South Asian Cities Summit

17-04-2013 to 18-04-2013, New Delhi, India

Cities Network Campaign, in partnership with Department of Environment - Government of NCT of Delhi, All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG), WRI India and UNESCO, is organising the South Asian Cities Summit to discuss, debate and develop model solutions for cities in South Asia and explore potential business opportunities.

The Summit will be a high‐profile gathering of senior local governments officials from South Asian cities (India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan) and from across the globe, international subject experts, policy makers, national/international organizations, technology providers in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors, financial institutions working in climate change in the South Asian countries and expects 250-300 international delegates to participate.

Confirmed speakers include

Honb’le Mr. Rohana Disanayake, Minister of Transport, Matale, Sri Lanka
Honb’le Shri Bharatsinh Solanki, Minister of State for Railways
Honb’le Shri Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary, Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways
Hon’ble Shri Ajay Maken, Union Cabinet Minister for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
Dr. S K Nanda, Home Secretary, Government of Gujarat
Dr. Jatin Modi, President, AIILSG
Mr. Ranjit Chavan, Director General, AIILSG
Mr. M.S. Ravishankar, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Admin, Govt of Karnataka
Dr. Jyoti Parikh, Executive Director, IRADe
Dr. Anil Kumar, Director, Dept of Environment, Govt of NCT of Delhi
Prof. Mohan Munasinghe, MIND (co-winner of Nobel Prize for Peace 2007)
Dr. Lesley Sloss, Principal Environmental Consultant, Clean Coal Centre, IEA
Dr.Peter Graham, Executive Director, Global Buildings Performance Network
Prof. Usha P. Raghupathi, Professor and Officiating Director, NIUA
Mr. Shailesh Pathak, President, SREI Infrastructure Finance
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Mr. Raj Kumar Singh, Director (Urban Transp), Ministry of Urban Development
Mr. Paul Schuttenbelt, South Asia Coordinator, CDIA
Ms. Akshima Ghate, Fellow, TERI
Mr. Amit Bhatt, Strategy Head – Integrated Urban Transport, EMBARQ
Ms.Tara Parthasarathy, Associate, WRI – India
Mr. Rajeev Ranjan Guru, Executive Director, The Green Mantra
Mr. C.N. Raghupathi, Vice President, M/s Infosys
Ms. Manvita Baradi, Director, Urban Management Center
Ms. Stefanie Bauer, Advisor Sustainable Economic Development India, GIZ
Dr. Sanjay Vashishtha, First Green Consulting
Mr. Shashikant Chopde, I-S-E-T
Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, Vice President, Emerging Technologies & Markets
Dr. Suresh Kumar Rohilla, Programme Director - Urban Water Management, CSE
Mr. Paul Butarbutar, Regional Director, South Pole Carbon