DAY 1 - January 24
10.35 am - 11.10 am
Chancellors and State Universities: Defining the Role
11.10 am - 11.40 am
Poll Position: Who Will Win the People's Mandate?
- John Brittas, MP
- Khushbu Sundar, Politician and actor
- Prof Gourav Vallabh, National Spokesperson, Indian National Congress
- Saravanan Annadurai, Official Spokesperson, DMK
- Chair: Santwana Bhattacharya, Editor, The New Indian Express Group
- Link : https://youtu.be/Yxjn1hjzN_c
11.40 am - 12.05 pm
Careers of 2024: What Should Students Prepare for?
- Ruchee Anand, Senior Director - Talent and Learning Solutions, India at LinkedIn
- Innocent Divya, MD, Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation
- Chair: Kaveree Bamzai, Senior Journalist
- Link : https://youtu.be/wsbylHql2QE
12.05 pm -12.35 pm
Taking Education Higher: Synergy in Opportunities
- MJ Shankar Raman, CEO, IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation
- Saji Gopinath, Vice-Chancellor, Digital University Kerala
- Chair: Kaveree Bamzai, Senior Journalist
- Link : https://youtu.be/QyEBjQ8VbmM
12.35 pm - 1.05 pm
Foreign Universities in India: Is It The Gold Standard?
- Eldho Mathews, Programme Officer (Internationalisation of Higher Education), Kerala State Higher Education Council
- Michaela Kuchler, Consul-General, Federal Republic of Germany in Chennai
- Amrita Sadarangani, Head, College of Science and Engineering Partnerships, India, University of Edinburgh
- Chair: Kaveree Bamzai, Senior Journalist
- Link : https://youtu.be/s7bs2w1wzT8
1.05 pm to 1.35 pm
Learning Soft Skills: Why Engineers Need to be Managers
- Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM Kozhikode
- VK Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur
- Chair: Kaveree Bamzai, Senior Journalist
- Link : https://youtu.be/UNLHB4jJSos
2.30 pm - 3.00 pm
Bharat and Hindutva: How Far Do They Go?
3.00 pm - 3.30 pm
Elections 2024: Will it be the Summer of 77?
3.30 pm - 4.00 pm
The Promise of GYAN: Viksit Bharat
- Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs & Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Chair: Shankkar Aiyar, Author and analyst
- Link : https://youtu.be/qtKRUjm-VYE
4.00 pm - 4.30 pm
Regulatory Bodies: Acts in Action
- M Jagadesh Kumar, Chairman, University Grants Commission
- Chair: Vaidhyasubramaniam S, VC, SASTRA University
- Link : https://youtu.be/SEuMTVXU2W0
4.30 pm - 5.00 pm
Indian Economy, Global Context: Onwards and upwards
- Sanjeev Sanyal, Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
- Chair: Shankkar Aiyar, Author and analyst
- Link : https://youtu.be/WcCanaX8gd0
5.00 pm - 5.30 pm
Freeing Education of Baggage: The Right Fundamentals
- Jawhar Sircar, MP and Former Secretary, Union Ministry of Culture
- Nanditha Krishna, Author
- Chair: Ravi Shankar, Consulting Editor, Sunday Standard
- Link : https://youtu.be/WtK5jZvKhD0
5.30 pm - 6.00 pm
EdTech & Creative Pedagogy: Is it the New Gurucool?
- Srimathi Shivashankar, Corporate Vice-President and Global Head, HCL EdTech Business
- Dr Anil Rana, Director, MIT, Manipal
- Kalpathi S Suresh, Executive Director and Chairman, Veranda Learning Solutions
- Chair: Kaveree Bamzai, Senior Journalist
- Link : https://youtu.be/fIKL7kZTi-k
6.00 pm - 6.30 pm
Challenge of AI: Is Young India Ready?
- Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairperson, National Educational Technology Forum
- Dr Amar Patnaik, MP
- Chair: Ravi Shankar, Consulting Editor, Sunday Standard
- Link : https://youtu.be/iKjvbztNvMI
6.30 pm - 7.00 pm
In Mahatma's Footsteps: The Living Legacy
7.00 pm - 7.30 pm
Teacher Education: Need of the Hour
- Yogesh Singh, VC, Delhi University & Chairperson, NCTE
- Chair: Vaidhyasubramaniam S, VC, SASTRA University
DAY 2 - January 25
Haryana to Harvard: The unbound classroom
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Message
10.30 am - 11.00 am
Constitution as Guiding Light: Why We Need To Know The Law
11.00 am - 11.30 am
Women in STEM: The Right Chemistry
- Annapurni Subramaniam, Director, Indian Institute of Astrophysics
- Priya Abraham, Professor, Clinical Virology, CMC Vellore
- Srimathy Kesan, Founder and CEO, Space Kidz India
- Chair: Kaveree Bamzai, Senior Journalist
- Link : https://youtu.be/d5qxKmmKxFQ
11.30 am - 12.00 noon
Ranking & Ratings: Do They Matter?
- Govindan Rangarajan, Director, IISc Bangalore
- V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras
- Chair: Vaidhyasubramaniam S, VC, SASTRA University
- Link : https://youtu.be/PaW_32WbtoA
12.00 noon - 12.30 pm
Prime Time Party Time: The TV Warriors
- AiyshwaryaMahadev, National Media Panellist, Indian National Congress
- Dharanidharan Selvam, National Spokesperson, DMK
- KovaiSathyan, Official Spokesperson, AIADMK
- Narayanan Thirupathy, Vice-President, BJP Tamil Nadu
- Chair: Kaveree Bamzai, Senior Journalist
- Link : https://youtu.be/wxRra_jdOfs
12.30 pm - 1.00 pm
Combating Student Suicides: What Can Institutes do Better?
- Dr SoumitraPathare, Director, Centre For Mental Health Law and Policy, Pune
- Dr Saras Bhaskar, Counselling psychologist
- Dr M Malaiappan, Director, Institute of Mental Health
- Chair: Ravi Shankar, Consulting Editor, Sunday Standard
- Link : https://youtu.be/R0XUaPrvplw
1.45 pm - 2.10 pm
The Divine Voice: Touch of Class
2.10 pm - 2.40 pm
The Right Prescription: Revamping Medical Education
- Dr Sharad Kumar Agarwal, National President, Indian Medical Association
- Dr S Sacchidanand, Former Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
- Dr SudhaSeshayyan, Director, SASTRA University
- Chair: Kaveree Bamzai, Senior Journalist
- Link : https://youtu.be/6TK-Ck3-Uy8
2.40 pm - 3.10 pm
Public Service: A Magnet for Millions
- Alok Ranjan, Former IAS and author
- Alby John, MD, Metropolitan Transport Corporation
- Manuj Jindal, CEO, Zilla Parishad Thane
- Chair: ShankkarAiyar, Author and analyst
- Link : https://youtu.be/UviiZPVYdyc
3.10 pm - 3.40 pm
The South Story: A New Narrative
- Nilakantan RS, Data Scientist
- AR Venkatachalapathy, Indian historian and author
- Chair: Ravi Shankar, Consulting Editor, Sunday Standard
- Link : https://youtu.be/WJWkgV-T_Pw
3.40 pm - 4.10 pm
Getting the Economy Right: The Rise of India
- V Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor, Government of India
- Chair: ShankkarAiyar, Author and analyst
- Link : https://youtu.be/I9buUhkBdOM
4.10 pm - 4.40 pm
Passion and Progress in Cinema
4.40 pm - 5.10 pm
The Delhi Model: Showcasing the Best
- Atishi, Education Minister, Delhi
- Chair: Kaveree Bamzai, Senior Journalist
5.10 pm - 5.30 pm
Moral Compass: Why We Need It in Education
