UITP India Urban Rail Conference 2025 - Success stories of Global Cities

Assembly point for departure: DMRC Academy, Train Depot, Shastri Park, East Approach Road, Delhi-110053

Technical Visit would include: 

• DMRC Academy to Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh Metro station via bus
• Ride UTO train from Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh Metro Station to Kalindi Kunj Depot
• Visit at Kalindi Kunj Depot

*The programme is subject to revision and changes at the discretion of the organiser and the host.

• Lighting the lamp
• Opening Remarks: Mr Suvashis Choudhary, IPS, Chief Security Commissioner & CISO, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd
• Introductory Remarks: Mr Gautier Brodeo, Deputy President UITP and Director RATP
• Welcome Address: Dr. Amit Kumar Jain, Director Operations, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd
• Keynote Address: Dr. Gulshan Rai, Former and First National Cyber Security Coordinator to Prime Minister’s Office, India
• Vote of Thanks: Ms Rupa Nandy, Head of UITP India

Focus: Urban rail’s digital growth raises cybersecurity risks. Legacy systems pose modernisation challenges, but AI-based threat detection and public-private collaboration are vital to ensure safe, resilient, and efficient operations

Session Chair: Mr Gautier Brodeo, Deputy President UITP and Director RATP

• Ms Genevieve Lemaire, Division Head, STM, Montreal, Canada
• Mr Loknath Behera, IPS, Managing Director, Kochi Metro Metro Rail Ltd.
• Mr Ignasi Oliver, Head of Digitalisation and Innovation (Metro), TMB Barcelona, Spain
• Dr Amit Kumar Jain, Director Operations, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.

Focus: Growing landscape of cyber threats, operational disruptions, passenger safety. effective risk response strategies and comprehensive management frameworks for resilient transit systems.

Chair: Ms Genevieve Lemaire, Division Head, STM, Montreal, Canada

• Iberian Peninsula Blackout: Impact and Lessons Learned:
• – Case Study of Madrid – Mr Jorge Quintana Fernández, Coordinator of Energy Installations Engineering, Metro Madrid
• – Case Study of Barcelona – Mr Jordi Picas Albets Director of Systems, Barcelona Metro (TMB)
• – Case Study of Lisbon – Mr Rui Correia, Control & Communications, Maintenance Engineer, Lisbon Metro
• Delhi Metro Rail Case Study – Mr Suvashis Choudhary, IPS, Chief Security Commissioner & CISO, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.
• Kochi Metro Rail Case Study – Mr Sanjay Kumar, Director Systems, Kochi Metro Rail Ltd.

Focus: Integration of OT system with IT enabling smarter, real-time decision-making, predictive maintenance, and improved passenger services including vulnerability of connected systems

Chair/Moderator: Mr Rahul Yadav, IRTS, Deputy Chief (Operations, Strategy and Planning), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.

• Digitalisation: Bridging the Gap Between IT and OT to Modernise Railway Systems for Service Excellence – Mr Ignasi Oliver, Head of Digitalisation and Innovation (Metro), TMB Barcelona
• IT-OT Convergence & Cyber Aware Digital Transformation – Dr Faruk Kazi, Professor, VJTI & Director of R&D Cell, University of Mumbai
• IT Initiative of Maha Metro – Mr Sudhakar Urade, GM, Maha Metro
• Case Study of NCRTC – Ms Juhi Pandey, DGM Centre of Excellance, NCRTC
• Towards a Cyber-Resilient Metro: Building Secure Urban Mobility Systems – Mr Rahul Yadav, IRTS, Deputy Chief (Operations, Strategy and Planning), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

Focus: End-to-end cybersecurity for metro rail OT protects all systems, from signaling, SCADA to rolling stock, throughout their lifecycle. Security by Design integrates protection from the beginning and at every stage

Moderator: Ms Suruchi, DGM Cybersecurity, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.

• Supply chair security issues in operational technology – Dr Sandeep Shukla, Professor & Director, IIIT Hyderabad
• Predictive maintenance – the future solution? – Dr Michael Ostermann – Project Manager, Wiener Linien- Vienna, Austria
• Signaling systems upgradation and GoA4 adoption – Mr Satpreet Singh, Senior Deputy General Manager, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.
• Increasing Operative Robustness & Resilience in CBTC – Mr Ignasi Oliver, Head of Digitalisation and Innovation (Metro), TMB Barcelona
• Importance of Safeguarding the Operational Technology in Metro Rail System –
  Mr Anil Kumar, DGM (S&T), Kochi Metro Rail Ltd.
• OT Security and Attack scenario – Ms Swati Goyal, Scientist C, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)