Session Topic :Breakfast Roundtable (Closed Door)

Participants:

• Ms. Deepika Thapar Singh, Principal, The Air Force School, Subroto Park
• Dr. Saini, Principal, Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram
• Major Kulkarni, Principal, Mayo College, Ajmer
• Mr. Pramod Sharma, Director and Principal, Genesis Global School
• Ms. Meenakshi Bhakuni, Principal, G.D. Goenka Public School, Dwarka
• Dr. Bijoy Sahoo, Chairperson, SAI International School
• Mr. Jerry MacArthur Hultin, Senior Presidential Fellow, New York University
• Mr. Mahendra Bapna, Former CEO Tata Enterprises and Harvard Advanced Leadership Fellow, Harvard University
• Dr. Shailaja Fennell, Lecturer in Development Studies, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
• Ms. Lisa Jain, India Representative, The College Board
• Ms. Stephanie Durand, International Development Manager, Coursera
• Ms. PriyamvadaTaneja, Development Manager, India, International Baccalaureate Organization
• Zafeena Suresh, EducationUSA Advisor at United States-India Educational Foundation
• MeetaSengupta, Founder, Center for Education Strategy
• Dr. P Pushkar, Author, Columnist on higher education & Asst. Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS-Pilani, Goa
• Dongnian Zhou (Effie), Project Manager, Knowledge@Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
• Dominic Johnson, Director of Business Operations, Knowledge@Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
• Rachna Pant, Principal, Ramjas School RK Puram
• Kaye Jacobs, Associate Director, The Heritage School
• Dr. Bennett McClellan, Vice Dean of Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities
• Namrata Jha, Director, International Institute of Education – India

Session Topic :Manufacturing Panel with MAIT

Panel Awaiting Confirmations

Session Topic : South Asia/SAARC: A regional view on building a 21st Century Knowledge Economy

Moderator: Dr. Shreekant Gupta, Associate Professor, Delhi School of Economics, & Adjunct Associate Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

• Dr. Ajay Gondane, Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
• Sajjad Ashraf, Adjunct Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy & Former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Singapore
• Dr.Surya Dhungel, Advisor to President of Nepal

Session Topic : "Make In India": Opportunities & Challenges

Moderator: Gordon Fairclough, South Asia Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal

Speakers:

• Onno Ruhl, India Country Director, World Bank
• Dr. Bibek Debroy, Fulltime Member, NITI Aayog

Session Topic : Accelerating Access to Quality Education

Moderator: Subir Gokarn, Director, Research, Brookings India

Speakers:

• Urvashi Sahni, Founder President and CEO, Study Hall Educational Foundation
• Vyjayanthi Sankar, Senior consultant, The Brookings Institution, USA's Center for Universal Education
• Amitav Virmani, Honorary CEO, The Education Alliance

Session Topic : “Smart Cities” + “Smart Villages” = “Smart India”

Moderator: Anish Kumar, Programme Director, PRADAN

Speakers:

• Dr. Shailaja Fennell, Lecturer in Development Studies, University of Cambridge
• Shobhini Mukerji, Executive Director, J-PAL South Asia
• Jagan Shah, Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs

Session Topic : India 2025: A view from a networked society

Moderator: Varun Sood, CIO & Head, Strategic Initiatives, Fortis

Speakers:

• Ankhi Das, Director & Head of Public Policy, Facebook India
• Manoj Dawane, VP, Ericsson India
• Dr. Manish Gupta, VP, Xerox Corporation and Director, Xerox Research Centre India

Session Topic : Keynote on Women and Development

Speakers:

• Sheila Dikshit, Former chief minister of Delhi

Session Topic : Planning for Higher Education in the USA

Speakers:

• Zafeena Suresh, EducationUSA Advisor at United States-India Educational Foundation
• Jerry McArthur Hultin, Senior Presidential Fellow, New York University
• Dr. Bennett McClellan, Vice Dean of Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities

Session Topic : The Role and Benefits of Standardized Tests in College Admissions

Speakers:

• Lisa Jain, India Representative, The College Board

Session Topic : The KWHS Global Young Leaders Academy: A Presentation by Knowledge@Wharton

Speakers:

• Dongnian Zhou (Effie), Project Manager, Knowledge@Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
• Dominic Johnson, Director of Business Operations, Knowledge@Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

Session Topic: MOOCs: Creating a Generation of Self-Motivated Learners

Speakers:

• Stephanie Durand, Manager – International Growth, Coursera

Session Topic: How to Start a Company: The Secrets of an Entrepreneur

Moderator: Dr. Bennett McClellan, Vice Dean of Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities

Speakers:

• Gauri Singh, Founder and Director, The Maids’ Company and Alumni of London School of Economics and Political Science
• Amar Singh, Founder & CEO, Clove Dental and Alumni of Harvard University

Session Topic: 5 Tips for Getting Into Ivy Leagues, Oxford and Cambridge

Moderator: Ashish Mitter, Alumnus, Yale University

Speakers:

• Shailaja Fennell, Lecturer in Development Studies, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
• Anant Nath, Editor of The Caravan and Alumnus of IIM Lucknow and Columbia University