

Knowledge Sessions at Bharat Tex 2024
Experience the pulse of innovation at Bharat Tex 2024 – your gateway to dynamic exchanges, interactive panels, and thought-provoking roundtables. Dive into engaging deliberations that foster collaboration among governments, key decision-makers, and industry experts, all working together to redefine the future of the textile industry.
Session Agenda Overview
01 Roundtable | CXO Roundtable – International
Time: 1400-1530 hrs I MR – 19 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Ministry/Department:
Chair:
Shri. Piyush Goyal,
Hon’ble Minister of Textiles, Commerce and Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Co-Chair
Smt. Darshana Jardosh,
Hon’ble Minister of State for Textiles and Railways
Sh. Suman Bery,
Vice Chairman Niti Aayog
Ms. Rachna Shah,
Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
Sh. Rohit Kansal,
Additional Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
Ms. Shubhra,
Trade Advisor, Ministry of Textiles
Ms. Prajakta L Verma,
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
Sh. Rajeev Saxena,
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
Ms. Nivruti Rai,
CEO, Invest India
Moderator:
Sh. Mohit Bhasin,
Partner & Global Co-Lead, Economic Growth Network, KPMG India
Panelist/Speakers:
Sh. Todd Kahn,
CEO and Brand President, Coach
Sh. Arjun Puri,
CEO, Anko Global
Sh. Stephan Sielaff,
CEO, LenzingFibers
Sh. Paresh Shah,
EVP Sourcing, Tommy Hilfiger
Ms. Brenda K Walker,
Global Head of Government, KPMG International
Sh. Rajiv Malik,
EVP Global Sourcing, Production & Product Services, Kohls
02 Panel Discussion | Local for Global: Making in India for the world
Time: 1400-1500 hrs | MR – 7 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by NIFT
Ministry/Department
Chair: Ms. Tanu Kashyap, Director General, NIFT
Moderator:
Ms. Shefalee Vasudev, Editor in Chief, The Voice of Fashion, RISE WORLDWIDE LIMITED
Panelist/Speakers:
- Ms. Bess Neilsen, Khadi & Co, Paris
- Sh. V Sunil, Co-Founder, Motherland Joint Ventures
- Ms. Priyanka Modi, Fashion Designer, Label AMPM
- Sh. Hemang Agarwal, Designer & Creative Director, The Surekha Group
03 Masterclass | Kasturi Cotton (India’s Spiritual Fibre)
Time: 1400-1445 hrs | Hall 1 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH)
Supported by TEXPROCIL
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Sunil Patwari, Chairman, TEXPROCIL
- Dr. Siddhartha Rajagopal, Executive Director, TEXPROCIL
- Dr. Binoy Choudhury, Chairman, Control Union Certifications (India) Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
- Sh. PueshAjmani, President & Global Chief Digital Officer, Welspun Living
04 Regional Session | Africa
Time: 1400-1500 hrs | MR-9 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
05 Masterclass | Future Consumer 2025
Time: 1500-1545 hrs | Hall 3 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH)
Supported by WGSN Panelist/Speakers:
- Ms. Carla Buzasi, President & CEO, WGSN
06 Roundtable | CXO Roundtable – Domestic
Time: 1600-1730 hrs | Summit Room | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Shri. Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of Textiles, Commerce and Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
- Co-Chair: Smt. Darshana Jardosh, Hon’ble Minister of State for Textiles and Railways
- Ms. Rachna Shah, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
- Sh. Rohit Kansal, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
- Sh. Ajay Sood, Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India
- Ms. Shubhra, Trade Advisor, Ministry of Textiles
- Ms. Prajakta L Verma, Joint Secretar, Ministry of Textilesy
- Sh. Rajeev Saxena, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
- Ms. Nivruti Rai, CEO, Invest India
- Sh. Rajeev Saxena, Joint Secretary
Moderator:
Sh. Mohit Bhasin, Partner & Global Co-Lead, Economic Growth Network, KPMG India
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Ashish Dixit, Managing Director, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited
- Sh. Rajinder Gupta, Chairman, Trident
- Sh. Kamal Oswal, MD, Nahar Industries
- Ms. Suchita Jain, Vice Chairman & Joint MD, Vardhman
- Sh. Reisuke Aratani, Director, YKK
- Sh. Rajendra V Agarwal, CEO & MD, Donear
- Sh. Ravinder Verma, MD, Ganga Acrowools Ltd.
