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Programme in New Delhi

Indo-Global Education Summit & Expo 2017

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Indo-Global Skills Summit & Expo 2017

The Lalit Hotel, Connaught Place, New Delhi

July 28, 2017

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SUMMIT PROGRAMMME IN NEW DELHI 8.00 am onwards: Registration of Indian Participants

INAUGURAL PROGRAM & PRESENTATION OF AWARDS: 9.15 AM - 11.30 AM

ACADEMIC COLLABORATION SESSIONS (Presentations and Panel Discussion)

11.30 am to 12.20 pm: Session 1: Research Collaborations, Joint / Dual Degree Programs, Twinning & Transfer Programs

12.20 pm to 1.10 pm: Session 2: Distance Education & Vocational Education Programs, Faculty & Student ExchangePrograms, Study Abroad in India Programs, and other Collaborations

SPEAKERS OF SESSION 1 & SESSION 2

• Dr. Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Professor, Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi

Five Ideas of the University for the 21st Century

• Dr. Sanjana Dayal, Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, USA

Collaborative Opportunities with the University of Iowa

• Mr. Dheeraj Khatter, Founder, CEO, Innotion Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Noida

Need of Adaptive Learning in Education

• Prof. Diwan S Rawat, Department of Chemistry, Visiting Professor, JAIST, Japan, University of Delhi, Delhi

Dual degree programs/collaborative research: An Indian Prospective

• Dr. Hilda Farkas, Counsellor (Science & Technology), Hungarian Embassy, New Delhi

Future Indian-Hungarian research cooperation for mutual interest

Session Chair: Dr. Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Professor, Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology

New Delhi

1.10 PM – 1.50 PM : LUNCH BREAK

09.15 am: Arrival of the Governor: Arrival at The Lalit Hotel by Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor of Haryana,Chandigarh

09.16 am: National Anthem: Start of the Meeting with the National Anthem “Jana Gana Mana”

09.17 am: Inauguration of the Summit & Expo 2017: Lighting of the Lamp by the Governor and other dignitaries onthe dais to mark the inauguration of the Summit & Expo 2017

09.20 am: Welcome Address: Shri C.D.Arha, IAS (Retd.), Former Secretary, Government of India, Chairman, TheIndus Foundation, Hyderabad

09.25 am: Presentation by Chief Sponsor: Mr. Bharat Anumolu, Managing Director Beardsell Limited Chennai

09.30 am: Address by the Guest of Honour: Shri Jayant Krishna, Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer, NationalSkill Development Corporation, New Delhi

09.40 am: Address by the Guest of Honour: Ms Michiko Enomoto, Head, Asia Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology,United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, New Delhi

09.50 am: Address by the Special Guest of Honour: Shri K.P. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development andEntrepreneurship, Govt. of India, New Delhi

10.00 am: Address by the Chief Guest: Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor of Haryana, Chandigarh

10.10 am: Presentation of Awards fp or Excellence: Presentation of Awards by the Governor

10.50 am: Vote of Thanks: Shri S.B. Anumolu, President, The Indus Foundation, Hyderabad

10.55 am: National Anthem: End of the Meeting with the National Anthem “Jana Gana Mana”

10.56 am to : 11.30 am: Coffee / Tea Break

11.15 pm: Departure of the Governor: Governor is seen off at the portico of The Lalit Hotel

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SKILL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS (Presentations and Panel Discussion)

1.50 pm to 2.40 pm: Session 3: Re-engineering Skills Ecosystem; Future Skills: Technology, Jobs and Talent

SPEAKERS

• Mr. Mahesh Munjal, Managing Director, Majestic Auto Ltd, Ludhiana

Give Incentive, take skill

• Mr. Kaushik Bellani, Managing Director, McGraw Hill Education India, Noida

ABCDE of the 21st Century Skilling Ecosystem

• Ms. Sangeeta Kulkarni, Chief Executive Officer, Brickwork India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore

Skilling for the Future

• Prof. (Dr.) K.P. Suresh, Dean, School of Education, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala

Repositioning Pedagogical Skills in Higher Education: The Roadmap Ahead for Skilling India

• Mr. Vagish Sharma, Project Lead - Udaan Scheme, National Skill Development Corporation, New Delhi

Skill Development Initiatives by Government and Models adopted by private partners

• Mr. Saurabh Agarwal, Managing Director, Skill Cube Pvt. Ltd., Gurugram

Cyber Security Skill Development Game changers

Session Chair: Mr. Mahesh Munjal, Managing Director, Majestic Auto Ltd, Ludhiana

2.40 pm to 3.30 pm: Session 4: Skills for Migration: Mobility

SPEAKERS

• Dr. M.S. Manna, Director, AICTE, New Delhi

Alternative Perspectives on Higher Education in the Context of Digitalization

• Dr. B.S. Negi, Adviser, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi

Skill, Speed and Scale and Renewable Energy Development in India.

• Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary(DARE) & DG, ICAR, Dept. of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry ofAgriculture and Farmers Welfare, New Delhi

Skill Development in Agriculture

• Prof. Laltu Chandra, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur

Step Towards Realizing Solar Energy in Desert Regions

• Dr. Rina Singh, Senior Scientist, Environmental Science Division, CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, NewDelhi

Emerging technologies: need of new skill in the field of nanotechnology in India

• Dr. Namrata Pathak, Director / Scientist 'F', Technology Missions Division (TMD), Nano Mission, Ministry of Scienceand Technology, Government of India, New Delhi

An overview of Nano Mission Activities, DST

Session Chair: Dr. M.S. Manna, Director, AICTE, New Delhi

3.30 PM – 3.50 PM: COFFEE / TEA BREAK

ACADEME - INDUSTRY COLLABORATION SESSION (Presentations and Panel Discussion)

3.50 pm to 4.40 pm: Session 5: Academe – Industry Collaboration

SPEAKERS

• Mr. Anil Gupta, President - Board Practice & Leadership Consulting, Cornerstone India, New Delhi

The case for collaboration: Academia-Industry, Start Up & Entrepreneurship

• Dr. Sunil Bharati, Chief Executive Officer, Deneb & Pollux Group of Companies, Gurgaon

Imperatives of Industry – Universities’ Collaboration: Why India lags behind?

