Conference Schedule

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

Introduction by Ms Renuka Gusain and Ms Anshika Tripathi

Welcome address by Director AJNIFM

Inaugural address by Shri Sanjay Agrawal, Advisor (Public Procurement Division), Ministry of Finance

Chief guest address by Shri Vinay Sharma, Ex- Global Director,  World Bank 

10:30 AM-11:45 AM

Panel Session 1

Make in India through Public Procurement 

Chairperson

Panellists

Dr Ajai Chowdhry, Padma Bhushan and co-founder M/S HCL Ltd. 

Shri Nalin Singhal, ex CMD BHEL and ex CMD Central Electronics Ltd.

Shri K Venugopal Rao, Principal Chief Materials Manager Integral Coach Factory, Chennai 

11.45 AM-1 PM

Panel Session 2

Public Procurement of Project

Chairperson

Panellists

Shri Vinay Kumar Singh, MD /National Capital Region Transport Corporation

Shri Rajib Mondal, Director/Projects, Tata Project Ltd  

Shri Anil Errol Shipley, Ex-Executive President, Bajaj Electricals

1PM- 2PM

Lunch Break 

2 PM to 2.30 PM

Key Note Address by Shri Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman Capacity Building Commission & Ex-Head of

McKinsey India, Ex-Chairman of Quality Council of India

2.30 PM-3:15 PM

Panel Session 3

Quality in Public Procurement 

Chairperson 

Panellists

Shri Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman Capacity Building Commission

Shri Amit Ghosh, Sr Vice President-South Asia of Bureau Veritas

Shri Pinaki Gupta, Head of Certification Policy, Bureau of Indian Standards

3:15 PM -4.30 PM

Panel Session4

Innovations in Procurement

Chairperson 

Panellists

Shri Bharat Salhotra, Ex-MD Alstom India and South Asia

Dr Raja Gopalkrishnan, GM/Centre for Railway Information System

Prof. Ravi Shankar, Department of Management IIT Delhi  

4.30 PM-5.45 PM

Panel Session 5

Advances in Digital Procurement 

Chairperson

Panellists

Shri Prakash Mirani, Addln CEO/GeM

Shri Rajesh Abrol, Director/CRIS

Prof. Subodh Vishnu Sharma, Professor of Public Policy & Associate Professor Computer Science, IIT

Delhi