digitalLEARNING India Agenda

• eINDIA2011, 14-16 December 2011, Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
  digitalLEARNING India 2011 Agenda
  

   

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  	December 14, 2011
  6.00pm – 7.00pm	Inaugural Session Arrival of Hon’ble Chief Minister Lighting of ceremonial lamp Welcome address by Ravi Saxena, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat and General Program Chair, eIndia 2011 Keynote address by R Chandrashekhar, Secretary (IT and Telecom), Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India Address by Prof Sudhir Jain, Director, IIT Gandhinagar and Program Co-Chair, eIndia 2011 Address by Dr Manoj Soni, Vice Chancellor, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Open University   Inaugural address by Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat Vote of Thanks Dr M P Narayanan, President, Centre For Science Development and Media Studies (CSDMS)   Others present on the Dais: Maheshwar Sahu, Principal Secretary, Industries and Mines, Government of Gujarat Dr Ravi Gupta, C.E.O., Elets Technomedia Pvt. Ltd. and Convener, eIndia 2011
  7.00pm – 8.00pm	Inauguration of KAMDHENU Van of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University (BAOU) and the Exhibition
  	December 15, 2011
  8.30 am – 9.00 am	Registration
  09:00 am – 10:45 am	Plenary Session : Vision 2020: Reforming the Governance Landscape in India and Strategies for the Future Panelists: Dileepbhai Sanghani,Minister of Agriculture, Excise Law & Justice, Legislative & Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Gujarat R S Saxena, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat R S Sharma,Director General, Unique Identification Authority of India Naveen Bhasin, C.E.O, SIS Beas Dev Ralhan, CEO, Next Education
  10:45 am – 11:30 am	Exhibition Visit Hours
  11:30 am – 01:00 pm	Transformatory Practices in Skills Training and Education: Engineering for the Knowledge Economy The session deliberates in diverse aspects of skills training in education. With vocational education becoming a high priority in the national agenda, the session highlights how educationists and policy makers are striving to achieve the national target of skilling 500 million people by 2022 Moderator: Dr Ajoy Kr Ray, Vice Chancellor, Bengal Engineering & Science University Speakers: Prof S S Mantha , Chairman (Acting),All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Dr Shrikant Bansal, Director, Technical, giz International Service Revathi Srinivasan , Director – Education and Principal, Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School Sandeep Sharma, Joint CEO, Society for Creation of Opportunity Through Proficiency in English Language (SCOPE)
  01:00 pm – 02:00 pm	Lunch Break
  02:00 pm – 03:15 pm	Moving Towards Digital Classrooms: Technology Challenges and Digital Insights The session deliberates on key issues in the school education sector. Keeping pace with students who are becoming more tech-savvy, schools are taking to the concept of digital classrooms — a new education technology that assists teachers with course-ware and maintenance support in digital format. Not just technology, schools are adopting diverse and innovative ways of teaching and learning. Moderator: Manjula Shroff,Founder, Pro Vice-Chairperson- Delhi Public School, Ahmedabad Speakers: Kartikay Saini, Chairman, Scottish High International School Dr Vandana Lulla, Director,Podar International School, Mumbai Sreenarayanan P C, Principal, Podar International School, Ahmedabad Vishal Vasu,Director, Dev Information Technology Pvt. Ltd Veena Raizada, Director, Academics, NEXT Education Partha Mukherji, Head, Segment Marketing Public, DELL, India Dileep Mehta, Director, Olive Green International School, Ahmedabad
  03:15 pm – 04:00 pm	Expo Visit Hours
  04:00 pm – 05:30 pm	Education Leaders’ Conclave Industry Academia Interface: The Need of the Hour The session puts focus on the importance of aligning education with the requirements of the industry. Key issues that will be discussed in the session include strategies for reforming education sector to help churn out graduates who are more industry ready and the role of private sector in bridging the divide. Beas Dev Ralhan, CEO, Next Education David Zeldin, Director – APAC, Luidia Khozem Merchant, President, Pearson India Manish Sharma, Vice President, APAC, NComputing Poonam Singh Jamwal, Chief Marketing Officer, Extramarks Education Private Limited Veena Raizada, Director, Academics, NEXT Education Sanjiv Sharma,Country Head – Business Development,S. Chand Harcourt
  5.30 pm – 6.30 pm	Expo Visit Hour
  6.30 pm onwards	eINDIA Awards Night Keynote Address: Ravi Saxena, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat and General Program Chair, eIndia 2011 Smriti Irani, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Gujarat