• Mr. Raman Gupta, Director, Steelcraft Industries, Yamunanagar

Industry Institute Interaction (III)

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• Dr. Monika Sachdev, Senior Scientist & In-charge Transgenic Facility, Division of Endocrinology, Central DrugResearch Institute, Lucknow

Bridging between Academia and Industry

• Mr. Parag Satpute, Country Manager-India, Sandvik Asia Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai

Sustainable Growth through Competence Development

• Mr. Pankaj Sharma, Sr. Vice President, Telenor (India) Communications Pvt. Ltd., Noida

How to enhance digital skills and how to be relevant in changing times

Session Chair: Mr. Anil Gupta, President - Board Practice & Leadership Consulting, Cornerstone India, New Delhi

STARTUPS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SESSION (Presentations and Panel Discussion)

4.40 pm to 5.30 pm: Session 6: Startups and Entrepreneurship

SPEAKERS

• Dr. Geetika Dayal, Executive Director , The Indus Entrepreneurs (Tie-Delhi Chapter)

The experience of Tie in building the startup & ecosystem in academia in India

• Prof. Rajendra Prasad, Professor, Center For Rural Development & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology,New Delhi

Startups and Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Rural India

• Mr. Pradeep Gupta, Chairman & Managing Director , Cyber Media Group & Entrepreneur

Bringing US best practice of Entrepreneurship to academia to India – The Journey

• Mr. Satyanarayanan R, Chairman , CL Educate, & Chairman TiE Young Entrepreneurs

Building DNA entrepreneurship in students & academia-Best Practice Sharing

• Mr. Ankush Goel, Student Entrepreneur & member of the Executive Council of ExCo. Learn Pvt. Ltd.

A student’s journey into entrepreneurship

• Mr. Amit Pasari, Chief Executive Officer, XS Infosol Pvt. Ltd, Delhi

Skills boosting employbility and fast-tracking startup ecosystem

Session Chair: Dr. Geetika Dayal, Executive Director, The Indus Entrepreneurs (Tie-Delhi Chapter)

The Expo 2017

ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS

The Lalit Hotel, Connaught Place, New Delhi

July 28, 2017

8.00 am onwards: Registration of students and career aspirants

TIMING: 11 AM – 5.30 PM

The Expo 2017 will run in parallel with the Summit 2017 in an adjoining separate hall. It will have educational / traininginstitutions, companies, businesses, industries, NGOs, skill developers, knowledge partners, government, etc. Theywill have table spaces for meeting with their counterparts, students and career aspirants. Entry to the Expo 2017 isfree for all including students and career aspirants.

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Shri K.P. Krishnan, IAS

Secretary

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

New Delhi

As an IAS he served both in the state and the Centre. In early 2000s, he was the managingdirector of Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation Ltd. InKarnataka, he served as secretary in urban development and finance departments.

Between 2005 and 2010, he was a joint secretary in the department of economic affairs (DEA)under the ministry of finance before getting appointed as secretary of the Economic AdvisoryCouncil (EAC) to the Prime Minister in the rank and pay of a GoI joint secretary. In departmentof economic affairs, he handled subjects such as capital markets.

He then became resident commissioner in Delhi’s Karnataka Bhawan before re-joining thefinance ministry, as additional secretary and Director General in directorate of currency. Since,October 2014 he has been serving as additional secretary and then special secretary in thedepartment of land resources under the ministry of rural development.

He did his doctorate in economics and finance from Indian Institute of Management,Bangalore.

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Ms Michiko Enomoto

Head, Asia Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

New Delhi

Ms. Enomoto is a senior economic affairs officer of the United Nations Economic and SocialCommission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). She heads the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transferof Technology (APCTT), which is the regional institute for innovation and technology transferof ESCAP, located in New Delhi, India. APCTT provides capacity-building supports to ESCAPmember countries to design efficient science, technology and innovation policy, facilitatingtechnology transfers and promoting best practices and cooperation among member Countries.

Prior to heading APCTT, she was with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe(UNECE) in Geneva, Switzerland over a decade, where she worked as the UNECE Secretary ofthe Committee on Innovation, Competitiveness and Public-Private Partnerships and led thework on science, technology and innovation (STI) policy. She also served as the Secretary ofthe UNECE Advisory Group on Protection and Implementation of Intellectual Property Rightsfor Investment.

Prior to that, she worked for a decade at the United Nations Conference on Trade andDevelopment (UNCTAD) in Geneva in leading the work on e-Commerce development,promotion of foreign direct investment and enterprise and entrepreneurial development.

She has publications on Innovation Policy for Green Technologies; Information andCommunication Technology Policy and Legal Issues for Central Asia; Use of the Internet forEfficient International Trade; among others.

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Mr. Jayant Krishna

Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer

National Skill Development Corporation

New Delhi

Jayant represents the voice of industry in the skill development sector and supports variousinitiatives such as reforms, capacity building and operational effectiveness in NSDC’s skillingeco system. Jayant is also responsible for optimum utilization and efficient monitoring ofvarious resources available within the organization. Jayant represents NSDC at domestic andinternational fora and is also the official spokesperson for NSDC.

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Dr. Rukmini Bhaya Nair

Professor, Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences

Indian Institute of Technology

New Delhi

Rukmini Bhaya Nair is Professor of Linguistics and English at IIT Delhi. She received her Ph.D.from the University of Cambridge and has taught at universities ranging from Singapore toStanford. Awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Antwerp in 2006 for her workin narrative theory, Nair has authored over 100 papers and articles as well as 9 books of which‘Narrative Gravity’ (Oxford University Press, 2002) and ‘Poetry in a Time of Terror’ (OUP, 2009)are representative. Her latest awards include Professorial Fellowships for projects on‘Contemporary Indian Keywords’ and ‘Darwin’s Orient’ at the leading institutions NMML andCSDS. Her latest major grants are from the Ministry of Science and Technology (DST) to conductbasic research in cognition on ‘Language, Emotion and Culture’ (2010-2014) and the ICSSR onthe ‘Capabilities Approach to Education’ (2014-2016). Consulting Editor at ‘Biblio’ and on theboards of international journals such as ‘Language & Dialogue’ and ‘Literary Semantics’, Nairis a member of the Society of Fellows at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study. She is alsointernationally recognized as one of India’s leading poets and her writings, both creative andcritical, have been included on courses at universities such as Chicago, Harvard and Oxford.

