SIAM-SAFE
Annual Convention 2010 - TIME FOR ACTION
~ Insists on the growth with responsibility and
ensuring safety on roads~
Annual
Convention of Society for Automobile Fitness & Environment (SAFE)
- an initiative of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) - was
organised at CII, Chandigarh
today. It was organised in association with Ministry of Road Transport &
Highways, Transport Department, Government of Haryana and Chandigarh Traffic
Police. The main theme of this year’s annual convention was ‘Growth with Responsibility: Ensuring Safety
on Roads’. The annual convention was inaugurated by Guest
of Honour, Mr. R. R. Jowel, Transport
Commissioner, Government of Haryana along with
other dignitaries and bureaucrats from the ministry who were present at the
inaugural function. Dr. Pawan Goenka, President SIAM & President Mahindra
& Mahindra Ltd. and Harjeet Singh, President, SAFE
& A -VP, Hero Honda Motors Ltd. were also part of the inaugural ceremony to
share insight about SAFE initiatives.
In
the inaugural session Dr. Dan Greenbaum, President, Health Effect Institute, USA
spoke about the enhancement of vehicle stewardship for emissions. Dr. Pawan
Goenka, President, SIAM,
Mr. M. P. Shah, President, FADA, and Mr. Harjeet Singh, President, SAFE,
launched the Voluntary SAFE Service Certification concept to be introduced at
service centres very soon.
In
the Plenary Session on Best Practices adopted by enforcement departments, Mr.
Satyendra Garg, Joint Commissioner of Police - Traffic, Delhi Traffic Police,
detailed efforts by Delhi Traffic Police to plan traffic and ensure road
safety. Mr. Kulwant Singh, DSP, Chandigarh Traffic Police also shared the
practices adopted by the Chandigarh Traffic Police for better traffic planning
and road safety. In another session focussed on Accident Analysis: Preventing
Road Fatalities, Dr. Nishi Mittal, Head Traffic Engineering & Safety, CRRI
shared analysis procedures on the road traffic accident recording. Ms. Amit
Arora, Project Officer, Commonwealth Organizing Committee, presented a case
study on GIS application in accident analysis.
Mr. Ravishankar Rajaraman, Project Manager, J P Research India Pvt. Ltd.
shared his data on the crash investigation. In a separate discussion on safety
on roads through enforcement & technology Mr. Paolo Squillante, Project
Manager, Thetis SpA, Italy shared the ITS key application for sustainable
mobility and safety on roads. Mr. Vipul Sharma, Senior Consultant, Steria spoke
about the promoting safety through telematics
Representatives
from different automotive companies shared their knowledge, experiences and
practices followed to make roads safer for the people. There was also a panel
of dignitaries from Haryana and Andhra Pradesh Governments, Delhi Traffic
Police, TRIPP and SAFE
to discuss the steps to be taken to reduce fatalities on our roads.
Dr.
Pawan Goenka, President SIAM said, “Road Safety has been always the priority
for the Indian Automobile Manufacturers and for this we are trying to align
with the government to make our roads safer and keep our environment green.”
Mr.
Dilip Chenoy, Director General, SIAM
said, “SIAM is actively involved
to educate the masses about significance of road safety in India. Through our special
initiative SAFE we have taken this forward and have incorporated experts’ views
from developed countries that have benefited from enforcement and have achieved
significant fall in number of road accidents.”
Mr.
Harjeet Singh, President-SAFE
and Associate Vice President, Hero Honda said, “With industry experts from India and outside and
informative discussions on illuminating topics, SAFE annual convention
2010 was accomplished. I am thankful to the respective authorities and Haryana
Government to have provided enough support to carry out our endeavour towards
increasing awareness about road safety and curbing roads hazards.”
This
event registered a significant footfall from representatives of the Ministries,
Transport, Police, Environment, Auto Components and Automobile Manufacturers,
Academicians, Students, NGOs and others working for improvement of Environment
and Road Safety.
For more information:
Dr. Surojit Mohan Gupta
SIAM
+91 9871897008
Pretty Verma/ Shashank Verma
Hanmer MS&L
+91 9814101694/
9811206387