With 40 speakers representing 13 different countries, the 16th Annual Asia Rail Congress is the definitive rail congress for Asia and provides an unparalleled opportunity to meet experts from across the region in one place, all in one week.
Currently President of Trans-Consult, undertaking consulting work in the areas of Public Transport Planning, Marketing, Pricing, Revenue Management and Fare collection technologies, Alok has over 20 years of industry experience. Until March 2008, he worked for MTR Corporation (Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation, prior to its merger with MTRC) Hong Kong for more than 10 years in areas of Project Planning and Management, Finance and Marketing. In his last position as General Manager-Marketing, he was accountable for developing strategies for pricing, ticketing, service planning, promotion and passenger communications. During his tenure, he also served as a Director in Octopus Group, which manages one of the most successful smart card payment platforms in the world and was a member of the Finance & Commerce Sub-committee (Metro Division) of the UITP. Alok has played an active role in a number of other business organizations in a multitude of countries. He has several publications to his credit and has contributed to a book on best practices in railways operations and management. He is a regular speaker on multi-modal integration, land-use transport integration, public transport pricing and financing. Since 2004, he is also serving as an Assistant Professor (part-time) in the Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management at University of Hong Kong.