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Dr. Sanjana Dayal

Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow

Transplantation, Dept. of Internal Medicine

University of Iowa

USA

I have over 23 years of experience in conducting mechanistic studies of thrombosis using murinemodels and clinically-relevant human specimens and am thus equipped to carry out theproposed experiments.The focus of my graduate research work and during the post doctoraltraining was to understand the mechanism of thrombosis in diseases such as Budd Chiarisyndrome or in cardiovascular risk factors related to hyperhomocysteinemia and oxidativestress. Later, towards developing my independent research direction, I demonstrated thatmurine aging is associated with increased oxidative stress mediated platelet activation andthrombosis. Currently, I am funded through National Institute of Aging, NIH, to explore therole of NADPH oxidase as mechanisms of oxidative stress induced platelet activation in elderly.It is recognized that the morbidity and mortality in the elderly most likely results from riskfactors encountered in mid-life adults, and since these risk factors may predict chronic diseasecondition in later life, an early identification of such predictors may help to optimize methodsto manage or prevent chronic conditions later in life. The current application is built to developinnovative datathat how platelets metabolic programming changes in mid-life adults andwhether presence of pre-diabetes exacerbate these effects. Here, I apply my extensiveexperience in studies of platelets and thrombosis to address the important question of pre-diabetes mediated exacerbation of platelet activation and thrombosis in mid-life adults. Thefollowing publications are representative of my expertise in these areas:

1. Dayal S, Pati HP, Pande GK, Sharma P, Saraya AK. Platelet ultra-structure study in Budd-Chiari syndrome. Eur J Haematol. 1995;55(5):294-301. PMID: 7493675.

2. Dayal S, Wilson KM, Leo L, Arning E, Bottiglieri T, Lentz SR. Enhanced susceptibility toarterial thrombosis in a murine model of hyperhomocysteinemia. Blood. 2006;108(7):2237-43. PMCID: PMC1895559.

3. Dayal S* , Chauhan AK, Jensen M, Leo L, Lynch CM, Faraci FM, Kruger WD, Lentz SR.Paradoxical absence of a prothrombotic phenotype in a mouse model of severehyperhomocysteinemia. Blood. 2012;119(13):3176-83. PMCID: PMC3321876. (* correspondingauthor)

Dayal S* , Wilson KM, Motto DG, Miller FJ Jr, Chauhan AK, Lentz SR. Hydrogen peroxidepromotes aging-related platelet hyperactivation and thrombosis. Circulation. 2013;127(12):1308-16. PMID: 23426106. PMCID: PMC4047166. (* corresponding author)

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Dr. Mohammad Akram

Professor, Department of Sociology

Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh

Mohammad Akram is Professor in Department of Sociology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh(India). He is an author of three books, editor of three volumes and written more than thirtypapers in reputed national and international journals. His areas of interest are Sociology ofDevelopment, Social Policy, Sociology of Education & Sociology of Health and Sanitation. Dr.Akram has supervised several Ph.D. and M.Phil. candidates on issues related to human andsocial development. He was Convener of Research Committee 12 of Indian Sociological Societyfor four years and is an elected member of its Managing Committee. He is a member ofInternational Sociological Association and has completed few research projects independently. Dr. Akram considers vocatioalisation of the formal education system as a verynecessary step for achieving employment goals and sustainable development for all.

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Mr. Dheeraj Khatter

Founder, CEO

Innotion Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Noida

I am the Founder , CEO Genius Corner Educomp Pvt. Ltd and Founder , CEO InnotionTechnologies. Genius Corner is a Adaptive learning Program initiated by a team of IIT/IIM.

We have successfully implemented the program in 50+ Schools and working with more than30,000 Students. We are bringing a transformation from Assessment of Learning toAssessment for Leaning.

With some of the successfully case studies with Customers like G D Goenka , DPS , GlobalDiscovery Academy, The Mann School etc. we are ready to scale the Operations Pan India.

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Prof. Diwan S Rawat

Department of Chemistry, Visiting Professor, JAIST, Japan

University of Delhi

Delhi

Professor Diwan S Rawat is working with University of Delhi since 2003. He was an AssistantProfessor of Medicinal Chemistry at National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education andResearch (NIPER), Mohali and did post-doctoral research at Indiana University and PurdueUniversity, USA. Prof. Rawat has published over 125 research papers, authored a book, threebook chapters, and nine patents to his credit. His work has been cited over 3125 times with h–index of 35 and i-10 index 71. His research interests lies in the areas of development of smallorganic molecules as anticancer, antimalarial, antimicrobial and anti-Parkinson agents andnano-catalysis. Prof. Rawat is a recipient of CRSI young scientist award (2007); ISCB youngscientist award (2010); Prof. D. P. Chakraborty 60th Birth Anniversary Commemoration Award(2007); VC‘s Pratik Chinha Samman, Kumaun University Nainital (2011); Gold Badge and Diploma,International Scientific Partnership Foundation, Russia (2015); Professor RC Shah MemorialLecture Award, Indian Science Congress (2015); Professor SP Hiremath Memorial Award, IndianCouncil of Chemist (2016); and he is a Visiting Professor, Japan Advanced Institute of Scienceand Technology (JAIST), Japan. He is Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and CChem(London). Prof. Rawat has supervised seventeen PhD students.

Prof. Rawat is an Associate Editor of RSC Advances, International Journal of Drug Discoveryand also serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry,and Marine Drugs. He served as a Guest Editor of Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistryand Current Proteins and Peptides.

Professor Rawat initiated a collaborative dual education programme between University ofDelhi and Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan and manystudents got trained under this programme.

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Dr. Hilda Farkas

Counsellor (Science & Technology)

Hungarian Embassy

New Delhi

Her basic education is engineer of environmental protection finished at the University ofTechnical Sciences Budapest, Hungary. Later she has completed her M. Sc and PhD courses.Since then she is an honourable professor at two universities in Hungary.

In the years of 90th she ran an environmental analytical laboratory under the Ministry ofHygiene, and in 2001 she was in changed to Waste Department in the Ministry of Environment.

Later she worked for the European Commission in Brussels. After return to Hungary she hasbeen appointed as head of Waste Department in the Ministry of Environment. Among othersshe was responsible for the harmonisation of the waste framework directive.

From 2011 she was executive director at the Hungarian Association of Environmental Industries,and in 2017 she has been appointed as counsellor for science and technology of the HungarianEmbassy in New Delhi.

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Mr. Mahesh Munjal

Managing Director

Majestic Auto Ltd

Ludhiana

Mahesh Munjal is the Chairman cum Managing Director of Majestic Auto Ltd., a Hero GroupCompany.

The company manufactures auto components and fractional horse power electric motors.Recently the company has diversified into office assets and facility management.