- Mr. M SANKAR, Director, Operations, LMW Group
- Sh. Rakesh Mehra, Chairman, BanswaraSyntex
- Sh. Harish Ahuja, Managing Director, Shahi Export
- Ms. Dipali Goenka, Managing Director, Welspun Living Limited
- Sh. Shreyaskar Choudhury, Managing Director Pratibha Syntex
- Sh. Naren Goenka, Chairman Texport & Chairman Bharat Tex
- Sh. Bhadresh Dodhia, Head International Sales & Finance, Dodhia Group & Co-Chairman Bharat Tex
- Sh. Narendra Dalmia, Director, Strata Geosystems
- Sh. Sugam Asani, CBO, Bestseller
- Sh. Amol Biniwale, MD, Perennials
- Sh. Sivaramakrishnan Ganapathi, Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Gokaldas Exports
- Sh. Debabrata Ghosh, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Oerlikon
- Sh. Amit Kavrie, Managing Director, Supreme Group
- Sh. Vishal Lohia, Whole-time MD, Indo Rama Synthetics Ltd
- Sh. Mohit Jain, Executive Vice Chairman, Indo Count
- Sh. Mohan Kavrie, Managing Director, Supreme Nonwovens
- Sh. Narendra M Dalmia, Director / CEO, Strata Geosystems (India) Pvt. Ltd.
- Sh. R D Udeshi, President- Polyester Business, Reliance Industries Limited
- Sh. Reisuke Aratani, Managing Director, YKK India
- Sh. S K Pathak, Secretary General, FICCI
- Sh. Amit Agarwal, Past Chairman, ITTA
- Sh. Anil Rajvanshi, Board Member, Alok Industries Limited
- Sh. Anjani Prasad, Managing Director, Archroma Chemicals
- Sh. Amit Khator, Managing Director, Khator Technical Textiles
- Sh. Bhadresh M Dodhia, Chairman, Synthetic & Rayon Textile Export Promotion Council
- Sh. Kamal Kumar Johari, Managing Director, Nobel Hygiene Limited
- Sh. Manish Kumar, Vice Chairman, Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Sh. Pramod Khosla, Chairman & Managing Director, Khosla Profil Pvt Ltd
- Sh. Avinash Misar, Chairman, Indian Technical Textile Association
- Sh. Gurudas Aras, Independent Director, ITA Textile Germany & Advisor Yamuna Maniche work and Rabatex Industries
- Sh. Mahesh Kudav, Managing Director, Venus Safety and Health Pvt. Ltd
- Sh. Mayur Malpani, CEO, Clothing Innovations LLP
- Sh. Mohit Raina, Managing Director, Raina Industries Pvt Ltd
- Sh. Rajiv Ranka, Managing Director, Alpha Foam Ltd.
- Sh. Ravish B. Kamath, CEO, Big Bags International Pvt. Ltd.
- Sh. Sanjay Bhayani, Director India Operations, AVGOL India
- Sh. Sumit Mall, Managing Director, Times Fibrefill Pvt. Ltd.
- Sh. Sunil JhunJhunWala, Managing Director, Techno Sportswear Pvt Ltd
- Sh. Surender Choudhary, Convenor, All India Flat Tape Manufacturing Association
- Sh. Sushil Kumar, Director, Shreeji Poly Fab
- Sh. Jitendra Sharma, Managing Director and CEO, Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone
- Sh. Ajai Singh Sirohi, Chief Development Officer- South Asia, Toray Industries India Pvt. Ltd.
- Dr. Behnam Pourdeyhmi, Professor of NC State University and Executive Director, The Nonwovens Institute
- Sh. Padmaja Reddy, President, All India Flat Tape Manufactures Association
- Sh. Suresh Sodani, Managing Director & CEO, Century Enka Ltd
- Sh. Sharad Kumar Saraf, Technocraft Industries India
07 Panel Discussion | Innovation Nexus: Pioneering Circular Solutions for Sustainability
Time: 1600-1700 hrs | MR – 7 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by Fashion for Good
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Sh. Chandra Bhushan – Founder & CEO, iFOREST
- Co-Chair: Ms. Prajakta L Verma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
Moderator:
Ms. Khushbu Maheshwari, Innovation Associate, Fashion For Good
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Ranjit Sasi, Director, Reverse Resources
- Sh. Hans Hon Sang Chan, Co-founder & CTO, Matoha
- Ms. Tricia Carey, Chief Commercial Officer, Renewcell
- Sh. Vasco Sousa, Sales, PICVISA
- Ms. Kathleen Rademan, VP Corporate Development, Circ
08 Masterclass | Taxation and Finance
Time: 1600-1645 hrs | Hall 1 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH)
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Prashant Kapoor, Partner, KPMG
09 State Session | Maharashtra Session 1
Time: 1700-1800 hrs | MR-9 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
10 State Session | Rajasthan Session 1
Time: 1700-1800 hrs | MR-8 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
01 Panel Discussion | Geotechnical Textiles – Advancements and Sustainability
Time: 1030 – 1200 hrs | MR – 7 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by ITTA
Moderator:
- Chair: Manmohan Singh, Co- Chairman, FICCI Committee on Textiles and Technical Textiles & Group Executive President & CMO Grasim Industries Ltd
- Co-Chair: Mr. Rajeev Saxena, Joint
Secretary, Ministry of Textile, Government of India - Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh, Hon’ble Minister
of State for Textiles & Railways Government of India - Sh. Rajeev Saxena, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
- Sh. Moloy Chandan Chakrabortty, IDAS
Ministry/Department:
02 Future Factories: Fueled by Smart Manufacturing and Innovation
Time: 1015-1145 hrs | MR – 6 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by CITI / ITMF
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Sh. Rakesh Mehra, Chairman, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) & Chairman, BanswaraSyntex Ltd
- Co-Chair: Sh. Ajay Gupta, Joint Secretary
Moderator:
Dr. Christian Schinder, Director General, ITMF, Switzerland
Panelist/Speakers:
- Dr. K. V. Srinivasan, President, ITMF and MD, Premier Mills, India
- Sh. Joachim Hensch, Consulting & Partner, Gherzi
- Sh. Max Easton, Director of Global Innovation, Smartex, Portugal
- Sh. Christian Dreszig, Regional Sales Director Asia, Benninger Group, Switzerland
- Sh. Ram Sareen, Chairman-Founder, Tukatech
- Sh. Jochen Adler, Head of R&D, Oerlikon
03 Roundtable | Mega Trends that are reshaping Textile Ecosystem
Time: 1030-1200 hrs | MR – 17 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by Gherzi Textil Organisation
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Sh. Rohit Kansal, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
Moderator:
Moderator:
Sh. Giuseppe Gherzi, Managing Partner, Gherzi Textil Organisation
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. H K Agarwal, Managing Director, Grasim Industries
- Ms. Carla Buzasi, President & CEO, WGSN
- Sh. Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu, Chairman & Managing Director, Lakshmi Machine Works
- Ms. Regina BRÜCKNER, Owner and Managing Partner, BRÜCKNER Trockentechnik GmbH & Co.
- Mr. Rahul Dhand, Vice President, Li & Fung
- Ms. Marci ZAROFF, Founder and CEO, Ecofashion Corporation
- Sh. Carlo CENTONZE, Group CEO HeiQ Materials AG
- Ms. Tricia CAREY, Chief Commercial Officer, ReNewCell
- Sh. James Phillips, Partner, Gherzi ASEAN
- Ms. Alison Ward, CEO, CottonConnect
- Ms. La Rhea PEPPER, Managing Director, Textile Exchange
04 Future of Textiles: ESG & Sustainability
Time: 1030-1200 hrs | MR – 16 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by IDH & Better Cotton Initiative
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Ms. Gauri Singh, DDG, IRENA
- Co-Chair: Ms. Prajakta L Verma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
Moderator:
Ms. Jasmer Dhingra, Director – Programs (India), IDH
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Hardeep Desai, Global Head – Farm Programmes, CottonConnect
- Sh. Sumit Roy, Head Agriculture Production Initiative, WWF
- Sh. Bhadresh Dodhia, Head International Sales & Finance, Dodhia Group
- Sh. Anurag Gupta, Managing Director, Usha Yarns
- Sh. Pramit Chanda, Global Director Textiles and Manufacturing, IDH
- Ms. Eva Benavidez Clayton, Senior Director of Membership and Supply Chain, BCI
- Sh. Chandrakant Kumbhani, COO – Community Development, Ambuja Cement
- Ms. Marie Emmanuelle Belzung, General Delegate, Alliance for European Flax-Linen & Hemp
- Sh. Abhishek Bansal, Head of Sustainability, Arvind
- Sh. Tejas Sampat, Senior Director, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, PVH
- Sh. Sundar M Senthilnathan, Head of Public Affairs, H&M India
- Sh. Alok Mishra, Senior Vice President & Group Head of Sustainability, Welspun
- Sh. Varun Chawla, Business Development Manager – Supply Area South Asia, IKEA
05 State Session | Rajasthan Session 2
Time: 1030 – 1130 hrs | MR – 9 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
06 Masterclass | Sustainability – Global Regulations
Time: 1100-1145 hrs | Hall 3 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH) Supported by Responsible Sourcing Network Panelist/Speakers:
- Ms. Patricia Jurewicz, Founder and CEO, Responsible Sourcing Network
- Ms. Anjali Krishnan, Program Manager – Alternate Materials, IDH
07 Masterclass | ESG 101
Time: 1100 -1145 hrs| Hall 1 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH)
Moderator:
Dr. Christian Schinder, Director General, ITMF, Switzerland
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Anand Kulkarni, Technical Director, ESG-Management, KPMG
08 Panel Discussion | Textile Machinery & Engineering: Role in Fabricating Excellence for Textile Manufacturing
Time: 1200-1300 hrs | MR – 6 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by ITME
Moderator:
Mr. AvinashMayekar, Managing Director, Suvin Expo LLP
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Sh. Asit Gopal, AS & FA, Ministry of Textiles
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Surjit Singh Mahajan, Managing Director, Stäubli India Pvt. Ltd.
- Sh. M S Dadu, Chairman, ColorJet India Limited.
- Sh. Hisahiro Koketsu, Managing Director, Kirloskar Toyota Textile Machinery Pvt Ltd.
- Dr. Franco Bonello, Managing Director, Vandewiele – Savio India Pvt. Ltd.
- h. M Shankar, Director (Operations), Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd.
09 Country Session | Australia Connect
Time: 1200-1300 hrs | MR-9 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
10 Interaction | ‘INDIAsize’ Dialogue with Stakeholders
Time: 1200-1300 hrs | MR – 8 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by NIFT & CMAI
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Ms. Tanu Kashyap, Director General, NIFT
Moderator:
- Prof (Dr.) Manoj Tiwari, (Moderator) NIFT member of Project Implementing Team, INDIAsize, National Institute of Fashion Technology
Panelist/Speakers:
- Prof. (Dr.) Noopur Anand, Principal Investigator INDIAsize, National Institute of Fashion Technology
- Sh. Ashish Dikshit – Managing Director, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail
- Sh. Akhilesh Prasad – Chief Executive Officer, Reliance Retail Ltd (Reliance Trends)
- Sh. Shailesh Chaturvedi – Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Arvind Fashions Ltd.
11 Masterclass | VisioNxt Trend Insights & Fashion Forecasting Lab
Time: 1215-1300 hrs | Hall 3 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH)
Supported by NIFT
Panelist/Speakers:
- Dr. Shalini Sood Sehgal, Professor NIFT and Principal Investigator & Creative Director, VisioNxt
- Dr. KaustavSenGupta, Associate Professor & Ex-Link Chairperson – F&LA and Director Insights, VisioNxt
12 Masterclass| Unleashing Business Opportunities with Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)
Time: 1215-1300 hrs | Hall 1 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH)
Supported by Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)
Panelist/Speakers:
- Ashish Mullick, Category Head, Health Wellness & Automobile, ONDC
13 Roundtable | Building Resilient Value Chains- India as Global Sourcing Destination
Time: 1400-1530 hrs | MR – 14 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Ms. Rachna Shah, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
- Co-chair: Ms. Shubhra, Trade Advisor, Ministry of Textiles
Moderator: Sh. Girish Menon, Managing Director, Stride Partners Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Vipin Tiwari, Senior Managing Director, Target Sourcing Services
- Sh. Nitin Prasad, Managing Director- India, PVH Corp
- Sh. Yatin Kirori Global, Chief Representative, Bestseller
- Sh. Asker Laubjerg, COO, KAS Group Asia
- Sh. Kapil Agrawal, Business Head, Textiles, Aditya Birla Group
- Sh. Kinner Lakhani, COO, CottonConnect
- Sh. Rajesh Kumar, CEO, Laguna Clothing
- Sh. Salman Nishtar, Group CFO of Teejay Lanka PLC
- Sh. Darpan Shukla, Group Head of Supply Chain, Brandix Apparel Limited
- Sh. Sivaramakrishnan Ganapathi, Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Gokaldas Exports
- Sh. Faruque Hassan, President, BGMEA
- Sh. Mohammed Hatem, Executive President, BKMEA
14 Roundtable | Technotex CXO Roundtable
Time: 1400-1530 hrs | Auditorium 1 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by FICCI
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Shri. Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of Textiles, Commerce and Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
- Co-chair: Smt. Darshana Jardosh, Hon’ble Minister of State for Textiles and Railways
- Ms. Rachna Shah, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
- Sh. Ajay Sood, Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India
- Sh. Rajeev Saxena, Joint Secretary
Moderator:
- Sh. Himanshu Rattan, Partner, KPMG
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Vipin Tiwari, Senior Managing Director, Target Sourcing Services
- Sh. Mohan Kavrie, Managing Director, Supreme Nonwovens
- Sh. Narendra M Dalmia, Director / CEO, Strata Geosystems (India) Pvt. Ltd.
- Sh. R D Udeshi, President- Polyester Business, Reliance Industries Limited
- Sh. Reisuke Aratani, Managing Director, YKK India
- Sh. S K Pathak, Secretary General, FICCI
- Sh. Amit Agarwal, Past Chairman, ITTA
- Sh. Anil Rajvanshi, Board Member, Alok Industries Limited
- Sh. Anjani Prasad, Managing Director, Archroma Chemicals
- Sh. Amit Khator, Managing Director, Khator Technical Textiles
- Sh. Bhadresh M Dodhia, Chairman, Synthetic & Rayon Textile Export Promotion Council
- Sh. Kamal Kumar Johari, Managing Director, Nobel Hygiene Limited
- Sh. Manish Kumar, Vice Chairman, Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Sh. Pramod Khosla, Chairman & Managing Director, Khosla Profil Pvt Ltd
- Sh. Avinash Misar, Chairman, Indian Technical Textile Association
- Sh. Gurudas Aras, Independent Director, ITA Textile Germany & Advisor Yamuna Maniche work and Rabatex Industries
- Sh. Mahesh Kudav, Managing Director, Venus Safety and Health Pvt. Ltd
- Sh. Mayur Malpani, CEO, Clothing Innovations LLP
- Sh. Mohit Raina, Managing Director, Raina Industries Pvt Ltd
- Sh. Rajiv Ranka, Managing Director, Alpha Foam Ltd.
- Sh. Ravish B. Kamath, CEO, Big Bags International Pvt. Ltd.
- Sh. Sanjay Bhayani, Director India Operations, AVGOL India
- Sh. Sumit Mall, Managing Director, Times Fibrefill Pvt. Ltd.
- Sh. Sunil JhunJhunWala, Managing Director, Techno Sportswear Pvt Ltd
- Sh. Surender Choudhary, Convenor, All India Flat Tape Manufacturing Association
- Sh. Sushil Kumar, Director, Shreeji Poly Fab
- Sh. Jitendra Sharma, Managing Director and CEO, Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone
- Sh. Ajai Singh Sirohi, Chief Development Officer- South Asia, Toray Industries India Pvt. Ltd.
- Dr. Behnam Pourdeyhmi, Professor of NC State University and Executive Director, The Nonwovens Institute
- Sh. Padmaja Reddy, President, All India Flat Tape Manufactures Association
- Sh. Suresh Sodani, Managing Director & CEO, Century Enka Ltd
- Sh. Sharad Kumar Saraf, Technocraft Industries India
15 Panel Discussion | Catapulting Indian MMF Industry at par with Global Demand
Time: 1400-1500 hrs | MR – 8 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) Supported by Wazir Advisors Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Ms. Shubhra, Trade Advisor, Ministry of Textiles
Moderator: Sh. Prashant Agarwal, Co-Founder and JMD, Wazir Advisors Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Maniwanen Marimutu, Chairman, Busana Group
- Sh. Manmohan Singh, Chief Marketing Officer, Birla Cellulose, Aditya Birla Group
- Ms. Ru Yi Ong, MD, Primax Corp
- Sh. Manu Veer Tyagi, President & CEO, MV Group New York
- Sh. Mithileshwar Thakur, Secretary General, AEPC
- Sh. Pratik Gadia, Founder & CEO, The Yarn Bazaar
16 Panel Discussion | Vision 2047 in Textiles
Time: 1400-1500 hrs | MR – 7 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by NITI Aayog
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Sh. BVR Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog
- Co-Chair: Ms. Rachna Shah, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
Moderator:
- Sh. Mohit Bhasin, Partner & Global Co-Lead, Economic Growth Network, KPMG India
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Harish Ahuja, Managing Director, Shahi Export
- Sh. Narendra Kumar Goenka, Chairman, Bharat Tex
- Ms. DipaliGoenka, Managing Director, Welspun Living Limited
- Sh. Gautam Nair, Managing Director, Matrix Clothing
- Sh. Paresh Shah, EVP Sourcing, Tommy Hilfiger
- Sh. Sivaramakrishnan Ganapathi, Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Gokaldas Exports
- Sh. Ashroff Omar, CEO, Brandix
17 State Session | Gujarat
Time: 1400-1500 hrs | MR-6 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
18 State Session | Madhya Pradesh
Time: 1400-1500 hrs | MR-9 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
19 Masterclass | Water Footprint of Textiles
Time: 1400-1445 hrs | Hall 1 | BMEH
Supported by Water Footprint Implementation (WFI)
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Vijay Mathur, DG & CEO, ATDC
- Ms. Ioana Dobrescu, Managing Director, Water Footprint Implementation
20 Panel Discussion | Skilling & Entrepreneurship Development in Textiles & Apparel
Time: 1515-1615 hrs | MR – 6 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by CITI
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Sh. Atul Tiwari, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
Moderator:
Sh. Ajay Gupta, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Vijay Mathur, DG & CEO, ATDC
- Sh. Rishikesh Patankar, Industry and Academia Collaboration, NSDC
- Ms. Kalpana Singh, Zonal Manager, IT Infrastructure(North), Aditya Birla
- Sh. Anurag Badal, CEO, Arvind Mills
- Ms. Annabel Meurs, Associate Director, Fair Wear Foundation
21 Masterclass | Agrotech
Time: 1515-1600 hrs | Hall 1 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH)
Supported by SASMIRA
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Ravi Singh, Assistant Director, Synthetic & Art Silk Mills’ Research Association (SASMIRA)
22 Panel Discussion | Young Entrepreneurs (Startups in Fashion /Design)
Time: 1530-1630 hrs | MR – 7 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by NIFT
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Dr. Beena, DC Handloom
- Co-Chair: Ms. Sudha Dhingra, Dean, NIFT
Moderator:
- Dr. Sibichan K Mathew, Professor, Fashion Management Studies and Head of Research Unit, NIFT
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Pratik Tiwari, Founder of Groyyo
- Ms. Udita Bansal, Founder, trueBrowns
- Ms. Swati Nathani, Founder, Team Pumpkin
- Ms. MausmiAmbastha, Founder, ZapScale
23 Roundtable| Global Investments to propel India’s Textile ambitions
Time: 1600-1730 hrs | MR – 16 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by WAZIR Advisors
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Sh. Amit Mohan, ACS of MSME, Textiles and Khadi & Village Industries Departments, Government of Uttar Pradesh
- Co-Chair: Sh. Virendra Singh, Principal Secretary – Textiles, Government of Maharashtra
- Sh. Akhilesh Kumar, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Textiles
Moderator:
Sh. Prashant Agarwal, Co-Founder & JMD, Wazir Advisors
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Sivakumar Narayanan, Executive VP Marketing and Business Development, Uster
- Sh. Gianluca Tanzi, Chairman & CEO, Chargeurs PCC