  	December 16,  2011
  	Education Track
  09:00 am – 10:45 am	Creating Innovative Models in Education: Best Practices and Next Practices The session deliberates on the divergent innovative models in education. With Innovations in education and research being the key areas for promotion by the government in the field of education, the session highlights some of the best practices that can be absorbed by Indian higher education institutes Session Chair: Dr Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor, Gujarat Technological  University Speakers: R P Gupta, Secretary, Primary Education, Government of Gujarat Prof Sudhir K Jain, Director, IIT Gandhinagar Prof Paritosh K Banik, Director General, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University(PDPU) Dr Sridhar Iyer, Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay Rupa Chauhan, Chief Trainer CIE, Scottish High International School Irina Ghosh, Director – Education, Microsoft India Mr. Rupesh, Founding Director and CEO, Inopen Technologies, IIT Bombay
  10:45 am – 11:30 am	Expo Visit Hour
  11:30 am – 01:00 pm	NKN and ICT Infrastructure: Unleashing the Strength of Education  through Technology ICT in higher education has become one of the key priorities of the national agenda. The session deliberates on the impact of the National Knowledge network; strategies for achieving higher educational goals by integrating technology; public private partnerships and possibilities that may emerge for higher education in India. Session Chair:  Prof Z H Khan, FTK-Centre for Information Technology,Jamia Millia Islamia Speakers: G R Sivakumar, Principal, Delhi Public School, Surat Brinda Ghosh, Principal, JG International School Dr R M Bhatt, Faculty, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar Uttrakhand Vishal Vasu, Director, Dev Information Technology Pvt. Ltd B V S Prakash, Director, 24x7Green Labs Ashwani Duggal,Vice President – Operations and Learning Centres,S. Chand Harcourt
  01:00 pm – 02:00 pm
  02:00 pm – 03:15 pm	Global Tech Trends in Management Education: Emerging Scenario and The Way Forward Management education across the globe has transformed itself through the use of technology. The session mulls on aspects that are bringing about a change in the academic practices in management education and how it has affected the curriculum requirements and students employability skills with the changing needs of the industry. Session Chair: Hasmukh Adhia, Principal Secretary, Education, Government of Gujarat Speakers: Prof M J Xavier, Director, IIM Ranchi Dr Prafulla Agnihotri, Director, IIM Tiruchirappalli Dr Bhavesh Patel,Director, B. K. Majumdar Institute of Business Administration, Ahmedabad University Peter Mozeleius, Faculty, Stockholm University
  03:15 pm – 04:00 pm	Expo Visit Hour
  04:00 pm – 05:30 pm	Alternative Assessment Strategies and Innovative Approaches in Evaluation The session highlights  best practices in the teaching learning process using ICTs. The discussion focuses on innovative approaches that have been followed for evaluating learning outcomes among students and how best to ensure that the classroom discourse is well absorbed by students. Moderator: Dr Taru Lata, Executive Director, Ahmedabad International School Speakers: Manoj Agarwal, State Project Director, Government of Gujarat Dr Veera Gupta, Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Ceaser Disilva, Principal, SGVP International School‎ Brinda Ghosh, Principal, JG International School Peter Mozeleius, Faculty, Stockholm University K S Muralidhar, CEO, LearnSmart India Pvt. Ltd Kunal Sharma, Director, Mexus Eduacation Rohit V. Katira, Head Trainer, eSense
  5.30 pm – 6.30 pm	Expo Visit Hour
  6.30 pm – 7.45 pm	eINDIA Startup Track (Collaborative Session with TiE Ahmedabad) Kaushal Mehta, Founder & Managing Director, Motif Inc. Chirag Mehta, Managing Director, Icenet Madhu Mehta, Founder, Anjanee Enterprise Chetan Parikh, Managing Director, Empowerbpo Sunil Parikh, Advisor to Managing Director, Zydus Cadila Atul Garg, Technical Director, InteQ IT Services Pratul Shroff, Founder and Managing Director, eInfo Chips Awards Ceremony: Showcasing Technology Startups
  7.45 pm – 8.15 pm	Valedictory Session Welcome Address: Dr M P Narayanan, President, Centre For Science Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) Keynote Address: Maheshwar Sahu, Principal Secretary, Industries and Mines, Government of Gujarat Ravi Saxena, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat and General Program Chair, eIndia 2011 Closing Remarks: Prof Sudhir Jain, Director, IIT Gandhinagar Dr Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor, Gujarat Technological University Vote of Thanks: Dr Ravi Gupta, C.E.O., Elets Technomedia Pvt. Ltd. and Convener, eIndia 2011

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