Through his close association with CII, Rotary Club, Punjab Technical University, and LMA (theLudhiana chapter of AIMA),Mr Munjal remains an active yet humble contributor to societyand industry.

Punjab Technical University has conferred on him the Outstanding Industrialist Award.

He also has the honor of being nominated as the Convener of Education & Skilling Panel byCII for the period 2010 to 2012.

Mr Munjal completed Engineering and Master’s in Business Administration after the basicsfrom The Punjab Public School, Nabha.

Mr. Munjal’s career took off with the the family business at Hero Cycles. His hard work anddedication transformed the company into the largest producer of bicycles in the world. Thecompany earned a deserving place in the Guinness Book of World Records, the distinctioncontinues.

In 1986, the Hero Group identified an opportunity to export bicycles from Gujarat. YoungMahesh sphere headed the project and ensure its success.

His quest to excel took him around the globe including Europe and USA.

In the year 1993, Majestic Auto, a group company manufacturing mopeds, was in troublebecause of dwindling demand of Mopeds. Trusting his caliber, the elders in the family assignedhim the challenging task of reviving the company. Mahesh passed the litmus test by settingthe new sails by diversification into new areas.

In the year 2014 the company made its foray into real estate by investing in one lac squarefeet office building in Noida and went on to acquire Emirates Technologies P Ltd with 650000sq feet of office space known as Knowledge Boulevard in Noida.

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Mr. Kaushik Bellani

Managing Director

McGraw Hill Education India

Noida

Kaushik Bellani is the Managing Director, McGraw Hill Education India

Kaushik is responsible for capitalizing on revenue-generating opportunities in India throughdistribution arrangements, partnerships, and the development of innovative technologysolutions for customers.

Kaushik has more than 20 years of experience as a technology company executive and hasheld leadership positions in management, marketing, sales, channel management, andbusiness development, working for technology companies including Wipro Infotech, HewlettPackard, IBM, and Cisco. Before joining MHE, he was senior vice president and India businesshead for iYogi Technical Services India, where he and the rest of the senior executive team ledefforts to scale the start-up company’s business. In the last two years, iYogi’s revenues havedoubled. Prior to iYogi, he was with Cisco Systems (India), where he served as a vice presidentof infrastructure projects, sales operations, and strategy. Earlier, he was with IBM and HewlettPackard, holding positions of increasing responsibility in sales, marketing, operations, andbusiness strategy. He began his career with Wipro as a sales and marketing manager.

The recipient of multiple sales awards from Wipro, IBM, and Hewlett Packard, Kaushik holdsa bachelor’s degree from Sardar Patel University and a MBA from the Institute of ManagementTechnology (Ghaziabad).

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Ms. Sangeeta Kulkarni

Chief Executive Officer

Brickwork India Pvt. Ltd

Bangalore

Ms. Sangeeta Kulkarni is the Co-founder & CEO of Brickwork India, a global leader in RemoteExecutive Assistance services. Under Sangeeta’s leadership, Brickwork has grown from apioneering start-up to a global brand catering to the diverse service requirements of clientslocated across 116 countries, and with a strong focus on business excellence and peoplepractices.

She is also the Founder Director of Brickwork Ratings, India’s 5th credit rating agency and anindependent director of Himatsingka Siede Ltd. She is passionate about contributing to societythrough CSR activities. As President of “Brickwork Foundation” she drives the employabilitytraining program for the underprivileged youth in Karnataka.

Sangeeta has been awarded the prestigious “STPI Woman Entrepreneur of the Year in IT” in2015 and “Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award” in 2016. She holds a Master’s degree in HRfrom Boston University, USA.

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Prof. (Dr.) K.P. Suresh

Dean, School of Education

Central University of Kerala

Kasaragod, Kerala

Prof. (Dr.) K P Suresh is currently the Professor and Head and Dean, School of Education, CentralUniversity of Kerala. He is the Chairman, Post Graduate Board of Studies in Education in CentralUniversity of Kerala; Prof. Suresh was instrumental in starting Post Graduate Courses inEducation in Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala; Kannur University and in CentralUniversity of Kerala. He was awarded by the Indus Foundation as Eminent Educationist forthe year 2015 and Award for Teaching Excellence instituted by the Indo American EducationistSummit 2016. He has got more than Twenty Four Years of PG Teaching Cum Researchexperience in the Discipline of Education.

Prof. (Dr.) K P Suresh is the Advisory Committee of the Department of Planning and MonitoringDivision of the NCERT, New Delhi; Ex-Member, Board of Studies in Education of MG University;Kannur University; Bharathiar University, Coimbatore and Gandhigram Rural University,Dindigal.

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Mr. Vagish Sharma

Project Lead - Udaan Scheme

National Skill Development Corporation

New Delhi

Vagish Sharma is working with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and hasprofessional experience in management consulting, financial structuring, policy development,bilateral and multilateral partnerships and business operations in energy efficiency, climatechange, skill entrepreneurship and sustainability sectors and worked on assignments fororganizations like Moser Baer, General Electric, Philips, Ministry of Skill Development andEntrepreneurship , Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Science &Technology, Planning commission of India, U.S Department of Energy, DFID and USAID.

Vagish has been honoured as “East Asia Future Leader” by Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MOFA) where he has suggested ideas on skill development and energy efficiency. Additionto that, he was selected as “Young Global Energy Leader” by University of Waterloo at Canada and shared ideas on Green Skill integration in renewable energy sector. Besides this, he wasselected as “Young Entrepreneur” by Government of India for his innovative idea towardsscaling up of skilling in rural India. He has participated in panel discussions organized by severalnational and international agencies like IETA, IEA, ADB, Intel, UNFCCC, and has publications inprestigious journals and has been appreciated by NASA, World Bank, United Nations (UN),and UNESCO for his entrepreneurial approach towards Environmental Sustainability. He hasreceived “India & Middle East Leadership Award” to pursue his MBA from EADA Business Schoolat Spain and Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and has been the alumni of LondonSchool of Economics and Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

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Mr. Saurabh Agarwal

Managing Director

Skill Cube Pvt. Ltd.

Gurugram

Mr. Saurabh Agarwal is a seasoned professional and has a varied experience across sectorsincluding Telecom, BFSI, IT Services, GIS and BPO. He has a rich experience in InformationSecurity & IT Audits, Technology Strategy, Risk Management, Privacy, GRC, BPM, BCM-DR andestablishing & managing technology operations.

