This second track spread over two days, will focus on the Education vertical and will dwell on how the Indian Education Segment is negotiating the Pandemic & using Technology to stay afloat especially in these troubled times amidst repetitive lockdowns. There will be enriching business technology strategy sessions pertaining to the education sector, best practices from sector leaders and case studies of effective technology implementations will be showcased. Featuring domain & technology focussed views and perspectives from thought leaders entrenched in the Education segment, each session will have a different focus and will present and showcase best practices and lessons learnt.
Chairman, Ajeenkya D Y Patil University
Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Regional Vice President, Sales, Salesforce India
Senior Manager, Solution Engineering, Salesforce India
Lead Solution Engineer,Salesforce India
Senior Director, Transformation strategy, APJ, Zscaler
EMEA CISO, Senior Evangelist, Fortinet
Country Manager - India & SAARC, Druva
President & Chancellor, Amity Education Group
Chairperson, Digital Learning & Professor, OB & HRM, IIM Bangalore
President, Manipal University, Jaipur
In-Charge Director University Programs & CTO, WeSchool
Managing Director, India & APAC, Coursera
Director Engineering & Registrar, Chandigarh University
Registrar, UPES
Vice Chancellor, Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism & Communication
President,Pearl Academy - A Creative Education Institute
Chief Academic Officer, Professor, Dept of Electronics & Telecommunication,Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Mumbai
Former Chairman AICTE & Chancellor, KL University
Co-founder, Great Learning
Chairperson - Digital Infrastructure, MDI Gurgaon
Head of Academics, Whistling Woods International
Professor, Associate Dean (Academics) & Chair – Information Systems & Technology Area, T A PAI Management Institute, Manipal
Executive Vice President, AISECT Group of Universities
Assistant Vice President, Strategy, BYJU'S
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 10:30am – 10:35am | Opening Address by Moderator |
| 10:35am – 11:00am | Keynote Address : Topic : Connecting Academic R&D in Higher Education Institutions with Societal Problems Speaker : Prof V Ramgopal Rao, Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi |
| 11:00am – 11:05am | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 11:05am – 11:35am | Fireside Chat : Topic : BYJU'S Phenomenal Growth Story and How it Uses Technology to Scale at Speed Speakers : Jyothi Kasinath, Assistant Vice President, Strategy, BYJU'S Kamal Kanth, Regional Vice President, Sales, Salesforce India |
| 11:35am – 11:40am | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 11:40am – 12:00pm | Special Address : Topic : Technology In The Learning Process: A Quantum Leap? Speaker : Dr Atul Chauhan, President & Chancellor, Amity Education Group |
| 12:00pm – 12:05pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 12:05pm – 12:30pm |
Topic : Defining the new normal for higher education Speaker : Raghav Gupta, Managing Director, India and APAC, Coursera |
| 12:30pm – 12:35pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 12:35pm – 12:55pm |
Topic : Holistic Approach to cybersecurity Speaker : Alain Sanchez, EMEA CISO, Senior Evangelist, Fortinet |
| 12:55pm – 1:00pm | Moderator Closing |
| 1:00pm – 2:15pm | Lunch |
| 2:15pm – 2:30pm | Special Address Topic : How Digital Learning is Democratizing Education Speaker : Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan, Chairperson, Digital Learning & Professor, OB & HRM, IIM Bangalore |
| 2:30pm – 2:35pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 2:35pm – 2:55pm |
Topic : Re-imagine InfoSecurity Speaker : Sudip Banerjee, Senior Director, Transformation Strategy, APJ, Zscaler |
| 2:55pm – 3:00pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 3:00pm – 3:50pm | Panel Discussion : Topic : Leveraging best-in-breed technology to create a thriving academic atmosphere for students Panelists : Dr. Saurabh Mehta, Chief Academic Officer, Professor, Dept of Electronics & Telecommunication, Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Mumbai Dr. S S Sehgal, Director Engineering and Registrar, Chandigarh University Dr. Veena Dutta, Registrar, UPES S Sudhindra, Professor, Associate Dean (Academics) & Chair – Information Systems and Technology Area, T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal Prof. Sangeeta Shah Bharadwaj, Chairperson - Digital Infrastructure, MDI Gurgaon Alain Sanchez, EMEA CISO, Senior Evangelist, Fortinet Mohit Rathod, Senior Correspondent, Express Computer & CRN India (Moderator) |
| 3:50pm – 3:55pm | Moderator Closing & Awards Welcome |
| 3:55pm – 4:30pm | Salesforce presents Digital Technology Senate Awards 2021 Ceremony |
| 4:30pm – 4:35pm | Moderator Closing |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 10:30am – 10:35am | Opening Address by Moderator |
| 10:35am – 11:00am | Keynote Address : Topic : Setting benchmarks with leading-edge technology in education Speaker : Dr. Ajeenkya D Y Patil, Chairman, Ajeenkya D Y Patil University |
| 11:00am – 11:05am | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 11:05am – 12:05pm |
Topic : How Technology can support Education Sector in managing growth Speakers : Ram Prasad NV, Senior Manager, Solution Engineering, Salesforce India Samvit Khadilkar, Lead Solution Engineer, Salesforce India |
| 12:05pm – 12:10pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 12:10pm – 12:30pm |
Topic : How Cloud data protection helps Education providers scale and save on TCO Speaker : Bakshish Dutta, Country Manager, India & SAARC, Druva |
| 12:30pm – 12:35pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 12:35pm – 12:55pm | Special Address : Topic : Leveraging Future Technology in Education Speaker : Dr. Pradeep Pendse, In-Charge Director University Programs and CTO, WeSchool |
| 12:55pm – 1:00pm | Moderator Closing |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 2:05pm | Moderator Opening & Speaker Welcome |
| 2:05pm – 2:30pm | Special Address : Topic : Changing Education Landscape of the Future Speaker : Dr. GK Prabhu, President, Manipal University, Jaipur |
| 2:30pm – 2:35pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 2:35pm – 3:35pm | Panel Discussion : Topic : Is digital education enhancing employability skills for students? Panelists : Rahul Puri, Head of Academics, Whistling Woods International Aditi Srivastava, President, Pearl Academy - A Creative Education Institute Dr. SS Mantha, Former Chairman, AICTE and Chancellor, KL University Siddharth Chaturvedi, Executive Vice President, AISECT Group of Universities Hari Krishnan Nair, Co-founder, Great Learning KG Suresh, Vice Chancellor, Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism & Communication (Moderator) |
| 3:35pm – 3:40pm | Moderator Closing & Awards Welcome |
| 3:40pm – 4:10pm | Salesforce presents Digital Technology Senate Awards 2021 Ceremony |
| 4:10pm – 4:15pm | Closing Address |
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