Workshop on Green Telecom

6th July 2022 from 14:00 Hrs. Onwards



Minute to Minute Programme

Moderator - Vimal Wakhlu, Vice President ITU-APT Foundation of India (IAFI)

Session 1 - Inaugural Session - 14:00 to 14:45 hrs. India Standard Time

Time slot Topics Speakers
13:45 to 14:00 Log-in and e-networking
14:00 to 14:05 Welcome Address Mr. T.R Dua, Chairman IAFI
14:05 to 14:10 Introduction of IAFI Mr. Bharat B Bhatia, President, IAFI
14:10 to 14:15 Theme Presentation Mr. Vimal Wakhlu, Vice President, IAFI
14:15 to 14:25 Guest of Honour Address Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, CMD, TCIL
14:25 to 14:35 Guest of Honour Address Mr. Harwesh Bhatia, Member (Services), DoT
14:35 to 14:45 Chief Guest Address Shri. K Rajaraman (IAS) Secretary, DoT & Chairman Digital Communications Commission

Vote of Thanks- Prof. N K Goyal, Vice Chairman, IAFI

Session 2 – Efforts by the Key Stake Holders- 14:45 to 16:00 hrs. India Standard Time

Time slot Topics Speakers
14:45 to 14:55 Green Energy - Paradigm to sustainability Mr. T.R Dua, DG DIPA
14:55 to 15:00 Mobile Net Zero 2022 – State of the industry on climate action Mr. R Shakya, Deputy Director General (International Relations)
15:00 to 15:15 Indian Telecom network sustainability efforts taken by Indian TPES Mr. Vikram Tiwathia, DDG, COAI.
15:15 to 15:30 Mr. Steven Moore, Head of Climate Action, GSMA
15:30 to 15:45 Enhancing energy efficiency in Green Telecom Mr. Sanjeev Banzal, Director General, ERNET
15:45 to 16:00 Government of India’s initiative on green telecom Mr. Abdul Kayum, DDG, 6G Technologies, TEC

Session 3- Standardization at International level- 16:00 to 17:15 hrs. Indian Standard Time

Time slot Topics Speakers
16:00 to 16:15 Green ICTs for Development Ms. Aprajita Sharrma, DDG, (BPF) DoT, Vice Chair, ITU Council Administration and Standing committee, and Rapporteur ITU-D, SG 2, ICTS and environment
16:15 to 16:30 Standardization efforts at ITU Ms. Cristina Bueti- Advisor ITU-T Study Group 5 - Environment and Climate Change.
16:30 to 16:45 AI4EE- Efforts at Greening of Telecom at ITU Mr. Paolo Gemma, Senior Specialist at Huawei.
16:45 to 17:00 The transformative role of 5G in Green Telecom Mr. Jitendra Singh, Senior Director Qualcomm.
17:00 to 17:15 Q&A and Vote of Thanks Mr. HC Soni, Treasurer, IAFI