Saurabh is the national body expert and former co-editor of the global standard ISO 27021. Hehas also served as a Director at the ISACA New Delhi chapter. He is a very active member ofthe Cyber Security Task Force setup under the aegis of NASSCOM & DSCI.

Saurabh is the Founder and Managing Director of Skill Cube Pvt. Ltd. which runs cyber securityskill development programmes for a varied audience including students, academic faculty,industry professionals and government employees. Skill Cube was recognised as one of thetop 20 cyber security solution providers in India in the year 2016 by CIO review and is also aLicensed Training Provider of IT/ITeS Sector Skill Council NASSCOM.

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Dr. M.S. Manna

Director

AICTE

New Delhi

Dr. Manpreet Singh Manna, born on 14th March, 1971 at Patiala, Punjab (India), graduated inElectrical & Electronics Engineering from Mysore University, Mysore in the year 1993. He didhis Master of Engineering in Power & Machines from Thapar University, Patiala and Ph.D. inElectrical and Instrumentation Engineering from SLIET (A Centrally Funded Deemed Universityestablished by Govt. of India), Longowal. Starting his teaching profession as Lecturer fromSLIET in the year 1997, he has now attained the position of Director, All India Council forTechnical Education (AICTE) under Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, and New Delhi presently ondeputation. Dr. Manna was deputed as visiting Associate Professor by Ministry of HRD to AIT,Bangkok during 2012 session. He is a Fellow of Institutions of Engineers (India) and ISQEM,UK. He is Senior Member of IEEE USA, ISRD USA and IETI, Hong Kong. Dr. Manna is also LifeMember of ISTE India, IACSIT Singapore and member of Advisory Council of CEGR India.

Dr. Manna has published about 140 Research Publications for leading National andInternational Journals and attended a number of Conferences in the field of Engineering andTechnology. He has delivered Expert Talks on various topics in his area of expertise on NationalTV channels and Institutions in India and abroad apart from chairing the session in IASTEDConferences at San Francisco, USA and Bangkok, Thailand. He is also serving as Editor andReviewer for many International Referred Journals, Books and AICTE News Bulletin. He hasalso contributed chapters for various prominent technical education books. He has guidedmany UG and PG Projects/Dissertations. Keeping in view his vast experience in the area ofTechnical Education, IEEE Society has elected him as Executive Member for IEEE Delhi Sectionfor the year 2016. Dr. Manna has been nominated as member of the various committees like J& K state fee Structure Committee and BOGs. He is also nominated by Member of Parliament(Lok Sabha) as Member of Divisional Railway User Consultative Committee (DRUCC). He hasbeen conferred with the ‘Bharat Excellence Award’ with ‘Gold Medal’ by the Former ElectionCommissioner of India at IIC, New Delhi in 2014. Dr. Manna is also recipient of ‘ShreshthAacharya Award-2011’, ‘Best Citizens of India Award-2014’ from FFI, New Delhi, ‘OutstandingFaculty Award-2015 VIFFA’ at Chennai and ‘Rashtriya Shiksha Gaurav Puraskar-2015’ from CEGR,New Delhi.

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Dr. B.S. Negi

Adviser

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

New Delhi

Dr. B. S. Negi is presently working Advisor in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy,Government of India, New Delhi. He steered launch of the National Biomass CookstoveInitiative (NBCI) in December 2009. He has also worked for International Cooperation in MNREfrom 2003-2007, where he contributed to streamlining the Indian policy for climate change,promoting Clean Development Mechanism in renewable energy sector, joint research anddevelopment for technology development. He represented Indian delegation to CoP9 in Milan,Italy in December 2003. A doctorate in Physics, Dr. Negi prior to joining MNRE in 1992, workedin Centre for Energy Studies, IIT Delhi from 1985-1992, where he pursued research, design,development, demonstration and performance evaluation of solar thermal systems.

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Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra

Secretary(DARE) & DG, ICAR, Dept. of Agricultural Research & Education

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

New Delhi

Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra is Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research & Education &Director General, ICAR.

Dr. Mohapatra was holding the position of Director-cum-Vice Chancellor of the prestigiousIndian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Prior to this, he worked as the Director ofNational Rice Research Institute (formerly CRRI), Cuttack. He served National Research Centreon Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi as researcher and teacher for about 20 years. He is ascientist of global repute working in the area of molecular genetics and genomics.

Dr. Mohapatra has over 145 research papers in national and international journals of reputeand several book chapters. His research accomplishments include development of the firsthigh yielding Basmati rice variety resistant to bacterial leaf blight through molecular markerassisted selection, and physical mapping and genome sequencing of rice and tomato.

He is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Sciences-India,Allahabad and the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi.

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Prof. Laltu Chandra

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology

Jodhpur

Dr. L. Chandra received the Dr. –Ing. (PhD) degree from University of Karlsruhe, Germany in2005. He was a visiting scientist at IGCAR Kalpamma, India during 2006-2007. He was an ANRpost-doctoral fellow at INP Grenoble, France during 2007-2008. Subsequently, he was R & Dconsultant with Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group Petten, The Nethetlands during2008-2010. Since 2010 he is a faculty member at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur,India. His research interests are (a) nuclear reactor core thermal-hydraulics and (b) sub-systemdesign for concentrated solar thermal systems. Recently, he has developed open volumetricair receiver based novel concept of solar convective furnace. He has published more than 50articles in international journals and conferences. He is a member of International Solar EnergySociety and reviewer of several high impact journals viz. Annals of Nuclear Energy, AppliedEnergy, Frontiers in Energy Research, Int. J. Thermal Sciences, J. Cleaner Production, J. OpticalSociety of America, Nuclear Engineer and Design, Physics of Fluid, Solar Energy.

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Dr. Rina Singh

Senior Scientist, Environmental Science Division

CSIR-Central Road Research Institute

New Delhi

Dr Rina Singh did her Doctorate in Physics from Department of Physics, Indian Institute ofTechnology Delhi. She received her B.Sc and M.Sc degree in Chemistry from Banaras HinduUniversity, Varanasi, India in 2000 and 2002. She then joined Materials Science and TechnologyDepartment, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University and received her M.Techdegree with 9.2 CGPA in 2004. She was awarded President Gold medal for her M.Tech degree.She joined Council and Scientific Industrial Research-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI) as a Scientist in year 2005 and has been working there since then. She has almost 12years of research experience in various areas like fabrication of metal based nanoparticlesusing laser ablation, catalysis, air and water pollution remediation, photonics etc. She is aneditorial member and reviewer of various SCI and international journals. She has publishedmore that 40 research papers in reputed scientific journals and conference proceedings. Hercurrent research interest includes environmental nanotechnology, surface enhanced Ramanscattering (SERS), development of Plasmonics sensors, and innovative catalytic materials forenvironmental remediation.

