Autocar Professional’s Safer Mobility Conclave on May 20

Industry leaders and safety experts from India and overseas will come together at Autocar Professional’s annual virtual conclave on automotive and road safety, on May 20, to discuss and share ideas on making mobility and roads safer in India. The theme of the seventh edition of the virtual conclave will be ‘Accelerating Towards Safer Mobility’.

Shailesh Chandra, President – passenger vehicle business units, Tata Motors, will deliver the keynote address at the online event.

India, which is currently witnessing a serious second wave of the Coronavirus, has another big, and longstanding, challenge to address.  And that is to reduce the number of road accidents and fatalities on its roads.  The death toll, due to road accidents, stood at over 150,000 in 2019, which put India on top of the list of nations with the highest number of road fatalities. To discuss and debate on how mobility and roads in India can get safer, Industry leaders will come together for a panel discussion each on ‘Pushing the Safety Envelope – how to make mobility safer’, and ‘Roadmap for safer Indian vehicles, and roads, at the Safer Mobility Conclave.  

The first panel discussion of the day is expected to see the participation of

• C V Raman, ED – engineering, Maruti Suzuki
• Dr. Seshu Bhagavathula, Director, Volta Trucks, and former President—new technologies, and CTO, Ashok Leyland
• Prashanth Doreswamy, Country head, Continental Group in India
• G Parthipan, CEO, Rane-TRW

The second panel discussion will see senior safety experts representing Tata Motors, ARAI, Global NCAP, and Varroc.

• SJR Kutty, Head - Vehicle Attribute & Technical Services, ERC, Tata Motors
• Alejandro Furas, Secretary General and VP – technological affairs, Global NCAP
• A V Mannikar, senior deputy director, and Head – Passive Safety Lab, ARAI
• Sagar Apte, CEO & Founder, CarIQ (a Varroc group entity)

The Safer Mobility Conclave on May 20 is being hosted during the sixth UN Global Road Safety Week. You can participate too by registering your attendance. Sign up and learn from the experts. Register for this must-attend Virtual Conclave on May 20.

Audience members will also be able to submit questions during the event, which will be addressed during the webinar, time permitting.

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