EDGE 2010 3 – 5 March 2010 India Habitat Center, New Delhi
PROGRAMME
DAY I March 3, 2010
Workshop I
“Lessons Learned: Issues to Consider in Building a National Admissions Test”by The College Board, USA
Ms. Janine M. Farhat, Senior International Specialist, The College Board
Mr. James Montoya, Vice President, Higher Education Relationship Development, The College Board
Dr. C. Peter Magrath, Senior Presidential Advisor, The College Board
Dr. Andrew Wiley, Executive Director for Higher Education, The College Board
Dr. Madan Padaki, Co-Founder & CEO, MeritTrac Services
Workshop II
Education Governance
Prof. N. Ravichandran,Director, IIM Indore
Dr. Rachel Davis,Adjunct Professor, National University of Singapore
Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar, Principal Director, Symbiosis & Member UGC & ICSSR
Prof. Krishna K. Ladha, Professor, IIM Kozhikode
Prof. C.V. Baxi, Former Director, MDI Gurgaon
Mr. Sharat Kumar, Former Director, IMT Ghaziabad
Dr. Pallab Bandyopadhyay, Sr. VP- HR, Dell
Prof. Pankaj Gupta, Director, SIBM Bangalore
Round Table on ‘Catalysing Change’(Close-Door)
Chairperson: Dr. K. Kasturirangan, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India
Moderator: Mr. Anand Sudarshan, Managing Director & CEO, Manipal Education
Panelists – Academicians
Prof. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU & Chairman of the Distance Education Council (DEC)
Dr. V. S. Ramamurthy, Director, NIAS
Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar, Principal Director, Symbiosis
Dr. Anand A. Samuel, Pro Vice Chancellor, VIT University
Dr. P. J. Lavakare, Former Executive Director, USEFI
Dr. C. Peter Magrath, Senior Presidential Advisor, The College Board
Panelists - Policy-Makers
Dr. M.K. Sridhar, Member Secretary and Executive Director, Karnataka Knowledge Commission, GoK
Prof. Madhava Menon, Member, Commission on Center-State Relations, Government of India
Panelists - Media
Mr. Dilip Thakore, Editor, EducationWorld
DAY II 4 March 2010
Inaugural Function
Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister for Human Resource Development, Govt. of India
Dr. Martha Kanter, Under Secretary, Department of Education, U.S. Government
Shri Sam Pitroda, Advisor to Prime Minister of India
Dr. K. Kasturirangan, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India
Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU & Chairman, Distance Education Council (DEC)
Dr. V. S. Ramamurthy, Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)
Shri Anand Sudarshan, CEO & Managing Director, Manipal Education
Session 1 Highlight Lecture by : Mr. Sam Pitroda, Advisor
to Prime Minister of India
Session 2: Catalyzing Change: How International Education is Transforming our Campuses Session by Institute of International Education (IIE)
Release of IIE Report – International India:
A Turning Point in Educational Exchange with the US
Moderator: Dr. Allan E. Goodman, President and CEO, Institute of International Education
Panelists:
Dr. Jane McAuliffe, President, Bryn Mawr College
Dr. Esther Barazzone, President, Chatham University
Dr. Lee Gorsuch, President, City University of Seattle
Dr. Joe D. May, President Louisiana Community & Technical College System
Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, President, Miami Dade College
Prof. Edward Guiliano, President, New York Institute of Technology
Dr. Lewis M. Duncan, President, Rollins College
Dr. Jerry Farley, President, Washburn University
Session 3:
Enhancing the Effectiveness of examinations by Leveraging Technology
Release of EDGE ValueNotes Research Report – Examinations and theRole of Technology: Emerging Directions
Chairperson:
Mr. Madan Padaki, Co-founder & CEO, MeritTrac Services
Speakers:
Dr. William G. Harris, CEO, The Association of Test Publishers, USA
