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WRI India is happy to announce that its flagship knowledge event, Connect Karo 2023 is back this year as a ground event that will be held during July 17-18, 2023, at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The overarching theme for this year’s event is ‘For People, Nature and Climate.’

Connect Karo 2023 offers a platform for multiple stakeholders from India and abroad to share their knowledge, perspectives, and experiences as well as to ease collaborations toward finding meaningful responses to critical environmental and sustainability challenges. Connect Karo is an institutional event that presents a wide portfolio of its research-based, solution-centric programs and initiatives.

This year, Connect Karo 2023 will convene plenaries on themes like Transformative Urbanization and Green Development as well as specific sessions on Climate Action, Responsible Energy, Clean Energy Transition, Energy for Health, Financing Clean Energy, Carbon Markets, Green Hydrogen Technologies, Food Loss and Waste, Healthy Public Spaces, Water Security, Water Resilience, Ecocity Regions, Transit-Oriented Development and Transport Efficiencies in E-Bus Initiatives.

Connect Karo 2023 promises to be a lively, dialogic space where ministers, administrators, policy makers, investors, philanthropists, business leaders and journalists deliberate with sectoral experts, practitioners, and researchers to reach an evidence-based understanding of complex, sectoral issues and seek nuanced, contextualized solutions to some of the most urgent challenges of our times.

WRI India plans to release some of its major publications and, with our partners, launch initiatives like the Clean Air Accelerator and the second iteration of TheCityFix Labs: Accelerating Nature-based Solutions at Connect Karo 2023.

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Connect Karo 2023 Speakers

Shri Hardeep Singh Puri
Honourable Minister
Housing & Urban Affairs & Petroleum and Natural Gas
Amitabh Kant
G20 Sherpa
Government of India
Jamshyd Godrej
Chairman, WRI India & Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce
B.V.R. Subrahmanyam
CEO
NITI Aayog
Sarika Panda Bhatt
Director
Nagarro
Ravi Pandit
Chairman & Co-Founder
KPIT Technologies
Ulka Kelkar
Director Climate Program
WRI India
Madhav Pai
CEO
WRI India
Rejeet Mathews
Program Director
Urban Development, WRI India
Samrat Basak
Program Director
Water Resilience, WRI India
Ajay Kumar Rastogi
Chairman, Task Force on Sustainable Just Transition
Government of Jharkhand
Jaya Dhindaw
Interim Director, WRI India Ross Centre and Program Director
Integrated Development, Planning and Resilience
Pushyamitra Bhargav
Mayor
Indore Municipal Corporation
Mriganka Saxena
Founding Partner
Habitat Tectonics Architecture & Urbanism
Romit Sen
Senior Vice President
Corporate Sustainability, HSBC India
Dr. Himanshu Bhushan
Former Advisor & Head, Public Health Administration
National Health Systems Resource Center (NHSRC)
M. Anilkumar
Mayor
Kochi Municipal Corporation
Lalit Bohra
Joint Secretary
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India
Lokendra Thakkar
Coordinator, SKMCCC
Department of Environment, Government of Madhya Pradesh
Ashish Kundra
Principal Secretary-cum-Commissioner
Transport, Government of Delhi Founder
Prateek Tiwari
Founder & CEO
Living Greens Organics Pvt. Ltd.
Paresh Sharma
Senior Fellow
WRI India
Dr O.P. Agarwal
Senior Advisor
WRI India
Sameer Shisodia
CEO
Rainmatter Foundation
Mahenaw Wara
Grant Manager
Good Energies Foundation
Adarsha Kapoor
Architect and Principal Urban Designer
Creative Footprints
Ajit Balaji Joshi, IAS
Ajit Balaji Joshi, IAS
Chief Administrator
Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran
Benson Ireri
Africa Lead
Energy Access, World Resources Institute
Challagulla Sarita
Challagulla Sarita
Sarpanch
Kanha GP, Telangana
Dr. Joy Elamon
Director General
Kerala Institute of Local Administration
Dr. Ke Wang
Program Director
PACE
Jennifer Layke
Global Director, Energy Program
World Resources Institute
Tini Tran
Director, Global Communications and Engagement
WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Dr. Melissa Barbanell
Director
US - International Engagement, World Resources Institute
Nilesh Rajadhyaksha
Program Director, Urban Strategy Unit
NIUA
Nirmita Chandrashekar
Senior Program Manager
SELCO Foundation
Prasanth Narayanan
Program Manager (Cities)
Shakti Foundation
Preeti Bhatnagar
Operations Manager
Basic HealthCare Services
Saswat Bandopadhyay
Professor, Faculty of Urban Planning
CEPT University
Shahzad Alam
Special Commissioner (Transport)
Delhi Government
Dr. Shamika Ravi
Member
Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
Dr. S. K. Lohia
Senior Advisor
World Bank and former MD & CEO, IRSDC
Dr. Suddhasatwa Basu
Professor (HAG)
Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi
Suman Chandra
IAS | Deputy Secretary
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India
Ajit Kumbhar
Ajit Kumbhar
IAS | Additional Municipal Commissioner
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Sujoy Ghosh
Vice President & Country Managing Director - India
First Solar
Jagan Shah
Senior Fellow
Artha Global
Parul Agarwala
Country Programme Manager- India
UN Habitat
Amitabh Kundu
Senior Fellow
WRI India
S Chandrasekar
S Chandrasekar
Member Secretary
Bihar State Pollution Control Board
Devyani Hari
Director
Centre For Responsible Business
Michiel Van Erkel
Agricultural Counsellor
Netherlands Embassy
Champaka Rajagopal
Visiting Faculty, School of Policy & Governance
Azim Premji University
Bharath Jairaj
Executive Director
Energy Program, WRI India
Avinash Dubedi
Program Head, Transport
WRI India
Prerna Mehta
Associate Director
Urban Development, WRI India
Dr. Priya Narayanan
Senior Program Manager
WRI India
Mirik Gogri
Head of Corporate Strategy,
Aarti Industries Ltd.
Dr. Madhu Verma
Senior Economic Adviser
Iora Ecological Solutions
Jagjeet Singh Sareen
Principal and Lead
Global Climate Practice, Dalberg Advisors
Dr. Suvarna Chandrappagari
IFS Principal Chief Conservator of Forests
Hyderabad, Telangana
Swapan Mehra
CEO
Iora Ecological Solutions
Anumita Roychowdhury
Executive Director
Centre for Science and Environment
Dr. Harry Virahsawmy
Urban Water Lead
Alluvium International
Dr. Depinder Singh Kapur
Director, Water Program
Centre for Science and Environment
Kavas Kapadia
Former Professor
School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi
Hyun Hee Ban
Chief, Social Policy
UNICEF, New Delhi
Kanak Tiwari
Project Lead-Delhi Master Plan 204
NIUA
Mukta Naik
Fellow, Centre for Policy Research
New Delhi
Shankar Deshpande
Shankar Deshpande
Chief, Town and Country Planning Division
Mumbai Metroplitan Development Authority
Anand Singh
Program Manager
AIWASI, DFAT
Rahul Sachdeva
Senior Program Specialist, Water and Environment Vertical
National Institute of Urban Affairs
V. K. Madhavan
Chief Executive
WaterAid India
Bijal Brahmbhatt
Director
Mahila Housing Trust
Ritu Kataria
Co-founder
Corurban Foundation
Manoj Gulati
Regional Director
South Asia, Water.org
Swati Janu
Founder,
Social Design Collaborative
Nutan Zarapkar
Director
WASH-RTI
Athar Aamir Khan
Municipal Commissioner
Srinagar Municipal Corporation & CEO, Srinagar Smart City
Justin Jebakumar
Director Government Relations
Habitat for Humanity India
Surendra Kumar Bagde
Surendra Kumar Bagde
IAS Additional Secretary
MoHUA, Government of India
Ankit Kapasi
Sustainability and ESG Lead, dss+
Surya Kiran
Surya Kiran
Executive Director
ASRTU
Satish Jain
Chairman
PMI
Sanyam Gandhi
Director
Chartered Speed Ltd.
Sumit Mittal
COO and Director
GreenCell Mobility
Himraj Dang
Independent Consultant & Bus Finance Expert
Laghu Parashar
Senior Transport Specialist
World Bank
Vivek Ogra
Partner (Technology)
E&Y
Priya Singh
Co-founder & CPO
Chalo
Dr R. K. Singh
Chief General Manager
SIDBI
Vijay Kovvali
Professor
TRIP Centre, IIT Delhi
Amegh Gopinath
Technical Advisor
Electric Mobility and Sustainable Urban Mobility, GIZ
Manushi Jain
Co-founder and Director
Sponge Collaborative
Nidhi Madan
Landscape Architect
Abhit Sinha
Co-founder
Orbo
Saurabh Diddi
Director
Bureau of Energy Efficiency
Manish Mishra
Chief Regulatory Officer
Tata Steel
Sandeep Roy Choudhury
Director
VNV Advisory
Tanya Kak
Policy Manager
J-PAL
Astha Gupta
India Consultant
International Energy Agency
Jagabanta Ningthoujam
Principal
RMI India
Mani Khurana
Senior Energy Specialist
The World Bank
Prasanto K. Roy
Managing Director
FTI Consulting
Dr. Nambi Appadurai
Director, Climate Resilience Practice
WRI India
Dr. Ruchika Singh
Director, Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration
WRI India
Sree Kumar. K
Program Director, Air Quality Action
WRI India
Dr. Ila Patnaik
Chief Economist
Aditya Birla Group
Dr. Chandrani Bandyopadhyay
Dr. Chandrani Bandyopadhyay
Associate Professor
School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi
Vinay Harswal
Vinay Harswal
Lead, Water Resource Specialist
Water For People
Arun Kumar Singla
Arun Kumar Singla
Chief Engineer
Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority
Hemalatha K
Hemalatha K
Superintending Engineer
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Vishal Khanama
General Manager
Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited
Mahesh Babu
CEO
Switch Mobility
Nishant Arya
Vice Chairman
JBM Group
Dr. Adit Chhajed
Administration Head
Hansa Travels
Aalap Patel
Aalap Patel
Deputy Commissioner of Police Traffic
New Delhi Range
Rana Hasan
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Dept
Asian Development Bank
Dr. K.P. Krishnan
Honorary Research Professor and Former Secretary
Ministry of Skill Development
Bhagyashree Banayat, IAS
Bhagyashree Banayat, IAS
Additional Municipal Commissioner
Nashik Municipal Corporation
Basavaraj Kabade
Chief Engineer
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike
Suraj Iyengar
Manager
CRISIL
Apoorve Khandelwal
Senior Programme Lead - Sustainable Food Systems
CEEW
Dr Manish Anand
Senior Fellow
TERI
Paromita Roy
Director (Housing & Urban Projects Wing)
Delhi Development Authority
Vidhu Gupta
Associate Fellow
TERI
Dr Nitya Sharma
Program Manager - Food Loss And Waste
WRI India
Dr Seema Yadav
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Landscapes And Restoration
WRI India
Dr Jayahari KM
Country Coordinator
FOLU India
Pravesh Biyani
Associate Professor
IIIT Delhi
Anubhav Sen
Program Lead
FITT, IIT Delhi
Sonali Vyas
Associate Director
Safetipin
Rupa Nandy
Head
UITP India
Hiranmay Mallick
CEO & Co-founder
Tummoc
Sonal Shah
Founder
The Urban Catalysts
D Thara
D Thara
Additional Secretary
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India
Dr Devinder Dhingra
Principal Scientist (Process Engineering)
ICAR
Prasanna Kumar Ganesh
Prasanna Kumar Ganesh
Executive Program Director
Toyota Mobility Foundation
Gopalakrishnan VC
Director - Automotive & EV, Industries Department
Government of Telangana
Atul Jain
Technical Lead
Chartr
Shashanka Ala, IAS
Special Secretary
Public Works Department, Delhi Government
Meenu Sarawgi
EVP & Chief- Strategy & Operations
Automotive Skills Development Council
Dr. Saon Ray
Professor
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Pawan Mulukutla
Director - Integrated Transport, Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
WRI India
Sabina Dewan
President & Executive Director
Just Jobs Network
Ravi Gadepalli
Consultant
World Bank
Satya Arikutharam
Independent Urban Mobility Expert
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Associate Director, Energy
WRI India
Srinivas Alavilli
Fellow - Integrated Transport and Road Safety
WRI India
Beate Langset
Counsellor- Climate and Environment
Royal Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi
Vivekanand Kotikalapudi
Transport Infrastructure Advisor
GIZ
Farha Irani
Assistant General Manager (Town Planning)
Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC)
Siraj Hussain, IAS (Retd.)
Ex - Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Vandana Singh
Vandana Singh
CEO
India FoodBanking Network
Rajiv Ranjan Mishra
Chief Technical Advisor
NIUA
Pratima Marwah
Deputy General Manager-Landscape & Architecture
TCE
Grace Pachuau IAS
Grace Pachuau IAS
Additional Commissioner
Industries & Commerce Department, Government Of Tamil Nadu
Jarnail Singh
Deputy Director
MacArthur India Foundation
Prajakta L Verma IAS
Joint Secretary
Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Vinnie Mehta
Director General
Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India
Sijo John
Senior Program Manager - Enterprise Development, Small, Growing Business and Employment LEAD
Krea University
Ashwini Hingne
Associate Program Director
WRI India
Prashant K Banerjee
Chief Executive Director
Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers of India
Sujit Nair
CEO & Co-founder at FIDE
Steward and Volunteer, Beckn Protocol
Nitin Nair
Senior Vice President
ONDC
Ashish Tiwari
Secretary, Department of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Vikas Samant
Vikas Samant
Deputy Chief Engineer, Civil - Environment
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Neha Upadhyay
Neha Upadhyay
Environment Engineer
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
Dr. Arun Panda
Senior Fellow
WRI India
K. R. Jyothilal, IAS
Additional Chief Secretary - Power
Government of Kerala
Marisha Thakur
Marketing Communications Specialist
Rainmatter Foundation
Niyati Sareen
Project Director - Water and Education
Hinduja Foundation
Dr Anupama Shetty
Mission Director
Biocon Foundation
Mahesh Rajasekhar
Director - Technical Support & Capacity Development
Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
Suchismita Mukhopadhyay
Lead Specialist - Advocacy
Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
Roshan Toshniwal
Associate Director
OMI Foundation
Ambrin
Vice President
Economic Analysis & Policy, Guidance Tamil Nadu
Jaideep
Jaideep
OSD (Urban Transport)
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Dr. D. S. Prasad
Dr. D. S. Prasad
Scientist
Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology
Kavita Sachwani
Implementation Guidance Coordinator - Principles of Responsible Banking
UNEP
Aditya Bahadur
Chair, Research Strategy Team and Principal Researcher
International Institute for Environment and Development
V VijayVardhan
GM
ITC Social Investments
Dr. D. Somashekar
Dr. D. Somashekar
Additional MHO-II, Public Health Department
Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Santosh Harish
Program Officer, South Asian Air Quality
Open Philanthropy
Mugdha Jain
Country Lead, India
Clean Air Fund
Sri Harsha Kota
Associate Professor
IIT Delhi
Prakash Doraiswamy
Director, Air Quality Science
WRI India
Shailesh Vickram Singh
Founder
Massive Fund
Babu Abdul Khadeer
IRPS Municipal Secretary
Kochi Municipal Corporation
Anish Michael
Lead, Centre for Future Mobility
OMI Foundation
Dr. Alpana Mitra
General Manager
Rajkot Rajpath Ltd.
Swati Khanna
Sr. Sector Specialist, Urban Development & Mobility
KFW
S Rakesh Kumar
S Rakesh Kumar
Director
Environment Department, UT of Jammu & Kashmir
Dr. Kamaljit Ray
Sc-'G'/Adviser
Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India
Saransh Bajpai
Associate Director, Climate Program
WRI India
Sridhar Easwaran
Head
Samunnati Foundation
Kunro Hino
Kunro Hino
Representative, India Office
JICA
Girish Nagpal
Girish Nagpal
CEO & Co-founder
MetroRide
Shreyansh Shah
Associate Director, Strategic Alliances
Mybyk
Victor Shinde
Victor Shinde
Team Lead – Water and Environment
NIUA
Olga Chepelianskaia
Principal Consultant and Founder
UNICITI
Sudeshna Chatterjee
Program Director - Sustainable Cities and Transport
WRI India
Mahesh Harhare
Program Head - Urban Development
WRI India

