• Welcome Address: Mr. Annurag Batra, Chairman & Editor in Chief BW Businessworld and exchange4media
• Inaugural Address: Mr. Anil Shashtrabhudhe, Chairman, AICTE
• Guest of Honour: Dr Naji AlMahdi, Chief of Qualifications and Awards, Knowledge and Human Development Agency ( KHDA ), Dubai
• Special Guest: Prof. T. Papi Reddy, Chairman, Telangana State Council of Higher Education
• Key Speaker: Dr. J. Mahender Reddy, Vice Chancellor, The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE)

In the recent times, higher education worldwide has moved from the periphery to the centre of governmental agendas. Universities are now seen as crucial national assets in addressing many policy priorities, and as: sources of new knowledge and innovative thinking, providers of skilled personnel and credible credentials, contributors to innovation, attractors of international talent and business investment, agents of social justice and mobility, contributors to social and cultural vitality, and determinants of health and well-being.

The session explores how universities can fulfil these roles.

• Dr Mona Khare, Professor and Head,Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education, NEUPA

• Kunwar Shekhar Vijendra, Chancellor, Shobhit University
• Sandeep Sancheti, Vice Chancellor, SRM University
• Prof. Brishbhan Singh Panwar, Vice Chancellor, Sharda University

• Dr. S Nabi Director, Infoplus Technologies Limited

Speaker:

• Dr. S Nabi Director, Infoplus Technologies Limited

Panelist:

• Margaret Ledwin Innovation Professor, Flinders University, Australia
• Prof. V. Venkata Ramana, Vice Chairman, Telangana State Higher Education Council

Speaker:

• Dr. Murli Nagasundaram, Innovation & Design Expert Chief Academic Advisor, CollPoll

The session focuses on how institutions of higher learning can help students and faculty community prepare for a globally relevant life. ‘Internationalising the Campus’ helps focus attention on the education being offered, including ways of making the curriculum, learning outcomes, learning and teaching processes, research, instructional delivery, assessments and evaluations globally relevant.

It will explore how colleges and universities can ensure that students are prepared for global careers and lives by focusing on inculcating global and cross-cultural competencies.

Another aspect that will be discussed is building partnerships with foreign universities and institutions including quality assessment and ranking agencies, mobility providers and education support agencies so as to leverage available opportunities and build excellence across all institutional spaces.

Speaker:

• Prof.Christopher Abraham, CEO & Head - Dubai Campus, Sr Vice President - Institutional Development, S P Jain School of Global Management
• Dr R Raman, Director, Symboisis Institute of Management , Pune

Universities and other institutions of higher education are being disrupted by a wide variety of social and technological forces. Developments including the globalization of services, the increasing value of domain expertise, and the rise of online open courses are creating both challenges and opportunities for incumbents as well as new entrants. The unbundling of research, education, content and certification means that new business models and ways of engaging of students will be at the heart of a prosperous future for universities.

• Prof. N.V. Ramana Rao, Director, National Institute Of Technology, Warangal

• Atish Chatopadhaya, Director, IMT Ghaziabad
• Dr B B Ahuja, Director, College of Engineering
• Aniruddha Kannal, Founder and CEO of Xcelerator.ninja
• Prof. Rupamanjari Ghosh, Vice-Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University
• Ashu Goswami Sharma, Head –HR, Swiss Military Lifestyle Products
• Rahul Aggarwalla, Co-Founder and CEO, Knimbus

• Ambrish K Singh , Executive Vice President , Shiksha .com ( Info Edge India Ltd )

It is a session which focusses on gaining a better understanding of the region’s higher education systems, their strategies and plans to advance university excellence; and at the same time share valuable experiences and knowledge to help the Indian higher education sector move forward. International Ranking frameworks and what impact they have on Indian universities would be discussed and shared through the session.

• Ashwin Fernandes, Regional Director – Middle East, North Africa & South Asia, QS Intelligence Unit
• Ritin Malhotra, Regional Director for South Asia, Times Higher Education

• Suraj Sapra, Vice President, No Paper Forms

Technology is sweeping through classrooms as educators and developers create more and more products designed to enhance education.

New technologies like AI, machine learning, and educational software aren't just changing the field for students, they're shaking up the role of educators, creating philosophical shifts in approaches to teaching, and remodelling the classroom.

With an influx of new learning models available, traditional educational methods are bound to evolve in the next decade.

The session explores where things are heading, by taking a closer look at technology's developing role in the field of education and outlining the advances that could be spelled out for the future.

• Paramita Chatterjee, Associate Editor, BW Business World

• Dr. S. S. Kulkarni, Director, Rajarambapu Institute Of Technology
• Hemant Sahal,Founder & CEO , Collpoll
• R.K.Singh, Director, Bipin Tripathi Kumaon Inst. of Technology
• Dr Mohit Dubey, Pro Vice Chancellor, IFTM University

The Session would explore the various steps taken in terms of policy making by government bodies in states and centre for ensuring the growth of Higher Education Institutions. With the internationalisation of higher education, there is a need for higher education leaders to design new education systems that allow Institutions to successfully grow and accelerate their delivery of education for creating Global workforce.

• Sunil Kumar, President, BW Business World

• Dr Raj Singh, Vice Chancellor, Rayat Bahra University
• Prof Prem Vrat, Pro Chancellor , North Cap University
• Devendra Pathak, Vice Chancellor, Sanskriti University