The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCC&I), in collaboration with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), hosted the first regional dialogue in Kolkata, in the run-up to the next edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS), TERI's annual flagship event, slated for February 11- 13, 2019 in New Delhi.

This Dialogue focused on the transition that is being led by innovations in the arena of urban mobility and those are bound to play a crucial role in paving its future. Two sessions on 'Pathways for Decarbonizing Urban Mobility' and 'Future of Urban Mobility: Enabling Shared, Connected, Integrated and ZEV's' held as part the event which aim to initiate dialogue between various urban mobility stakeholders. These discussions would provide regional insights to the deliberations that would subsequently take place in New Delhi as part of the WSDS.

Shri Debashis Sen, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Information Technology and Electronics, Government of West Bengal and Chairman & Managing Director, HIDCO, Government of West Bengal and Chairman, Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority; Mr. Debasish Banerjee, Managing Director- Distribution, CESC Limited and Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, TERI graced the Opening Session. Mr. Deb A Mukherjee, Senior Vice President and Chairperson, Energy and Environment Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Dr. Annapurna Vancheswaran, Senior Director, Communication Outreach and Advocacy Unit, TERI welcomed the senior dignitaries and guests.

There were two sessions on Pathways for Decarbonizing Urban Mobility' and 'Future of Urban Mobility: Enabling Shared, Connected, Integrated and ZEV's'.

Ms. Riya Rahiman, Associate Fellow and Area Convenor, Transport & Urban Governance, TERI made a theme presentation on Pathways for Decarbonising Urban Mobility and Ms. Soma Mitra Mukherjee, Assistant Director, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry made a special presentation on "Developing a Model Roll-on Roll-off Infrastructure in West Bengal to Boost Business". There was an open house interactive session with Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, TERI; Mr. Aloke Mookherjea, Former President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Ar. Shakuntala Ghosh, Partner and Principal Architect, Ghosh, Bose and Associates Architects on the same topic.

There was a panel discussion on the theme of "Future of Urban Mobility: Enabling Shared, Connected, Integrated and ZEV's" chaired by Mr Shri Prakash, Distinguished Fellow, Transport & Urban Governance, TERI. The panelist were Ms. Kasturi Bhattacharjee,Senior Director, Industry & IoT Head, Ericsson India Global Services Pvt. Ltd.; Er. Alekhya Dutta, Fellow & Area Convener, Electricity & Fuels Division,TERI; Ms. Chand Tulal Mazumdar, Head - Public Policy, India Uber India and South Asia, Uber India Systems Pvt. Ltd and Mr. Aniket Dey, Regional Manager, ABB India Ltd.

The dialogue was concluded by Mr. Arun K. Mukherjee, Chairperson Emeritus, Energy and Environment Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry.