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eindia Summit November 15, 2012, Hyderabad

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Why Attend

Meet & Network with key decision makers & experts, bureaucrats & policy makers leaders & stakeholders, service providers & IT vendors, telecom vendors & consulting firms, ICT entrepreneurs & NGOs on innovative e-Gov implementations government agencies & developmental organisations in the domain of ICT for Governance, Healthcare & Education. Engage with colleagues and experts handling similar ICT projects, dealing with transformation and GPR challenges, working on automation of back office processes and integration. Benefit from extensive & in-depth conference sessions on more than 50 thematic areas in the field of e-Governance, e-Learning, eHealth, eAgriculture and Telecentre. Witness innovative solutions from within the Indian ICT industry and beyond in the eINDIA exhibition which will showcase cutting edge developments in ICT.

Who Should Visit

Top level decision makers, experts, leaders and stakeholders
International dignitaries, international development organisations, service providers, IT vendors, consulting firms
Ministries, government agencies, bilateral and multilateral agencies, non-government organisations, the global ICT industry, and civil society
Education policy makers, ministers, secretaries
Vice Chancellors, Directors, Deans, Registrars and International Higher Education Institutes
Education Regulatory bodies and professional association representatives
School Principals, Key Management, Senior Functionaries and Global K12 representatives
Edupreneuers, Entrepreneurs, Private Equity Investors, Venture Capitalists
IT Technology providers

Key Reasons to be at eINDIA 2012

Meet key decision makers, experts, leaders & stakeholders in ICT arena at one platform
Meet Professional service providers, IT vendors, Telecom vendors, Consulting firms, Government agencies and National-International development organisations in the domain of ICT
Great networking opportunity with high profile speakers, researchers and ICT entreprenuers from India, Asia and beyond
Get updated on the latest developments in ICT initiatives from the industry’s leading ICT infrastructure providers
Benefit from in-depth conferences in the area of e-Governance, e-Learning, and eHealth. Participants will get numerous opportunities to witness innovative solutions from within the Indian ICT industry and beyond
High ROI for stakeholders from diverse fields: Government, Civil Society, Academia, Corporate and many more,through ample opportunities to nurture business skills, enhance citizen service delivery and deliver innovative solutions for the consumers & community
Delegates to the event will have an access to the eINDIA exhibition which will showcase cutting edge developments in ICT

Call for Papers

eGov

The Shrinking Digital Divide – Determinants and Technological Opportunities
e-Readiness and Citizens’ Participation: Towards e-Inclusion Models
e-Environment: Effective Energy & Green technologies
m-Governance: Mobile technologies for responsive government & connected societies
ICT Infrastructure, Data Centers and Applications
Social Networking Media and Government-Citizen Relations
Public Safety, Security & Disaster Management
Transforming Government Through e-participaton: Challenges for e-Democracy
Governments Moving to the Cloud: Requirement Considerations
Smart Cities: Innovative Governance Models and Trends
Open Data: Policies, Impediments and Challenges
Food Security with technology
Citizen Centric Service Delivery
ICTs in Financial Inclusion and Taxation
Secure Biometrics Systems
e-Democracy: Critical success factors of e-Voting implementation
Opportunities and limits of e-Government at local level
Innovative use of ICTs by Public Sector Units

Education

Comprehensive and Continuous Evaluation in Schools : The Current Trends
National Knowledge Network : Potential Impact on the Education Sector
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan: Learning from Best Practices Across Different States in India
School Education and Public Private Partnerships: How to balance profiteering with social development
Low Cost Technology Solutions for Education and Its Usage
Mandatory Accreditation of Schools and College
Collaborative Teaching Learning Practices in Education
How to Evolve a Better Institutional and Regulatory Framework in Education
Governance in Education: Integrating IT for Efficiency in Administration
Balancing Quality and Pricing Aspects in Education
Improving Goss Enrollment Ratio in Higher Education : Attaining the National Targets
Infusing IT into Appropriate Areas of Quality Teaching and Learning
Encouraging unreached population for vocational education through PPP
Soft Skills Training in Education
National Skill Development Mission: Achieving National Mission for Skills Training
Mobile Technology for Learning and Exchanging Information
Open and Distance Learning: Is it a panacea for education outreach
Early Childhood Education: Role of Structured vs Informal Learning Environments
Inclusive Education for the Differently Abled : Policies and Best Practices
Teacher Training Models in Education
STEM Education: How to Inculcate Scientific Thinking Among Students
Community Colleges: An Alternative Model to Higher Education and Skill Development

eHEALTH

Transforming public healthcare through technology
Benefits of an electronic medical record system
Hospital Information Systems – Implementation and Challenges
IT in modern healthcare organisations
Achieving clinical excellence and business efficiency in healthcare organisations through technology
Strengthening Health Systems
Technology for Emergency Management & Healthcare Delivery
Opportunities & Best Practices in eHealth Adoption
Radiology Information Systems and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems – Transforming Radiology
Telemedicine
Diagnostics and point-of-care diagnostics
Role of standards and best practices in patient safety and quality healthcare
Opportunities for the Pharma/OTC industry in the next 3 years
Disease Management
How can the healthcare insurance industry drive the change
Challenges for the hospital sector and how to address them
The emergence of PPPs in healthcare
How will tablets/smart phones change the day to day practice?
Technology-Driven Healthcare
Investments in Healthcare
Mobile Healthcare (mHealth) – Becoming the next big thing in healthcare for emerging markets

Award Categories

eINDIA Governance Summit 2012- Categories

egov India presents the country’s most prestigious awards in the governance sector to felicitate and recognize the achievers, innovators and suppliers who have significantly contributed towards the growth and development of eGovernance.

Nominations are invited from individual participants, ministries, government departments, organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), private institutions and enterprises from India who have transformed governance opportunities through innovative use of ICTs.

Governance Project in Andhra Pradesh
CSC Initiative
Government to Business
Government to Citizen
Government to Government
ICT-enabled Urban Governance
Mobile Technology
Value Added Services

Each applicant will be required to fill in a Self-Nomination form. Each of the nomination will be adjudged under a binary process- Public Choice Award and Jury Choice Award

Public Choice Award: Nominated projects will be screened and put online for the public to vote. Projects receiving the maximum number of votes under each category will receive the Public Choice Award.

Jury Choice Award: Nominations will be screened by an eminent panel of jury members, who will then choose the best project from each category. The selected project will receive the Jury Choice Award.

eINDIA Education Summit 2012-Categories

Higher Education Awards

ICT Enabled Higher Education Institute
Use of Technology for Teaching – Learning Practices

K-12 Awards

Education Initiative in Schools

Open & distance learning

Open & distance learning Initiative

Private Sector

Industry Academia Interface
Interactive Solution Providers
Use of Technology in Teaching – Learning Practices
Use of Technology in Testing & Assessments

Vocational and Skills Training

PPP Project in Vocational Education & Skills Training
Use of Technology for Vocational Education & Skills Training

eINDIA Health Summit 2012-Categories

Best use of Technology in Health Insurance
ICT initiative in Healthcare by the Private sector
Innovation by a Healthcare Provider
Innovative Use of Technology by a Diagnostic Service Provider
Innovative Initiative in Healthcare through PPP
Best use of Technology in Telehealth

Agenda

eINDIA Health Summit November 15, 2012

8.00 am – 9.30 am	Registration
9.30am – 11.00 am	Inaugural Session Welcome Address: Sanjay Jaju, Secretary– IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh Introductory Address: Dr M P Narayanan, president, Elets technomedia pvt ltd Keynote Address: J Satyanarayana, Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Government of India Keynote Address: Prof S S Mantha, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Track Chair, eINDIA Education Summit Address by Guests of honour Sri Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Minister- IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh Sri K Partha Sarathy, Minister of Secondary Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh Sri P K Kunhalikutty, Minister of Industries and Information Technology, Government of Kerala Smt Kruparani Killi, Minister of State, Ministry of Communication & IT, Government of India Mee Seva Award Presentation and release of souvenir by Chief Guest Address by Chief Guest: Sri N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Hon’ble Chief minister of Andhra pradesh Vote of Thanks: Dr Ravi Gupta, Convener, eINDIA 2012
11.00 am – 1.00pm	Inauguration of Exhibition & Visit to Expo/Tea-Coffee Break
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm	Lunch Break
2.00pm – 3.30pm	Emerging Paradigms in Healthcare – Opportunities in the Public and Private Speakers: Veerbhadraiah, CIO, family and health welfare, AP Dr B K Murali, Managing Director, Hope Hospitals Srikant Nagulapalli, CEO, Aarogyasri Health Care Trust Sanjeev Gupta, Marketing Head, Health & Public Service, Accenture
3.30pm – 4.00pm	Tea/Coffee Break
4.00pm – 5.30pm	eHealth & mHealth: Expanding the Healthcare Horizon Session Chair: PK Taneja, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Gujarat Key Speakers: Andy David, Director – Healthcare, SAP Asia Pacific Japan Partha Dey, Healthcare Practice, IBM Dr Shefali Dash, DDG, National Informatics Centre Dr Pankaj Gupta, Consultant, Healthcare ICT, National Health Systems Resource Centre, Government of India
5.30pm – 6.30pm	Diagnostics, Point-of-Care Technologies & Chronic Disease Management – The Untapped Market Key speakers: Dr N Eshwar Chandra, Secretary, Indian Radiology & Imaging Association(IRIA) Sanjeev Vashishta, CEO, SRL Ltd Dr Reena Nakra, Head M&A (Business development & Integration), Dr Lal Path Labs
7.00pm onwards	eIndia Awards Dr (Smt) Kruparani Killi, Minister for State of Communication and IT, Government of India Minnie Mathew, Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh Avinash Vashistha, Chairman and Managing Director, Accenture J V Ramamurthy, President & COO, HCL

eINDIA Health Summit November 16, 2012

9.30am – 11.00am	Emerging Trends in Health Insurance Session Chair: Chair:R S Sharma, Director General & Mission Director, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Key Speakers: Vimal Wakhlu, Chairman & MD, Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) Dr T S Selvevinayagam, Joint Director, Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme, Government of Tamil Nadu Biswajit Nayak, Head of Health Claims and Networking, Future Generali
11.30am – 1.00pm	Quality, Standards and Patient Safety – How is India Rising up to the Challenge? Session Chair: Girdhar J Gyani, Director General, Association of Healthcare Providers (India) Key Speakers: U K Ananthpadmanabhan, President (Operations & Projects), Kauvery Hospitals Group, Trichy and Member, CII National Healthcare Committee Dr Pervez Ahmed, Vice Chairman & Lead Director, GM, Modi Hospital & Research Center Dr Ramana Rao G V, Executive Partner, Emergency Medicine Learning Centre (EMLC) & Research Annie Stanley, Hospital Administrator, CARE Hospitals
1.00pm – 2.00pm	Lunch Break
2.00pm – 3.30pm	Rural Health – Serving Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Population through Effective use of Technology Innovations Session Chair: Ajay Sawhney, Principal Secretary, Public Health and Family Welfare Dept, Government of Andhra Pradesh Key Speakers: Balaji Utla, CEO, Health Management and Research Institute Bhudeb Chakavarti ,Senior General Manager & Region Head, National Institute for Smart Governance (NISG) Girish Babu Bommakanti, Chief-Care Rural Health Mission, Care Foundation
3.30pm – 4.00pm	Tea Break
4.00pm – 5.30pm	Information Technology for Healthcare Deliverers Session Chair: Thiru Pankaj Kumar Bansal, Mission Director, State Health Society and Project Director Reproductive and Child Health Project, Tamilnadu Key Speakers: Charles J Antony, Former – MD & CEO TATA, Council Member & Educator – Gerson & Lehrman Group Dr Parvez Ahmad, Group Medical Director, Rainbow Group of Hospitals Fr Ferdinand Peter, Director, Bishop Benziger Hospital Dr Ayanthi Jayawardena, Medical Superintendent, Base Hospital Deniyaya, Sri Lanka Pradeep Balachandran, Health Informatics, C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram
5.30pm – 6.30 pm	Adopting Technology to Redefine Medical Education Session Chair: Prof Rafath Razia, Deputy Director (Nursing), I/c Registrar, APNMC Key Speakers: Dr V Balasubramanyan, Domain Consultant-Medical E-learning, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore Dr Muralidhar Joshi, Director, Joshi’s Institute of Pain
6.30 pm onwards	Valedictory

eINDIA Governance Summit November 15, 2012

8.00 am – 9.30 am	Registration
9.30am – 11.00 am	Inaugural Session Welcome Address: Sanjay Jaju, Secretary– IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh Introductory Address: Dr M P Narayanan, president, Elets technomedia pvt ltd Keynote Address: J Satyanarayana, Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Government of India Keynote Address: Prof S S Mantha, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Track Chair, eINDIA Education Summit Address by Guests of honour Sri Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Minister- IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh Sri K Partha Sarathy, Minister of Secondary Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh Sri P K Kunhalikutty, Minister of Industries and Information Technology, Government of Kerala Smt Kruparani Killi, Minister of State, Ministry of Communication & IT, Government of India Mee Seva Award Presentation and release of souvenir by Chief Guest Address by Chief Guest: Sri N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Hon’ble Chief minister of Andhra pradesh Vote of Thanks: Dr Ravi Gupta, Convener, eINDIA 2012
11.00 am – 1.00pm	Inauguration of Exhibition & Visit to Expo/Tea-Coffee Break
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm	Lunch Break
2.00pm – 3.30pm	e-Governance in India: The Road Ahead Session Chair: Ravi S Saxena, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat Speakers: P H Kurian, Secretary IT, Government of Kerala Muktesh K Pardeshi, Joint Secretary (PSP) & Chief Passport Officer, Ministry of External Affairs Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Vice president and Head-Global Government Industry Group, TCS M Moni, Deputy Director General, National Informatics Centre, Government of India Dharmarajan Krishnan, Commissioner, Directorate General of Systems & Data Management, Customs and Central Excise, Government of India
3.30pm – 4.00pm	Tea/Coffee Break
4.00pm – 5.30pm	ICT Deployment in Public Safety & Security Session Chair: M Chaya Ratan, Special Chief Secretary to Government, Home Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh Key Speakers: NSN Murty, General Manager & Sales Leader-Smarter Government & Public Safety, Smarter Planet Solutions – India/South Asia Bipul Pathak, Secretary IT, Government of Jammu and Kashmir Raghav Chaudhari, Motorola Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. Sanjay Sahay, IGP, Karnataka Satyendra Garg, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Delhi
5.30pm – 6.30pm	Smart Cities: Innovative Governance Models and Trends Session Chair: Reddy Subramanyam, Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh Key speakers: Venu Madhav, Accenture T R Ravi Shankar, Head Sales, SR & Sri Lanka, Motorola Solutions Ltd Subrata Das, Industry Director, Public Services, SAP India Dr B Janardan Reddy, Commissioner & Director, Municipal Administration, Andhra Pradesh
7.00pm onwards	eIndia Awards Dr (Smt) Kruparani Killi, Minister for State of Communication and IT, Government of India Minnie Mathew, Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh Avinash Vashistha, Chairman and Managing Director, Accenture J V Ramamurthy, President & COO, HCL

eINDIA Governance Summit November 16, 2012

9.30am – 11.00am	ICT in Energy & Transportation Session Chair: S P S Bakhshi, CMD, Engineering Products India Ltd Key Speakers: K Vijayananda, Managing Director, AP GENCO Rama Rao, Executive Director, AP GENCO G Ananta Ramu, IAS, Chairman & Managing Director, APCPDCL
11.30am – 1.00pm	Aadhar based service delivery Session Chair: R S Sharma, Director General & Mission Director, UIDAI Key Speakers: Vibha Agarwal, Vice President, Government Business, CA Technologies Col Sadaram Rao, Head, Government Projects, TCS Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary– IT, Government of Maharashtra Sanjay Jaju, Secretary–IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh G Unnikrsihnan, Head Egovernance, Kerala State IT Mission Harpreet Singh, Commissioner, Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Andhra Pradesh Manas Sarkar, Solution Architect, Security Consultant & Head of Technology, Trend Micro
1.00pm – 2.00pm	Lunch Break
2.00pm – 4.00pm	Special Session: From eSeva to Mee Seva (IT Secretary’ Meet): State Leadership Summit Session Chair: J Satyanarayana, Secretary, Ministry of Communication & IT, Government of India Key Speakers: Bipul Pathak, Secretary IT, Government of Jammu and Kashmir Sanjay Jaju, Secretary– IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary– IT, Government of Maharashtra Madhusudan Padhi, Secretary–IT, Odisha Ashank Desai, CMD, Mastek Ltd Pankaj Kumar Bansal, Mission Director, State Health Society, Tamil Nadu
4.00pm – 5.30pm	ICT usage by Public Sector Units: Emerging Opportunities Session Chair: S P S Bakhshi, CMD, Engineering Products India Ltd Key Speakers: Vimal Wakhlu, Chairman & Managing Director, Telecommunications Consultants India Limited B Venkatesham, Managing Director, Andhra Pradseh State Housing Corporation
5.30pm – 6.30 pm	ICTs in Financial Inclusion Session Chair: Dr P V Ramesh, Principal Secretary, Department of Finance, Government of Andhra Pradesh Key Speakers: R Athmaram, General Manager, Andhra Bank K Narayana Swamy, DGM & Regional Head of Andhra Pradesh, Bank of Baroda A P Hota, CEO, NPCI VVV Satyanarayana, General Manager, Financial Inclusion Department, NABARD, Mumbai Kaustubh Davse, CEO, Spanco Ltd
6.30 pm onwards	Valedictory

eINDIA Education Summit November 15, 2012

8.30 am – 9.30 am	Registration
9.30am – 11.00 am	Inaugural Session Welcome Address: Sanjay Jaju, Secretary- IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh Introductory Address: Dr M P Narayanan, President, Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd Keynote Address: J Satyanarayana, Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Government of India Keynote Address: Prof S S Mantha, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Track Chair, eINDIA Education Summit Address by Guests of honour Sri Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Minister- IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh Sri K Partha Sarathy, Minister of Secondary Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh Sri P K Kunhalikutty, Minister of Industries and Information Technology, Government of Kerala Smt Kruparani Killi, Minister of State, Ministry of Communication & IT, Government of India Mee Seva Award Presentation and release of souvenir by Chief Guest Address by Chief Guest: Sri N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Hon’ble Chief minister of Andhra pradesh Vote of Thanks: Dr Ravi Gupta, Convener, eINDIA 2012
11.00am – 1.00pm	Inauguration of Exhibition & Visit to Expo / Tea & Coffee Break
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm	Lunch Break

