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Uniting Bharat: From 30 Crore to 100 Crore Connections

Why Prawaas?

Transport is more than movement. It is a catalyst for opportunity. Efficient mobility enables access to education, health, employment, pilgrimage, tourism; it empowers women, bridges rural-urban divides and fuels livelihoods. India’s vast population and diverse geographies demand a transport ecosystem that does more than moving people, it must connect lives. Today, nearly 30 crore Indians depend on public and shared transport operated by close to 40,000 bus operators, forming the backbone of everyday mobility. As the nation moves toward its 2047 vision, the challenge is clear: can this network scale to serve 100 crore citizens?

Daily Passenger Movement in India (Approx.)

Mobility connects the nation. Buses provide the widest and most accessible transport network in India, ensuring strong last-mile connectivity across cities, towns, and villages.

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Air Travel

~5 Lakh passengers / day
• Long-distance, premium travel
• Less than 1% of daily commuters

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Railways & Metro

~4 Cr. passengers / day
• Backbone of long & medium distance travel
• Mass connectivity across states

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Bus Transport

~40 Cr. passengers / day
• Largest mover of people in India
• Urban, rural & last-mile connectivity
• Serves cities, towns, villages & highways

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Why Buses Matter Most

Move 2–4× more people than trains daily
Carry 100× more passengers than flights
Support livelihoods, education & healthcare
Enable affordable mobility for all income groups
Critical to India’s public transport ecosystem

The Backbone of India's Passenger Transport

Buses power India’s everyday life, quietly, reliably, and at scale. From morning commutes to long-distance journeys, they remain the most inclusive and essential mode of transport in the country.

Prawaas 5.0 aims to spark this critical dialogue, bringing stakeholders together to expand services, modernise infrastructure, and enable inclusive access through a truly multimodal approach integrating buses, metro, taxis, and last-mile solutions. The Event aligns government, operators, startups, technology providers, financiers, and civil society to propel Desh Ki Raftar and build a mobility ecosystem that is efficient, inclusive, climate-conscious, and future-ready.

Be a part of the fifth edition of Prawaas, India’s flagship multimodal transport show, which will be held from 9–11 July 2026 at the Helipad Exhibition Centre (HEC), Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Organized by the Bus and Car Operators Confederation of India (BOCI), this Prawaas 5.0 continues the powerful theme “Towards Safe, Smart & Sustainable Public Transport,” while expanding its scope to embrace the emerging priorities of India’s mobility landscape.

A Legacy of Growth & Transformation

Prawaas Journey

2017

Prawaas

Mumbai

2019

Prawaas 2.0

Mumbai

2022

Prawaas 3.0

Hyderabad

2024

Prawaas 4.0

Bengaluru

2026

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Gandhinagar
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Event Objectives

Prawaas 5.0 brings together government, operators, startups, technology providers, financiers, & civil society to advance Desh Ki Raftaar by building a safe, smart, sustainable, and multimodal mobility ecosystem integrating buses, metro, taxis, and last-mile solutions.

FACILITATE

Interaction amongst the stakeholders from all forms of transport



ENCOURAGE

Public private partnership in services & infrastructured development


SHOWCASE

New technologies, innovations, products & services


ENABLE

Dialogue with key government authorities for the harmonization of regulatory framework

RECOGNIZE

Best performers amongst the stakeholders to encourage best practices

CAPTURE

Emerging trends in the business of public transport

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WHY ATTEND?

BOCI is the flagship body of Private Bus & Car Operators.
Prawaas 5.0 will be the largest gathering of leading Bus and Car Operators coverage of India
Prawaas 5.0 will also witness the largest gathering of representatives of STUs as well as various Intra-City Bus service providers.
Objectives of BOCI is to increase passenger traffic by providing ease of travel by collaborating with all the stake holders including Industry, NGO and Regulators.
BOCI will support the leading partners pre-during and post event to maximize their engagement with potential buyers.
Leading partners will get opportunity to connect with Bus Operators on multiple platforms through Conference, Exhibition, Awards and Networking events.
Operators will be in the best frame of mind to inculcate the best-practices and upgrade their existing fleets, facilities and features.
BOCI members can source the most exciting new technologies, products and services to be used in their buses and cars.
BOCI members will be looking for capacity building to meet growing demand and July month is the most appropriate period when investment decisions are made by the operators.

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Dignitaries over the years

Nitin Gadkari
Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister for MoRTH 2017, 2019, 2024, 2025

G Kishan Reddy
G Kishan Reddy

Union Minister of Tourism 2022


D K Shivakumar
D K Shivakumar

DCM of Karnataka 2024


Ramalinga Reddy
Ramalinga Reddy

Minister for Transport, Govt. of Karnataka 2024

Daya Shankar Singh
Daya Shankar Singh

Minister of Transport Govt. of Uttar Pradesh 2024

Ojing Tasing
Ojing Tasing

Minister for Transport and RDPR, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh 2024

Yoonus Khan
Yoonus Khan

Transport & PWD Minister, Govt. of Rajasthan 2017

S. S. Sivasankar
S. S. Sivasankar

Minister for Transport, Govt. of Tamil Nadu 2024

H K Patil
H K Patil

Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of Karnataka 2024

Arvind Sawant
Arvind Sawant

Union Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises 2019

Aaditya Thackeray
Aaditya Thackeray

President of Yuva Sena 2019


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Organiser

Organiser : BOCI (Bus & Car Operators Confederation of India)

Bus & Car Operators Confederation of India is the apex organization of all the State Federations of private sector Bus & Car passenger Transport operators across India. BOCI represents eight important passenger Transport segments viz; Intercity, Intracity, School Transport, Employee Transport, Tour Operators, Taxi Cabs, Tourist Cabs and PPP-SPVs. We are also adding Critical & Emergency response service for the first time which is emerging as a major sector.

BOCI aims to promote Safe, Smart and Sustainable Integrated Passenger Mobility solutions to the citizens of India in close coordination with all the stake holders from public & private sectors.

The significance of BOCI can be measured by the fact that over 1.5 million buses are operated by its members today on Indian Roads and it is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years.

Event Curator : MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications

MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications is India's leading event curator in the field of frontier technologies. Since its inception in the year 2000, MM Activ has conceived an organised over 100 National and International conventions in sectors like IT & Electronics, Biotechnology, Agritechnology, Nanotechnology, Space Technology, Nutraceuticals, R&D and Higher Education, Sustainable Chemistry, Transport & Logistics, MRO, Renewable Energy, Water and Investments. MM Activ is also the publisher of leading business magazines like Bio Spectrum (Asia & India), NuFFooDS Spectrum (Asia & India) & Agro Spectrum.

Event Secretariat

MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications

Ashirwad, 1st Floor,
36/A/2, Pallod Farms Baner Road,
Pune - 411045, India.

+91 80 4113 1912/13

secretariat@prawaas.com

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