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
Knowledge Partner
PSU Partner
*** October 18th , 2016
India International Centre, New Delhi
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Architecting Education for an Emerging India :: Directions & Determinants
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
{Networking Lunch}
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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
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
Sri Vijay Goel Hon’ble Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports
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Kick Start
Giving Away of eduDESTINATION AWARDS 2016
Ministerial Address
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4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Employability Enunciations
Giving Away of Employability Enunciators of India 2016 Felicitations
