First Conference held at SSE, since its establishment in 2008 on the 17th and 18th of February. Pune is emerging as a  global city. It has attracted professionals, job seekers and students alike. Pre-conference research was conducted on major areas of  Urban concern.

OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE

• Sustainable city planning
• Evoking a thought process among the citizens
• Making citizens and all stakeholder responsible
• Policy analysis exercise
• Crystal Gazing into Pune’s Urban setting 2030.

AREAS OF FOCUS

• Power
• Water Supply
• Urban Transportation
• Road, Traffic and Pedestrian woes
• Solid Waste Management
• Land Related Issues and Policies on Real  Estates

Session I: Inaugural Session

• Overview about Pune’s Growth & Development - Christopher Benninger
• Reflections On Urban Growth And Governance In India - Dr. Shreekant Gupta

Session II: Sanitation and Waste Management

• Municipal Solid Waste Management in India - Ms Almitra Patel
• Integrating Local Resource in SWM - Lakshmi Narayan
• Minimizing Wastages in Waste Management - Kishori Gadre

Session III: Roads Traffic and Pedestrian Woes

• A Unique Solution Where The Pedestrian Is The First  Priority - Mr Anil Laul
• How to create a great city? - Ranjit Gadgil
• Making Pune a Pedestrian Friendly City - Prashant Inamdar

Session IV: Review of JnNurm Projects in Pune

• Towards Next Generation JNNURM  - Dr. Ravikant Joshi
• JNNURM Projects in Pune  - Vishal Jain

Session V: Urban Transportation

• Urban transport in Pune  - Ashok Srinivas
• Pune Metro Rail Planning  - V K J Rane

Session VI: Land Related Issues and Policies of Real Estate

• Dynamic Cities – Need for Integrated Redevelopment  - Mr. Kedar Ghorpade
• Some Core Issues in Land and Real Estate Development  - Dr. Sebastian Morris
• Land as a Commodity  - Prof Anita Gokhale Benninger

Session VII: Water Supply 24X7

• Water Sector Overview  - Abhay Kantak
• Pune's Water  Supply  - Vijay Paranjpe

Session VIII: Electricity & Power

• Electricity & Power  - Mr Jayant Deo
• Power Supply In Pune (Present And Future)  - Mr. Nagtilak
• Mr Vivek Velankar

Session IX: Crystal Gazing into Pune 2030

• Dr Jyoti Chandiramani
• Prof Ajit Abhyankar
• Dr Rohini Sahni

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