Education Summit 2020 - The New Normal in Engineering Education, from September 2-4, 2020, WebEx Platform
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - Southern Region and Tamil Nadu Technology Development and Promotion Centre (TNTDPC) are jointly organizing the Education Summit from September 2 – 4, 2020.
The main focus of the Summit will be to deliberate and develop an action agenda for the New Normal in Engineering Education, which the key stakeholders – the Academia, Industry and Government are expected to embark upon as a result of the pandemic Covid 19. The summit and expo will be conducted on the virtual platform, which will act as the interface between Educational Institutes, Technology, Solution Providers, Industry & skill providers. The Summit will be an enabler to connect with the potential stakeholders across the globe for new digital educational ecosystem.
The prominent speakers & Schedules:
Day One: 2 September 2020
1500 Hrs – 1600 Hrs (IST) Inaugural Session
- Mr Muthukumar Thanu, Summit Chairman &, Group Chief HR Officer, TAFE Limited
- Mr N K Ranganath, Chairman, CII SR Education committee & Water Ambassador, Grundfos Pumps India Pvt. Ltd
1600 Hrs – 1730 Hrs (IST) Special Session: Panel of Southern States Higher Education Departments
- Ms Apoorva, IAS, Principal Secretary to Government, Department of Higher Education, Government of Tamil Nadu
- Dr Usha Titus, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Government of Kerala
- Mr. Navin Mittal, IAS, Commissioner, Department of Technical & Collegiate Education,Government of Telangana
- Prof K Hemachandra Reddy, Chairman - Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher education, Government of Andhra Pradesh
Day Two: 3 September 2020
1500 Hrs – 1600 Hrs (IST) Session 1: Future of Skill & Job Opportunities
- Mr V Vishnu IAS, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation
- Mr N V Balachandar, President – HR, CSR & Communications, Ashok Leyland Ltd
- Dr Shankar Venugopal, Vice President - Technology Innovation & Knowledge Management, Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
- Ms Vasanthi Srinivasan, Professor&Chair, Digital Learning, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
- Ms SrimathiShivashankar, Corporate Vice President and Programme Director New Vistas, HCL Ltd
1600 Hrs – 1700 Hrs (IST) Session 2: Panel Discussion: Impact of COVID on Engineering Education Learning
- Dr. (Mrs.). Thangam Meganathan, Chairperson, Rajalakshmi Engineering College
- Mr G. V. Selvam, Vice President, Vellore Institute of Technology
- Dr Annie Jacob, Director, KCG College of Technology
- Mrs. Fathima Bathool, Chief Executive Officer, M.A.M College Of Engineering And Technology
1700 Hrs – 1830 Hrs (IST) Session 3: International Panel on Future of Education
· Mr N K Ranganath, Chairman, CII SR Education committee & Water Ambassador, Grundfos Pumps India Pvt. Ltd
· Dr. Sandeep Sancheti,Vice Chancellor, SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Day Third: 4 September 2020
1500 Hrs – 1600 Hrs (IST) Session 1: Session: Augmented and Virtual Reality/ Personalization / Gamification
- Mr Dhilraj Singh Gandhi, Chief Digital Officer, TAFE Ltd
- Mr Joseph Linson, Director, Intel
- Mr Vijay Karunakaran, Founder & CEO, TNQ InGage Technologies
1600 Hrs – 1700 Hrs (IST) Session 2: Artificial intelligence / Chatbots / Internet of Things
- Dr Sridhar, Professor, Great Lakes Institute
- Mr Ashok Varma, Partner and Head Social Sector Advisory Practice, PwC
- Mr Balasubramanian, Managing Director, Blackboard Information Technologies
1700 Hrs – 1830 Hrs (IST) Session 3: Online Evaluation and Assessment Challenges
- Mr Muthukumar Thanu, Summit Chairman & Group Chief HR Officer, TAFE Limited
- Dr D.Manjunath, Professor, IIT Bombay
- Dr Abhay Kumar, Director, Thiagarajar College of Engineering
- Dr Vivekanand Kanapuri, Professor, NITIE
- Dr Balasubramanian, Professor, KREA University
The Summit will have the participation of eminent experts from Academia, Industry, Government to deliberate on the emerging disruption in the education sector and chart out a clear road map to meet the new normal demands.
The delegate fee per person to join the summit (2, 3 and 4 Sep 2020) Rs. 1000 + GST for CII Members ; Rs. 1500 + GST for Non members.
Click here to register online https://forms.gle/JqjMsQ7hFruprbdG9
For more details about speaking opportunity and sponsorship, contact Dr Selvaraj ; Email: selvaraj@cii.in ; Mobile: +91-99404 88807
