SAEINDIA AUTOMOTIVE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT - PROGRAM
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Day 1: Tuesday, April 8
Presentation Stage - Hall 1
Inaugural session: Keynote and future technologies
10:00 - 11:30

President
SAE India
India

Member of the executive committee
Maruti Suzuki / past president, SAE India
India

Director
ICAT
India

President and chief technology officer
Ashok Leyland
India
11:30 - 11:50
Break
Presentation Stage - Hall 1
Plenary sessions: Decarbonization, energy, sustainability, skills development
11:50 - 12:50

Executive vice president
Maruti Suzuki India Limited
India

CEO
Automotive Skills Development Council
India

Senior project advisor
Centre for Advanced Automotive Research (CAAR)
India

Former senior scientist & team leader, Centre for Fuel Cell Technology
International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI)
India
12:50 - 13:50
Lunch
Presentation Stage - Hall 1
Panel discussion: EV Test Ecosystem: Policy, Infrastructure, Industry
13:50 - 14:50

Director
Automotive Research Association of India ARAI
India

Senior vice president
OLA Electric
India

Senior vice president of product development
Ashok Leyland
India
Nilesh Wadhwa, assistant editor, Motoring Trends and Tire Trends, PIN 365
14:50 - 15:10
Break
Presentation Stage - Hall 1
Plenary sessions: Design in India for the world
15:10 - 16:10

Vice president - product engineering
Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre RNTBCI
India

Associate vice president and chief engineer – new product development
TVS Motor Company Limited
India

CEO
ChipEdge Technologies
India
Day 2: Wednesday, April 9
Presentation Stage - Hall 1
Plenary sessions: Safe and connected vehicles for the future
10:00 - 11:15

Associate vice president, technical
LDRA Technology Pvt Ltd
India

Professor
Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
India

Automotive cybersecurity specialist and head of technology and business
International Centre for Automotive Technology ICAT
India

Vice president and head of Technical Center India
Continental
India

Group CTO
Minda Corporation Limited (Spark Minda)
India
11:15 - 11:45
Break
Presentation Stage - Hall 1
Panel discussion: SDV, ADAS, V2X, AI
11:45 - 13:00

Director
NATRAX
India

Senior deputy director and head – technology group
ARAI
India

Vice president
Mahindra & Mahindra
India

Managing director
Automotive Test Systems
India
Nilesh Wadhwa, assistant editor, Motoring Trends and Tire Trends, PIN 365
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
Presentation Stage - Hall 1
Plenary Sessions: Disruptions in mobility (emerging tech in ground mobility, EV, hydrogen, drones, hyperloop, aerospace)
14:00 - 16:00
Dr Bala Bharadvaj
VP engineering, Quintrans; former Boeing executive; former president, SAE India
Quintrans
India
VP engineering, Quintrans; former Boeing executive; former president, SAE India
Quintrans
India

Director
Global Automotive Research Centre (GARC)
India

CEO
Avironix Private Limited
India

Executive director and site leader
Boeing
India
Presentation Stage - Hall 1
Valedictory & closing remarks
16:00 - 16:20

President
SAE India
India
Presentation Stage - Hall 1
Vote of thanks
16:20 - 16:30

Founder and CEO - Focus Group
Focus Engineering & Secretary, SAEINDIA
India
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