THINKEDU CONCLAVE 2014

SCHEDULE

Day 1: January 30

10:00 to 10:15 am
Introductory Address by Prabhu Chawla, Editorial Director, The New Indian Express
10:15 to 11:15 am
Lighting of the lamp and inaugural address by Anna Hazare


Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGd9arNo1UQ
11.30 am to 12.45 pm
The National Policy on education needs to be redrawn
    Panelists
  • Chairperson: Rakesh Mittal, Co-Chairman, Bharti Foundation
  • Kiran Bedi, Social Activist and Former IPS officer
  • R Govinda, Vice Chancellor, NUEPA
  • JS Rajput, Former Director, NCERT
  • P Sivakami, Former IAS officer and author
  • Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfqF4YBoKEg
12.45 to 1.45 pm
Indian higher education is overly influenced by the West
    Panelists
  • Chairperson: S Vaidhyasubramaniam, Dean-Planning & Development, SASTRA University
  • Savita Mahajan, Deputy Dean, ISB
  • S Gurumurthy, Co-convener, Swadeshi Jagaran Manch
  • Amita Sharma, Additional Secretary (Technical Education), Dept. of Higher Education, MHRD
  • Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91U7i_PfQp8
02:45 to 03:45 pm
Private education leads to public good
    Panelists
  • Chairperson: V Raghunathan, CEO, GMR Varalakshmi Foundation
  • Suneel Galgotia, Chancellor, Galgotias University
  • Vijay K Thadani, CEO, NIIT & Founder, NIIT University
  • Kaustav Sengupta, Associate Professor, NIFT Chennai
  • R Ravichander, Group President & Head, Business Development (South), Yes Bank
  • VPS Arora, Vice Chancellor, Supertech University
  • Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7zSfpXOQPA
03:45 to 04:45 pm
India has forgotten about research and development
    Panelists
  • Chairperson: Som Mittal, Former President, NASSCOM
  • Anbumani Ramadoss, PMK Leader and Former Union Health Minister
  • P Selvam, Professor-Chemistry, IIT-Madras
  • Achuthsankar S. Nair, Director, Centre for Bioinformatics, University of Kerala
  • Ritesh Agarwal, Founder & CEO, OYO Stays
05:00 to 06:30 pm
Inter-college debate: "We are producing people of business, not leadership”
06:30 to 07:00 pm
Address by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev: "Should faith affect a child's education?"


Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIVvP6FKNdo



Day 2: January 31

10.00 to 11.00 am
Education frees women and threatens class and caste
    Panelists
  • Chairperson: Shankkar Aiyar, Author-Analyst
  • Smriti Irani, Vice President, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • Rajeev Gowda, Professor, IIM-Bangalore and Congress Spokesperson
  • TK Rangarajan, MP, CPI (M)
  • Kavitha Kalvakuntla, Founder, Telangana Jagruthi
  • Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2tOj6ygbkY
11.00 to 12.00 noon
Our institutions teach neither leadership nor ethics
    Panelists
  • Chairperson: Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM-Kozhikode
  • G Viswanathan, Chancellor, VIT University
  • CK Ranganathan, CMD, CavinKare
  • Chiranjib Banerjee, Country Manager-Education & Geo Expansion, Hewlett-Packard India Sales
  • Gowri Ishwaran, CEO, Global Education and Leadership Foundation
  • Sijo Kuruvilla George, CEO, Startup Village
  • Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-WwwE0o1l4
12 noon to 1.00 pm
We don't need international rankings to prove our mettle
    Panelists
  • Chairperson: Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT-Madras
  • Jose Aikara, Chairman, Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations
  • Abhishek Mishra, Minister for Science and Technology, Govt of Uttar Pradesh
  • V Vijayakumar, UNHCR Chair on Refugee Law, National Law School of India University
  • Dilip Cherian, Co-Founder, Perfect Relations
  • Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxHC2eunJj8
1.45 to 2.45 pm
It's not skills vs intellect: education must provide both
    Panelists
  • Chairperson: Prafulla Agnihotri, Director, IIM-Trichy
  • Anupam Kher, Actor & Founder, Actor Prepares
  • K Hariharan, Director, LV Prasad Film & TV Academy
  • S Ramalingam, Director, Pearl Academy of Fashion, Chennai
  • Vidya Yeravdekar, Principal Director, Symbiosis Society
  • Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0VEKsDWuhs
2.45 to 3.30 pm
India is supposed to skill 500 million people by 2020. Can we do it?
3.30 to 4.30pm
India Inc is not doing enough to further the cause of education
    Panelists
  • Chairperson: Sushma Berlia, Co-Founder & President, Apeejay Stya & Svran Group and Apeejay Education Society
  • RV Deshpande, Karnataka Minister for Higher Education & Tourism
  • Venu Srinivasan, CMD, TVS Motor Company
  • Usha Ananthasubramanian, CMD, Bharatiya Mahila Bank
  • Srini Raju, Co-Founder & MD, Peepul Capital
  • Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS0nqR9qLGI
4.45 to 6.00 pm
India needs to check its brain drain
    Panelists
  • Chairperson: Shankkar Aiyar, Author-Analyst
  • MM Pallam Raju, Union Minister of India for HRD
  • Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy
  • N Chandrababu Naidu, President, Telugu Desam Party
  • Arun Shourie, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
  • Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNr34_8e8aU
6.30 pm
Address by Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare
7.30 pm
Prize distribution for inter-college debate winners by P. Palaniappan, Tamil Nadu Minister for Higher Education
8.30 pm
Closing address by Mohd Hamid Ansari, Hon. Vice President of India


Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSimWxxqvv8