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International Conference on Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Development in India

Day 1: 1 August 2015Venue: Multipurpose Hall, Kamla Devi Complex, IIC, New Delhi

0830 to 0930 hrs : Tea and Registration

0930 to 1045 hrs : INAUGURAL SESSION

Welcome and Opening Remarks : Professor Alakh N. SharmaDirector, Institute for Human Development New Delhi

Professor Christopher SilverProfessor and Dean, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida

Keynote Address : Professor Arvind Panagariya Vice-Chairman, NITI AayogGovernment of India

Launch of the Swachh Bharate-Learning Portal and the FirstTraining Modules on Sanitation &Inaugural Address : Shri Venkaiah Naidu

Minister for Urban Development Government of India

Vote of Thanks : Institute for Human Development

1045 to 1100 hrs : Tea Break

1100-1315 : Session I : International Experiences of Urbanization and Lessons for India

Chair : Nitin DesaiChairman, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi and Formerly Assistant Secretary General of United Nations

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Presentations : Christopher SilverProfessor and Dean, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida

David AmborskiProfessor, Ryeson University, Toronto

Jieming ZhuProfessor, Department of Urban Planning Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Wilmar SalimAssociate Professor, Institut Teknologi Bandung(ITB), Bandung, Indonesia

Joseli Macedo Chairperson, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida

Dipankar GuptaProfessor and Director, Center for Public Affairs and Critical Theory, Shiv Nadar University

Discussant : H. RamachandranNational Fellow Indian Council of Social Science Research

1315 to 1400 hrs : Lunch

1400-1530 : Session 2 : Historical and Emerging Pattern of Urbanisation in India

Chair : T.C.A. AnantSecretary and Chief Statistician Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Govt. of India

Presentations : Chinmay TumbeAssistant Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, hyderabad

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D. N. Reddy ICSSR National Fellow Council for Social Development, Hyderabad Meenu Tewari Department of City and Regional Planning University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

Discussant : Gopal Krishan Emeritus Professor, Department of Geography Punjab University, Chandigarh 1530-1545 : Tea

1545-1730 : Session 3: Challenge of Employment

Chair : Amitabh Kant Secretary, Dept. of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India

Presentations : Alakh N. Sharma Director, Institute for Human Development New Delhi Sher S. Verick Senior Employment Specialist, International Labour Organisation, Decent Work Team South Asia Office

Sonalde Desai Professor, Univeristy of Maryland and Amaresh Dubey Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Discussant : Rajat Kathuria Director & Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi

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1730-1930 : Session 4: Panel Discussion on “Transforming Urban India: Roles of SMART CITIES MISSION and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)”

Chair : Arun MairaFormer Member, Planning Commission

Theme Presentation : Jagan ShahDirector, National Institute of Urban AffairsNew Delhi

Panelists : Om Prakash MathurSenior Fellow and Head, Urban Studies Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi

Sameer SharmaJoint Secretary (Smart Cities)Ministry of Urban Development Government of India

Keshav VarmaManaging Director and CEO, Cities Internationaland Former Sector Director, East Asia Urban Development and Disaster Management World Bank

Darshini MahadeviaDean, Faculty of Planning, CEPT UniversityAhmadabad

Christopher SilverProfessor and Dean, University of FloridaGainesville, USA

1930 : Conference Dinner

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Day 2: 2 August 2015Venue: Seminar Room 1, 2 and 3 (1st Floor), Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

0830-0900 : Tea

0900-1130 : Session 5: Ensuring Public Safety and Security

Chair : Anil SinhaDirector, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

Presentations : Brij MaharajUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Bhim Reddy, Manoj Bandan and Nikita SharmaInstitute for Human Development, New Delhi

Kalpana VishwanathCo-founder of Safetipin, and Senior Advisor to the UN Women/Jagori Safe Delhi Program

Amita Bhide and Ratoola KunduCentre for Urban Policy and Governance Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Renu DesaiCoordinator of the Centre for Urban Equity CEPT University, Ahmedabad

Discussants : Sujata PatelProfessor, Department of SociologyUniversity of Hyderabad

Uday SahayManaging Director SAUV Communications Private Limitedand Formerly of the Indian Police Service (IPS)

1130-1145 : Tea

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1145-1400 : Session 6: Planning for Transport, Energy and (Parallel Session) Infrastructure Venue : Seminar Room 1

Chair : Pradeep Singh Dean & CEO, Indian School of Business Chandigarh

Presentations : Geetam Tiwari TRIPP Chair Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi

Ilir Bejleri Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida

Shivanand Swamy Professor, Faculty of Planning, CEPT University

Subhro Guhathakurta Professor, School of City and Regional Planning and Director, Center for Geographic Information Systems, Georgia Tech School of City & Regional Planning Anil Kr. Jain Adviser (Enerygy), NITI Aayog Government of India

Discussant : Sanjeev K. Lohia Chief Engineer, Northern Railway 1145-1400 : Session 7: Mobility and Migration(Parallel Session) Venue : Seminar Room 2

Chair : Tripurari Sharan Principal Secretary, Department of Industry Government of Bihar

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Presentations S. Chandrasekhar Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Mumbai

Debolina Kundu Associate Professor, National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi

Elisa T. Bertuzzo Researcher, Univerity of Technology, Berlin Avina Sarna Country Director & Lopamudra Ray Saraswati Programme Officer, Population Council, India

