International Recycling Incubation Summit 2026

International Conference on 'Integrating sustainable waste supply chain logistics and low-carbon pathways for a circular economy'

Programme Schedule

Programme

Day 1 - 16 January 2026
0900-0915 hours	Registration
0915-1030 hours	Inaugural Session Lighting of Lamp Welcome Address and Opening Remarks Prof Arun Kansal, Director, ICWMR, TERI SAS Address by Vice Chancellor Prof Suman K Dhar, VC, TERI SAS Theme Address: Activating Community-Driven Growth Mr Ashish Jain, Founder Director, IPCA, IPCA Strategic Address Mr Choudhury Rudra Charan Mohanty, United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)- DSDG/UN DESA, Japan Vision Address Dr Vibha Dhawan, Chancellor, TERI SAS and DG, TERI Keynote Address Shri Tokhan Sahu, Minister of State, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, GoI Vote of Thanks Ms Garima Kaushik, Head, ICWMR, TERI SAS
1030-1100 hours	High Tea
1100-1215 hours	Industry Leaders Meet Beyond Compliance: Championing Environment Stewardship Presentations by speakers followed by Q&A session Speakers Mr Anshuman Agrawal, Founder and MD, Minimac Systems Pvt Ltd. (Used lubricant oil recycling) Mr Abhinav Mathur, Head, Strategic Initiatives, Attero (Battery waste management) Mr Harshit Kakkar, HSN Machinery (Textile waste management) Mr Varun Boralkar, Business Head-Alternative Fuel and Resource Recovery, Blue Planet (Legacy waste management) Moderators Dr Ayon Chakraborty, Associate Professor, Federation University, Australia Dr Sumeet Saksena, Environmental Health Scientist, East West Centre, USA
1215-1330 hours	The Circular Confluence Aligning Policy, Practice & Innovation Panellists Sh Binay Kr Jha (IRS), Former Director, SBM, MoHUA; Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM), Operations at Northern Railways Ms Roop Rashi, Chief Executive Officer, Khadi and Village Industries Commission Ms Manisha Choudhary, National Coordinator, Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), United Nations Environment Programme Dr N B Mazumdar, Chairman, International Academy of Environmental Sanitation & Public Health Moderator Dr Fawzia Tarannum, Founder, Earthwise Environment and Sustainability Solutions
1330-1430 hours	Lunch Break
1430-1545 hours	Media Panel Discussion The Sustainability Storyline: How Media Can Drive Circular Transitions Panellists Mr Kundan Pandey, Senior Editor, Mongabay Ms Aparna Bose, Senior Correspondent, Press Trust of India Ms Puja Das, Climate and Energy Correspondent, Down to Earth Ms Indira Liasram, Contributor,The Indian Sun Moderators Dr Venkatesh G, Visiting Professor, TERI SAS Dr Harpreet S Kandra, Senior Lecturer, Federation University, Australia
1545-1700 hours	Stories of Impact Showcasing the impact of grassroot organisations in advancing circular economy Indian Pollution Control Association WaSH Institute Navjyoti India Foundation Waste Warriors Refurbic Moderators Mr Arvinder S Brara, Chairman & Managing Director, Mantec Consultants Pvt. Ltd Dr Divya Soman, Scientist, ICWMR, TERI SAS

Day 2 - 17 January 2026
0915-1015 hours	Track 1: Advanced Recycling Technologies Session Chair: Dr Suneel Pandey, Director, Circular Economy and Waste Management, TERI Co-chair: Dr Sumeet Saksena, Environmental Health Scientist, East West Centre, USA Moderator: Dr Atul Kumar, Scientist, ICWMR, TERI SAS	Track 2: Optimisation Models for Waste Management Logistics Session Chair: Dr Ayon Chakraborty, Associate Professor, Federation University, Australia Co-chair: Dr Dinesh Chander Pant, Senior Fellow, TERI Moderator: Dr Adil Masood, Assistant Professor, TERI SAS
1015-1045 hours	Networking tea
1045-1215 hours	Track 3: Circular Supply Chain Design for Low-Carbon Transition Session Chair: Dr Kamal Kumar Murari, Assistant Professor, Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies,TISS Co-chair: Dr Shyamli Singh, Associate Professor, SAU, New Delhi Moderator: Dr Divya Gupta, Program Manager, Climate and Sustainability team, Piramal Foundation	Track 4: Policy and Regulatory Frameworks for Circular and Low-Carbon Economies Session Chair: Dr Ranjana Ray Chaudhuri, Associate Professor and HoD, Department of Natural and Applied SciencesTERI SAS Co-chair: Dr Trinh Thai Ha, Expert in Plastic and Circular Economy, Former National Manager of the Vietnam National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) Moderator: Dr Snigdha Goel, Environment Consultant
1215-1330 hours	Track 5: Industrial Waste Management and Urban Mining Session Chair: Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mandal Principal Scientist, Global Waste Cleaning Network (GWCN), UK Co-chair: Dr Radha Goyal, Deputy Director, IPCA Moderator: Dr Divya Gupta, Program Manager, Climate and Sustainability team, Piramal Foundation	Track 6: Social and Behavioural Aspects for Low-Carbon and Circular Economy Session Chair: Dr Sapna A Narula, Professor and Director, CCS, National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Govt of India Co-chair: Dr Sameer Prasad, Associate Professor, Operations Management, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, USA Co-chair 1: Mr Ajay Garg, Secretary, IPCA Moderator: Dr Snigdha Goel, Environment Consultant
1330-1430 hours	Networking Lunch
1430-1600 hours	Panel Discussion Harnessing Collective Wisdom for a Circular Economy Panellists Dr Veena Joshi, Independent Environment and Development Consultant Prof Amrik Sohal, Professor, Monash University Dr Kulwant Singh, CEO, 3R WASTE Foundation Mr Pritpal Singh, Executive Director, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology Dr. Varinder S Kanwar, CEO, NABET,Quality Council of India Moderator Dr Harpreet S Kandra, Senior Lecturer, Federation University, Australia
1600-1645 hours	Felicitation Ceremony Briefing on the IRIS deliberations Dr Venkatesh G, Visiting Professor, TERI SAS Address by Vice Chancellor Prof Suman K Dhar, VC, TERI SAS Felicitation of Best Paper Awardees Valedictory Address Prof Prateek Sharma, VC, Delhi Technological University Closing Remarks/ Way forward Dr Harpreet S Kandra, Federation University, Australia Vote of Thanks Col. B Venkat, Registrar, TERI SAS

*Tea will be served in the rooms during the day