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Dr. Namrata Pathak

Director / Scientist ‘F’, Technology Missions Division (TMD), Nano Mission

Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India

New Delhi

Dr. Pathak is presently working as Director/ Scientist ‘F’, Technology Missions Division (TMD)at Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of S & T, GoI, New Delhi.

Dr Pathak holds a PhD in Environment and Biomass from IIT Delhi. At the University of Siegen,Germany, Dr Pathak carried our post-doctoral research in Biochemistry.

She had been advisor to AQUAEST Europe, The Netherlands, New Delhi Chapter and has alsoconsulted WHO-SEARO on numerous assignments, mainly in the context of rainwater andhealth.

She has held guest faculty positions at various Delhi University colleges, IGNOU, University ofLueneburg, Germany,Guest Professor at University of Hannover, Germany and as Lecturer&Tutor, International Women’s University (IFU) at University of Suderburg, Germany.

Dr Pathak’s research interests are Nano Science & Technology , Rainwater Harvesting- Health& Quality Issues (Microbiological, Chemical & Mosquito Breeding), Mycorrhizal Research (AMF)- Invasive weed species (Lantana camara) , Biomass Based Technologies & Application & NaturalResources Management. She has contributed several results to knowledge with over 60publications in different outlets and possesses extensive International academic exposure.

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Mr. Anil Gupta

President - Board Practice & Leadership Consulting

Cornerstone India

New Delhi

Anil P. Gupta has over 35 years of diverse global, International & Indian leadership experiencein full group business & P&L management, corporate governance and as a member of variousboards, having worked with various industries and regions across the world with the top globalMNC’s like GE, Honeywell, ABB and Indian Companies like Reliance Infrastructure, NTPCamongst others.

In hisInternational leadership role, he has worked for General Electric’s (GE)Energybusinessattheir global headquarters at Schenectady, New York, USA, in addition to various regionalleadership roles covering Africa,India, Middle East and Asia Pacific region,

On return to India in 2008, he has worked as the President & Country Head-HoneywellIndiaoverseeing allits various businesses and as the President& Head of Infrastructure forReliance ADAG overseeing all their businesses in infrastructure including the first Indian PublicPrivate Partnership Project (PPP) in metros-the Delhi Metro Airport Express and Mumbaimetro.

In his corporate role he has been active in interacting with various academic institutions inIndia, US & Middle East from an Industry -Academic collaboration perspective. He has alsobeen on the advisory board and as a guest faculty of ‘TERI University MBA programs.

As a charter member of TiE, he has been associated as an angel investor and mentor to youngstart-ups and entrepreneurs,including as a member of various juries to select the mostpromising startups and young entrepreneurs. He has also been associated with academia forsupporting students in their entrepreneurship journey.

In his present role as the President –Board Practice &Leadership Consulting, CornerstoneInternational (India) Ltd his focusis to help Indian Boards to evolve into a ‘ more effective andhigh performing board’ in addition to helping the CEO’s and Boards to enhance theirorganization capacity & effectiveness.

He is alsoa Senior Advisor to the global management consultancy company Arthur Di Little(ADL), is on theadvisory board of the European Private Equity Company Partners Group, andas an advisor to the Smart City Council of India.

Anil holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BITS, Pilani and aMBA from FMS, Delhi University, India. He is also a Certified GE Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

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Dr. Sunil Bharati

Chief Executive Officer

Deneb & Pollux Group of Companies

Gurgaon

Dr. Sunil Bharati, a geoscientist by education, has more than 32 years of rich cross-functionalexperience in international Oil & Gas and education sectors. He completed his Doctorate fromthe Norwegian University of Technology and Science, M. Phil. from University of Oslo andM.Sc. from IIT Bombay. He has also been Professor Adjunct at IIT Kharagpur and IITBhubaneswar and regularly delivers courses and seminars at universities and various oilcompanies. He has authored & published 16 papers in refereed international journals.

Beginning his career at ONGC in 1983, Dr. Bharati has transitioned through roles of increasingresponsibility from Researcher and Laboratory Manager at CGG Robertson Geolab, Norway,before joining Cairn India in 2001. He has held several leadership positions such as CountryManager, Head Corporate Affairs & Communications and led the delivery of several largeprojects. He spearheaded the offshore ultra-deep water exploration operations in the Gulf ofMannar, Sri Lanka, which resulted in two consecutive gas discoveries, the first for the country.His last engagement at Cairn India was Head Planning & Business Assurance and Director,Cairn Lanka.

Dr. Bharati firmly believes that an aspiring country can be as successful in innovation andapplication of technology as the west, provided correct environment and policy framework ismade available. He is a member and Founder-member of several professional internationalorganizations. He is currently Chief Executive Officer at Deneb & Pollux Group, specializing incorporate transportation & hospitality sectors and is entrusted with business growth anddiversification.

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Mr. Raman Gupta

Director

Steelcraft Industries

Yamunanagar

Raman Gupta is a leading industrialist with interests in Engineering & Chemicals. His academicsboast of a Post Graduate degree in Marketing & Finance and several National & InternationalQualifications in Engineering and Non-Destructive Testing. He is speaker both to National andInternational audience. He is on the panel of many Institutes and is a key speaker on bridgingthe various theoretical & practical engineering aspects. He is on the panel on several Companiesfor conducting Seminars, Inspections, Training and Consultancy. He is a member of severalSocieties and Industry Chambers and to fulfill his social obligations, he is a member of RotaryInternational.

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Dr. Monika Sachdev

Senior Scientist & In-charge Transgenic Facility, Division of Endocrinology

Central Drug Research Institute

Lucknow

Dr. Sachdev is working as a Senior Scientist and as an in-charge of the Institutional Transgenicanimal facility at the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow in the Division ofEndocrinology, since Jul 2009. She is professionally trained embryologist and she hasdeveloped Modified Animal Oocytes and Embryos available for training programs of in-vitrofertilization (IVF) for the first time in India. She is contributing her research towards a betterunderstanding of germ cell maturation as well as embryonic development in variousmammalian species. Her research team has established an assay to study the permeability ofphysical blood barriers in the rodent model through the recombinant viral protein. Whileleading a team at CDRI, she has also created various rodent models with dysfunctional gonadsto study the effect of pro-fertility compounds as well as gonadal restoration effect of MSCtransplantation. Concurrently she has characterized quite a few novel cancer-biomarkers,which can serve as early cancer diagnostic biomarkers and also can be targeted for drugdevelopment.

