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The Fifth Estate Summit Higher Education 2016

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Architecting Education for an Emerging India

India’s Most Eclectic Congregation on Education spanning thematics of

eduFINANCE, eduREGULATION, eduGOVERNANCE, eduTECH, eduCOLLABORATIONS, eduASSESSMENTS, eduSTARTUPs
and a whole lot of emerging narratives concerning the fifth estate of education

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October 18th , 2016
India International Centre, New Delhi
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9:05 – 9:15
Introduction
Raison Detre of the Conference
Head Education Practice, Technopak
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9:15 – 9:30
Theme Note Address
Architecting Education for an Emerging India :: Directions & Determinants
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Dr. Anirban Ganguly
Member Central Advisory Board on Education &
Director Dr. Syama Prasad Mookherjee Research Foundation
In what all ways education need to fast assume its due centricity in determining the definitive direction of national narrative by evoking well meaning debates and deliberations around a host of thematics concerning national life and thereby creating commensurate & dependable intellectual material to support the cause of Legislature, Executive & Judiciary in the national context.

The Nationalist Disposition under the stewardship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi which took the reigns of power in the Centenary Year of the First World War is crafting a New Age India.

The role, relevance & ramifications of Education would be extremely vital in this transformational journey of India as envisioned by its innumerable stalwarts ranging from Swami Vivekananda to Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore to Sri Aurobindo to Dr. Syama Prasad Mookherjee to Pt. Deen Dayal Upadyaya.

This Theme Note Address shall take you to the entire spectrum of thought and action encompassing the arena of National Education which is Man Making & Character Building.

How the New Education Policy has tried to encompass the innumerable elements to this effect and how it is being operationalized would remain the subject matter of this power packed stimulating exhortation form one of the sharpest young intellectuals modern India.

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9:30 – 9:45
Emerging Viewpoint
The Enterprise of Education :: Vision, Values & Vitality
Mr. Diptiman Das, CMD, EdCIL
Education in the Indian Context has been seen more as a public good. Even the latest draft policy on Education has reiterated the same unequivocally. However, the waning of public finance across educational spectrum has led to a mammoth private eduESTABLISHMENT which by law has been decreed to be more of a not-for-profit venture. In a changing policy paradigm how do we envisage the future unfurling of the enterprise of education, which shall be quite central to the national aspirations?
What shall drive the influx of eduINVESTMENTS, much needed for ensuring quality & standards?
If Healthcare can been accorded the status of an industry, why not Education, which anyhow remains an under the table reality?
How can professionalism & accountability be invoked amidst such settings?
What contours shall determine the future direction of educational enterprises?
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9:45 – 10:00
Ruminations
Education in Local Languages
The Raison Detre & Global Experiences
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Ms. Mallika Ghosh
Head – ELT Editorial, OUP India
Fostering Appropriate Innovations & Nurturing Glocal Ecosystems is getting an increasing preference of educational policy makers.
The context is decisive and nothing defines it more than the cohesive power of language which determines the comprehension and thereby the connect with the local ecosystems.
What kind of a language policy should we have in practice to invoke innovations & effectiveness of the educational discourse?
How can we flourish and prosper in a global settings which are increasingly getting multilateral & multi-polar?
How is technology increasingly helping the cause of marrying the local with the Global?
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10:00 – 10:45
Discussion
Regulating the fifth estate :: Strategizing the Right Mix
Spearheaded by
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Founder President, Center for Civil Society
Other Panelists
Prof. Raj S Dhankar, Vice-Chancellor, Ansal University
Dr. Kuldeep Kumar Raina, Vice-Chancellor, DIT University
Prof. S. Natarajan, Vice-Chancellor, The Gandhigram Rural Institute
Mr. Anurag Agarwal, Chairperson, Arya College of Engineering & Information Technology
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Education has largely been considered as the summum bonum of professional freedom whereby it has had been the classical assumption that the governance of the conscience is much higher than that accomplished by any other means. However, the inordinate expansion of Education System, the high stakes associated alongside the significant investments attached, has led to the emerging need of regulating the academicians who are increasingly been termed as knowledge workers. This has created friction and frustration which has largely remained unaddressed affecting the high self-esteem of the educators. How can a harmonious regulatory ecosystem be accomplished? What have been some of the best & effective experiments in the fray?
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10:45 – 11:30
Out of the Box
SMART eduDESTINATIONS for SMARTER CITIES
Strategies – Synergies – Serendipities
Moderated by
Sudhir Aggarwal
Sri Sudhir Agarwal
Vice-President, Head – Government Relations, Thomson Reuters
Other Panelists
Dr. Sandeep Sancheti, President, Manipal University, Jaipur
Prof. Amit Banerjee, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar
Prof. Snehasis Ghosal, Apeejay Stya University, Gurgaon
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The bid to create Smart Cities has taken over the imagination of one and all. The level of technological spending and otherwise which is being accorded to this one project is mind-boggling. Cities have come out with their very own definitive directions of marching ahead and have defined their own parameters for smartness.
Education however remains one of the ubiquitous quests across as the power of the smart human capital is vital for any urban transformation. The advent of Smart Applications adhering to more sophisticated Semantic & Knowledge based ones has also intensified this clarion call.
Cities after cities are trying to position themselves as eduDESTINATIONS more so as the title of Smart Cities alone.
What are the key ingredients of an eduDESTINATION?
How can the drive for becoming a thriving eduDESTINATION help the cause of transcending into a Smart City?
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11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Deep Dive
Demystifying Educational Technology Adoption & Attunement

