Commercial Vehicle Forum 2023

Commercial Vehicle Forum 2023

Commercial Vehicle Forum 2023

The 7th edition of CVF was held on 25th May 2023 at JW Marrio , Pune. The event received an overwhelming response with a packed house that translated into a gathering of over 500 delegates, 60+ industry leaders as speakers and over 50 partners.

 

We were honoured to have Shri. Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways, GOI as the Chief Guest at the 7th edition of Commercial Vehicle Forum 2023. Mr. Rajendra Petkar, President & CTO, TATA Motors, served as the Chairman, bringing his extensive expertise and leadership to the forum.

 

Several prominent CV & Road Transport industry leaders participated at the Forum, including Dr. Sudhir Mehta, Founder & Chairman, EKA Mobility and Chairman & Managing Director, Pinnacle Industries, Ms. Reema Jogani, Director, Reema Transport Pvt. Ltd, Mr. R. Shankar, Executive Director- Special Projects, TVS Supply Chain Solutions, Mr. Siddharth Kirtane, Head of Marketing and HQ Operations, DICV, Mr. Kaushik Narayan, CEO, Leaptrucks, Ms. Ujjwala Karle, Deputy Director, ARAI, Mr. Gopi Sankar M, VP – Advanced Engineering, Ashok Leyland.

Agenda – CVF 2023

25th May 2023 | JW Marriott, Pune

 

8:45 AM – 9:30 AM

Registration and Networking Tea/Coffee

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM

Chairman Address: Mr. Rajendra Petkar, President & CTO, Tata Motors Ltd.

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM

Research Presentation on Indian CV & Road Transport Industry by Mr. Jinal Shah, Founder & CEO, Expandus Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

10:00 AM – 10:10 AM

Presentation on From Tyrant to Leader – Case Study of MB Pneumatics by Ms. Małgorzata Bieniaszewska, Founder/Sales Director, MB Pneumatics India

10:10 AM – 11:20 AM

CXO Panel- Evolution of the CV & Road Transport Industry: Trends Shaping 2023 & Beyond 

Mr. Gurjit Singh Randhawa, Managing Director, Randhawa Motors

Dr. Sudhir Mehta, Founder & Chairman, EKA Mobility and Chairman & Managing Director, Pinnacle Industries

Ms. Reema Jogani- Director, Reema Transport Pvt Ltd. 

Mr. Shankar R, CEO, TVS Supply Chain Solutions Limited India

Mr. Kaushik Narayan, CEO, Leaptrucks

Mr. Siddharth Kirtane, Head Marketing & HQ Ops, DICV

Mr. Jinal Shah, Founder & CEO, Expandus Consulting Pvt. Ltd. (Moderator)

11:20 AM– 12:10 PM Networking Coffee/Tea Break

Room 1- Disruptive Innovations

Room 2- Sustainable Mobility

12:10 PM – 12:20 PM

Presentation on  Uno Minda : PACE – Driving the new for Commercial Vehicles by Mr. Yakama Kumar, Head Marketing – Commercial Vehicle & Off Road Segment, Uno Minda Limited

12:10 AM – 12:20 PM

Presentation on Sustainable Solutions from Schaeffler by Mr. Anirban Mukherji, Head- Key Account Management, Automotive, Schaeffler India Limited

12:20 PM – 12:30 PM

Context Setting Presentation on Monetizing connected trucks with video telematics by Mr. Krishna A.G, Co-Founder, Lightmetrics

12:30 PM – 1:20 PM

Connected and Digital Disruption of the Indian CV & Road Transport industry 

Ms. Ujjwala Karle, Deputy Director, ARAI- awaiting written approval

Mr. Krishna A.G, Co-Founder, LightMerics

Mr. Dayakar Devaraiah, Vice president, Connectivity Solutions, Daimler Truck Innovation Center India (DTICI)

Mr. Sankalp Rajpurkar, Head of Account Management, Intangles

Mr. Tansher Singh, Managing Director, ABC Express

Mr. Rahul Sonawane, Head- Sales & Services Kamaz Motors

Mr. Pushan Sharma, Director, CRISIL Limited (Moderator)

12:20 PM – 1:20 PM

Electrification of CV’s & Push Towards De-carbonisation: Clean & Sustainable Mobility 

Mr. Anurag Dubey, Sr VP & COO, IPL Tech Electric

Mr. Gopi Sankar M, Vice President,  Advanced Engineering, Ashok Leyland

Mr. Karthik Anantha, Head, Research and Development Division Omega Seiki Mobility

Mr. Ayush Lohia, CEO, Lohia Auto

Mr. Ravi Balusu, Unit Head, Automotive Engineering, India & SEA SKF

Mr. Himanshu Patel, CEO & Founder Triton Electric Vehicle, LLC

Mr. Venugopal Rao, Vice President Sales and Marketing (eBuses & e-Trucks) Olectra Greentech

Mr. Srikumar Krishnamurthy, Vice President and Co-Group Head, ICRA Ltd. (Moderator)

1:25 PM – 2:25 PM Networking Lunch

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM

Presentation on Anti-counterfeiting Technology Solutions for the Automobile Industry by Mr. Inder Sharma, President, Sales & Marketing, Holostik India Ltd       

2:30 PM – 2:40 PM

Presentation on Driving Intelligent and clean growth by Mr. Ravi Balusu Unit Head, Automotive Engineering, India & SEA, SKF India  

2:45 PM – 3:40 PM

Impact of Regulatory Trends: Gear Up to Comply with Stricter Norms 

Mr. Bal Malkit Singh, Past President & Chairman Core Committee, AIMTC 

Mr. Abhishek Gupta, General Secretary, All India Transporters Welfare Association (AITWA)

Mr. Jasveer Singh, CEO, Instant Transport Solution Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. C S Vigneshwar, Vice President, FADA

Mr. S.N Dhole, Head Safety & Homologation/Certification CIRT

Ms. Harinder Pal Kaur, Head of Logistics in Northern Cargo Service, JIS Group

Mr. Girish Mirchandani, Owner, TRANSTOPICS (Moderator)

2:40 PM – 3:40 PM

Mission 2030: Accelerating Zero-Emissions in Last Mile Delivery 

Ms. Sulajja Firodia Motwani, Founder & CEO, Kinetic Green

Mr. Amitabh Saran, Founder & CEO, Altigreen Propulsion Labs

Mr. Phaneesh S Prakash, Business Head – Porter for Enterprise, Porter

Mr. Himanshu Patel, CEO & Founder, Triton Electric Vehicle, LLC

Mr. Uday Narang, Chairman, Anglian Omega Group and Omega Seiki Mobility

Mr. Harshvardhan Sharma, Head – Auto Retail Consulting Practice NRI (Moderator)

3:40 PM – 4:15 PM Networking Coffee/Tea Break

4:15 PM – 4:25 PM

Presentation on Sterling Group: Gearing up for future by Mr. Siva Chandran K, Head Product Design & Development, Sterling Gtake E-Mobility Limited

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM

Presentation on Why do commercial compressed gas engines need a dedicated gas engine oil? A TCO-led approach by Mr. Sreehari Kumar, Product Manager, Commercial Engine Oils (India & Middle East), Lubrizol

4:25 PM – 5:15 PM

Trailer Trends 2023 & Beyond: Safer, Smarter & Efficient

10 mins presentation on ACE Trends in the Commercial Vehicle Industry- The ZF Story by V Ramanathan, Vice President- Head-OE Business, ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Ltd followed by fireside chat 

Mr. Rajeev Batra, CEO, Tata DLT

Mr. V Ramanathan, Vice President- Head-OE Business, ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Ltd

Mr. Jinal Shah, Founder & CEO, Expandus Consulting Pvt. Ltd. (Moderator)

 

4:30 PM – 5:15 PM

Beyond Electric: Next Generation Powertrains and Low Carbon Fuels

Dr. Prasanna Bhat, Deputy Director, ARAI

Mr. A Ramasubramanian, CTO, Blue Energy Motors Limited

Mr. P. Mahesh, Vice-President (Engine Development), Ashok Leyland

Dr. S. S. Gupta, Advisor (Technical), Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India

Mr. Dinakar B, Executive Vice President, Volvo Trucks India, VECV

Mr. Shailesh Zinge, Director- Marketing, and Growth  Initiatives, Cummins India

Mr. Prashant K Banerjee, Executive Director, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)

Mr. Kaushik Madhavan, Mobility Consultant & Advisor (Moderator)

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Chief Guest Address

Shri. Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways, GOI

6:30 PM Onwards…… Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres

 

PARTNERS - CVF 2023

Platinum Partner

Gold Partners

Silver Partners

KNOWLEDGE PARTNER

OFFICIAL MAGAZINE PARTNER

Exhibiting & Other Partners

Association & Media Partners