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Jio World Convention Centre Mumbai    8–9 July 2026
RAHSTA Conference 2026

The conversations
that shape India's roads.

3 days. 5 parallel tracks. 80+ sessions. The Minister, the Chairman of NHAI, 12+ state PWD secretaries, global CEOs and the engineers who actually build the roads — all on one stage.

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Conference Tracks

5 tracks. Pick the room that matters.

Programming is built bottom-up from a 200-person advisory council of working engineers, contractors and policymakers — not a marketing team.

T1

Policy & Investment

Gati Shakti, NHAI's 25-year highway plan, BOT vs. HAM economics, viability gap funding, multilateral capital. Where the tenders come from.

T2

Materials & Pavement Tech

Modified bitumen, perpetual pavements, warm-mix, cold recycling, geosynthetics, end-of-life tyre asphalt, plastic roads. The chemistry of the next decade.

T3

Smart Mobility & Digital

FASTag 2.0, ANPR, ITS architecture, BIM mandates, AI inspection, drone-based asset management, EV charging corridors.

T4

Project Execution

Time and cost overruns, contract management, risk allocation, dispute resolution, claims, EPC vs. HAM lessons-learned. The CRO's track.

T5

Safety & Sustainability

iRAP audits, Vision Zero, climate-resilient design, EPDs, decarbonising road construction, embodied-carbon benchmarking, ESG & green bonds.

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Plenary & Keynotes

Cross-track plenaries — Day-1 inaugural, India outlook, CEO roundtable, fireside chats with global infrastructure leaders.

Day-by-day

2 days, mapped.

8th & 9th July 2026 · JIO Convention Centre, Mumbai · 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM

10:00 – 10:25 am
Inaugural: India’s Highways at an Inflection Point: From Expansion to Value Creation

  • Welcome Address
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Welcome Address
10:25 – 11:30 am
Panel Discussion: Financing Roads & Highways in a Capital-Constrained Era
11:30 – 12:00 pm
IMPACT Session
01:00 – 01:30 pm
Walkthrough
01:30 – 02:30 pm
Networking Lunch & Delegate Transition
02:30 – 03:00 pm
VIP Networking
03:00 – 06:00 pm
RAHSTA Awards

  • Chief Guest
  • Guest of Honour
  • Awards Presented By
09:30 – 11:00 am
Panel Discussion: Designing Roads for Sustainability, Durability & Climate Resilience
11:00 - 11:30 am
Keynote Session: Global Roads & Highways: What India Must Adopt – Not Reinvent
11:30 – 11:45 am
Tea Break
11:45 – 01:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Bridges & Tunnels: Complex Engineering, Safety & Future Readiness
01:00 – 02:00 pm
Networking Lunch
02:00 – 03:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Technology as a Risk-Mitigation Tool for Developers & Investors
03:00 – 03:15 pm
Coffee Break
03:15 – 04:30 pm
Panel Discussion: Construction Equipment and Technology: Driving Productivity Under Pressure
04:30 - 05:30 pm
High Level Roundtable: Rebuilding Confidence in India’s Roads & Highways Sector
05:30 – 06:00
Conference Closing
  • Key takeaways and strategic insights
  • Announcement of post-conference White Paper
  • Vote of Thanks
Guest of Honour
Mr. Bidur Kant Jha
Guest of Honour

Shri. Sanjay Sethi, IAS

Additional Chief Secretary

Transport & Ports

Dr. Sanjay Mukherjee
Guest of Honour

Dr. Sanjay Mukherjee, IAS

MMRDA Commissioner

Govt of Maharashtra

Keynote Speaker
Mr. Bidur Kant Jha
Keynote

Mr. Bidur Kant Jha

Director, New Technology for Highway Development

MoRT&H

Speakers
Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry
Speaker

Anilkumar Gaikwad

Vice Chairman & Managing Director

MSRDC

Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry
Speaker

Lt Gen (Retd) Rajeev Chaudhry

Former DG Border Roads Organisation, Chairman

RAHSTA EXPO Committee

Brijesh-Dixit
Speaker

Dr. Brijesh Dixit

Managing Director

Maharashtra State Infrastructure Development Corporation (MSIDC)

Mr. DK Sen
Speaker

Mr. DK Sen

Advisor to CMD, Development Projects & Minerals & Metals

L&T

Ajay Hans
Speaker

Ajay Hans

Managing Director

GHV Infra Projects

Col. Parikshit Mehra
Speaker

Col. Parikshit Mehra

Secretary

Government of Telangana

Mr. Bovin Kumar
Speaker

Mr. Bovin Kumar

CEO

Cube Highways & Transportation Asset Advisors

Harshavardhan Subbarao
Speaker

Dr. Harshavardhan Subbarao

President, IABSE India; Chairman & Managing Director

Construma Consultancy

Rajesh Chhabra
Speaker

Mr. Rajesh Chhabra

Chief Technical & Sustainability Officer

Nxtra Infra Trust

Pratik Panwala
Speaker

Mr. Pratik Panwala

Vice President, Investments

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Ltd. (NIIFL)

Prof. Satish Pandey
Speaker

Prof. Satish Pandey

Head, Flexible Pavement Division

CSIR-CRRI

Prof. Dharamveer Singh
Speaker

Prof. Dharamveer Singh

Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering

IIT Bombay

Prof. Dharamveer Singh
Speaker

Mr. Abhishek Chaudhary

CEO – Transportation Vertical and Head Digital Transformation Initiatives,

Welspun Enterprises

Suhas
Speaker

Mr. Suhas Eklahare

Associate Director

NCC LIMITED

Santosh Rai
Speaker

Mr. Santosh Rai

Operations Director & Chief Business Officer (CBO)

Hindustan Construction Company (HCC)

Abhijit Som
Speaker

Mr. Abhijit Som

Managing Director

FAYAT Road Equipment Division – India

Shallendra Kumar Tripathi
Speaker

Mr. Shailendra Kumar Tripathi

Deputy Managing Director

Kalpataru Projects International Ltd.

Mr. T.R. Rao
Speaker

Mr. T.R. Rao

Whole Time Director

PNC Infratech Ltd.

Vishal Gupta
Speaker

Mr. Vishal Gupta

Senior Vice President – PA & SF

SBI Capital Markets

Sandeep Singh
Speaker

Mr. Sandeep Singh

Managing Director

Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Pvt. Ltd.

Zafar Khan
Speaker

Dr. Zafar Khan

Joint CEO

Vertis Infrastructure Trust

Akhilesh Shrivastava
Speaker

Mr. Akhilesh Srivastava

Road Safety Ambassador

International Road Federation (IRF)

Venkatesha
Speaker

Prof. Venkatesha Balasubramanian

Professor, Department of Engineering Design

IIT Madras