- Sh. Reisuke Aratani, Managing Director, YKK
- Sh. Benny Pua, Managing Director, United Texmac
- Sh. Stefano Loro, President BCF Global – Executive Director, Aquafil
- Sh. Satyaki Ghosh, CEO- Domestic Textiles Business, Aditya Birla Group
- Sh. Sanjay Gupta, President and CFO, Welspun Living Limited
- Sh. Robert Aantoshak, Partner, Gherzi USA
- Sh. S K Pathak, Secretary General, FICCI
24 Retailing for the future – Capitalizing on India Growth Story
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:
- Chair: Sh. Rohit Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs
- Co-chair: Sh. Rohit Kansal, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
Moderator:
- Sh. HarminderSahni, Wazir Advisors
- Sh. Rahul Mehta, Chief Mentor, CMAI
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Rajesh Masand, President, CMAI
- Sh. B.S. Nagesh, Chairman, Shoppers Stop
- Sh. Ashish Dixit, Managing Director, ABFRL
- Sh. Darshan Mehta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Reliance
- Sh. Sunil Kataria, Chief Executive Officer – Lifestyle, Raymond
- Sh. Manish Kapoor, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Pepe
- Sh. Amitabh Suri, Chief Executive Officer, Arvind
- Sh. Vineet Gautam, Chief Executive Officer and Country Head, Bestsellers
- Sh. Sanjay Vakharia, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Spykar
- Sh. Siddharth Bindra, Managing Director, Biba
- Sh. Lalit Agarwal, Managing Director, V Mart
- Sh. Anant Daga, Managing Director, TCNS Clothing
- Sh. Nikhil Mohan, Co-founder and Director, Blackberry Menswear
- Sh. Mayank Mohan, Chief Executive Officer, Mohanlal & Sons
- Ms. ManjariUpadhyae, President and Head, Welspun Global Brands
25 Masterclass| Elevate your Business, within and beyond the country, with Open Network for Digital Commerce
Time: 1630 – 1715 hrs | Hall 1 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH)
Supported by Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)
Panelist/Speakers:
- Utkarsh Goswami, Vice President, ONDC
26 State Session | Maharashtra Session 2
Time: 1700-1800 hrs | MR-9 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
27 State Session | Telangana
Time: 1700-1800 hrs | MR-8 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
01 Special Session | Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Central Silk Board | MR-18 | Full Day Event
Time: 1000-1800 hrs | MR-18 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by NIFT
Ministry/Department
Chair: Ms. Tanu Kashyap, Director General, NIFT
Moderator:
Ms. Shefalee Vasudev, Editor in Chief, The Voice of Fashion, RISE WORLDWIDE LIMITED
Panelist/Speakers:
- Ms. Bess Neilsen, Khadi & Co, Paris
- Sh. V Sunil, Co-Founder, Motherland Joint Ventures
- Ms. Priyanka Modi, Fashion Designer, Label AMPM
- Sh. Hemang Agarwal, Designer & Creative Director, The Surekha Group
02 Panel Discussion | Technical Textiles – A User Perspective (Defense & Security Institutions)
Time: 1000-1200 hrs | MR – 7 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by FICCI
Ministry/Department::
- Chair: Mr. H K Aggarwal, Member, National Executive Committee, FICCI, and Managing Director, Grasim Industries Limited
- Co-Chair: Mr. Rajeev Saxena, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textile, Government of India
- Shri. Deepak Mishra, Joint Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Government of India
- Shri. Arun Kumar Saksena, Advisor to Hon’ble Minister of Railways, Ministry of Railways, Government of India
- Smt. Rachna Shah, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Panelist/Speakers:
- Shri. Arindam Basu, Director General- NITRA
- Lt. Gen Amardeep Singh Aujla, Master General Sustenance, Indian Army
- Dr. K.S. Sundararaman, Executive Director, Shiva Texyarn, Deputy Chairman, SIMA and Member of Council of Administration, SITRA
03 Roundtable | Roundtable on PM MITRA
Time: 1030-1200 hrs | MR – 17 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by FICCI
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Sh. S.J. Haider, Additional Chief Secretary, Industries & Mines Department, Government of Gujarat
- Shri Amit Mohan Prasad IAS , Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Handloom & Textiles, Government of Uttar Pradesh
- Co-chair: Sh. Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Industries, Government of Telangana
- Sh. D. P Yadav, Principal Secretary – Textiles, GoTN
- Dr. AlaguVarsini V S, Director of Handlooms and Textiles and Apparel Export Parks, Govt of Telangana
- Sh. Raghvendra Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Investment Promotion, GoMP
Moderator:
Ms. Bhavna Rathee, Invest India
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Rajinder Gupta, Chairman- FICCI Committee on Textiles and Technical Textiles & Chairman, Abhishek Industries Ltd (Trident Group)
- Sh. Neeraj Jain, Joint Managing Director, Vardhman Textiles Ltd
- Sh. Manmohan Singh, Co- Chairman- FICCI Committee on Textiles and Technical Textiles & Chief Manufacturer Officer, Grasim Industries Ltd
- Sh. Rakesh Mehra, Chairman, The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI)
- Sh. Rudra Chatterjee, Chairman & Managing Director, TWE OBT Private Limited (Formerly known as Obeetee Textiles Private Limited).
