Urban Conclave 2026

Rajiv Gauba

Member, NITI Aayog

Keynote Address

Shashank Mani Tripathi

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

Tejasvi Surya

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

Annie George Mathew

Member, Sixteenth Finance Commission of India and former Special Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance

D Thara

Additional Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Manish Sabharwal

Vice Chairman, TeamLease Services, and Advisory Board Member, CAG of India, and Former Director, Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India.

Uma Mahadevan

Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner, Government of Karnataka

Sarada Muraleedharan

Former Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala

SM Vijayanand

Former Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala and Former Secretary of Rural Development, Government of India.

Anna Roy

Principal Economic Advisor and Programme Director, NITI Aayog

Amrit Abhijat

Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Tourism, Culture and Religious Affairs, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Usha Padhee

Principal Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government of Odisha

Surinder Chauhan

Mayor, Shimla Municipal Corporation

Somya Gurjar

Former Mayor, Jaipur Municipal Corporation

Amarjeet Sinha

Former Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Government of India and Senior Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress

Sunil Kumar

Former Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India

N Jagajeevan

Advisor, Malinyamuktam Nava Keralam, Local Self Government Department, Government of Kerala

Tara Krishnaswamy

Independent Policy Researcher

Prachi Merchant

Senior Advisor, UN Environment Programme

Shaik Salauddin

Co-founder and General Secretary, Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers

Amita Bhide

Professor, Centre for Urban Policy and Governance, School of Habitat Studies , Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Speakers