The conference is being organised by India Infrastructure Publishing, the leading provider of information on the infrastructure sectorsthrough magazines, newsletters, reports and conferences. It publishes Indian Infrastructure, Power Line, Renewable Watch and tele.netmagazines and a series of reports on the infrastructure sectors, including Railways in India, Urban Rail in India, Solar Power in India andRooftop Solar in India. It also publishes the PowerLine Directory and Yearbook, Solar Power Directory and Yearbook and the Wind PowerDirectory and Yearbook.Global Mass Transit is a leading provider of information and analysis on the global mass transit industry including metro, bus, light rail,regional rail, and intermodal passenger transport. It publishes the Global Mass Transit Report (a monthly newsletter) and Global MassTransit Weekly (a weekly update), and operates the www.globalmasstransit.net website

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Some of the companies that participated in our previous conference include: Aarvee Associates, ABB, Adani Power, Aditya Birla Insulators, Arihant Electricals, Austrade

Azure Power, BASF, Bharat Heavy Electricals, Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Co., Bikaner Ceramics, Canadian Solar, Central Electronics, Central Railway, Centre for Railway Information Systems, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Climate Policy Initiative, CLP Power, CLW, Consul Neowatt,Continuum Wind Energy,COPPRROD Industries, Coslight, CSIR – Indian Institute of Petroleum, Customized Energy Solutions, Deloitte, Delta Electronics, Delta Power Solutions, DFCCIL, Diesel Locomotive Works, Eastern Railway, Econtrols, EDS Global, Elara Capital, Elecrama, Electrotherm, Elmex Electric, Emergent Ventures, Encito Advisors, Energy Efficiency Services, ERDA, Essar Oil, Essel Infra, Exide Industries, Fichtner Consulting, Fortum India, GAIL, GE Transportation, Gemscab,Genus Power,Global Power Source, Good Luck Steel, GP Tronics, Greenmint Power, Grundfos Pumps, HBL Power Systems, Hero Future Energies, Hind Aluminium, Hind Rectifiers, Hindalco Industries, Hitachi, HT Systems, India Infrastructure Finance Company, India Power Corporation, Indian Energy Exchange, Indian Railway Organisation for Alternate Fuels, Indian Railways, Inox Wind, IREDA, IROAF, JIC,JSK Industries, JSW Steel, Kalpataru Power Transmission, Kanohar Electricals, KEC,KEI Industries, KEI Industries, Kirloskar Electric, Kolkata Metro Railway, KPMG Advisory Services, Krypton Lighting, Landis+Gyr, Lara Global, Larsen & Toubro, LPS Bossard, Lumino Industries, M&I Materials, Maharishi Solar, Mahindra Susten, MAN Structurals, Mars Entrepreneurs, Metro Railway, National Contracting Company, National High Speed Rail Corporation, Nexant, NF Railway, NHPC, North Central Railway, North Western Railway, Northern Railway, NTPC, Okaya Power, Panasonic, Performance Specialty Products, Philips Lighting, Plasser, Powerica, Pragati Electrocom, Precicast, Premier Solar Systems, PTC India Financial Services, RS Infra Projects, Rail Coach Factory, Rail Vikas Nigam, Railway Board, Railway Energy Management, Railway Energy Management Company, Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments, Ratnagiri Gas & Power,Recons ,Reliance Industries, REMCL, ReNew Power, Research Design & Standards Organisation, RITES, Royal Energies, SAS, Secure Meters, Siemens, South Central Railway, Southern Railway, Steel Industries ,Sterling & Wilson, Sterlite Power, Sun Clean Renewable Power, Sun Group Enterprises, TAG, Tata Consulting Engineers, Tata Power, TERI, The Aluminium Industries, Tvastar Engineering, UNDP, USAID PACE-D D Technical Assistance Program, Waaree Energies, Welspun Energy, YES Bank, etc.

• Indian Railways (IR) has set a target of achieving 100 per cent track electrification by December 2023. As of March 2021, IR has electrified 42,869 route km (rkm), which accounts for 66 per cent of the total broad-gauge network. At present, electrification of the remaining 21,820 rkm is in progress.
• In 2019-20, an all-time high level of electric traction was recorded with the electrification of 5,782 rkm of tracks. However, the lockdown following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic significantly slowed down electrification works during the first half of financial year 2020-21. As against a target of 4,056 rkm, around 3,000 rkm of electrification works were completed in 2020-21. IR has almost reached normalcy in operations now, and is hopeful of achieving its target of 6,000 km for the current fiscal year.
• A greater emphasis is also being laid on reducing traction and non-traction bills. IR is procuring cheaper power, adopting energy efficient practices and engaging in power trade to optimise its energy generation and utilisation. Further, IR is ramping up its renewable energy capacity. About 100 MW of solar plants have been commissioned on the rooftop of various buildings including 900 stations, and 400 MW are under different stages of execution. Besides, 130 MW of wind power capacity has been commissioned.
• IR has also increased the production of electric locomotives. It has not only discontinued diesel locomotive production, but also plans to convert most of the existing diesel locomotives into electric ones. It has set a target to produce 725 electric locomotives in the current financial year. Further, it is producing modern electric locomotives with three-phase technology and regeneration capability.
• Going forward, IR’s electricity requirements will continue to grow as it pursues greater electrification. The deployment of mechanised technologies is expected to increase in the coming years. IR’s growing energy requirements and future plans present significant opportunities for power producers, renewable energy developers, technology providers, and manufacturers of rolling stock and electrical equipment.
• The mission of this virtual conference is to discuss the electrification plans, progress and targets, examine new opportunities, highlight the experience of contractors and identify the unresolved challenges. The conference will also showcase the latest technologies, innovations and noteworthy projects.