Railways Reforms & Governance Conclave 2018
Ever since Mr Piyush Goyal has assumed the office as the railway minister, he has been laying emphasis on improving safety and modernisation of the railways. Some of the key decisions Goyal has taken include priority given to safe running of trains without affecting punctuality, proposed electrification of entire Indian Railways network, 100 percent installation of LED lights across all stations, upgradation of passenger and goods trains’ speed, elimination of all unmanned level crossings and renewal of station redevelopment plan.
The minister seems to have brought a substantial change the way the railways works and intends to roll out amenities for passengers. According to a report of the Indian Railways, capital investments have gone up to Rs 1.21 lakh crore in 2016-17 from Rs 58,718 crore in 2014-15, which indicates the seriousness of the incumbent government in raising the investment for the national transporter.
The plans of improving safety got a boost after the union budget 2017-18 sanctioned Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (National Rail Safety Fund) of Rs 1 lakh crore. The laying of broad gauge tracks has also done at a rapid pace. The railways had commissioned 3,000 kms of broad gauge lines in 2016-17 compared to 1,983 kms in 2014-15. In this context, the railway has also decided to connect the entire north east region with broad gauge, a long awaited dream.
The 4th Railways Reforms & Governance Conclave 2018 aims at focusing on the futuristic projects of the Indian Railways to give a never-seen experience to rail users. As many of such billion dollar projects are being taken up by the railways, it will be interesting to see how it transforms itself in the next few years. Read more
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 Mr Jean-Marc Fenet Minister Counsellor and Head of the Regional Economic Department for South Asia French Embassy |
 Mr Sergei Stolyarov Strategy Director RZD International LLC, Russian Railways |
 Mr Vladimir A Finov Head of Representative Office in India RZD International LLC, Russian Railways |
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 Mr Dilip Asbe MD & CEO National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) |
 Shri Ajit Pandit Additional Member (Works) Railway Board |
 Shri Akhil Agrawal Director General (Signal & Telecom) Railway Board |
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 Shri Sudhanshu Mani General Manager Integral Coach Factory, Chennai |
 Shri Rajesh Agrawal General Manager Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli |
 Shri Rajeev Mehrotra Chairman & Managing Director RITES |
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 Shri Sanjay Gupta Chairman & Managing Director Konkan Railway Corporation Limited |
 Shri MP Mall Chairman and Managing Director IRCTC |
 Shri R S Khurana Chairman & Managing Director Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Ltd |
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 Shri Mukesh Nigam Managing Director CRIS |
 Shri S K Pattanayak Managing Director IRFC |
 Dr. R. Badri Narayan Executive Director (C&IS) Indian Railways |
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 Shri Vijay Kumar Executive Director (Rolling Stock and Workshop) National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited |
 Shri Kishore Arun Desai OSD, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister NITI Aayog |
 Shri Sumati Shandilya DIG/MAC Railway Protection Force Indian Railways |
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 Shri S K Lohia MD & CEO Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited |
 Shri Vinit Goenka Member, Governing Council CRIS |
 Shri Jagannarayan Padmanabhan Director and Practice Leader – Transport and Logistics CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory |
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 Shri Vikas Aggarwal Partner, Advisory Services E&Y |
 Shri Rajaji Meshram Transport Sector Expert |
 Prof N K Goyal President, CMAI Association of India Chairman Emeritus TEMA |
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 Shri Rupinder Singh Director Systems Engineering Cisco India & SAARC |
 Ms Gouri Thounaojam Head – Government Relations PMI |
 Shri Som Satsangi VP & GM, Enterprise Group and Managing Director India Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
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 Shri Kamal Kashyap Country Manager, India –Public Sector Sales, Enterprise Group Hewlett-Packard Enterprise |
 Shri Nalin Bansal VP RuPay Contactless & New Business National Payments Corporation of India |
 Shri Harsh Dhingra Management Consultant & Former Chief Country Representative Bombardier Transportation |
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 Shri Himanshu Goyal India Business Leader The Weather Company |
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