IFGE organized a One Day National Conference on “Electric Vehicles- Sustainable Transformation of Indian Mobility” onDec 22nd, 2018at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi with andEV Expo- An Electric Vehicle Exposition.Key dignitaries & speakers attended the conferenceSh. Babul Supriyo, Minister of State (Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises); Sh. Anuj Sharma, Chairman, E-Rickshaw Committee, MORTH; Dr. Rajendra B. Saner-Patil, Director, CIRT; Sh. Priyank Bharti, JS, ORTH; Sh. M K Garg, Chairman, DTC; Sh. Nikhil Grover, Manager, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) International Centre For Automotive Technology, ICAT; Sh. Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Group Govt Affairs Officer, Tata Sons Limited; Sh. Rupesh Agarwal, PMI Electro Mobility Solution Pvt Ltd; Dr. Naikodi Allabaksh, Lead R&D, Mahindra Electric Mobility Limited; Dr. Sajid Mubashir, Scientist G, Dept. of Science & Technology; Er. Alekhya Datta, Chartered Engineer [India], Fellow & Area Convenor, Electricity & Fuels Division, TERI; Sh. Rajeev Arora, Director, Altius Auto Solutions Pvt. Ltd.;Sh. Ashok Mittal, Director, Ashok Motors; Former Chairman CMVR Technical Committee & Former Director, ARAI; Sh. Neeraj Kohli, General Manager- Sales & Marketing (Lithium Batteries), Exide; Sh. Ashvani Sehgal, President BRWA; Sh. Piyush Gupta, CEO, Lithion Power; Mr. Wei Cunwang, Dep. Managing Director, BYVIN Holdings Group Co.Ltd.Outcome of Conference:
1. Highlight major Policy, Regulatory and Financing issues of the industry to Policy makers and the Government of India
2. Support from the Government to EV manufacturers & suppliers
3. Deliberate on Available Technology and Advancement for future
4. Current Market Structure and Business Opportunity in EV
The overall purpose of the conference was to highlight significant contribution of electric vehicles in transforming Indian mobility in sustainable way and to draw attention of policy makers towards the challenges faced by EV Industry in India.
