| 16 January 2026 |
| 0900-0915 hours |
Registration and welcome |
| 0915-1030 hours |
Inaugural Session
Lighting of Lamp
Welcome Address and Opening Remarks
Prof Arun Kansal, Director, ICWMR, TERI SAS
Address by Vice Chancellor
Prof Suman K Dhar, VC, TERI SAS
Special Address
Dr Vibha Dhawan, Chancellor, TERI SAS and DG, TERI
Theme Address
Mr Avinash Agrawal, CPO, SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd.(tbc)
Keynote Address
Sh Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister of Road Transport and Highways, GOI (tbc)
Vote of Thanks
Mr Ashish Jain, Founder Director, IPCA
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| 10300-1100 hours |
Spotlight Stories: Partners Leading the Way
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| 1100-1215 hours |
Industry Leaders Meet
Beyond Compliance: Championing Environment Stewardship
Presentations by speakers followed by Q&A session
Speakers
- Mr Anshuman Agrawal, Founder and MD, Minimac Systems Pvt Ltd. (Used lubricant oil recycling)
- Mr Abhinav Mathur, Head, Strategic Initiatives, Attero (Battery waste management)
- Mr Harshit Kakkar, HSN Machinery (Textile waste management)
- Mr Varun Boralkar, Business Head-Alternative Fuel and Resource Recovery, Blue Planet (Legacy waste management)
- Mr Kush, President- Operations, Procurement & Projects, GRP Ltd (Tyre waste management)
Moderators
- Dr Ayon Chakraborty, Associate Professor, Federation University, Australia
- Dr Sumeet Saksena, Environmental Health Scientist, East West Centre, USA
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| 1215-1330 hours |
The Circular Confluence
Aligning Policy, Practice & Innovation
Panellists
- Sh Binay Kr Jha (IRS), Former Director, SBM, MoHUA; Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM), Operations at Northern Railways
- Ms Roop Rashi, Chief Executive Officer, Khadi and Village Industries Commission
- Ms Manisha Choudhary, National Coordinator, Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), United Nations Environment Programme
- Dr N B Mazumdar, Chairman, International Academy of Environmental Sanitation & Public Health
Moderator
- Dr Fawzia Tarannum, Founder, Earthwise Environment and Sustainability Solutions
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| 1330-1430 hours |
Lunch Break
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| 1430-1530 hours |
Media Panel Discussion
The Sustainability Storyline: How Media Can Drive Circular Transitions
Panellists
- Mr Kundan Pandey, Senior Editor, Mongabay
- Mr Sudheer Pal Singh, Editor, Energy and Infrastructure, Business Standard (tbc)
- Mr Pallava Bagla, Science Communicator, NDTV
- Ms Aparna Bose, Senior Correspondent, Press Trust of India
- Ms Puja Das, Climate and Energy Correspondent, Down to Earth
Moderators
- Dr Venkatesh G, Visiting Professor, TERI SAS
- Dr Harpreet S Kandra, Senior Lecturer, Federation University, Australia
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| 1530-1645 hours |
Celebrating Sustainability Journey of IPCA
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| Day 2 - 17 January 2026 |
| 0915-1015 hours |
Track 1: Advanced Recycling Technologies
Session Chair: Dr Suneel Pandey, Director, Circular Economy and Waste Management, TERI
Co-chair: Dr Sumeet Saksena, Environmental Health Scientist, East West Centre, USA
Moderator: Dr Atul Kumar, Scientist, ICWMR, TERI SAS
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Track 2: Optimisation Models for Waste Management Logistics
Session Chair: Dr Ayon Chakraborty, Associate Professor, Federation University, Australia
Co-chair: Dr Dinesh Chander Pant, Senior Fellow, TERI
Moderator: Dr Adil Masood, Assistant Professor, TERI SAS
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| 1015-1045 hours |
Networking tea |
| 1045-1215 hours |
Track 3: Circular Supply Chain Design for Low-Carbon Transition
Session Chair: Dr Harpreet S Kandra, Senior Lecturer, Federation University, Australia
Co-chair: Dr Shyamli Singh, Associate Professor, SAU, New Delhi
Moderator: Dr Divya Gupta, Program Manager, Climate and Sustainability team, Piramal Foundation
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Track 4: Policy and Regulatory Frameworks for Circular and Low-Carbon Economies
Session Chair: Dr Gopal K Sarangi, Associate Professor & HoD, Department of Policy and Management Studies, TERI SAS
Co-chair: Dr Trinh Thai Ha, Expert in Plastic and Circular Economy, Former National Manager of the Vietnam National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP)
Moderator: Dr Snigdha Goel, Environment Consultant
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| 1215-1330 hours |
Track 5: Industrial Waste Management and Urban Mining
Session Chair: Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mandal
Principal Scientist, Global Waste Cleaning Network (GWCN), UK
Co-chair: Dr Ranjana Ray Chaudhuri, Associate Professor and HoD, Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, TERI SAS
Co-chair 1: Dr Radha Goyal, Deputy Director, IPCA
Moderator: Dr Divya Gupta, Program Manager, Climate and Sustainability team, Piramal Foundation
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Track 6: Social and Behavioural Aspects for Low-Carbon and Circular Economy
Session Chair: Dr Sapna A Narula, Professor and Director, CCS, National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Govt of India
Co-chair: Dr Sameer Prasad, Associate Professor, Operations Management, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, USA
Co-chair 1: Mr Ajay Garg, Secretary, IPCA
Moderator: Ms Deepanshi Gandherva, Assistant General Manager, IPCA
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| 1330-1430 hours |
Networking Lunch |
| 1430-1600 hours |
Panel Discussion
Harnessing Collective Wisdom for a Circular Economy
Panellists (tbc)
- Prof Veena Joshi, Independent Environment and Development Consultant
- Prof Amrik Sohal, Professor, Monash University
- Mr Kulwant Singh (PhD), CEO, 3R WASTE Foundation
- Mr Pritpal Singh, Executive Director, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (tbc)
- Dr. Varinder S Kanwar, CEO, Quality Council of India (tbc)
Moderators
- Dr Harpreet S Kandra, Senior Lecturer, Federation University, Australia
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| 1600-1645 hours |
Welcome Address and Opening Remarks
Briefing on the IRIS deliberations
Dr Venkatesh G, Visiting Professor, TERI SAS
Address by Vice Chancellor
Prof Suman K Dhar, VC, TERI SAS
Felicitation of Best Paper Awardees
All Dignitarie
Valedictory Address
Prof Prateek Sharma, VC, Delhi Technological University
Closing Remarks/ Way forward
Dr Harpreet Kandra, Federation University, Australia
Vote of Thanks
Ms Garima Kaushik, Head, ICWMR, TERI SAS
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