KALPA IMPACT

24th June 2025 I Mobility in Urban India

Venue: Museo Camera Centre for the Photographic Arts, Gurugram

The event hosted dialogues with various urbanists, filmmakers, and policy thinkers to explore how Indian cities can build inclusive and sustainable mobility systems.

The event featured an improv performance by the Nautankibaaz Improv Collective, followed by films from Nagari, Raahgiri Foundation, and Bengawalk, a Sustainable Mobility Network. To deliberate further on the issues around mobility, we were joined by Geetam Tiwari, Jagan Shah, Mitali Nikore, Pravesh Biyani, and Sabika Syed, moderated by Sushant Kumar and Mallika Arya.


FILMS SCREENED

Shab-Parak | The Night-Fliers

By Sabika Syed & Nikhil Mehrotra

Level Up!

By Bhargav Prasad, Archanaa Seker & Pavithra Sriram

Town on Water

By Nitesh Sharma , Muskan Bhatt, Avijit Newar, Avinav Saha

Cycle of Life

By Swanand Kottewar, Rahul Jambhulkar, Aniket Kolarkar & Sanket Ray

Homes on the Line

By Amit Rathee, Nimit Phogat & Mandeep Singh


PANELISTS

Geetam Tiwari

Emeritus Professor, TRIP Centre, IIT Delhi

Pravesh Biyani

Professor, IIIT Delhi & Founder, Chartr

Sabika Syed

Filmmaker & Journalist

MODERATOR

Mallika Arya

Associate Partner, Kalpa Impact

FIRESIDE CHAT 01

How can Indian cities address systemic infrastructure challenges to improve mobility for all?

PANELISTS

Jagan Shah

Chief Executive Officer, The Infravision Foundation

Mitali Nikore

Founder & Chief Economist, Nikore Associates

MODERATOR

Sushant Kumar

Founder & CEO, Kalpa Impact

FIRESIDE CHAT 02

Bridging the finance gap to scale sustainable and inclusive mobility solutions.