	Higher Education	School Education

2.00pm – 3.30pm	Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions : Challenges and Opportunities (Special Session from NAAC) Session Chair: Prof H A Ranganath, Director, NAAC Keynote Address: M G Gopal, Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh Speakers: Prof (Dr) Surabhi Banerjee, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Orissa Prof Furqan Qamar, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Himachal Pradesh Prof Bharat B Chattoo, Former Vice Chancellor, Sri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu and Kashmir Dr S Ramesh Babu, Associate Vice President, E&R Infosys	Essentials for Building Visionary Schools in a Globalised World Session Chair: Sanjay Singh,Principal Secretary, Department of School Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh Keynote Speakers: Dr Pascal Chazot, Head of School, Mahatma Gandhi International School Speakers: N Siva Sankar, Commissioner & Director of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh Rajeev Katyal, Country Director, Global Schools Foundation and the GIIS Schools Shivoo Kooteshwar, Director, Amaatya Academy Sashwati Banerjee, MD, Sesame Workshop, India Sukumar Venkatachalam, President Pearson Schools Xcallibre
3.30pm – 4.00pm	Tea/ Coffee Break & Visit to Exhibition
4.00pm – 5.30pm	Investment in Education: Opportunities and Challenges Session Chair: Ujjwal Singh, Operating Partner, Indus Balaji Speakers: Prof Satish C Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director ,Maharaja Group of Colleges Ranjan Choudhry, Head, Principal Programme Development, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) Dr P Shankar, Principal, Saveetha School\ of Engineering, Saveetha University	Learning Practices in the 21st Century: Technology Challenges and Digital Insights Session Chair: Simmi Kher, Country Coordinator, Tony Blair Faith Foundation Speakers: C Vijaya Girija, Principal, SamashtiInternational School, Hyderabad K Renuka Raju, Founder-Correspondent,Lotus Learning Systems Society Lt Col A Sekhar, Principal, Atul Vidyalaya Manjula Devi M N, Principal, Police Public School Manjula Devi M N, Principal, Police Public School Nageswara Rao, Principal, Sanghamitra School Satheesh Kalyansundaram, Senior Sales Engineer, Websense Mathewhzacharias, Principal, Global Indian International School
5.30pm – 6.30pm	Vision 2020: Reforming the Education Landscape in India and Strategies for the Future Session Chair: K Sunitha,Commissioner of Collegiate Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh Speakers: H.E. Dr Samuel K Mbanbo, High Commissioner, High Commission of the Republic of Namibia Dr V S Garg, Advisor, Apeejay Education Society & Apeejay Stya University Prof V Panduranga Rao, Director, IMT, Hyderabad Campus Prof R K Mittal, Vice Chancellor, Teerthanker Mahaveer University Dr Ali Mohammed Al Shehri, Cultural Attache’ of Saudi Arabia in India Ramesh Kumar, Vice President, SAP Services, India Prof M J Xavier, Director, IIM Ranchi	Alternative Assessment Strategies and Innovative Approaches in Evaluation Session Chair: Neti Srinivasan, COO, Ryan Group of Institutions Speakers: V NandaKumar, Principal & CEO, Ecole Mondiale International School Son Kuswadi, Eductation Attache The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia Veena Raizada, Next Education S J Reddy, Chairman, Kennedy High Global School S A M V Prasada Rao , CEO and Principal, DRS International School Satyabrata Maniketan, Principal, ODM Educational Society Rupesh Kumar Shah, CEO and Co- Founder,InOpen Technologies
7.00pm onwards	eINDIA Awards 2012 Award Presentation by Dr (Smt) Kruparani Killi,Minister of State, Ministry of communication & IT Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Minister for IT&C, Government of Andhra Pradesh Minnie Mathew, Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh Avinash Vashistha, Chairman and Managing Director,Accenture J V Ramamurthy, President & COO, HCL

eINDIA Education Summit November 15, 2012

	Higher Education	School Education

9.30am – 11.00am	Tranformatory Practices in Technical Education: Engineering for the Knowledge Economy Session Chair: Prof S S Mantha, Chairman (Acting), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Speakers Dr N M Veeraiyan, Chancellor, Saveetha University Prof U B Desai, Director, IIT Hyderabad Prof V S Rao, Director, BITS Hyderabad Campus Dr Elizabeth Sherly, Director, IIITM – K Dr. Jyoti Grewal, Dean, Zayed University, Dubai – UAE	STEM Education and Tech Assisted Tools for Student Comprehension Session Chair: Seetha Murty, Principal, Silver Oaks School, Hyderabad Speakers: Anjali Razdan, Principal, Euro School, Hyderabad Andrey Shelukhin, Counselor (Science & Technology), Embassy of the Russian Federation in India D Usha Reddy, Principal, Meridian School, Hyderabad Dr Koteswaramma Raya, Principal, Kennedy High Global School Prabhakar Reddy, Principal, Bhadrachalam Public School
11.30am – 1.00pm	Unleashing the Strength of Institutions through Technology: Emerging Scenario and The Way Forward Session Chair: Dr G Vishwanathan, Chancellor,VIT University Speakers: Dr A M Sherry, Director, IMT-CDL, and Chairman Joint Admission Committee, Ghaziabad, Nagpur, Hyderabad and Dubai Campuses Prof K Lal Kishore, Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University, Anantapur, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Dr Lovi Raj Gupta, Vice Chancellor, Baddi University of Emerging Science and Technology VSN Raju, COO – Globarena Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Vimal Wakhlu, Chairman & Managing Director, Telecommunication Consultant India Limited (TCIL)	Progressive Learning Environment through Connected Classrooms: Enriching the Experience of Education Session Chair: Veena Raizada, Director- Academics, Next Education Speakers: AK Agarwal, Director, DRS International School Kiran Singh, Ramgarh Cantt Sahodaya Complex Schools K Gopal, IAS, MD, Tamil Nadu Textbook Corporation, Govt of Tamil Nadu Pawan K Samba, Director, Narayana Concept School Virendra Rawat, Director- Academic, B- Kanae School Prabhakar Rao Polasani, Chairman, Rao’s Group of Education Institutions
1.00pm – 2.00pm	Lunch
2.00pm – 3.30pm	Creating Innovative Models in Education and Assessments: Best Practices and Next Practices Session Chair: Dev,Director & CEO, Holy Mary Business School, Hyderabad Speakers: Hendra Henny Andries, Minister Counsellor/Charge’d’ Affaires a.i. The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia Brig (Dr) R S Grewal, Vice Chancellor, Chitkara University Prof Dr G Tulasi Ram Das, Vice- Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada Ashish Dutta, Group Co-ordinator (Projects), Sagar Group of Institution	Blended Learning Curriculum & Supportive Teaching Tools to Promote Student Engagement Session Chair: Kalpesh Bordawekar, General Manager, Mexus Speakers: A Murali Mukund, Chairman, Jubilee Public School Dr T Padmavati, Principal, Fusion International School Sunil Shriwastav, Principal, Kids’ Kingdom Public School Ashutosh Tripathi, Director, KrishnaPublic School B Seshu Kumari, Additional Director,AP Model Schools Arif Dar, Zonal Head, ICT Sales, Pearson Education Services
4.00pm – 5.30pm	Best Practices in Higher Education Presenters Dr S Viswanadha Raju, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, JNTUHCE, JNT University, Hyderabad. Dr K Rama and Dr Sujatha Shanbagh, Deputy Adviser & Assistant Adviser, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore N Prathyusha, Program manager, Institute for Electronic Governance, Department of Education, Govt of Andhra Pradesh Pravesh Jain, XLRI, Rajasthan Alpana Akolkar, Faculty for English & Soft skills, Modern College of Engineering,Pune	Training of Educators: Coping with Rapidly Changing Education Technologies Session Chair: Prof Parvin Sinclair,Director, National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Speakers Dr K T Mahi, Chairman-Sree Group, Sreenidhi International School and Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology Prof (Dr) NB Sudershan Acharya, Founder and Chairperson, Lead India 2020 Foundation T Venu Gopal Rao, Academic Director & MD, Fusion International School Mamatha E, Chairman and Correspondent, Johnson Kids School
6.30pm onwards	Valedictory