Led By

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Mr. Lokesh Mehra
Director Workforce Development, Oracle India

Other Panelists

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Ms. Saloni Malhotra
Vice-President at PayTM
“How a simple intervention like a payment process can disrupt and transform an educational set-up’

Other Panelists

Dr. S. Ramachandran, Vice-Chancellor, Hindustan University
Prof Sanjay K Sharma, Associate Dean Research, JECRC University
Prof. Piyush Javeria, Director, Pacific College of Engineering, Udaipur
Mr. Utkarsh Lokesh, Editor, EdTech Review

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Technology in education has somewhere become a must have both from an Access & Quality Point of View alongside the delivery of expedient & personalized learning & mentoring experiences. However, despite mammoth financial outlays & focused implementations, the effective outcomes elude the visible effect at times. The selection of the right technological mix and the corresponding vendors has become a challenging proposition for educational administrators.
What’s the genesis of this wide-spread gap?
What can be the right strategy for the adopt & attunement of technological mix?
What are the best practices and frameworks for vendor selection?

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12:30 PM – 1:15 PM
Deliberation
Branding Educational Ecosystems :: Ranking, Rating, Advertising
Invoked By
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Kshitij Anand
Co-founder and Managing Trustee of the Happy Horizons Trust
Taken Forward by
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Dr. Shounak Roy Chaudhary,
Managing Associate, Banyan Edu-Services
Other Panelists
Mr. Aurobindo Saxena, Vice-President, Technopak
Dr. Rashmi Ashtt, Principal, Hindu School of Architecture, Sonepat
Prof. J P Ramappa, Vice-Chancellor, ICFAI Mizoram
Dr Ravinder Kumar Malik, Joint Director (Research), ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute
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Signalling excellence and key differentiators of an educational product has been the confines of word of the mouth for ages.
However, with the rapid expansion of education systems straddling public & private spaces has led to a wide spectrum of instruments.
How does the instrument of Ranking differ from Rating?
Can an all encompassing Ranking Framework be ever devised, or it has to be a clustered approach?
How the spending on educational advertising be made more meaningful & relevant?
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1:15 PM – 2:00 PM

