‘Draft New Education Policy’: Major reforms required to create a new and forward looking vision for India’s School Education System

Innovation in Education Paving Way for India to be Edu Economy by 2022

Lamp lighting ceremony

Key Speakers:

• Temjen Imna Along, Minister of Higher & Technical Education , Government of Nagaland
• Thokchom Radheshyam , Minister for Education Labour and Employment, Government of Manipur
• Dr Dhan Singh Rawat, Minister of Higher Education, Cooperatives and Dairy Development, Government of Uttarakhand
• Shri Vipul Mitra, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Labour & Employment, Government of Gujarat
• Shri Saroj Kumar, IAS, Special Secretary, Technical Education Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh
• Shri M P Poonia, Vice Chairman, AICTE

Vote of Thanks by Kumar Chandan Anand, National Head, digitalLEARNING Magazine

Key Discussion Points:

• Incorporating AR & VR, STEM Lab, and Smart Learning in the classroom.
• Needs of our children to compete on the highly-competitive global landscape.

Key Speakers:

• Ryan Pinto, CEO, Ryan Global Schools
• Anirudh Gupta, CEO, DCM Group of School
• Raghav Podar, Chairman, Podar Education
• Roshan Gandhi Forouhi, Director of Strategy, City Montessori School
• Reekrit Serai, Director and Dean, Satluj Group of Schools
• Kanak Gupta, Director, Seth M.R. Jaipuria Schools

Key Discussion Points:

• Challenges related to safety, security and hygiene
• Role of technology in ensuring safety and better health of kids

Key Speakers:

• Amol Arora, Founder – Director, Shemrock Group of Preschools (Moderator)
• Ramananda S, Vice President – Sales, Pearson India Education Services Pvt. Ltd
• Dr S K Rathor, Chairman & Managing Director , Sanfort Group of Schools
• Manjit Legha, Director Academics & Training, Little Millenium Preschool
• Sonal Ahuja, Educational Alchemist, Shri Ram Foundation Pre School
• Tijay Gupta, COO, Bachpan & AHPS Schools
• Hema Harchandani, Founder & Managing Director, Canvas International Preschools
• Vikash Kumar Singh, Chairman, Genius Kids Group of Preschools & Institutions
• Satnam Sandhu, Founder/Director, Funrangers Preschools
• Pritam Agarwal, Founder/Director, Hello Kids

Key Discussion Points

• Regular physical activity has a positive influence on teachers’ and students’ personality,character and self-esteem.
• How to improve teachers’ and students’ outcome whilst educating them holistically.

‘Draft New Education Policy’: Major reforms required to create a new and forward looking vision for India’s Higher Education System

Innovation in Education Paving Way for India to be Edu Economy by 2022

Lamp lighting ceremony

Key Speakers:

• Temjen Imna Along, Minister of Higher & Technical Education , Government of Nagaland
• Thokchom Radheshyam , Minister for Education Labour and Employment, Government of Manipur
• Dr Dhan Singh Rawat, Minister of Higher Education, Cooperatives and Dairy Development, Government of Uttarakhand
• Shri Vipul Mitra, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Labour & Employment, Government of Gujarat
• Shri Saroj Kumar, IAS, Special Secretary, Technical Education Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh
• Shri M P Poonia, Vice Chairman, AICTE

Vote of Thanks by Kumar Chandan Anand, National Head, digitalLEARNING Magazine

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Key Discussion Points:

• Role of PPP to enforce academic quality standards
• Reforming the systems that provide more autonomy to HE institutes
• PPP to promote excellence and facilitate holistic growth of education system

Panelists:

• Navin Mittal, IAS, Commissioner, Collegiate Education & Technical Education, Government of Telangana (Moderator)
• Prof A P Mittal, Member Secretary, AICTE
• Nanda Kumar Singh, Joint Secretary, Higher Education Department, Government of Manipur
• Dr Mahendra Sharma, Pro Chancellor & VC (Director General), Ganpat University, Ahmadabad
• Dr Madhu Chitkara, Pro Chancellor, Chitkara University, Chandigarh
• Sudhakar Rao, Director- Branding , ICFAI Group
• Prof (Dr) Gopal Mugeraya, Director, NIT Goa
• Prof A M Rawani, Director, National Institute of Technology, Raipur
• Sahil Aggarwal, CEO & Co-Founder, Rishihood University, Sonipat
• Prof N V Ramana Rao, Chairman, NIT Warangal
• Kunwar Vijendra Shekhar, Chancellor, Shobhit University, Meerut
• Ashok Verguese, Director, Hindustan Institute & Technology Sciences, Chennai

Key Discussion Points:

• Role of Placement Cells in Higher Education Institutes
• Employability Skills
• Use and impact of Social Media in job hunting

Panelists:

• Dr Raj Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Ansal University, Gurgaon
• Prof Bharat Bhasker, Director, IIM Raipur
• Dr Sanjay Gupta, Vice Chancellor, World University of Design
• Prof (Dr) A K Bakhshi, Vice Chancellor ,PDM University, Bahadurgarh

Panelists:

• Atul Khosla, Founder and trustee, Shoolini University, Solan (Moderator)
• Dr Pradeep Bhardwaj, Executive Director & CEO, Global Helathcare Management Institute, New Delhi
• Prof Shyam Lal Soni, Director, NIT Uttarakhand
• Nitin Puglia, Chairman, Renaissance Group of Institutions, Chandrapur
• Pawan Kumar Singh, Nodal Officer, IIM Amritsar
• Prof Bibhuti Bhusan Biswal, Chairman, NIT Meghalaya
• Prof Rajat Moona, Director, IIT Bhilai
• Dr Rajeev Gupta, COO, Institute for Human Development, Ranchi
• Dr W Selvamurthy, President, Amity Science Technology & Innovation Foundation, Noida
• Dr B Sendilkumar, Dean & Director, Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation-Deemed to be University, Chennai
• Prof (Dr) C A Gurudath, Vice-Chancellor / President, Raffles University, Neemrana
• Akhil Shahani, Managing Director, Thadomal Shahani Centre For Management, Mumbai
• Sachin Gupta, Chancellor, Sanskriti University, Mathura

Speakers:

• Dr Sujata Shahi, Director, IILM Institute for Business & Management, Gurgaon
• Dr(Col)A Garg, Director, KIET Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad
• Prof Amlan Chakrabarti, Dean, University of Calcutta, Kolkata
• Prof Sunil Kumar Pandey, Director IT,ITS Ghaziabad
• Prof(Dr)Purvi Pokhariyal, Director, Institute of Law – Nirma University, Ahmedabad
• Prof Dr A M Bisen, Dean, Symboisis University of Applied Science, Indore
• Dr Ved Vyas Dwivedi, Provost & Secretary, C U Shah University, Wadhwan City
• Dr J S Gujral, Director, Kamal Institute Of Higher Education And Advance Technology, New Delhi
• Dr Marisha McAuliffe, Director, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata
• Prof Dr Ami Upadhyay, Vice Chancellor, Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahemdabad
• Prof Arvind Kulkarni, Director(Planning & Relations), KLE technological University, Hubballi
• Dr Manoj Kumar, Principal, DAV Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jalandhar
• Dr Umesh Chandra Pandey, Regional Director, IGNOU, Bhopal
• Dr Ashok Shrivastava, Dean, Haryana Vishwakarma Skill University, Gurugram
• Dr Gurulingappa M Patil, Principal, JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida
• Dr Jyoti Gautam, Ass. Professor, JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida
• Dr Sraban Mukherjee, Director, IMS Engineering College, Ghaziabad
• Amit K Srivastav, Director, Hierank Business school, Noida
• Amita Mahor, Prof&Dean, Vellore Institute of Technology University, Bhopal
• Prof Dr Prakash H Patil, Vice Principal, DYPCOE, Pune
• Dr Ashok Agrawal, Principal, Kaveri College of Arts Science and Commerce, Pune
• Nikhil Kr Nigam, Associate Director – Technologies, Amity Education Group, Delhi
• Dr Manoj Kumar, Principal, DAV Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jalandhar
• Prof Harvinder Popli, Registrar, Delhi Pharmaceuticals Sciences and Research University, Delhi
• Md Masood Ahmad, Professor & Head Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad college of Engineering & Technology, Patna
• Dr R Gopal, Director, D Y Patil University, Mumbai
• Dr Dwarika Prasad Uniyal, Dean Faculty of Business, Flame University, Pune
• Prof(Dr)R N Sharma, Co Director, B M Law College, Jodhpur
• Dr Chandrani Singh, Director – MCA, Sinhgad Institute of Management, Pune
• Dr Ramachandra V Pujeri, Dean/Director, MIT Art Design and Technology, University Pune
• Dr Alok Misra, Dean, Kirit P Mehta School of Law
• Dr C L V R S V Prasad, Principal, GMR Institute of Technology, Razam
• Prof K K Pande, Dean(Academics), Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad
• Dr Vijay M Wadhai, Principal, D Y Patil College of Engineering, Pune
• Sanjay Bhardwaj, Deputy Director, Haryana Vishkarma Skill University, Gurgaon
• Dr Ganesh Rao, Director, MITCON Institute of Managment, Pune
• Dr Vikas Misra, Campus Director, Geetanjali Institute of Technical Studies, Udaipur
• Prof Govardhan Aliseri, Rector, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kukatpally
• Dr V R Raghuveer, Principal, Indore Institute of Science and Technology, Indore