Mr. R. Dhirendra, CEO, EDUquity Career Technologies
Mr. Manish Bhardwaj, IAS, Director of Census Operations, Ministry of Home Affairs GoI
Dr. Andrew Wiley, Executive Director for Higher Education, The College Board,
Session 4: Holistic Infrastructure for Quality Education
Mr. Utkarsh Palnitkar,Consultant
Mr. Amit Zutsi, Director and Head of Commercial Advisory Services, Transaction Advisory Services Ernst & Young Private Limited
Ms. Savita Mahajan, Chief Executive Mohali campus & Deputy Dean, Indian School of Business
Mr. K.K. Iyer, Managing Director, IEP Fund Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Rajeev Chadha, Lead Solution Architect, SAP India Private Limited
Session 4 A:
Quality Improvement Initiatives in Engineering Education
Dr. Krishna Vedula, Co-Founder And Executive Director, Indo-US Collaboration in Engineering Education (IUCEE) & Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Prof. L. K. Maheshwari, Director, Birla Institute of technology & Science (BITS-Pilani)
Dr. P. D. Porey, Director, Sardar Vallabhaibhai National Institute of Technology (SV NIT)
Mr. R N Prasad, Associate VP – Education & Research, Infosys Technologies Ltd
Awards Function
EDGE Education Personality of the Year 2010:
Prof. Yash Pal, Chancellor, Jawaharlal, Nehru University
Young EDGE Award 2010:
Shri Achyuta Samanta, Founder, KIIT University and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences
Padma Awardees:
Prof. Bipan Chandra, Chairman, National Book Trust
Shri. G. P. Chopra, President, DAV College Managing Committee
Fr. Romuald D'Souza, Vice President, Marian Institute of Health Sector Management
DAY III March 5, 2010
Session 5:
Engaging India: Initiatives at US Universities
Session by (AIEA)
Chairperson:
Dr. Duleep Deosthale, Vice President for External Relations, AIEA & President Knowledge Exchange Institute
Dr. Downing A. Thomas, Associate Provost and Dean of International Programs
University of Iowa
Dr. William I. Brustein, Vice Provost for Global Strategies and International Affairs; Professor of Sociology, Political Science and History, The Ohio State University
Dr. Donna Scarboro, Associate Vice President, International Programs
The George Washington University
Ms. Shailaja Neelakantan, South Asia Correspondent, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Session 6:
Highlight Session
Presentation on FED UNI: Parthenon Report on ‘Bridging The Higher Education Gap: National Universities and Other Models’ by
Mr. Karan Khemka, Partner & Asia Office Head, The Parthenon Group
Mr. Rob Lytle, Partner, The Parthenon Group
Session 7:
ICT Empowering Education
Chair:
Dr. Rajeev Shorey, President, NIIT University
Mr. Shailendra Badoni, Chief Operating Officer, Datacraft India
Mr. Sachin Seth, Head- Emerging Markets, IBM Global Business Services, India/South Asia
Session 8:
Progressive Directions in Online Education for Quality & Reach
Chairperson:
Prof. K.R. Srivathsan, Pro Vice Chancellor, IGNOU
Dr. H. Vinod Bhat, Chief Academic Officer, Manipal Education
Prof. Kushal Sen, Head, Department of Textile Technology, & Coordinator, National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) IIT-Delhi
Ms. Swati Mujumdar, Director, Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning, Pune
Session 9:
Vocational Education by Choice
(Stein Auditorium)
Chairperson:
Mr. Hari Menon, CEO, Indiaskills
Mr. Sabyasachi Das, Vice President, National Skill Development Corporation
Mrs. Swapna Dhawan, Principal, Campus & Beyond
Mr. R.V. Balasubramaniam Iyer, Vice President & Head - Talent Management
Reliance Retail Limited (Specialty Retail)
Ms. Kate Shoesmith Senior Manager for Policy and Practice, Centre for Skill Development, London
Mr. Ramesh Takulia, Director-Learning and Development, Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces
