Growth Frontiers India

24-25 February 2026 | TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Schedule

Schedule for 24 February 2026

08:00 | Morning registration & refreshments

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

08:55 | Chair’s opening remarks

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Satyendra Pandey

Satyendra Pandey
Managing Partner | AT-TV Read more

09:00 | Stakeholders Panel: Transactions and the Impact of the Evolving Legal and Economic Framework

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Neha Singh

Neha Singh
Counsel | Trilegal Read more

Gautam Acharya

Gautam Acharya
Director Legal Affairs | Riyadh Air Read more

Milanka Chaudhury

Milanka Chaudhury
Partner | Trilegal Read more

Priya Mehra

Priya Mehra
Chief of Governance & Strategic Acquisitions | Akasa Air Read more

Richard Williams

Richard Williams
Partner | Watson, Farley & Williams Read more

Rohit Tomar

Rohit Tomar
Director Finance and Supply Chain Ops | VietJet Read more

Sankalp Garg

Sankalp Garg
Head of APAC Aviation Commercial | Castlelake Read more

09:40 | Fireside Chat

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Firoz Tarapore

Firoz Tarapore
Chief Executive Officer | DAE Read more

10:10 | Lessor Panel

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Sidanth Rajagopal

Sidanth Rajagopal
Partner | Morgan Lewis Read more

Sankalp Garg

Sankalp Garg
Head of APAC Aviation Commercial | Castlelake Read more

Kishore Korde

Kishore Korde
Executive Vice President | Air Lease Corporation Read more

Joey Zhao

Joey Zhao
Head of Asia-Pacific, ex-Japan | ABL Aviation Read more

Daniel Cunningham

Daniel Cunningham
Senior Vice President Sales | DAE Capital Read more

10:50 | Fireside Chat

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Richard Hough

Richard Hough
President & CEO | Engine Lease Finance Corporation Read more

Ajay Kumar

Ajay Kumar
Managing Partner | KLA Legal Read more

11:20 | GIFT City Keynote presentation

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Dipesh Shah

Dipesh Shah
Executive Director | IFSCA Read more

11:40 | Cape Town Convention Enforcement

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

The Protection of Interests in Aircraft Objects Act, 2025” came into effect on May 1st, 2025. Rules under this law are still to be notified. Ministry of Civil Aviation has proposed these in a draft form and put them out for comments (as is required under Indian law).

Speakers:

Ravi Nath

Ravi Nath
Managing Partner | RNC Legal Read more

Richard Williams

Richard Williams
Partner | Watson, Farley & Williams Read more

Zane Jones

Zane Jones
Director, Aviation Finance | HSBC Read more

Marylou Bilawala

Marylou Bilawala
Senior Partner and Aviation Head | Wadia Ghandy Read more

Leo Fattorini

Leo Fattorini
Partner | Norton Rose Fulbright Read more

Hufriz Wadia

Hufriz Wadia
Partner | AZB & Partners Read more

12:30 | Keynote Fireside Chat

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Vinay Dube

Vinay Dube
CEO | akasa Air Read more

13:00 | Lunch

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

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14:00 | India’s GIFT City

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Nitin Sarin

Nitin Sarin
Managing Partner | Sarin & Co Read more

Ravi Nath

Ravi Nath
Managing Partner | RNC Legal Read more

Shipra Jaipuria

Shipra Jaipuria
Senior Manager | ICF Read more

Sneha Gaikwad

Sneha Gaikwad
Partner | TYABJI DAYABHAI Read more

Vishok Mansingh

Vishok Mansingh
CEO | Vman Aviation Services Read more

Lovejeet Singh

Lovejeet Singh
Partner | Chandhiok & Mahajan Read more

Ashutosh Sharma

Ashutosh Sharma
Chief General Manager | IFSCA Read more

14:55 | Boeing Market Outlook - Indian Subcontinent

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Aeshwarya Chaturvedi

Aeshwarya Chaturvedi
Marketing Director – India & South Asia | Boeing Read more

Michael Heye

Michael Heye
Customer Finance Director | Boeing Commercial Aircraft Read more

15:40 | Financing the Indian Airline order book - JOL/JOLCO, Banking & capital markets

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Vinamra Longani

Vinamra Longani
VP Commercial - Asia | SGI Aviation Read more

Thomas Engoulevent

Thomas Engoulevent
Balthazar Client Advisor | Marsh Specialty Read more

Jahnavi Ramachandran

Jahnavi Ramachandran
Partner | Clyde & Co Read more

Anand Shah

Anand Shah
Senior Partner | AZB & Partners Read more

16:20 | Airbus & Friends

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Sudhindra (Sudhir) Sharma

Sudhindra (Sudhir) Sharma
Marketing for Investors | Airbus Read more

Marc Tembleque-Vilalta

Marc Tembleque-Vilalta
SVP Portfolio Strategy & Head of Avolon-e | Avolon Read more

André Zervudachi

André Zervudachi
Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Indian Subcontinent | Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank Read more

Anais Davezat

Anais Davezat
Customer Finance Manager | Airbus Read more

16:55 | The Road to Vision 2035: Matching Infrastructure to Expanding Aviation Landscape of India

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Sharad Agarwal

Sharad Agarwal
CEO | AI Engineering Services – AIESL Read more

17:30 | Drinks reception on the poolside lawns

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

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17:35 | Chair’s closing remarks

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Satyendra Pandey

Satyendra Pandey
Managing Partner | AT-TV Read more

19:00 | Networking Dinner in The Mansingh I Ballroom

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

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Schedule for 25 February 2026

08:00 | Morning registration & refreshments

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

08:55 | Chair’s opening remarks

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Satyendra Pandey

Satyendra Pandey
Managing Partner | AT-TV Read more

09:00 | Market trends and future forecast

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

David Tokoph

David Tokoph
President & CEO | MBA Aviation Read more

09:35 | Aircraft Repossession

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Tejaswi Nimmagadda

Tejaswi Nimmagadda
Partner | Tiang & Partners Read more

Vishok Mansingh

Vishok Mansingh
CEO | Vman Aviation Services Read more

Sanjay Gupta

Sanjay Gupta
Senior Partner | Dentons Link Legal Read more

Ritesh Singh

Ritesh Singh
Partner | The Precept–Law Offices Read more

Ravi Nath

Ravi Nath
Managing Partner | RNC Legal Read more

Nimish Vakil

Nimish Vakil
Managing Partner | Tyabji Dayabhai Read more

Amit  Tyagi

Amit Tyagi
Chief Intelligence Officer | Acumen Aviation Read more

10:20 | Aircraft Leasing & Asset management

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Randeep Bubbra

Randeep Bubbra
Partner | Watson Farley & Williams LLP Read more

John Duffy

John Duffy
Chief Commercial Officer | SKY Leasing Read more

Prabhjeet Kaur

Prabhjeet Kaur
Vice President | Novus Aviation Capital Read more

Satish Modi

Satish Modi
Executive Director | Wiz Aviation Read more

Vinamra Longani

Vinamra Longani
VP Commercial - Asia | SGI Aviation Read more

11:00 | Address by Hon'ble Minister of Civil Aviation

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

11:15 | AWG and its India Contact Group - Effective Implementation of the Cape Town Convention

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Jeffrey Wool

Jeffrey Wool
Secretary General | Aviation Working Group Read more

Ajay Kumar

Ajay Kumar
Managing Partner | KLA Legal Read more

Marylou Bilawala

Marylou Bilawala
Senior Partner and Aviation Head | Wadia Ghandy Read more

Nitin Sarin

Nitin Sarin
Managing Partner | Sarin & Co Read more

Ravi Nath

Ravi Nath
Managing Partner | RNC Legal Read more

12:25 | Engine Leasing panel

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Kevin Pearson

Kevin Pearson
Partner | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Read more

Vassil Vassilev

Vassil Vassilev
Vice President Sales & Marketing – CIS, India & Turkey | Engine Lease Finance corporation Read more

Jaime Nieto

Jaime Nieto
CCO | Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance Read more

Christopher Rodrigues

Christopher Rodrigues
SVP Sales & Marketing, Asia | SMBC Aero Engine Lease Read more

C.S. Tomar

C.S. Tomar
Director | Willis Lease Finance Corporation Read more

13:00 | Lunch

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

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14:00 | ATR Market Overview

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Jean-Pierre Clercin

Jean-Pierre Clercin
Head of Commercial, APAC | ATR Read more

14:40 | Regional, Narrowbody, Widebody & Freighter Aircraft Investment, Trading and purchasing within India

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Rakhi Savjani

Rakhi Savjani
Counsel | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Read more

Michael Koish

Michael Koish
Chief Investment Officer | Challenge Airlines Read more

Amit Mittal

Amit Mittal
Director | Aerointellect Aviation Read more

15:15 | Tax & Regulation Panel

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Bharat Jain

Bharat Jain
Partner | B S R & Co. LLP Read more

Tejaswi Nimmagadda

Tejaswi Nimmagadda
Partner | Tiang & Partners Read more

15:50 | Commercial Aircraft Manufacturer Panel

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Edward  Delahaye

Edward Delahaye
Head of Customer Accounts - India & South Asia | Airbus Read more

Nitin Sarin

Nitin Sarin
Managing Partner | Sarin & Co Read more

Ryan Belguidoum

Ryan Belguidoum
Aircraft Sales Director | ATR Read more

16:30 | Chairs closing remarks

Venue: TAJ Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India

Speakers:

Satyendra Pandey

Satyendra Pandey
Managing Partner | AT-TV Read more

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