Schedule

DAY 1

Wednesday
07 May 2019
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7:30
First floor
Registration & Breakfast

Pre-Conference and Main Conference Registration Desk Open
Plaza Court Registration Area

9:00
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Founders Nest @ Main hall
Discussion: Explorations of new approaches

This presentation will describe seven essential actions that could unleash the power of prevention and substantially reduce the prevalence of behavioral health problems and inequality in health and behavior outcomes in the U.S. population.

10:00
People-3
Founder Nest @ Main hall
Explorations of new approaches to creative leadership

Business leaders know that growing a company requires you to put yourself out there and stay ahead of trends. One good way to accomplish both is by attending industry events throughout the year.

11:00
People-4
Designer @ Main hall
Explorations of Regional Chief Executive Network's Leadership

The Regional Leadership Conference provides the opportunity to meet officers from different sized sections as well as learn about the many different types of activities they hold.

12:00
Restaurant
Lunch break

Please take lunch in your own time. Conference attendees will not be charged.

14:00
Slider-people-04
Marketing operations @ Lobby
Discussion: Innovation and Technological entrepreneurship

In a marketplace where customers are more aware, active, and value-driven, firms must rapidly conceive and develop new products and services that meet customers' changing demands.

16:00

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Co-founder @ Main hall
Managing business relationships

Relationships are the foundation for opportunities in the world of business, especially as you rise through the ranks of management or decide to start your own business.

18:00
Rooftop Bar
Cocktail break

Business cocktail parties are a great opportunity to break out of your shell.

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DAY 2

Thursday
08 May 2019
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7:30
First floor
Breakfast

Pre-Conference and Main Conference Registration Desk Open
Plaza Court Registration Area

9:00
Slider-people-04
Marketing operations @ Lobby
Discussion: Explorations of new approaches

This presentation will describe seven essential actions that could unleash the power of prevention and substantially reduce the prevalence of behavioral health problems and inequality in health and behavior outcomes in the U.S. population.

10:00
People-3
Founder Nest @ Main hall
Explorations of new approaches to creative leadership

Business leaders know that growing a company requires you to put yourself out there and stay ahead of trends. One good way to accomplish both is by attending industry events throughout the year.

11:00
People-4
Designer @ Main hall
Explorations of Regional Chief Executive Network's Leadership

The Regional Leadership Conference provides the opportunity to meet officers from different sized sections as well as learn about the many different types of activities they hold.

12:00
Restaurant
Lunch break

Please take lunch in your own time. Conference attendees will not be charged.

14:00
Slider2-pic03
Founders Nest @ Main hall
Discussion: Innovation and Technological entrepreneurship

In a marketplace where customers are more aware, active, and value-driven, firms must rapidly conceive and develop new products and services that meet customers' changing demands.

16:00
People-1
Co-founder @ Main hall
Managing business relationships

Relationships are the foundation for opportunities in the world of business, especially as you rise through the ranks of management or decide to start your own business.

18:00
Rooftop Bar
Closing party

Business cocktail parties are a great opportunity to break out of your shell.

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Agenda

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