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Mr. Parag Satpute

Country Manager-India

Sandvik Asia Pvt. Ltd

Mumbai

Parag Satpute is the Managing Director of Sandvik Asia Private Limited. He holds an MBAfrom Warwick Business School, UK and a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from the PuneUniversity. Parag has held several leadership positions within Sandvik both within India andEurope during his over 15 years of career with the organisation. In his previous assignments,he has led large cross-cultural and cross-functional global teams driving collaboration andsynergies that facilitate delivering on business, employees and customers’ priorities. In hislast assignment, based out of Stockholm, he was responsible for leading a project definingthe long term global Strategy for the Sandvik Group.

India is an important country and part of Sandvik’s emerging market strategy. In his currentrole as Managing Director – India, Parag is responsible for developing and acceleratingSandvik’s growth plans in the Indian Market.

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Mr. Pankaj Sharma

Sr. Vice President

Telenor (India) Communications Pvt. Ltd.

Noida

Pankaj Sharma – Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Telenor India, has more than 25 years ofexperience in telecom industry and has worked in diversified functions such as sales, businessdevelopment, project management and corporate affairs. In his previous assignments he hasworked with companies such as Motorola and Serco International. Pankaj joined Telenor in2008.

In his current role, Pankaj is responsible for Regulatory, Government relations, Corporatecommunications, Legal and Sustainability functions. He is a frequent speaker at Industry eventsand blogs regularly at topics pertaining to telecom industry, motivation and leadership traitsin the organizations

Education: Pankaj is an engineer by profession and has done his executive MBA from IndianSchool of Business, Hyderabad.

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Dr. Geetika Dayal

Executive Director

The Indus Entrepreneurs (Tie-Delhi Chapter)

New Delhi

Geetika Dayal actively engages and energises activities for startups, women entrepreneurs,social entrepreneurs, youth and early stage entrepreneurs as well as creates a bridge withpolicy makers, academicians, corporates and investors.

Geetika started her career as an entrepreneur straight out of college. A f ive yearentrepreneurial stint prepared her well for the role as the Executive Director of The IndusEntrepreneurs (TiE). Under her leadership, TiE Delhi-NCR Chapter has been the winner of theTiE Global Award for being the Best TiE Chapter globally for four years. TiE Delhi is recognizedglobally for successful collaboration with other entities and most innovative programming.Under Geetika’s guidance, TiE Delhi-NCR also won the award for Exemplary Work in Buildingthe Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Small Businesses in India during the World SME Conferenceand was recently felicitated for being an “Enabler of the Ecosystem for Startups” by CNBCYoung Turks.

Geetika has been conferred for the “Chairman’s Award” in 2016. She was recognizedinternationally for her contribution and exceptional service to the ecosystem by being awardedthe “Best Executive Director Globally” in 2012. Prior to which, she was the Executive Directorof the India Venture Capital Association till 2006. Geetika joined TiE Delhi in 2001 during theearly days of its inception in India and has played a key role over the last 15 years making adeep impact on the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Prof. Vidhu Verma

Professor, School of Social Sciences

Jawaharlal Nehru University

Delhi

Vidhu Verma is currently Professor, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences,Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She has been educated in the universities ofDelhi, JNU and Oxford. She has also been Chairperson of the Centre for Political Studies, theGender Sensitization Committee against Sexual Harassment (GSCASH) and the Centre for theStudy of Discrimination and Exclusion (CSDE). She was also Director of Educational RecordsResearch Unit, School of Social Sciences, JNU.

Her areas of research include Comparative Political Theory, feminist political theory, stateand civil society, affirmative action policies and social justice in India. She has recently editedand contributed to a volume on “Unequal Worlds” (OUP, New Delhi). She is author of threebooks “Non-discrimination and Equality in India: Contesting boundaries of Social Justice”(Routledge, London 2012), “Malaysia: State and Civil Society in Transition” (Lynne Rienner,USA 2002), and “Justice, Equality and Community” (Sage 1999) and besides articles in severaljournals. She has been a visiting fellow, Maison Des Science de L’Homme in 1994 and in 2006.She was Senior Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science Research (2008-2010).

She has been involved with many projects as Director, Political Institutions (Collaborative),UPOE, JNU, (2005-2007), Member, Minorities in India, (UPOE), JNU (2014-2017) and currentlyas Principal Investigator, of sponsored project on ‘Changing Conceptions of Legal Justice inIndia’, ICSSR, (2014-2015).

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Prof. Rajendra Prasad

Professor, Center For Rural Development & Technology

Indian Institute of Technology

New Delhi

B.Tech(1971), M.Tech(1973) and Ph.D(1979) from Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi.Interested in the application of science and technology for rural areas, initiated the processof setting up of a Centre for Rural Development and Technology at IIT Delhi in 1975 andsucceeded in achieving it in 1979 . First faculty to join the Centre in 1979 and continued till2014. Headed the Centre from 1994 to 1997 and again from 2000 to 2003. Professor Emeritusfrom 2014 to 2017. Major technology development work for rural industries, artisanal sectorsand small and marginal farmers. Internationally acknowledged work on biomass cookstovesdesigning, development, testing and evaluation. Coordinated the Revamping of JamanalalBajaj Central Research Institute into Mahatma Gandhi Institute for R u r a lIndustrialization from 2000 to 2008, Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India. Coordinated RuralTechnology Action Group from 2010 to 2014, Office of Principle Scientific Advisor, Govt. ofIndia. Initiated and now Advisor, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.Chairman, National Working Group, Scientific Validation and Research on Panchgavya Products,Ministry of S&T, Govt. of India.

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Mr. Pradeep Gupta

Chairman & Managing Director

Cyber Media Group & Entrepreneur

Gurgaon

Pradeep Gupta is the Chairman of the CyberMedia Group, the specialty media house, withbrands like Dataquest, PCQuest, Voice&Data, DARE, CIOL, Global Services, etc. CyberMedia isa public company. CyberMedia is executing India’s first Electropreneur Park, an incubationcentre for Electronics start-ups funded by the Government of India.

