Inaugural Session & Inauguration of the Exhibition by dignitaries Recorded Webcast
Mr. Freddy Svane
Ambassador of Denmark to India, Embassy of Denmark
Ms. Harinder Sidhu
Australian High Commissioner to India
Prof. Ian Jacobs
President and Vice‑Chancellor, UNSW Sydney, Australia
Shri. Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Hon’ble Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs, Government of India
Plenary Session 1: Approach to IntegratedSustainability (Grand Challenge on Rapid Urbanization) Recorded Webcast
Dr. Ajay Mathur
President, GRIHA Council & Director General, TERI
Prof. David Sanderson
Lead of the UNSW Rapid Urbanization Grand Challenge, Built Environment
PresentationThematic - 1 : Changing Consumer Behavior
Ms. Amrita Chatterjee
Director-Communications, South Asian Forum for Environment (SAFE)
PresentationAr. Habeeb Ahmad Khan
President, Council of Architecture
Dr. Sapna A. Narula
Narula, HoD and Associate Professor, Department of Business and Sustainability, TERI SAS
Thematic - 2 : Women in sustainability
Dr. Alka Bhargava
Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers Welfare
Dr. Sunita Purushottam
Head – Sustainability, Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd. (MLDL)
Thematic - 3 : Vernacular architecture: Reconciling with the past
Dr. Ajay Khare
Member, National Monuments Authority, (Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India)
PresentationMs. Line Kjær Frederiksen
Architect, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture, Design & Conservation
PresentationPlenary Session 2: Energy Challenge Recorded Webcast
Mr. Abhay Bakre
Director General, BEE
Mr. Sanjay Seth
CEO, GRIHA Council & Senior Director – Sustainable Habitat Programme, TERI
Mr. Ashwani Pahuja
Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Director-Manufacturing at Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd
Dr. Anna Agarwal
Fellow, CPR
Scientia Prof. Deo Prasad
CEO CRC-Low Carbon Living, Built Environment, UNSW
Mr. Pramit Patel
Scientia Prof. Deo Prasad; Mr. Abhay Bakre; Mr. Sanjay Seth;Mr. Ashwani Pahuja
Thematic - 4 : Reducing the global carbon footprint
Dr. Pradeep Kini
Associate Director,(Research & Collaboration), Faculty of Architecture, MAHE
PresentationMr. Pratap Padode
Chief Executive Officer, GRIHA Council & Senior Director – Sustainable Habitat Programme, TERI
PresentationMr. Krunal Negandhi
Director, JANS Bamboo Products Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Pankaj Bhatia
Deputy Program Director (Climate and Energy) & Director, GHG Protocol, WRI
PresentationMr. Swastik Harish
Senior Lead - Urban Practitioners' Programme, Indian Institute of Human Settlement
PresentationThematic - 5 : Sustainable low impact materials
Mr. Amar Tendulkar
Head- Design, Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd.
Mr. Ravi Sarangan
Executive Director, Edifice Architects
Thematic - 6 : GWI Hackathon
Dr. Sapna A. Narula
HoD and Associate Professor, Department of Business and Sustainability, TERI SAS
Prof. Greg Leslie
Director, Global Water Institute, UNSW
Plenary Session 3 : Water Challenge Recorded Webcast
Dr. Sherly MA
Assistant Professor, Department of Regional Water Studies, TERI School of Advanced Studies
PresentationDr. Syamal Kumar Sarkar
Distinguished Fellow & Senior Director, TERI
Mr. Dan Alluf
Counsellor, MASHAV Agriculture
Mr. Divyang Waghela
Head, Tata Water Mission, Tata Trust
Prof. Greg Leslie
Director, Global Water Institute, UNSW
Thematic - 7 : Social aspect of sustainability
Ar. Ankit Bhalla
Deputy Manager (Technical), GRIHA Council
Dr. Shalini Sarin
Chair Signify Foundation and Advisor Solar business at Signify
Mr. Ashish Sachdeva
Founder President, Green Dream Foundation
Mr. H.S. Suresh
Executive Director (Engg.), Southern Region & Corporate Social Responsibility, AAI
Thematic - 8 : Sustainability for Schools: Dream or Reality
Dr. Livleen K Kahlon
Associate Director, EEA, TERI
Mr. Heath Reed
FRSA, Principal Research Fellow at Lab4Living and Industrial Designer, Sheffield Hallam University
PresentationMr. Pradip Burman
Chairman, Mobius Foundation
Thematic - 9 : Sustainability in the clothing industry
Dr. Banhi Jha
Sr. Professor, National Institute of Fashion Technology
Mr. Gautam Gupta
Creative head, Asha Gautam
Plenary Session 4 : Waste Challenge Recorded Webcast
Dr. Suneel Pandey
Senior Fellow & Director, Centre for Waste Management, TERI
Mr. Nitin Gupta
Co-founder & CEO, Attero Recycling
Mr. S.K Ray
Honorary Secretary, Indian Centre for Plastic in the Environment (ICPE)
Thematic - 10 : Sustainability in water supply
Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni
CEO, Acwadam
Dr. Nupur Bahadur
Co-Founder & CTO, Perfact Advanced Water Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Akash Deep
Senior Manager, GRIHA Council
Mr. J. Venkatesh
Head- Water Management, Water Supply & Distribution BU, Larsen & Toubro
Mr. Vishwanath S
Director, Biome Solutions
Ms. Arushi Sharma
AVP, Business Development & Marketing, Swajal
Thematic - 11 : Switching to cleaner fuels
Dr. Ashvini Kumar
Senior Director, Renewable Energy Technologies Division, TERI
Mr. Neeraj Kuldeep
Programme Lead, Council on Energy, Environment and Water.
Mr. Richie Mittal
Managing Director, Overdrive Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
Thematic - 12 : Air pollution-A global menace
Dr. Nitish Dogra
Associate Professor, International Institute of Health Management & Research
Dr. Sumit Sharma
Senior Fellow & Director, TERI
Dr. Valentin Foltescu
Senior Science and Programme Manager, Climate & Clean Air Coalition, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Mr. Gaurav Joshi
Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank
Plenary Session 5 : Governance Challenge Recorded Webcast
Brig. R. R. Singh
Director General, National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO)
Dr. Madhumita Roy
Professor, Department of Architecture, Jadhavpur University
Mr. Anand Iyer
Chief Project Manager, NIUA
Mr. Sanjay Mitra
Former Defence Secretary & Distinguished Fellow, TERI