Discussants : Sanjay Prasad Principal Secretary, Department of Labour & Employment, Government of Gujarat Amrita Datta Associate Fellow, IHD

1400-1500 : Lunch

1500-1730 : Session 8 : Creating Sustainable Cities: (Parallel Session) Case of Greenfield Urbanisation Private and Industrial Townships Venue : Seminar Room 1

Chair : Ashok Khosla Chairman, Development Alternatives New Delhi

Presentations : Chetan Vaidya Director & Neha Tripathi Associate Professor, Environmental Planning School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi Sanjeev Vidyarthi Asian Studies Programme, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Ashima SoodAssistant Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Hyderabad

Jocelyn WidmerDepartment of Urban & Regional Planning University of Florida & Vardhna PuriDoctoral Student, University of Delhi

M. VijaybaskarMadras Institute of Development StudiesChennai

Zhong-Ren PengProfessor and Director, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida

Discussant : R. ParthasarathyDirector, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmadabad

1500-1730 : Session 9 : Rural-Urban Linkages and (Parallel Session) Small and Medium Towns

Venue: Seminar Room 2

Chair : T.S. PapolaChairman, Giri Institute of Development Studies Lucknow and Hon. Professor, Institue for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi

Presentations : Rajesh ShuklaManaging Director & CEO, People Research on India’s Consumer Economy and Visiting Professor Institute for Human Development

Sandeep AgarwalProfessor and Director of the Planning ProgramDepartment of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta

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Jeemol UnniDirector, Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)

Abhinav AlakshendraAssistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida

Tanuka Endow Fellow & Sunil Mishra Associate FellowInstitute for Human Development

Discussants : S.S. GillDirector-General, Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh

Sarthi AcharyaFormerly Chief Technical Adiser, UNDP

1730 : Tea

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Day 3: 3rd August 2015Venue: Seminar Room 1, 2 and 3 (1st Floor), Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

0830-0900 : Tea

0900-1100 : Session 10: Panel Discussion on “Swachh Bharat” (Clean India)

Chair : Sindhushree KhullarChief Executive Officer, NITI AayogGovernment of India

Theme Presentation : Shubhagato DasguptaSenior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research New Delhi

Panelists : Durga Shankar MishraAdditional Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India

Manish KumarSenior Institution Economist and Country Coordinator of Water and Sanitation Programme The World Bank

Sheela PatelSociety for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC), Mumbai

Marie-Helene ZERAHSenior Research Fellow, Institute of Development for Research, Paris (Associted with the Centre for Policy Resarch, New Delhi)

V. Srinivas CharyProfessor and Director, Centre for Energy Environment, Urban Governance and Infrastructure Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad

1100-1120 : Tea

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1120-1400 : Session 11: Challenge of Governance and (Parallel Session) Restructuring Institutions

Venue : Seminar Room 1

Chair : Rajiv B. LallChairman and MD, Infrastructure Development Finance Company

Presentations : Jessica SeddonCentre for Technology and PolicyIIT Madras and Founder, Okapi

Mathew IdicullaAzim Premji University, Banglore

Rakesh RanjanAdviser, NITI Aayog

Lewis FerdinandDepartment of Urban and Regional PlanningUniversity of Florida

Karen CoelhoMadras Institute of Development Studies Chennai

Shailesh PathakExecutive Director, Bhartiya Group

Comments and perspectives : Barjor E. Mehtafrom stakeholders Lead Urban Specialist, The World Bank

Tikender PanwarDeputy Mayor, Shimla Municipal Corporation

Arbind SinghNational CoordinatorNational Association of Street Vendors of India

Amit Yadav, IAS Commissioner, East Delhi Municipal Corporation

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1120-1400 : Session 12: Land Use, Slum Upgradation (Parallel Session) and Affordable Housing

Venue : Seminar Room 2

Chair : M. Ravi KanthChairman, Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO)

Presentations : Amitabh KunduVisiting Professor Institute for Human Development, New Delhi

Milap PuniaProfessor, CSRD, Jawaharlal Nehru Univeristy

Sanjeev KumarJoint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation,Government of India

Ruth SteinerProfessor, University of Florida

Kulwant SinghRegional Adviser, UN Habitat

Discussants : Véronique DupontSenior Research Fellow Institute of Research for Development (IRD), Centre for Social Sciences Studies on Africa, America and Asia, Paris

Shruti GonsalvesCEO, SEWA Griha Rin

1400-1445 : Lunch

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1445-1700 : Session 13: Concluding and Valedictory SessionPanel Discussion on “Planning for Sustainable and Inclusive Urbanisation in India”

Chair : Yoginder K. AlaghChancellor, Central University of Gujaratand Former Union Minister

Highlights of the deliberations of : Abhinav Alakshendra, University of Floridathe Conference & Bhim Reddy, Institute for Human Development

Panelists : Partha MukhopadhyaySenior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research

Sanjay SrivastavaProfessor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi

Bimal PatelPresident, CEPT University

Anant MaringantiDirector, Hyderabad Urban Lab

Valedictory Address : Bibek DebroyMember, NITI Aayog

Closing Remarks : Abhinav Alakshendra, University of Florida and Vote of Thanks & Bhim Reddy, Institute for Human Development

Conference Coordinators

1700 : Refreshment & Tea

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