- Sh. Sudhir Sekhri , Chairman, AEPC
- Sh. Sunil Patwari, Chairman, TEXPROCIL
- Dr. Siddhartha Rajagopal, Executive Director, TEXPROCIL
- Sh. Tushar Gurg, Director, Raymonds Limited
- Sh. Chintan Thaker, Group President Corporate Affairs, Welspun India Limited
- Sh. D. Suresh Ananda Kumar, Deputy Secretary General, Southern India Mills Association
- Sh. SC Kapur, Director General, Association Of Synthetic Fibre Industry
- Sh. Girish Luthra, Managing Director, Gujarat Enviro Protection & Infrastructure Limited
- Sh. Prashant Sood, Vice President, Gujarat Enviro Protection & Infrastructure Limited
- Sh. Anil Jain, Managing Director, Jain Cord Industries Pvt. Ltd.
- Sh. Ajay Sardana, President & Head- Strategy & Business Development-Polyester, Reliance Industries Limited
04 State Session | Rajasthan Session 3
Time: 1030-1130 hrs | MR-8 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
05 State Session | Maharashtra Session 3
Time: 1030-1130 hrs | MR-9 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
06 Masterclass| Waterless Dyeing solutions
Time: 1100-1145hrs | Hall 1 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH)
Supported by e-Dye
Panelist/Speakers:
Sh. George Yang, CEO & Founder, e-Dye
07 Bringing in Sustainability into Textiles Parks: Planning & Retrofitting
Time: 1100 – 1145 hrs | Hall 3 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH)
Supported by GIZ
Panelist/Speakers:
Sh. Raghu Babu Nukala, Program Director, GIZ
08 Panel Discussion | Investing & Doing Business in India
Time: 1200 – 1300 hrs | MR – 8 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by Bureau of Indian Standards
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Sh. Rohit Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs
- Co-Chair: Ms. RoopRashi, Textile Commissioner
Moderator:
Ms. Bhavna Rathee, Invest India
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. J.K. Gupta, Head (Textiles), BIS
- Sh. Pinaki Gupta, Head (CMD-II), BIS
- Sh. Rajeev Sharma, Scientist G & DDG (Standardization-I), BIS
- Sh. Ajay Sardana, President & Head – Strategy & Business Development – Polyester Business, Reliance Industries
- Sh. AvinashMisar, Chairman, Indian Technical Textile Association, Director & CEO, Advanced Material Division, Texport Syndicate India Ltd.
09 State Session | Uttar Pradesh
Time: 1200-1300hrs | MR-9 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
10 Panel Discussion | Standards and Regulations in the Field of Textiles
Time: 1200 – 1300 hrs | MR – 8 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by Bureau of Indian Standards
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Sh. Rohit Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs
- Co-Chair: Ms. RoopRashi, Textile Commissioner
Moderator:
KPMG
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. J.K. Gupta, Head (Textiles), BIS
- Sh. Pinaki Gupta, Head (CMD-II), BIS
- Sh. Rajeev Sharma, Scientist G & DDG (Standardization-I), BIS
- Sh. Ajay Sardana, President & Head – Strategy & Business Development – Polyester Business, Reliance Industries
- Sh. AvinashMisar, Chairman, Indian Technical Textile Association, Director & CEO, Advanced Material Division, Texport Syndicate India Ltd.
