United Spirits-NDTV Road To Safety, a Diageo Initiative is a social campaign to make our roads safer and attempt to reduce the number of ‘preventable accidents’ by encouraging citizens to demonstrate more responsible behavior behind the wheel. The campaign is now in its third edition and will be organising a conclave on January 11 from 11am onwards, which will attempt to address the issue of road safety.
Session 1
Topic: The #RoadToSafety campaign journey so far and the agenda of the campaign
Time: 11:20am to 12:00 noon
Moderator: Vikram Chandra
Panelists:
1. Gul Panag, Actor, Entrepreneur
2. Dr Vikram Singh, IPS, Former Director General of Police,Uttar Pradesh, Pro Chancellor, Noida International University
3. Dr Amit Gupta, Professor of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care, AIIMS Trauma Center
4. Harman Sidhu, Founder of ArriveSAFE NGO
5. Navdeep Singh Mehram, Head, Sustainability Of United Spirits Limited
Keynote Speech: Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India
Session 2
Topic: Drink driving/Drinking in cars – A growing menace in our cities
Time: 12:30 to 1:10pm
Moderator: Anjilee Istawal
Panelists:
1. Satyendra Jain, Delhi Health And Transport Minister
2. Gul Panag, Actor, Entrepreneur
3. Sanjeev Saxena, RTI Activist, Road Safety
4. Raghav Gupta, Country Manager, BlaBla Car
Session 3
Topic: The Road Safety Bill – The Salient Features, When will it be passed?
Time: 2:00 to 2:40pm
Moderator: Vishnu Som
Panelists:
1. Garima Bhatnagar, Jt Commissioner of Delhi Traffic Police
2. Saji Cherian, Director-Operations at SaveLIFE Foundation
3. Rohit Baluja, President at Institute of Road Traffic Education
4. Dr Shankar Vishwanath, Consultant to the Mumbai Traffic Police and Advisor to The National Highways Commission
Session 4
Topic: India’s Killer Highways – Why are our Highways becoming Highways to Death
Time: 2:45 – 3:20pm
Moderator: Kranti Sambhav
Panelists:
1. N.K Sinha, Chairman Of IRF – India Chapter
2. Harman Sidhu, Founder of ArriveSAFE NGO
3. Prasanna Patwardhan, Chairman and Managing Director of Purple Transportation
4. Rohit Baluja, President at Institute of Road Traffic Education
5. Navdeep Asija, Advisor Punjab and Founder Of Ecocabs
6. Navdeep Singh Mehram, Head, Sustainability Of United Spirits Limited