Time: 1030 – 1200 hrs | MR – 7 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) 

Supported by ITTA

Moderator:

1. Chair: Manmohan Singh, Co- Chairman, FICCI Committee on Textiles and Technical Textiles & Group Executive President & CMO Grasim Industries Ltd
2. Co-Chair: Mr. Rajeev Saxena, Joint
   Secretary, Ministry of Textile, Government of India
3. Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh, Hon’ble Minister
   of State for Textiles & Railways Government of India
4. Sh. Rajeev Saxena, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
5. Sh. Moloy Chandan Chakrabortty, IDAS

Ministry/Department:

1. Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh, Hon’ble Minister
   of State for Textiles & Railways Government of India
2. Shri. Vivek Bansal, DDG, CPWD, Government of India
3. Shri R K Dhiman VSM, ADG, Border Roads, Government of India
4. Shri V.L Kantha Rao, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Government of India
5. Shri Vulunmang Vualnam, Secretary, Ministry of Civil
   Aviation, Government of India

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Mr. Victor Pimentel, MSc. – BRAZIL, CEO, Geo Soluções- Strata Brazil – Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering (São Paulo-Brazil
2. Mr. Vikaramjiet Roy, MD, Maccaferri, India
3. Shri. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog

Time: 1015-1145 hrs | MR – 6 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) 

Supported by CITI / ITMF

Ministry/Department:

1. Chair: Sh. Rakesh Mehra, Chairman, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) & Chairman, BanswaraSyntex Ltd
2. Co-Chair: Sh. Ajay Gupta, Joint Secretary

Moderator:

Dr. Christian Schinder, Director General, ITMF, Switzerland

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Dr. K. V. Srinivasan, President, ITMF and MD, Premier Mills, India
2. Sh. Joachim Hensch, Consulting & Partner, Gherzi
3. Sh. Max Easton, Director of Global Innovation, Smartex, Portugal
4. Sh. Christian Dreszig, Regional Sales Director Asia, Benninger Group, Switzerland
5. Sh. Ram Sareen, Chairman-Founder, Tukatech
6. Sh. Jochen Adler, Head of R&D, Oerlikon

Time: 1030-1200 hrs | MR – 17 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) 

Supported by Gherzi Textil Organisation

Ministry/Department:

1. Chair: Sh. Rohit Kansal, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Textiles

Moderator:

Sh. Giuseppe Gherzi, Managing Partner, Gherzi Textil Organisation

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Sh. H K Agarwal, Managing Director, Grasim Industries
2. Ms. Carla Buzasi, President & CEO, WGSN
3. Sh. Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu, Chairman & Managing Director, Lakshmi Machine Works
4. Ms. Regina BRÜCKNER, Owner and Managing Partner, BRÜCKNER Trockentechnik GmbH & Co.
5. Mr. Rahul Dhand, Vice President, Li & Fung
6. Ms. Marci ZAROFF, Founder and CEO, Ecofashion Corporation
7. Sh. Carlo CENTONZE, Group CEO HeiQ Materials AG
8. Ms. Tricia CAREY, Chief Commercial Officer, ReNewCell
9. Sh. James Phillips, Partner, Gherzi ASEAN
10. Ms. Alison Ward, CEO, CottonConnect
11. Ms. La Rhea PEPPER, Managing Director, Textile Exchange

Time: 1030-1200 hrs | MR – 16 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) 

Supported by IDH & Better Cotton Initiative

Ministry/Department:

1. Chair: Ms. Gauri Singh, DDG, IRENA
2. Co-Chair: Ms. Prajakta L Verma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles

Moderator:

Ms. Jasmer Dhingra, Director – Programs (India), IDH

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Sh. Hardeep Desai, Global Head – Farm Programmes, CottonConnect
2. Sh. Sumit Roy, Head Agriculture Production Initiative, WWF
3. Sh. Bhadresh Dodhia, Head International Sales & Finance, Dodhia Group
4. Sh. Anurag Gupta, Managing Director, Usha Yarns
5. Sh. Pramit Chanda, Global Director Textiles and Manufacturing, IDH
6. Ms. Eva Benavidez Clayton, Senior Director of Membership and Supply Chain, BCI
7. Sh. Chandrakant Kumbhani, COO – Community Development, Ambuja Cement
8. Ms. Marie Emmanuelle Belzung, General Delegate, Alliance for European Flax-Linen & Hemp
9. Sh. Abhishek Bansal, Head of Sustainability, Arvind
10. Sh. Tejas Sampat, Senior Director, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, PVH
11. Sh. Sundar M Senthilnathan, Head of Public Affairs, H&M India
12. Sh. Alok Mishra, Senior Vice President & Group Head of Sustainability, Welspun
13. Sh. Varun Chawla, Business Development Manager – Supply Area South Asia, IKEA

Time: 1030 – 1130 hrs | MR – 9 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) 

1. Ms. Patricia Jurewicz, Founder and CEO, Responsible Sourcing Network
2. Ms. Anjali Krishnan, Program Manager – Alternate Materials, IDH

Time: 1100 -1145 hrs| Hall 1 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH) 

Moderator:

Dr. Christian Schinder, Director General, ITMF, Switzerland

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Sh. Anand Kulkarni, Technical Director, ESG-Management, KPMG

Time: 1200-1300 hrs | MR – 6 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)  

Supported by ITME

Moderator:

Mr. AvinashMayekar, Managing Director, Suvin Expo LLP

Ministry/Department:

1. Chair: Sh. Asit Gopal, AS & FA, Ministry of Textiles

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Sh. Surjit Singh Mahajan, Managing Director, Stäubli India Pvt. Ltd.
2. Sh. M S Dadu, Chairman, ColorJet India Limited.
3. Sh. Hisahiro Koketsu, Managing Director, Kirloskar Toyota Textile Machinery Pvt Ltd.
4. Dr. Franco Bonello, Managing Director, Vandewiele – Savio India Pvt. Ltd.
5. h. M Shankar, Director (Operations), Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd.

Time: 1200-1300 hrs | MR-9 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) 

Time: 1200-1300 hrs | MR – 8 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) 

Supported by NIFT & CMAI

Ministry/Department::

1. Chair: Ms. Tanu Kashyap, Director General, NIFT

Moderator:

1. Prof (Dr.) Manoj Tiwari, (Moderator) NIFT member of Project Implementing Team, INDIAsize, National Institute of Fashion Technology

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Prof. (Dr.) Noopur Anand, Principal Investigator INDIAsize, National Institute of Fashion Technology
2. Sh. Ashish Dikshit – Managing Director, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail
3. Sh. Akhilesh Prasad – Chief Executive Officer, Reliance Retail Ltd (Reliance Trends)
4. Sh. Shailesh Chaturvedi – Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Arvind Fashions Ltd.

Time: 1215-1300 hrs | Hall 3 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH) 

Supported by NIFT

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Dr. Shalini Sood Sehgal, Professor NIFT and Principal Investigator & Creative Director, VisioNxt
2. Dr. KaustavSenGupta, Associate Professor & Ex-Link Chairperson – F&LA and Director Insights, VisioNxt

Time: 1215-1300 hrs | Hall 1 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH) 

Supported by Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Ashish Mullick, Category Head, Health Wellness & Automobile, ONDC

1. Chair: Ms. Rachna Shah, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
2. Co-chair: Ms. Shubhra, Trade Advisor, Ministry of Textiles

1. Sh. Vipin Tiwari, Senior Managing Director, Target Sourcing Services
2. Sh. Nitin Prasad, Managing Director- India, PVH Corp
3. Sh. Yatin Kirori Global, Chief Representative, Bestseller
4. Sh. Asker Laubjerg, COO, KAS Group Asia
5. Sh. Kapil Agrawal, Business Head, Textiles, Aditya Birla Group
6. Sh. Kinner Lakhani, COO, CottonConnect
7. Sh. Rajesh Kumar, CEO, Laguna Clothing
8. Sh. Salman Nishtar, Group CFO of Teejay Lanka PLC
9. Sh. Darpan Shukla, Group Head of Supply Chain, Brandix Apparel Limited
10. Sh. Sivaramakrishnan Ganapathi, Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Gokaldas Exports
11. Sh. Faruque Hassan, President, BGMEA
12. Sh. Mohammed Hatem, Executive President, BKMEA

Time: 1400-1530 hrs | Auditorium 1 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) 

Supported by FICCI

Ministry/Department:

1. Chair: Shri. Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of Textiles, Commerce and Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
2. Co-chair: Smt. Darshana Jardosh, Hon’ble Minister of State for Textiles and Railways
3. Ms. Rachna Shah, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
4. Sh. Ajay Sood, Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India
5. Sh. Rajeev Saxena, Joint Secretary

Moderator:

1. Sh. Himanshu Rattan, Partner, KPMG

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Sh. Vipin Tiwari, Senior Managing Director, Target Sourcing Services
2. Sh. Mohan Kavrie, Managing Director, Supreme Nonwovens
3. Sh. Narendra M Dalmia, Director / CEO, Strata Geosystems (India) Pvt. Ltd.
4. Sh. R D Udeshi, President- Polyester Business, Reliance Industries Limited
5. Sh. Reisuke Aratani, Managing Director, YKK India
6. Sh. S K Pathak, Secretary General, FICCI
7. Sh. Amit Agarwal, Past Chairman, ITTA
8. Sh. Anil Rajvanshi, Board Member, Alok Industries Limited
9. Sh. Anjani Prasad, Managing Director, Archroma Chemicals
10. Sh. Amit Khator, Managing Director, Khator Technical Textiles
11. Sh. Bhadresh M Dodhia, Chairman, Synthetic & Rayon Textile Export Promotion Council
12. Sh. Kamal Kumar Johari, Managing Director, Nobel Hygiene Limited
13. Sh. Manish Kumar, Vice Chairman, Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry
14. Sh. Pramod Khosla, Chairman & Managing Director, Khosla Profil Pvt Ltd
15. Sh. Avinash Misar, Chairman, Indian Technical Textile Association
16. Sh. Gurudas Aras, Independent Director, ITA Textile Germany & Advisor Yamuna Maniche work and Rabatex Industries
17. Sh. Mahesh Kudav, Managing Director, Venus Safety and Health Pvt. Ltd
18. Sh. Mayur Malpani, CEO, Clothing Innovations LLP
19. Sh. Mohit Raina, Managing Director, Raina Industries Pvt Ltd
20. Sh. Rajiv Ranka, Managing Director, Alpha Foam Ltd.
21. Sh. Ravish B. Kamath, CEO, Big Bags International Pvt. Ltd.
22. Sh. Sanjay Bhayani, Director India Operations, AVGOL India
23. Sh. Sumit Mall, Managing Director, Times Fibrefill Pvt. Ltd.
24. Sh. Sunil JhunJhunWala, Managing Director, Techno Sportswear Pvt Ltd
25. Sh. Surender Choudhary, Convenor, All India Flat Tape Manufacturing Association
26. Sh. Sushil Kumar, Director, Shreeji Poly Fab
27. Sh. Jitendra Sharma, Managing Director and CEO, Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone
28. Sh. Ajai Singh Sirohi, Chief Development Officer- South Asia, Toray Industries India Pvt. Ltd.
29. Dr. Behnam Pourdeyhmi, Professor of NC State University and Executive Director, The Nonwovens Institute
30. Sh. Padmaja Reddy, President, All India Flat Tape Manufactures Association
31. Sh. Suresh Sodani, Managing Director & CEO, Century Enka Ltd
32. Sh. Sharad Kumar Saraf, Technocraft Industries India

1. Chair: Ms. Shubhra, Trade Advisor, Ministry of Textiles

1. Sh. Maniwanen Marimutu, Chairman, Busana Group
2. Sh. Manmohan Singh, Chief Marketing Officer, Birla Cellulose, Aditya Birla Group
3. Ms. Ru Yi Ong, MD, Primax Corp
4. Sh. Manu Veer Tyagi, President & CEO, MV Group New York
5. Sh. Mithileshwar Thakur, Secretary General, AEPC
6. Sh. Pratik Gadia, Founder & CEO, The Yarn Bazaar

Time: 1400-1500 hrs | MR – 7 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) 

Supported by NITI Aayog

Ministry/Department:

1. Chair: Sh. BVR Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog
2. Co-Chair: Ms. Rachna Shah, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles

Moderator:

1. Sh. Mohit Bhasin, Partner & Global Co-Lead, Economic Growth Network, KPMG India

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Sh. Harish Ahuja, Managing Director, Shahi Export
2. Sh. Narendra Kumar Goenka, Chairman, Bharat Tex
3. Ms. DipaliGoenka, Managing Director, Welspun Living Limited
4. Sh. Gautam Nair, Managing Director, Matrix Clothing
5. Sh. Paresh Shah, EVP Sourcing, Tommy Hilfiger
6. Sh. Sivaramakrishnan Ganapathi, Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Gokaldas Exports
7. Sh. Ashroff Omar, CEO, Brandix

Time: 1400-1500 hrs | MR-6 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) 

Time: 1400-1500 hrs | MR-9 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) 

Time: 1400-1445 hrs | Hall 1 | BMEH 

Supported by Water Footprint Implementation (WFI)

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Sh. Vijay Mathur, DG & CEO, ATDC
2. Ms. Ioana Dobrescu, Managing Director, Water Footprint Implementation

Time: 1400-1445 hrs | Hall 3 | BMEH 

Supported by IDH

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Sh. Marius Golden, COO and co-founder of Reverse Resources
2. Ms. Khushbu Maheshwari, Innovation Associate, Fashion for Good

