Speaker Biograghy: Nandita has spent the past 20 years as Aviation Architect, Department of Planning (Airports Authority of India), specialising in airport design and executing multiple projects across the country in multilingual and multi-cultural environments. She has a Master's in Landscape Architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, and a graduate degree in Architecture from the prestigious Sir JJ College of Architecture, Mumbai. In 2015 Nandita shifted her focus to airport management training; she is now a Course Developer with Trainair Plus developing standard training packages, and also an instructor at IAA (Indian Aviation Academy). Being an International Airport Professional she has been an in-class instructor for AMPAP. Personal fact: Nandita enjoys reading and travelling. She is passionate about community development and works with underprivileged children as part of a forum called Education for All and Lotus Petal Foundation. A passionate walker, she is an active member of community walking groups.


Day 1 - 14 March
Session: Airport Cities, Transport Connections & Tourism

10:40 - 11:10 - Airports as transport hubs: the importance of multimodal connectivity for tourists
Synopsis: The tourism and aviation industries complement each other. A global tourist’s travel experience invariably starts and ends with transportation to and from an airport. Although aviation has revolutionised world tourism by reducing travel hours and maximising comfort, a tourist remains dependent on other transport modes to reach the intended destination(s). Today’s airports provide transit passengers with a pleasurable experience during the course their airport stay, but this needs to be complemented by an equally pleasurable experience when reaching or leaving the airport. Seamless connectivity with an efficient and reliable multimodal transportation system is the need of the hour.

Audience will learn:

• Accessibility as the cornerstone of tourist transport planning – revolutionised the geographical aspect of distances
• Equal importance of inter-regional multimodal transport hubs
• Case studies: economic impact of tourism on various destinations
• Importance of community participation in airport design and functioning
• Technological advances in infrastructure improvement: LCC, LCT