Day 1: March 26
07:00
KICK-OFF
The New Education Policy: The way ahead
- Ramesh Pokhriyal, Union Minister for Education
07:30
BETWEEN THE LINES
Remaking India from the Ground Up
- Parameswaran Iyer, Former Water Secretary and Sanitation Specialist
- S Y Quraishi, Former Chief Election Commissioner and Writer
- Chair :Kaveree Bamzai
08:15
KEYNOTE
Swami Vivekananda: The modernity of tradition
- Makarand Paranjape, Director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study
- S Vaidhyasubramanian, Vice-Chancellor, SASTRA Deemed to be University
- Chair :Prabhu Chawla , Kaveree Bamzai
09:00
KEYNOTE
Learning from the Epics: Lessons on life, management and science
- Dushyanth Sridhar, Indic Scholar, Researcher and Public Speaker
- Subhash Kak, Scientist & Author
- Chair :Kaveree Bamzai
Day 2: March 27
07:00
FROM THE FRONT LINES
The Reform Agenda
- Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Advisor, Govt of India and Author
- Arun Maira, Management Guru and Former Member, Planning Commission
- Chair :Shankkar Aiyar
07:30
FACE OFF
Inside the Ventilator Project
- Amitabha Bandhopadhyay, Associate Professor, IIT Kanpur
- Srikant Sastri, Chairman, i3g Advisory Network
- Chair : Daniel Thimmayya
08:00
CONVERSATION
One Country, One Language: Does a united India need a language policy?
- Amit Khare, Union Education Secretary, Govt of India
- Chair : Prabhu Chawla and Kaveree Bamzai
09:00
FROM THE LAB
Mental Health: The other pandemic
- Vikram Patel, The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health, Harvard Medical School
- Chair : Kaveree Bamzai
Day 3: March 28
07:00
FROM THE FRONT LINES
Mapping the mind
- Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-Founder, Infosys and Chairman, Axilor Ventures
- Chair : Kaveree Bamzai
07:45
CONVERSATION
Celluloid and sensibility: Telling the stories that matter
- Alankrita Shrivastava, Director, Bombay Begums
- Chair : Kaveree Bamzai
08:30
FACE OFF
Education and the Indian Gene
- Subramanian Swamy, Rajya Sabha MP, BJP
- Chair :Kaveree Bamzai
Day 4: March 29
07:00
FROM THE FRONT LINES
The New Millennial
- Rajiv Malhotra, Researcher and Public Intellectual & Founder, Infinity Foundation
- Chair : Kaveree Bamzai
07:45
CONVERSATION
Small is beautiful: Sparking the entrepreneurship within
- Amit Agarwal, Global Sr VP and Country Head, Amazon India
- Chair :Shankkar Aiyar
08:15
FACE OFF
Paper Tigresses: The reality of Indian women today
- Suhasini Maniratnam, Actor, Director and Producer
- Mihira Sood, Supreme Court Lawyer
- Anuja Chauhan, Author
- Chair :Kaveree Bamzai
09:00
FROM THE LAB
What the NEP will mean for an Atmanirbhar India
- Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE
- Shekhar C Mande, Director General, CSIR
- Chamu Krishna Shastry, Trustee & Secretary , Samskrit Promotion Foundation
- Chair :Daniel Thimmayya
Day 5: March 30
07:00
FROM THE FRONT LINES
The Importance of Myths: The past is the way to the future
- Amish Tripathi, Author, Diplomat and Director, Nehru Centre
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Author, Poet and Professor of Writing, University of Houston
- Chair : Kaveree Bamzai
07:45
CONVERSATION
The Role Of New Tech & Online Communities In India's Transformation
- Ajit Mohan, VP and Managing Director, Facebook India
- Chair :Prabhu Chawla
08:15
FACE OFF
Soft Skills for the Future
- Debjani Ghosh, President, NASSCOM
- Chair :Kaveree Bamzai
09:15
FROM THE LAB
Education and Entrepreneurship: Roadmap for a new generation
- Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSME
- Chair :Prabhu Chawla
* Speakers and schedule are subject to change