Pradeep was conferred the “National Entrepreurship Award as the Best Mentor” by theMinistry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.

Pradeep is also an Angel investor and has mentored over 150 start-ups. He is the co-founder ofIndian Angel Network, Asia’s largest angel network with more than 400 members that hasdone over 100 deals. Currently IAN invests in 30-40 deals each year.

Pradeep is also the Chair of the Alumni Trust, the sponsors of IvyCap Ventures Trust Fundsthat have a corpus of $140 mn for investments in medium scale businesses.

He is on the Board of the IIM Calcutta Innovation Park.

Pradeep was a global trustee of TiE, the world’s largest entrepreneurial ecosystem with 12,000members, including over 2,500 charter members in 60 chapters across 17 countries.

Pradeep was the GP of India’s first angel fund Infinity Ventures 15 years ago which had angelinvestments in companies like India Bulls and India Games, both of which were highly successfulexits.

Till 2015, he was also on the Board of UTI AMC and its subsidiary UTI Capital. UTI AMC is India’s5th largest AMC with $20 Bn of AUM. UTI Capital ran the $ 80 Mn India InfrastructureDevelopment Fund (IIDF).

He has been the past President of PanIIT India and Association of Indian Magazines. He is/hasbeen on the Boards of IIT Mandi, Indian Newspaper Society, IIT Delhi incubator, etc.

He is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni award of IIT Delhi and the Helen Keller awardfor working in the disability sector.

Pradeep is an Engineer from IIT Delhi (1975) and an MBA from IIM Calcutta (1977).

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Mr. Satyanarayanan R

Chairman , CL Educate, &

Chairman TiE Young Entrepreneurs

New Delhi

Satya Narayanan R, a well-known teacher-entrepreneur, is the founder-Chairman of CareerLauncher, one of the respected education companies of India. Satya is an alumnus from St.Stephen’s College (1988-91) and done his MBA from IIM-Bangalore (1991-93).

As a first generation entrepreneur, Satya is renowned for building a very successful educationcompany with four vertical including K12, coaching, publishing and vocational/skills practicewith over 1.5 million paid customers (2015) across online and offline space and spread over240 locations in India and the middle east. The investors in CL Educate include HDFC and GajaCapital. Satya is also a sought-after angel investor for young and budding entrepreneurs withhis focus on disruptive and tech-enabled new ideas.

Satya is a respected teacher among youth and a celebrated speaker and faculty on subjectssuch as education, personality, leadership and entrepreneurship. In the field of educationand training, Satya has rich and varied experience of two decades including in setting up andrunning schools, vocational training, education publishing, Ed-tech, higher education andcoaching. Satya would like to be remembered as a teacher.

Satya takes keen interest in sports, art and culture. He is also an accomplished Urdu poet. ‘Muasir’ is his pen name. His guru was the Gyanpeeth award winner and noted Urdu poet andlyricist (late) Shahryaar Sahib. Muasir has already published two books of Urdu poetry named- Shaayad yaheen se ho (2012) & Dhoondh le phir se (2014). His songs have featured on radioand TV.

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Mr. Ankush Goel

Student Entrepreneur & member of the Executive Council

ExCo. Learn Pvt. Ltd.

New Delhi

AnkushGoel, is a member of the executive council of ExCo. Learn Pvt. Ltd. , and founder of 2startups. He is currently pursuing his graduation from Universal Business School Cardiff MetUniversity. He was part of the 2013-14 batch of Tie Young Entrepreneurs (TYE), which hadbeen a wonderful transformational experience. TYE helped in developing interest towardsentrepreneurship, at a very young age. It instilled in him a keen sense of business, conditioninghim to think like an entrepreneur right from an early stage of academics to become a successfulentrepreneur even before graduating.

The experience of solving case studies, drafting business plans and giving presentations atthe age of 16-17 made him significantly confident. This helped differentiate him from otherstudents in just not pursuing higher education with high cut-offs but also importantly to havesomething bigger than just a class 12 degree with 98%, to become A CEO of a Pvt. Ltd. Co atthe age of 18.

Experiential Learning Corporation (ELC) is a student-led enterprise and a division of

Ex Co Learn Pvt. Ltd that exists with the sole purpose of creating a unique learning organization,at the helm of which stand the students of Universal Business School. ELC develops theirbusiness acumen and provides real life business experience whilst on campus, developingleadership, organizational, managerial and business skills towards generating innovative ideasfor growth and building the brand ‘UBS’.

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Mr. Amit Pasari

Chief Executive Officer

XS Infosol Pvt. Ltd

Delhi

Mr. Amit Pasari started working in the field of software development at early age of 18 years,way back in the year 1996 when India as a country had just started blooming its IT revolution.His company XS Infosol Pvt. Ltd. today operates in 13 countries with over 200 employees andaspires to have offices at 50 international locations by 2020. Though the ventures are small insize but together have fulfilled the need of having complete business solutions under oneroof.

Working with the mantra “every second saved is a dollar earned”, he now shares and motivatesothers to succeed from his business model. To put his ideology in a single phase “work hard,be honest and never give up on an opportunity”, it would not be out of place to state that thegolden rules for success have paved way for Mr. Pasari’s success.

Mr. Pasari is accredited member of FICCI, NASSCOM, CII, TEPC He is chairperson for AfricaExport committee of TEPC, Member of ICT committee of FICCI and Member of Telecom ITServices committee of TEPC. He has also been a part of many delegations with His Excellency,The President of India , Mr. Pranab Mukherjee and the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Mr.Narendra Modi.

In 2017 he has been conferred the‘UDYOG RATAN AWARD’ for his outstanding performanceby the Institute of Economic Studies (IES) . Presently Mr. Pasari is deeply engaged in anestablishment of Wifi zones all over the country and in the proposed smart cities.

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Mr. Bharat Anumolu

Managing Director

Beardsell Limited

Chennai

Mr. Bharat Anumolu is the Managing Director of Beardsell Limited, India’s top manufacturerof prefabricated building materials and packaging solutions. Mr. Anumolu served as VicePresident of Information Technology at Merill Lynch Bank, New York, USA managing a teamof software Engineers with responsibility for information systems critical to trading and otherbusiness functions in the Bank. Prior to working at Merrill Lynch, Mr. Anumolu worked in aconsulting role for major corporations in the USA such as Deutsche Bank and Credit SuisseBank. Mr. Anumolu is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and has aMasters Degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA.