The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor is runningNagpur MMLP is commercially live, the first in India to get thereMaharashtra's Logistics Policy names Nagpur–Wardha a national-tier hubThe freight moving through all of it still runs on diesel
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17 February 2027 · Nagpur, Maharashtra

The day, in full.
Nothing gated.

Six sessions, each built around a problem you are already living with. Every session closes on a Monday Morning Checklist.

Opening address10:30 am – 11:10 am

What Maharashtra's logistics roadmap actually means for your business

Three policies (logistics, electric vehicles, autonomous systems) all land on the same fleet manager. This session strips out the announcements and says what an operator can apply for today, how long it takes, and which parts of the roadmap are behind.

Projects in scope

  • Maharashtra Logistics Policy
  • Nagpur–Wardha national-tier hub
  • MIDC logistics nodes
  • State EV policy

  • From policy document to district node

    What has actually been built, sanctioned or notified, and what is still a map.

  • What an operator actually gets

    Incentives, land, single-window clearances, and how long it genuinely takes.

  • The MIDC carve-out

    What it offers, and who has taken it up in Vidarbha.

  • Three policies, one operator

    Where they reinforce each other, and where compliance under one creates cost under another.

  • The honest gap

    Which parts of the roadmap are on schedule, and which are not.

Closes with actions you can take on the first working day after the summit.

A policy document resolving into a district map with one node marked.
Session open: nominate a speaker
Panel one11:10 am – 12:10 pm

Building the backbone: ports, airports, rail and road in a multimodal Maharashtra

The freight rail is operational and the first multimodal park in the country is commercially live. The question is which shippers in this room should already have changed their routing, and what it is costing the ones who haven't.

Projects in scope

  • Western Dedicated Freight Corridor
  • Nagpur MMLP at Sindi, Wardha
  • JNPA and the second-gateway question
  • Air cargo at MIHAN

  • The second gateway question

    What a two-port Maharashtra does to network design and dwell times.

  • Freight rail in practice

    The real door-to-door comparison against road.

  • Air cargo that is not an afterthought

    Customs, cold chain and feeder trucking around MIHAN.

  • The Nagpur MMLP, specifically

    Operational since April 2025: what volumes it is handling and what the next phases add.

  • The missing link

    The one piece of Maharashtra's multimodal network still missing, and what it costs each year.

Closes with actions you can take on the first working day after the summit.

Four modes (port, rail, road and air) meeting at a single interchange.
Session open: nominate a speaker
Interactive session12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Sustainability scorecard: benchmarking your own carbon and cost footprint

Delegates work their own numbers. You leave with a completed benchmark for your operation and three ranked actions, not a handout. This is the Monday Morning Checklist for the day.

Projects in scope

  • Emissions per tonne-km
  • Road-versus-rail modal shift
  • Green warehousing economics
  • Scope 3 reporting

  • Build the baseline

    A worked method for getting to a defensible emissions number using data you already have.

  • The modal-shift calculator

    Live modelling of rail versus road for your own lane.

  • Green warehousing, costed

    Certification, rooftop solar and open-access renewable procurement.

  • Scope 3 for shippers who are being asked

    The minimum viable reporting capability.

  • The scorecard

    Every delegate leaves with a completed benchmark and three ranked actions.

Closes with actions you can take on the first working day after the summit.

A scorecard with three rows completed and a ranked list beside it.
Session open: nominate a speaker
Panel two2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Decarbonising freight: the depot is the constraint, not the vehicle

Nobody's fleet is limited by vehicle availability any more. It is limited by megawatt-scale power at the depot, and by a total-cost model that stops at the vehicle.

Projects in scope

  • Battery electric trucks
  • Depot charging and grid connection
  • Green-certified warehousing
  • Open-access renewable procurement

  • The mandate arithmetic

    The annual replacement run-rate an electrification target implies.

  • Total cost of ownership, honestly

    At what duty cycle a battery electric truck actually beats diesel.

  • Depot charging is the real constraint

    Connection process, timeline and cost in a Maharashtra logistics park.

  • Green warehousing beyond the plaque

    What is actually reducing operating cost at scale.

  • Incentives that move a decision

    Which one has genuinely changed a fleet purchase in this room.

  • Beyond the battery

    Which duty cycles LNG or hydrogen serve that battery electric cannot.

Closes with actions you can take on the first working day after the summit.

A depot with a grid connection running into it and one charging bay live.
Session open: nominate a speaker
Fireside chat3:50 pm – 4:40 pm

Last-mile decarbonisation: the unit economics nobody publishes

Cost per delivery, electric against internal combustion, in a Tier-1 and a Tier-2 Maharashtra city, with the driver-retention effect included.

Projects in scope

  • Two- and three-wheeler delivery fleets
  • Battery swapping networks
  • Tier-2 city economics
  • Driver-owned vehicle financing

  • The unit economics nobody publishes

    Cost per delivery, with driver retention included.

  • Swap or charge

    Which model wins at which delivery density.

  • The Tier-2 question

    What breaks when the metro model moves to Nagpur or Nashik.

  • Financing the rider

    Who is actually solving the upfront-cost barrier.

  • What tightens next

    Which rules will hit first, in the next twelve months.

Closes with actions you can take on the first working day after the summit.

A delivery route across a dense grid, with one leg on a swapped battery.
Session open: nominate a speaker
Panel three4:50 pm – 5:50 pm

Capital and automation: where the smart money is actually going

Institutional money is moving into Maharashtra warehousing. Whether it is buying land, buildings or operating capability tells you where the returns are expected, and what an operator should be building instead of buying.

Projects in scope

  • Institutional logistics real estate
  • Warehouse automation
  • Grade-A parks in Bhiwandi and Talegaon
  • Autonomous systems inside the yard

  • What the capital is actually buying

    Land, buildings, or operating capability.

  • Automation at Indian labour costs

    Where the business case genuinely clears the hurdle rate.

  • Grade-A is now the floor

    What a tenant gets today that they did not get five years ago.

  • Autonomous systems inside the yard

    Inventory drones, yard automation and autonomous shunting.

  • The next five years

    Each panellist names the sub-market they would build in next.

  • Building Grade-A green

    Embodied carbon and low-carbon materials in a new-build shed.

Closes with actions you can take on the first working day after the summit.

Capital flowing into a grid of warehouse bays, one of them automated.
Session open: nominate a speaker

Timings, including breaks

9:30 amRegistration, coffee and networking
10:20 amWelcome address
10:30 amOpening address · What Maharashtra's logistics roadmap actually means for your business
11:10 amPanel one · Building the backbone: ports, airports, rail and road in a multimodal Maharashtra
12:10 pmNetworking break
12:30 pmInteractive session · Sustainability scorecard: benchmarking your own carbon and cost footprint
1:30 pmWorking lunch · roundtables by vertical
2:30 pmPanel two · Decarbonising freight: the depot is the constraint, not the vehicle
3:30 pmAfternoon tea
3:50 pmFireside chat · Last-mile decarbonisation: the unit economics nobody publishes
4:40 pmChangeover
4:50 pmPanel three · Capital and automation: where the smart money is actually going
5:50 pmClosing remarks
6:00 pmEvening reception

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