Critical Communications India 2026 – Conference Agenda
Safeguarding The Future:
Critical Communications India 2026
September 2 & 3
Draft Conference Agenda
View a selection of speaker details here
Provisional Conference Agenda: Day 1 September 2nd
| 0900 – 1000 | Registration |
| 1000 – 1145 | Session 1: Inaugural Session |
| Welcome Address 1000-1008 | Smt. Aruna Sundararajan, IAS (Retd), Chairperson, BIF |
| Context Setting 1008-1016 | Mr. Kevin Graham, CEO, TCCA
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| Industry Address1 1016-1024 | Industry Speaker-Mr. David Deacon, MD & CEO Etherstack |
| Industry Address2 1024-1032 | Industry Speaker -Mr. Enrique Garcia, Head of Mission Critical Networks (MCN) & Enterprise for SEA, Oceania & India, Ericsson |
| Industry Address 3 1032-1040 | Industry Speaker- TBA, Airbus |
| Special Address 1040-1050 | Shri Sanjay Agrawal, ITS, Director, Directorate of Coordination (Police Wireless) |
| Guest of Honour 1050-1100 | Dr. KC. Vatsa , HOD & Member , NDMA * |
| Special Guest of Honour 1100-1110 | Shri Rajeev Singh, Secretary (Security),Cabinet Secretariat, PMO * |
| Special Guest of Honour 1110-1120 | Shri Anil Kumar Lahoti, Chairman, TRAI * |
| Chief Guest 1120-1140 | Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, Hon’ble MoC |
| Vote of Thanks 1140-1145 | Mr. T. V. Ramachandran, President, BIF
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| 1145-1200 | INAUGURATION OF EXHIBITION BY Hon’ble MoC |
| 1200-1230 | Exhibition Visit and Live Demonstrations |
| 1230-1330 | Networking Lunch Break |
| TECHNICAL SESSIONS | |
| Session Theme 1330–1445 | Session 2: Mission Critical Communications-Global Perspectives/ Insights /Market Opportunities Session Chair: Tero Pesonen, Chairman, TCCA Speaker 1: Mr. Jitendra Singh, Director -Govt. Affairs, Qualcomm Speaker 2: Mr. Arvind Panwar, Etherstack Speaker 3: Mr. Emanuele Algieri, Head of Sales for Middle East, Africa and India, Airbus Public Safety and Security Speaker 4: Mr. Rajiv Mangla, Director, Consort Digital Speaker 5: Mr. Mayank Bhargava, Director Emerging Business, Ericsson Q & A Closing remarks by Session Chair |
| Session Theme 1445-1600 | Session 3: PPDR/Disaster Management /Government Projects Session Chair: Shri Sanjay Agrawal, Director , DCPW Speaker 1: Mr. Jason Johur, Ericsson Speaker 2: Mr Dilip Verma, Country Manager India, Airbus Public Safety and Security Speaker 3: Shri Deepak Pandey, ADGP (Technical)-Maharashtra Speaker 4: Dr. Anvaya Rai, Scientist E, Head Unified and Mission Critical Communication, CDOT Speaker 5: Pankaj Goyal, ITS, Director (DM-T) – DoT Q & A Closing remarks by Session Chair |
| 1600-1615 | Refreshments & Networking Break |
| Session Theme 1615-1730 | Session 4: Panel Discussion Private LTE/5G Networks Chair: Jason Johur, Board Director, TCCA 8 minute Presentation by Ms. Monika Gupta, Member, 450 Alliance
Speaker 1: Dr. G. Vaidyanathan, CGM (Port Planning & Development), Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority Speaker 2: Mr. Anandji Prasad, Director (Technical) OP, Western Coalfields Limited Speaker 3: Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Chief Executive Officer, Powergrid Teleservices Limited. Speaker 4: Ms. Alka Asthana, Head Regulatory, Tata Communications Ltd. |
| 1730 | Close of Day 1 |
*To be confirmed
Provisional Conference Agenda – Day 2 September 3rd
| 0900 – 1000 | Registration
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| 1000-1030 Welcome Remarks 1000-1005 Guest of Honour 1005-1008 Spl. Guest of Honour 1008-1018 Spl. Guest of Honour 1018-1028 Vote of Thanks 1028-1030 | Inaugural Session
Mr. T.V. Ramachandran, President , BIF
Shri Prasana R, Jt. Secretary, MHA
Shri Harinder Kumar , Secretary, TRAI
Shri Ashutosh Pandey , DGP, UP Police
Brig. Anil Tandan, DG, BIF | |||
| TECHNICAL SESSIONS | ||||
| Session Theme 1030–1130 Opening Remarks by Chair 5 minutes 1035-1050 1050-1105 1105-1120 1120-1125 1125-1130 | Session 1: BB-PPDR Pilot: User Perspectives
Shri Prasana R. Jt. Secretary, MHA ( Session Chair ) Technical Presentations by 1. Shri Deepak Pandey,-ADGP-Technical ( Maharashtra) 2. Shri Pradeep Kumar Yadav -IGP ( Technical Services ) 3: IGP from Andaman & Nicobar Islands Audience Q & A Closing Remarks by Session Chair | |||
| Session Theme 1145 – 1315
| Session 2: Control Centers, Servers, Device & App Ecosystem – Panel Discussion Session Chair: Mr. Terence Ledger, Vice Chair, TCCA Asia Regional Group, and Shri Sanjay Agrawal, Director , DCPW Mr. Suresh Chitturi, Sr. Director & Head of Technology & Standards, Samsung Mr. Devdarsh Jain, COO, Consort Digital Mr. David Deacon, CEO & MD, Etherstack Mr. Bernard Richter, Public Safety/Regional Sales Manager, Frequentis Mr. Bhanu Pratap, Head of Sales, Niral Networks | |||
| 1315-1400 | Networking Lunch Break
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| 1400-1700 | GCF Workshop jointly organised by TCCA & GCF – separate registration required – please register here | |||
| 1700 | Close of Conference | |||