REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING

Introduction to conference

Session Topic : "The Role of Education in Economic Development"

Speakers :

• Dr. Arun Sundararajan
  Professor, NYU Stern School of Business
• Harjiv Singh
  Founder and CEO, Salwan Media

Introduction to the Minister

Opening Keynote: Hon‘ble Minister Kapil Sibal

Release of the YES Bank - USIBC Education report by Minister Sibal

Fireside chat on "A Global Perspective to Higher Education in India"

Speakers :

• Ron Somers
  President, USIBC
• Dr. Rana Kapoor
  Founder, Managing Director and CEO, Yes Bank

Session Topic : "India‘s Demographic Challenge in Skills Development"

Speakers :

• Dr. Raj Dravid
  Chief Operating Officer, IL&FS 
  Design Centre
• Anil Sainani
  CEO, Dalmia Bharat Group Foundation
• Shashi Kanth 
  COO, Centum WorkSkills India Limited

Session Topic : "Creating Skills for a 21st Century Knowledge Society"

Speakers :

• Dalbir Singh
  National Secretary, Indian National Congress
• Dr. Shailendra Raj Mehta
  Academic Director, Duke Corporate Education
• Avinash Vashistha
  Chairman &  Managing Director, Accenture – India

Spotlight Session on "Learning to learn"

Presenter :

• Anshul Arora
  Co-Founder & Executive Director, Edvance Pre-Schools

Introduction to Minister

Keynote TBD

Networking Lunch

Session Topic: Networking Lunch "Enabling Human Capital to Compete Globally"

Speakers :

• Dr. A Didar Singh
  Advisor, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India
• Rajiv Gulati
  President – Global Pharmaceuticals Business, Ranbaxy
• Dr. Sumit Dutta
  Vice-President and General Manager, Quest Diagnostics, India

Spotlight Session on " Splicing the Discourse: Understanding the Wedges"

Presenter :

• Saurabh Johri
  Program Advisor, Observer Research Foundation

Session Topic : " Future Cities: Physical infrastructure and design for creation of knowledge cities / hubs"

Moderator :

• Yatish Rajawat
  Group Managing Editor, Dainik Bhaskar

Speakers:

• Jerry M Hultin
  President , Poly-NYU
• Aashish Kalra
  Co-Founder and Managing Director, Duranta Holdings
• Pankaj Vir Gupta
  Founding Partner, vir.mueller architects

Session Topic : " Entrepreneurship, Employment and Economic Growth"

Moderator :

• Dr. Jack Mc Gourty
  Vice Dean, Columbia University

Speakers:

• Amit Bhatia
  Founder and CEO,  Aspire
• Rohit Mahajan
  Managing Director, Saviance Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
• Shantanu Prakash
  Chairman and Managing Director, EduComp Solutions Limited

Session Topic : " Private Equity/Venture Capital Investments in Higher Education "

Moderator :

• Dhiraj Mathur
  Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd.
  

Speakers:

• Gopal Jain
  Founder & Managing Director , Gaja Capital Partners
• Sandeep Aneja
  Founder and Managing Director, Kaizen Private Equity

Networking Tea

Session Topic : " University Partnership and global mobility "

Moderator :

• Pawan Agarwal,
  Advisor (Higher Education), Planning Commission, Government of India

Speakers:

• Dr. (Ms.) Kiran Datar 
  Advisor , National Knowledge Commission, Government of India
• Michael Pelletier
  Minister-Counselor, Public Affairs & Public Diplomacy, American Embassy, New Delhi
• Clare Banks
  Program Officer, Institute of International Education
• Dr. Torsten Fischer 
  Director, India Office German Research Foundation (DFG)

Session Topic : " Technology innovation in education "

Moderator :

• Silva Paananen
  Head, India operations, Promade Communications

Speakers:

• Stephan K. Thieringer
  President & CEO, AcrossWorld Education
• Shabnam Aggarwal
  Senior Vice President, Strategic Relations, Datawind Ltd
• Lokesh Mehra
  Director- Education Advocacy, Microsoft Corporation India
• Sanjaya Sharma
  Chief Executive Officer, Tata Interactive Systems

Spotlight Session on " The K12 school landscape and ICT market in India "

Presenter :

• Amit Garga
  Senior Principal, The Parthenon Group

Spotlight Session on " Is Connectivity an Imperative for a Knowledge Society in the 21st century? "

Presenter :

• Sanjeev "Bobby"  Sarin
  CEO and Founder Director, Ozone Networks Pvt Ltd

Session Topic : " Innovation & Inclusive Growth "

Moderator :

• Vikas Bajaj
  Correspondent, New York Times

Speakers:

• Sam Pitroda 
  Advisor to the Prime Minister, Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations
• Vikram Gandhi
  Founder and CEO, VSG Capital Advisors

Session Topic: " Philanthropy and Education "

Moderator :

• Heather Timmons
  Reporter, The New York Times

Speakers:

• Lord Raj Loomba
  Founder & Chairman, The Loomba Foundation
• Ravinderpal Kohli
  Advisor-Public Relations, Kalgidhar Trust
• Mohini Daljeet Singh
  Chief Executive, Max India Foundation

Session Topic " Innovation and global perspective- (India as R&D hub) "

Moderator :

• Payal Kumar
  VP - Editorial & Production, SAGE book publishers

Speakers:

• Dr. Torsten Fischer 
  Director, India Office, German Research Foundation (DFG)
• Riku Makela
  Director, FinNode India
• Dr. Mukesh Aghi
  Chairman & CEO, Steria India

Evening Keynote: " Role of healthcare in economic development "

Presenter:

• M. Damodaran
  Former Chairman, SEBI

Country Spotlight (Australia / United Kingdom) *

Closing Remarks

Cocktails

Dinner