11 Masterclass | Specialty Fibres & Composites
Time: 1215-1300 hrs | Hall 1 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH)
Supported by ATIRA
Panelist/Speakers:
Prof. Abhijit Majumdar, Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering, IIT Delhi
12 Masterclass | Building a Modern Factory
Time: 1215-1300 hrs | Hall 3 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH)
Supported by Technopak
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Amit Gugnani, Senior Partner, Technopak Advisor
13 Panel Discussion | Accelerating the Transition of the Indian Textile and Apparel Sector towards Circularity
Time: 1400-1500 hrs | MR – 8 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by UNEP
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Sh. Rohit Kansal, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
- Co-Chair: Sh. Atul Bagai, Head UNEP India country Office
- Ms. Prajakta Verma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
- Ms. Shalini Agrawal, IAS, Municipal Commissioner, Surat Municipal Corporation
Moderator:
Ms. DivyaDatt, Programme Management Officer, UNEP
Panelist/Speakers:
- Ms. Claudia Giacovelli, Programme Management Officer, UNEP
- Dr. Naresh Tyagi, Chief Sustainability Officer, Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Limited
- Sh. Kartikeya Sarabhai, Centre for Environment Education
14 Panel Discussion | Evaluating scope of Safe & Efficient processes, and ESG aspects in Textile Value Chain with Specialty Dyes & chemical
Time: 1400-1500 hrs | MR – 7 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Sh. Rajeev Saxena, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
Moderator:
Mr. Anjani Kumar Prasad, Vice President, South Asia, Archroma
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Anil Rajvanshi, President, Reliance Industries
- Sh. K. K. Lalpuria, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Indocount Industries
- Sh. Manmohan Singh, Group Executive President, Grasim Industries- Aditya Birla Group
- Dr. Naresh Tyagi, Chief Sustainability Officer, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail
- Sh. Janak Mehta, President, Dyetex Corporation
- Sh. Ulhas Nimkar, Founder and Director, Nimkartek
15 Masterclass | Indutech + Mobiltech
Time: 1400-1445 hrs | Hall 1 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH)
Supported by PSG College + ITTA
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. AnupRakshit, Executive Director, Indian Technical Textile Association (ITTA)
16 Masterclass | Trend talk on SS 25 Textile Forecast
Time: 1400-1445 hrs | Hall 3| BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH) Supported by WGSN Panelist/Speakers:
- Ms. AnupreetBhui, Content Expert, WGSN, London
17 Panel Discussion | Logistics & Gati Shakti
Time: 1500-1600 hrs | MR – 9 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Supported by DPIIT
Moderator:
DPIIT
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. E. Srinivas, Joint Secretary, DPIIT (Logistics Division)
- Sh. D.K. Ozha, Deputy Director General (E & S), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOPNG)
- Sh. Kamlesh Gosai, Executive Director, GatiShakti- Traffic Ministry of Railway (MOR)
- Sh. Kishore Chandwani , CE, North- II & GatiShakti, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MORTH)
- Sh. Dilip Nigam, Scientist – G, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
- Sh. H. N. Aswath, Development Advisor (P), Ministry of Port, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW)
18 Masterclass | NTTM Projects – Development of CNT-reinforced acrylic precursor for high-performance Carbon Fibre
Time: 1515-1600 hrs | Hall 1 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH)
Supported by NTTM
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. T V Sreekumar, Director, Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA)
19 Panel Discussion | Financing India’s transformation into a global circular and next-gen materials hub
Time: 1600-1700 hrs | MR – 6 | BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC) Supported by Laudes Foundation Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Ms. Gauri Singh, Deputy Director General, IRENA
- Co-Chair: Sh. Rohit Kansal, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
- Ms. Prajakta L Verma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
Moderator: Sh. Karan Kumar, Programme Manager – Laudes India Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. Bob Assenberg, Fund Director, Good Fashion Fund
- Ms. Neha Bhatnagar, Vice President of Partnerships at India Impact Investors Council
- Ms. Arshiya Lal, Director of Corporate Development, Circ
- Sh. Amit Garg, Associate partner, KOIS
- Ms. JanaviPapriwal, Associate Partner, Circulate Capital
20 Panel Discussion | Redefining Natural Fibres: Calibration for High-Value Products
Time: 1600-1700 hrs | MR – 7 |BHARAT MANDAPAM CONVENTION CENTER (BMCC)
Ministry/Department:
- Chair: Sh. Manoj Ahuja, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
- Co-Chair: Ms. RoopRashi, Textile Commissioner
Moderator:
Sh. Karan Kumar, Programme Manager – Laudes India
Panelist/Speakers:
- Sh. K D Sharma, Director Growth, Descatuk
- Sh. Jey John, Director, True Light Brands
- Sh. Vinod Viswanathan, Assistant Vice President, Innovation Cell, Welspun Living Limited
- Ms. Marie Emmanuelle Belzung, General Delegate, Alliance for European Flax-Linen & Hemp
- Sh. Mohammad Hatem, Managing Director & ED, MB Knit Fashion Ltd.& NR Group
- Ms. Gauri Sharma, AGM, Communications and Sustainability Innovation, Shahi Exports
22 Masterclass| Enhancing Business Gains through Worker Communications
Time: 1630-1715 hrs | Hall 1 | BHARAT MANDAPAM EXHIBITION HALL (BMEH)
Supported by Good Business Lab
Panelist/Speakers:
- Ms. Lavanya Garg, Director, Strategy, Partnerships and People Operations, Good Business Lab
- Sh. Renukaprasad B, Senior Manager, Ventures, Good Business Lab
- Sh. Deepak Rautela, Associate Vice President – Training & Organizational Development, Shahi Exports Pvt. Ltd