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2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Setting the Stage for Making SPORTS an integral part of
Higher Techno-managerial Education
“You will be nearer to heaven through football than through the study of the Gita” Swami Vivekananda
Introduced by
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Swami Atmapriyananda
Vice-Chancellor
Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda University
Other Panelists
Dr. Rushen Chahal
Vice-Chancellor, Rama University
Certified Expert in Gamification from Wharton

Harness Passion | Do it Right | Expect the Unexpected | Making it happen, Watching it happen, Wondering What Happened – Which are You? | Train, Study, Always be Prepared | Don’t Always Expect to be Perfect | Always Look Ahead | Playing it safe isn’t always best | Don’t Settle for Anything Less | Rise Above the Obstacles | You are never too old to start | Don’t Forget to Give Back | Set yourself up to tackle your biggest challenges | Savor your accomplishments | Anything is possible

The World of Sports presents a unique arena of education which if integrated duly into the techno-managerial education of the country can work wonders. The aforesaid nuggets of wisdom distilled from the lifetime accomplishments of sports legends do constitute a body of knowledge in itself.

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3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Arrival & Welcome of

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Sri Vijay Goel
Hon’ble Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports

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Kick Start
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Giving Away of eduDESTINATION AWARDS 2016

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Ministerial Address

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4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Employability Enunciations

Giving Away of
Employability Enunciators of India 2016 Felicitations
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4:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Conversations on Campus Swacchata

Giving Away of Campus Swacchata Awards 2016

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eduGLOBAL 2018

11th of May, 2018

India International Centre, New Delhi

OPENING REMARKS

Imperatives of Internationalisation of India’s Education

for the creation of a New India

Dr. Ashok Jain

President, Mosai

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The Grinding required for

eduINTERNATIONALIZING Your Institution

Mrs. Anjali Aggarwal
Principal, St. Mark’s School, Delhi

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Avenues of Accentuating Educational Partnerships

with Countries Across the Globe

Masahiro Kobayashi

First Secretary, Embassy of Japan

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Hiroshi Yoshino

Head, India office Tokyo University

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Namrata Jha

Executive Director-India at the Duke University

Namrata Jha is the Executive Director-India at the Duke University since May 2017. Duke University in India facilitates research, partnerships, alumni connections, student learning, and other Duke activities across the country. Based in Bangalore, she overseas Universities’ operation in India. Previously she served as the Director of Institute of International Education’s New Delhi office. She was responsible for implementation of different IIE programs related to international education, academic partnerships and leadership in South Asia region. She brings 19 years of experience in institution building, Program Management and administration of global projects and Leadership Development. She has a public health background and is passionate about gender issues. Namrata is a recipient of the Business School Award for Leadership in Education and was featured in Forbes for her work on girl’s education in 2013. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from Delhi University and a B.A. in Psychology.

Launch of eduAFRICA Connect

With over a billion plus population, Africa happens to be the youngest continent on the planet. Despite the burgeoning Indo-African Bilateral relationships, a meagre 5800 African students opt for Higher Education in Indian Institutions. This is owing to a host of issues & lack of a concerted & streamlined eduAFRICA Connect. The eduAFRICA Connect Session at eduGLOBAL 2018 shall present an opportunity to interface with the key African & Indian Stakeholders to find out ways and means to increase this footprint of African Students in India. Representatives from African Union Embassies, Association of African Students in India, Indo-African Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Ministry of Home Affairs, Commerce & Foreign Affairs would be present in this first of its kind engagement. The occasion would also see the launch of eduAFRICA Connect Programme which shall streamline the entire process of Student Recruitment from Africa.

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Felicitations of Institutions with

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Acclamation for Internationalisation of Education

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Sri R K Vaish on Academia :: The Fifth Estate, Imperatives for a New India on December 11th 2017

Academia :: The Fifth Estate
Imperatives for a New India

Namaskar, It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you all on this Monday afternoon. It’s indeed a great privilege & honor to have hosted you all, the representative section of India’s Academia which we at ReTHINK INDIA have chosen to term as The Fifth Estate.

While the role, relevance and distribution of rights & responsibilities between the formal estates of Legislature, Executive & Judiciary are well laid out in our Constitutional framework; while Media which is ascribed to as the fourth estate of a vibrant democracy has chiselled out its own characteristic space; Academia – which we at ReTHINK INDIA choose to term as the fifth estate – is yet to carve out its own independent intellectual existence even after being at the forefront of all national progress.

From Syama Prasad Mookerjee to Pranab Mukherjee walking through Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan & Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam India’s tryst with Higher Education as the centripetal force for national rejuvenation has been amply evident whereby members of the fifth estate have emerged to be at the helm of affairs and provided unprecedented leadership to this antiquated civilization catapulting it to the next leap of lasting progress & prosperity.

It has remained the concerted & continued effort of ReTHINK INDIA to kindle this dominant discourse and chalk out ways and means of catapulting Academia to its intended and rightful status in the national superstructure. The National Convention of eduLEADERS & eduPRENEURS which has been convened today is an explicit attempt in this regard.

The felicitation of some of the leading Visionary eduLEADERS & eduPRENEURS is not just a solemn tribute to the noble & humble profession of nurturing young minds & making them employable but is a dominant move to initiate the creation of a closely knit community of the most versatile members of the fifth estate which can take the lead in delineating the national discourse exercising its indomitable intellectual prowess.

While electoral politics leading to the constitution of the first estate – the legislature – has its own relevance and importance in a modern constitutional democracy, the imperative of inducing an intellectual stability pertaining to the contours of national progress lies to a much larger extent on Academia – the fifth estate.

A University is aptly named so, as it harbours a distinctive Universe within its bosom having its sovereign intellectual independence constantly meandering towards ascertaining ways and means of ensuring larger public good across frontiers of human affairs irrespective of any superficial segmentation.

In a growing era of convergence whereby the advances in science & technology have disrupted the entire spectrum of Governance, Administration & Management, leading to the advent of a more flat structure, the deeper involvement of the fifth estate in stewarding the national discourse would need to get more intense. Their pro-active say in the larger issues confronting the national body need to be amplified and institutionalised. With 790 parliamentarians and 789 Vice-Chancellors we have a political and academic representation of almost similar order. ReTHINK INDIA shall be endeavouring to further crystalize this discourse and build upon it further.

Instead of being a sheer follower of a grand narrative, the Indian Academia need to be the frontrunner of creating and championing the same. It’s like re-calibrating its very coordinate axes putting itself to the very centroid and leading the way forward.

Aano bhadra krtavo yantu vishwatah

आ नो भद्राः क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वतः

Says the Rig Veda meaning thereby

Let Noble Thoughts come to us from all directions

But thoughts would come, only when they would be germinated in all directions and this shall only happen when  Academia – the Fifth Estate – shall assume its self-ordained task of becoming the foremost estate in championing the cause & case of a New India.

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The Fifth Estate Summit Higher Education 2017

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December 11th, 2017

Civil Services Officers' Institute

Vinay Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi - 110021

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2:00 PM – 2:15 PM

Special Presentation

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Felicitation of Sri Pranab Mukherjee, the 13th President of India as The Education President of India by The Fifth Estate

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Felicitation of Sri Manish Sisodia as India's Finest Education Minister

Visionary eduLEADERS of INDIA

Confirmations

Doyens

Prof.(Dr.) Prem Vrat, Founder Director IIT Roorkee | Dr. S S Mantha, Former Chairperson AICTE| Prof. K K Aggarwal, Founder Vice Chancellor IP University |
Prof. Kapil Kapoor, Former Pro-Vice Chancellor JNU | Prof. Bhudev Sharma, Founder President Hindu University of America | Prof. Furqan Qamar, Secretary General Association of Indian University | Prof. Kripa Shanker, IIT Kanpur | Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University| Prof. S K Kak, Former VC MTU, CCU Meerut |
Prof. R K Khandal, Former VC UPTU | Prof. P.B. Sharma, President Association of Indian Universities

