NITI Aayog to organize high level workshop for advancing Innovation in Passenger Mobility and Transportation
The workshop in association with Rocky Mountain Institute, an international non-profit organization, will explore technologies and business models to help India leapfrog traditional approaches to passenger mobility and transportation.
Union Minister of Urban Development – M. Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister of Road Transport – Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Railways –Suresh Prabhu, and Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises – Anant Gangaram Geete, will attend the high level meet.
Leading experts, academicians, representatives from related Ministries, think tanks, civil society organizations, and leading Indian and international companies will take part in the deliberations.
The workshop will be followed by the release of a report detailing specific and actionable outcomes and opportunities.
The workshop will follow a unique‘design charrette’format, whereby participants will collaborate in working groups to develop actionable steps to achieve an advanced mobility future. CEO NITI Aayog,Amitabh Kant said that NITI Aayog is excited to partner with leading organization to advance next generation mobility solutions.
Mobility affects all sections of society and the transformative solutions now emerging will enable India to fulfill its aspirations for growth for all.
Chief Executive of RMI, Jules Kortenhorst told that India has the unique potential to rapidly implement solutions that leapfrog outdated transportation models.
He lauded the Government initiative and said the participation of key stakeholders from around the world in this charrette, supported by the Indian government and coupled with the ambition of the work itself, demonstrates the seriousness and dedication that India has applied in assuming a global leadership role in transforming its mobility sector.
Anand Shah, a transportation expert at the Albright Stonebridge Group who will participate in the event from the United States said that India has a unique advantage, in pioneering a new development pathway. India could benefit from emerging technologies, the nation could be a global leader in new transportation methods similar to when India skipped landlines and computers to embrace mobile phones and technologies.
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