Workshop Schedule
Day 1 (16-03-2026)
| Venue: 1st Floor Seminar Hall, Department of Civil Engineering | |
| 8:30 - 9:20 | Workshop Registration |
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| 9:20–10:30 | Inaugural Function Chief Guest: Dr. G. Vaidyanathan, Chief General Manager - Port Planning and Development, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority Guest of Honour: Prof. Ravi Gudi, Deputy Director, FIA (Finance, Infrastructure and Administration), IIT Bombay |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | High Tea |
| 11:00–13:15 | Mr. Rajesh Phadke, Chief Architect and Planner, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority Master Plan and Land Use Plan for Port-Landside with industrialization and infrastructure planning |
| Mr. Vishwanath G Gharat, Deputy GM, JNPA Planning of a Mega Port at Vadhavan, Maharashtra |
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| Mr. Dilip Shekdar, Planning Advisor, Mumbai Port Master plan for Mumbai Port | |
| Mr. Ajay Uthra, Deputy Chief Engineer, Mumbai Port Master Plan of Port Infrastructure of Mumbai Port and Blue Economy in India |
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| Dr. Shankar Vishwanath, Ex Director BMC and Advisor to Traffic Police Port Landside Planning, Operations, and Logistics: Effect on Mumbai Traffic Operations |
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| 13:15–14:30 | Lunch, CE Building Terrace |
| 14:30–16:00 | Mr. Avinash Kalse, Head of HSSE, APM Terminals Mumbai Global Trends in Terminal Management: Elevating Safety, People Capability, Operational Excellence, Asset Intelligence, and Sustainability |
| Prof. G Raghuram, Professor (Emeritus), Chanakya University and Gujarat Maritime University Public-Private Partnership in Port Infrastructure Planning and Operations |
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| 16:00–16:15 | Tea break |
| 16:15–17:30 | Mr. Sunil Bhatia, Director, Theme Logistics and Management Pvt. Ltd. Minor Ports and Inland Waterways |
| Dr. Joost Hintjens, Lecturer, University of Antwerp, Belgium European Ports: Planning and Operations |
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Day 2 (17-03-2026)
| Venue: 1st Floor Seminar Hall, Department of Civil Engineering | |
| Reporting time: 09:30 | |
| 9:30–10:45 | Mr. Amit Garg, Executive Vice President, JSW Ports and Logistics Landside Logistics - Multi-modal and Inland Terminals |
| Prof. Narayan Rangaraj, Professor, IIT Bombay Intermodal/Rail Transport and Ports |
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| 10:45–11:00 | Tea Break |
| 11:00–13:00 | Mr. Kandukuri Appala Raju, Director (India Operations), Delasoft Technology Innovations in enhancing landside efficiency of ports - A Perspective |
| Dr. Joost Hintjens, Lecturer, University of Antwerp, Belgium Co-operation among Ports |
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| Mr. Elanesegaran, Head of Operations, PSA Mumbai Terminal planning and operations at PSA Mumbai |
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| Prof. Gopal R. Patil, Professor, IIT Bombay Port Hinterland Identification and Port Area Traffic | |
| 13:00–14:15 | Lunch, CE Building Terrance |
| 14:15–15:30 | Panel Discussion on Port City Planning, Traffic Management, and Environment Panel Members: Mr. Jitendra Laxman Bhople, Director of Town Planning, Govt. of Maharashtra Prof. K.V. Krishna Rao, Professor, IIT Bombay Prof. Tom V. Mathew, Professor, IIT Bombay Prof. Arnab Jana, Associate Professor, IIT Bombay Moderator: Prof. Gopal R. Patil, Professor, IIT Bombay |
15:30–16:00 | Captain Praveen S. Khara, Chief Port Officer, Maharashtra Maritime Board Initiatives and planning of Maharashtra Maritime Board |
| 16:10 – 16:40 | Valedictory |
| 16:40 | Tea break |