Invitation : Dialogue on Sustainable Transport for Urban Cities on 25 July
Ekta Jaju
We would like to invite you to a dialogue on 'Sustainable Transport in Urban Cities' with Dr Anvita Arora (iTrans) and Dr Rajendra Ravi (IDS). This dialogue is a part of a National Consultation on National Urban Transport Policy 2014, organized with the aim to bring in the voices of the people in the larger policy making.
Date - Friday, 25 July, 2014
Time - 10 am to 4 pm
Venue - Henriques Hall, Seva Kendra, 52B, Radhanath Chowdhury Road Kolkata - 700015. Near Sealdah Station.
Directions - http://bit.ly/VUwL4o
Organizers - Sustainable Mobility Network India (SUMNet India), Switch ON, NAPM Kolkata in partnership with Cycle Samaj, KCAAJRC and PBABS.
RSVP - Ashim Boral : E - As...@SwitchON.org.in, M - 08420104759.
About the Speakers -
Dr. Anvita Arora is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Innovative Transport Solutions (iTrans) Pvt. Ltd. and the resident representative of Interface for Cycling Expertise (I-CE), Netherlands for their Bicycle Partnership Program in India. She is an Urban transport planner and has been working on the social dimensions of urban transport for over 10 years, specifically on poverty and gender issues. She works to incorporate the needs of marginal road users like the pedestrians, bicyclists, rickshaw pullers, hawkers and the disabled in the mainstream of urban transport design and is a certified trainer on non-motorized transport. She is currently working with several cities in India on these issues.
Dr Rajendra Ravi is a Transport Expert and a Social Worker. He is the Director of Institute for Democracy and Sustainability.
Please find below and attached an invitation for the program.
Thanks and regards,
Ekta Jaju | SwitchON*
M : +91 933 111 8105 | E : Ek...@SwitchON.org.in
