Principals’ Breakfast Roundtable session

Session Topic: Smart Cities: State and City Perspective

The Smart Cities Mission by the government of India has created a lot of excitement across various states and cities. Bloomberg Philanthrophies has created a competition to create a bottom up approach to building smart cities. This panel will share perspective from both states and cities in India covering Jaipur, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana.

Moderator: Purushottam Kaushik, Managing Director - Sales, Cisco India & SAARC

Speakers:

• Shikhar Agrawal, Commissioner, Jaipur Development Authority
• Sudhir Rajpal, Managing Director, HSIIDC, Panchkula, Harayana
• Avinash Lavania, Commissioner, Ujjain Municipal Corporation

Session Topic :Enabling Development through Social Ventures: A Grassroots Perspective

Ninety per cent of India’s labour force is in the unorganized sector. Couple this with twin challenges of declining employment in agriculture and rapid urbanization in the coming decades, and there is a massive challenge to skill and train India’s workforce as they begin their journeys into migrating from rural India. This session will discuss key challenges faced in skilling rural India and creating socially-relevant employment opportunities to meet this demand.

Moderator: Preeti Dawra, Founder and Managing Director, Asian Century Communications

• Lord Raj Loomba , Founder & Chairman, Trustee, The Loomba Foundation
• Deepa Venkat, Managing Trustee, Swarna Bharat Trust
• Dr. Shailaja Fennell, University of Cambridge
• Debasish Mitter, Country Director,India, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

Session Topic: Higher Education for the 21st Century:Global Perspectives from US, UK China & Japan

Since the turn of the 21st century, we have seen unprecedented changes in the global landscape. From the rapid spread of internet access to the spread of mobile phones and social media, the world is no longer what it was earlier. With ageing demographics in geographies like the U.S., Western Europe, Japan and China and a younger demographic in India, South Asia and Africa, what implications will this have for higher education around the world. This panel will bring perspectives from experts from around the world to share their view of opportunities and challenges for higher education in the 21st century.

Moderator: Dr. Pushkar, Asst. Prof. Humanities & Social Sciences - BITS Pilani-Goa

Speakers:

• Dr. Jitendra Singh, Michael Jebsen Professor of Business and Dean, School of Business and Management at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong
• William W. Kooser, Associate Dean for Global Outreach at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
• Shinichi Yamanaka, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
• Chokan Laumulin, Research Fellow, Central Asian Forum, Jesus College, University of Cambridge

Session Topic: Citizens, Communities and Governance: Ideas for Transforming Indian Cities

“There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans,” said Jane Jacobs, the urbanist. India’s cities have an opportunity to transform themselves in the coming decades by building on the commitment of its citizens, communities and through governance. This discussion will bring various perspectives from both within and outside India to recommend key areas that India’s “Smart Cities” project should address in the coming years.

Moderator: Sofia Eriksson, Head of Communications, Ericsson India

• Jerry Mc Arthur Hultin, Chairman, Global Futures Group, LLC; President Emeritus, Polytechnic Institute of NYU; Chairman, Smart City Expo World Congress Advisory Board; former Under Secretary of the Navy (United States)
• V. Ravichandar, Chairman, Feedback Consulting
• Yatish Rajawat, Chief Strategy Officer, Local Circles
• M.L. Bapna, Advisor (Industry-Academia Interface), IIT Jodhpur

CLOSING KEYNOTE - Harjiv Singh, Founder & CEO, Salwan Media Ventures

NETWORKING LUNCH

Session Topic: Studying Abroad 101: How to get admissions

Moderator: Ms. Uma Asher, Editor- BrainGain Magazine

Speakers:

• Mr. Andrew White, Sr. Associate Director of Graduate Business Programs at Hofstra University's Frank G. Zarb School of Business in New York
• Dr. Zafeena Suresh, Senior Education USA Adviser, United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF)
• Ji Mi Choi, Associate Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Programs, Arizona State University

Session Topic: 21st century education: Preparing for the future

Moderator: Mr. Tridib Misra

Speakers:

• Sandeep Hooda, Co-Founder of Vega Schools
• Dr. Pushkar, Author, Columnist - Higher Education, Asst. Prof. Humanities & Social Sciences - BITS Pilani-Goa
• Dr. Bennett McClellan, Senior Faculty – Sunstone Business School, Chief Catalytic Officer, NBM Research, Inc.

Coffee Break and Essay Competition Winners Announcement

Session Topic: How to write great resumes and ace the interview

Moderator: Mr. Harjiv Singh, Founder & CEO - BrainGain Magazine

Speakers:

• Aditi Rajgharia, Founder of MentorU

The KWHS Global Young Leaders Academy: Presentation by Knowledge@Wharton

Knowledge@Wharton Investment Competition Regional Finale Winners Announcement