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Women

Dr. Rajani R Gupte, Symbiosis International University | Prof. Kumkum Dewan, Noida International University |
Prof. Rupamanjari Ghosh, Shiv Nadar University | Dr. Madhu Chitkara, Chitkara University

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Private & Deemed to be Universities & Institutions

Prof. Aditya Shastri, Banasthali University | Prof. V Kanagasabai, Bharath Institute of HIgher Education & Research | Prof. Souvik Bhattacharyya, BITS Pilani | Dr. P Venkat Rangan, Amrita University | Dr. V S Rao, NIIT University| Prof. A. S. Kolaskar, The Neotia University | Dr. Pradeep Chandra Deka, Padmapat Singhania University | Dr. Kuldeep Kumar Raina, DIT University | Dr. K S Murthy, ITM Vocational University | Dr. Rushen Chahal, Rama University | Prof. Amit Banerjee, Siksha ‘O” Anusandhan University |
Prof. P.G. Rao, Former Vice Chancellor USTM | Dr. Roshan Lal Raina, JK Lakshmipat University | Prof. Dr. D P Sharma, President JECRC | Dr. Jitendra Kumar Das, FORE School of Management | Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, International Management Institute

Visionary eduPRENEURS of INDIA

Confirmations

Special Mention

Sri Pawan Gupta & Smt. Anuradha Joshi, SIDH

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Private & Deemed to be Universities

Late B.S. Abdur Rahman, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent University (Posthumously) | Late Mr. N J Yasaswy, The ICFAI Group (Posthumously) | Prof. Kamal Ghansala, Graphic Era Group of Institutions | Dr. K.L. Thakral, Oriental University | Mahbubul Hoque, University of Science & Technology | Suneel Galgotia, Galgotias University | Akshay Munjal, Munjal University | Sachin Gupta & Rajesh Gupta, Sanskriti University | Tarsem Garg, Maharshi Markandeshwar University | Amit Agarwal, JECRC University

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State Technical University Affiliated Institutions

Dr. Satya Prakash, Panda Gandhi Group of Institution | Dr. Arvind Agarwal, Arya Group of Colleges | Gurkirat Singh, Gulzar Group of Institutions |
Yogesh Tyagi, Radha Govind Group of Institutions |

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3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

OPEN HOUSE

Moorings from

The Fifth Estate for the Curation of a New India

Synthesizing the Time Tested Paradigms imbued in the Civilizational Antiquity of India
with that of the Most Modern Techno-Managerial Advances

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4:30 PM

VALEDICTORY ADDRESS by His Excellency Philippe Le Gall
 Hon'ble High Commissioner of Seychelles to India


				


	
	


		
												

								
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Making Sports an Integral Part of Education


Harness Passion | Do it Right | Expect the Unexpected | Making it happen, Watching it happen, Wondering What Happened – Which are You? | Train, Study, Always be Prepared | Don’t Always Expect to be Perfect | Always Look Ahead | Playing it safe isn’t always best | Don’t Settle for Anything Less | Rise Above the Obstacles | You are never too old to start | Don’t Forget to Give Back | Set yourself up to tackle your biggest challenges | Savor your accomplishments | Anything is possible


The World of Sports presents a unique arena of education which if integrated duly into the techno-managerial education of the country can work wonders. 


The aforesaid nuggets of wisdom distilled from the lifetime accomplishments of sports legends do constitute a body of knowledge in itself.


The eduSPORTS Initiative of ReTHINK INDIA entails a mix of academic & applied eduSPORTS.


From Sports Engineering to Sports Management to Sports Entrepreneurship, the ReTHINK INDIA eduSPORTS initiative encompasses it all.


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