Key Discussion Points:

• Opportunities for innovation and de-bottlenecking supply
• Edu-tech – challenges, opportunity and business models

Key Speakers:

• H E Hamza Yahia Cherif, Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
• Shri U N Khaware, Additional Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
• Dr Biswajit Saha, Director (Vocational Education), CBSE
• Shri Bishwajit Kumar Singh, IFS, Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti
• Maj Harsh Kumar, Secretary, NCERT

Key Discussion Points:

• Ensuring educational processes to nurture students as global citizens.
• Aspects needed to develop a school with global standards: Collaborations, Technology & Innovations.

Panelists:

• Shreevats Jaipuria, Vice Chairman, Seth M R Jaipuria Schools and Jaipuria Institute of Management
• Snehal Pinto, Director, Ryan international schools
• Lata Rawat, Director, Cambridge Court Group of Schools
• B Anantha Krishnan, Head Operations, Kalorex Group
• Dr Satyabrata Minaketan, Founder Chairman/Principal, O D M Public School
• Sneha Rathor, CEO – Academics & Innovations, Sanfort Group of Schools
• Kunwar Vijendra Shekhar, Chancellor, Shobhit University, Meerut
• Pramod Mahajan, Principal, Sharjah Indian School, UAE
• Dr Aishah Siddiqua, Director & Principal, Dubai National School, Dubai

Key Discussion Points:

• Technological innovations in content creation and delivery.
• Role of AR/VR, AI, and audio-visuals in enhancing learning outcomes.
• Role of publishers in customizing content in print and digital medium.

Panelists:

• Seema Handa, CEO, Eklavya School, Jalhandar (Moderator)
• Ashish Bhatnagar, Principal, Shaoxing International School, Zhejiang
• Mohammad Imran, Principal, International Indian Public School, Riyadh
• Shazia Ahmed, Director, Aryan Presidency School, Bengaluru
• Pratima Sinha, CEO, DSR Educational Society, Hyderabad
• Mrinalini Kaura, Director & Founder Principal, Venkateshwar International School, Delhi
• Papri Chakraborty, Head of School, Fortune World School, Noida
• Mona Mehdi, Principal, Jain Heritage a Cambridge School, Hyderabad
• Dr Divij Suri, Chairman, International Delhi Public School, Kathua, J& K
• Suchita Malakar, Principal, Podar International School, Powai, Mumbai

Key Discussion Points:

• To adopt constructive, reflective and collaborative pedagogical practices in school curriculum
• Curriculum, methodology and techniques for an effective pedagogy.