Sudhanshu Mani, a retired Railway Services officer, is known as the father of Vande Bharat. His ups and down in the making of TRAIN-18, later christended as Vande Bharat is well talked (see TEDx) and published in his book He hails from Lucknow. Sudhanshu Mani is the producer of a stage show titled "Bayan-e-Ghalib," a unique tribute to the legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib.

He will talk on the "Hype, reality and the future of Vande Bharat train.