The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) organised its 5th International Conference, themed “Revolutionizing mobility: Driving the automotive industry towards a clean and circular future,” on the occasion of World Environment Day 2025. The conference was graced by dignitaries from the Government of India, industry leaders, think tanks and engineering converged to deliberate on environment-conscious mobility systems, circularity, accelerate change and empowering responsible action.
The program also featured a short street play by students of Gyan Mandir Public School, Naraina Vihar, highlighting the issue of plastic pollution, and aimed at raising awareness among the audience. This was followed by a felicitation ceremony, where in prizes were presented to students for a painting competition, titled “Nature’s Palette”, organised on the occasion of World Environment Day. A total of nine students were awarded the prizes from various schools of Delhi NCR.
Delivering the opening address, Shailesh Chandra, President of SIAM and Managing Director, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd & Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Ltd, said, “To advance the circular economy, we need three key interventions-first, a robust policy framework to encourage OEMs to adopt light weighting technologies and efficient vehicle lifecycle management; second, an incentive or disincentive mechanism to promote the scrapping of end-of-life vehicles, with the help of 125 approved scrapping facilities, of which 65 are operational and third, strengthening recycling infrastructure through joint industry-Government campaigns to establish effective EoL vehicle collection centres.” Delivering the closing remarks and vote of thanks, Rajesh Menon, Director General, SIAM, said, “The World Environment Day reminds us of our responsibility towards nature. We at SIAM remain committed to taking progressive action across all cleaner power trains and in driving circularity in the automotive sector to accelerate sustainable mobility in the country.”
Guest of Honours were His Excellency Kenneth Nóbrega, Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Embassy of Brazil, Hanif Qureshi, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India and Abhay Bakre, Director, National Green Hydrogen Mission, Government of India.