Time: 1515-1615 hrs | MR – 6 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) 

Supported by CITI

Ministry/Department:

1. Chair: Sh. Atul Tiwari, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

Moderator:

Sh. Ajay Gupta, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Sh. Vijay Mathur, DG & CEO, ATDC
2. Sh. Rishikesh Patankar, Industry and Academia Collaboration, NSDC
3. Ms. Kalpana Singh, Zonal Manager, IT Infrastructure(North), Aditya Birla
4. Sh. Anurag Badal, CEO, Arvind Mills
5. Ms. Annabel Meurs, Associate Director, Fair Wear Foundation

Time: 1515-1600 hrs | Hall 1 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH) 

Supported by SASMIRA

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Sh. Ravi Singh, Assistant Director, Synthetic & Art Silk Mills’ Research Association (SASMIRA)

Time: 1530-1630 hrs | MR – 7 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) 

Supported by NIFT

Ministry/Department:

1. Chair: Dr. Beena, DC Handloom
2. Co-Chair: Ms. Sudha Dhingra, Dean, NIFT

Moderator:

1. Dr. Sibichan K Mathew, Professor, Fashion Management Studies and Head of Research Unit, NIFT

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Sh. Pratik Tiwari, Founder of Groyyo
2. Ms. Udita Bansal, Founder, trueBrowns
3. Ms. Swati Nathani, Founder, Team Pumpkin
4. Ms. MausmiAmbastha, Founder, ZapScale

Time: 1600-1730 hrs | MR – 16 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)

Supported by WAZIR Advisors

Ministry/Department:

1. Chair: Sh. Amit Mohan, ACS of MSME, Textiles and Khadi & Village Industries Departments, Government of Uttar Pradesh
2. Co-Chair: Sh. Virendra Singh, Principal Secretary – Textiles, Government of Maharashtra
3. Sh. Akhilesh Kumar, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Textiles

Moderator:

Sh. Prashant Agarwal, Co-Founder & JMD, Wazir Advisors

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Sh. Sivakumar Narayanan, Executive VP Marketing and Business Development, Uster
2. Sh. Gianluca Tanzi, Chairman & CEO, Chargeurs PCC
3. Sh. Reisuke Aratani, Managing Director, YKK
4. Sh. Benny Pua, Managing Director, United Texmac
5. Sh. Stefano Loro, President BCF Global – Executive Director, Aquafil
6. Sh. Satyaki Ghosh, CEO- Domestic Textiles Business, Aditya Birla Group
7. Sh. Sanjay Gupta, President and CFO, Welspun Living Limited
8. Sh. Robert Aantoshak, Partner, Gherzi USA
9. Sh. S K Pathak, Secretary General, FICCI

Time: 1600-1730 hrs | MR – 17 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) 

Supported by The Clothing Manufacturers Association of India & Retailers Association of India (CMAI)

Ministry/Department:

1. Chair: Sh. Rohit Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs
2. Co-chair: Sh. Rohit Kansal, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Textiles

Moderator:

1. Sh. HarminderSahni, Wazir Advisors
2. Sh. Rahul Mehta, Chief Mentor, CMAI

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Sh. Rajesh Masand, President, CMAI
2. Sh. B.S. Nagesh, Chairman, Shoppers Stop
3. Sh. Ashish Dixit, Managing Director, ABFRL
4. Sh. Darshan Mehta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Reliance
5. Sh. Sunil Kataria, Chief Executive Officer – Lifestyle, Raymond
6. Sh. Manish Kapoor, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Pepe
7. Sh. Amitabh Suri, Chief Executive Officer, Arvind
8. Sh. Vineet Gautam, Chief Executive Officer and Country Head, Bestsellers
9. Sh. Sanjay Vakharia, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Spykar
10. Sh. Siddharth Bindra, Managing Director, Biba
11. Sh. Lalit Agarwal, Managing Director, V Mart
12. Sh. Anant Daga, Managing Director, TCNS Clothing
13. Sh. Nikhil Mohan, Co-founder and Director, Blackberry Menswear
14. Sh. Mayank Mohan, Chief Executive Officer, Mohanlal & Sons
15. Ms. ManjariUpadhyae, President and Head, Welspun Global Brands

Time: 1630 – 1715 hrs | Hall 1 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH) 

Supported by Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)

Panelist/Speakers:

1. Utkarsh Goswami, Vice President, ONDC

Time: 1700-1800 hrs | MR-9 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) 

Time: 1700-1800 hrs | MR-8 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)