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The Institute of Road Traffic Education & the Commission for Global Road Safety in coordination with The Department of Road Transport & Highways organized a one day Workshop ‘Road Safety Investments in India’ ,on Monday 18 February 2008, at the Auditorium of, ASSOCHAM House ,New Delhi.

The primary aim of the Workshop was to have an effective exchange of knowledge for developing a strategy and guideline towards approaching road safety investments in India.

There were 70 Participants to the Workshop which included senior representatives from the Transport & Police Departments from States including ; Haryana, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, J&K, Punjab, Assam, Manipur, Karnataka, Maharashtra etc. Other participants who attended were from the Department of Road Transport & Highways, Ministries of Health, Urban Development , NHAI, Planning Commission, World Bank, IIT & CRRI , IAPA, participants from the corporate sector included; Eicher Motors, Reliance, Hero Honda, Hyundai & BP Castrol etc.

Mr. David Ward, Secretary of the Commission for Global Road Safety, FIA Foundation and Executive member of the United Nations Global Road Safety Collaboration and the World Bank Facility was the Guest of Honour.

Mr. Tejendra Khanna, IAS, the Honorable Lieutenant Governor of New Delhi, presided over the concluding session of the Workshop.

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
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Session 1 Introductory Session

• Introduction to the Workshop & Welcome Note: Mr. Rohit Baluja, President, IRTE
• Address : Mr. B N Puri, Principal Adviser (Transport, Tourism & Culture), Planning Commission.
• Address by Mr. David Ward, Guest of Honor, Secretary of The Commission For Global Road Safety, FIA Foundation And Executive Member of The United Nations Global Road Safety Collaboration And The World Bank Facility.
• Address : Mr. S. K. Dash,IAS, Joint Secretary ,Department of Road, Transport & Highways, Government of India.
• Mr. Ajai Vikram Singh, Former Secretary Ministry of Shipping, Road, Transport & Highways

Session 2 Best Practices in Road Safety Investments

• Presentation :Dr. Raman K Patel, Professor, Polytechnic University ,New York, USA
• Presentation: Mr. K K Kapila, Vice Chairman, International Road Forum & CMD ICT Pvt. Ltd.
• Address: Mr. A Swaminathan ,Senior Transport Planner ,The World Bank
• Presentation: Mr. Shashank Singh, Head Distribution Safety, Reliance Industries Ltd.
• Presentation: Mr. O. A. Vijaykumar, HSSE-Head, BP & Castrol India Ltd.
• Presentation: Mr. A.K. Jain, Commissioner (Planning), Delhi Development Authority.

Concluding Session 3 Road Safety Investments in India

• Presentation, By Rohit Baluja, President , IRTE
• Summarising Session 1 & 2 : Dr. Raman K Patel, Professor, Polytechnic University New York, USA
• Presentation : By David Ward, Guest of Honor, Secretary of The Commission For Global Road Safety
• Address by Chairman & Chief Guest : Hon. Lt. Governor of Delhi, Mr. Tejendra Khanna
• Open House: Suggestions by Participants
• Summing up & Recommendations.

Workshop Highlights

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