Karnataka
07:00 PM - 07:20 PM
Entertainment
Rhishav Sikdar
Mentalist
Registration
Reserve your seat at the table.
The Mobility Symposium is invitation-only with limited seats.
Request your invitation and our team will confirm your place.
Event Location
Taj West End, Race Course Road, Bengaluru
Date & Time
08th Oct, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 7:30 PM
