From (L-R): Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA; Auguste Tano Kouamé, Country Director-India, World Bank; Jayant Sinha, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance Parliament of India, BJP Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand; Shrinivas Dempo, President, AIMA and Chairman, Dempo Group of Companies and Takeo Konishi, Country Director, Asian Development Bank Group of Companies

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AIMA, in partnership with the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank organised the 8th Global Procurement Summit 2023 on 17th – 18th January 2023. The theme for the summit was ‘Procurement for Infrastructure Development’.

Mr Jayant Sinha, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance, Parliament of India, BJP Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand was the chief guest of the summit. The introductory remarks were given by Mr Shrinivas Dempo, President, AIMA and Chairman, Dempo Group of Companies and Ms Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA delivered the welcome address. Mr Auguste Tano Kouamé Country Director-India, World Bank and Mr Takeo Konishi, Country Director, Asian Development Bank delivered the special address.

Some of the other eminent speakers included Mr Amarendra Kumar, Chief General Manager, National Highways Authority of India; Mr K Venkata Ramana, Executive Vice President & Head Legal, Tata Projects Limited; Mr Ravindra Kumar Jain, Managing Director, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd.; Mr Baldeo Purushartha, Joint Secretary (IPF), Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance; Mr Rajesh Gupta, Deputy Director General, DPIIT; Ministry of Commerce & Industry; Mr R Ganesan, Head Corporate Centre, Larsen & Toubro Construction; Mr B Anantha Sarma, Executive Director-Contracts, POWERGRID; Mr Saurabh Bhattacharya, Addl. Executive Director, Centre for Smart Governance, Government of Karnataka; Mr Sanjay Aggarwal, Advisor, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance; Mr Shanker Lal, Lead Procurement Specialist, Global Governance Practice, World Bank; Mr Stephane Y. Bessadi, Senior Procurement Specialist, Asian Development Bank; Mr Sandeep Verma, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Government of Rajasthan; Mr Prakash Mirani Additional CEO, Government e-Marketplace and Mr Hunt La Cascia, Senior Procurement Specialist, World Bank amongst others. The summit was well attended by more than 200 delegates from various countries including USA, Bangladesh, Thailand and Sri Lanka. The topical themes and in-depth discussions were highly appreciated by the delegates.