Key Speakers 2012

Amit Gupta
CEO, S Chand Group,
Co-Chairperson, Indian Education Congress 2012
Prof. Dr. Kamal Kant Dwivedi
Vice Chancellor, Apeejay Stya University in India
Mr. Pawan Aggarwal
Adviser (Higher Education), Planning Commission , GOI
Dr. K.K. Khandelwal
I.A.S., Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Haryana

Dr. S. S. Mantha
Chairman, AICTE
Mr. Vineet Joshi
IAS, Chairman, CBSE
Mr. Shantanu Prakash
CMD, Educomp Solutions Ltd.
Mr. Dilip Chenoy
CEO & MD, National Skill Development Corporation

Mr. Karan Khemka
Partner, The Parthenon Group
Dr. H.S. Srivastava
Former Dean, NCERT
Mr. Ashok Ganguly
Former Chairman, CBSE
Mr. Lokesh Mehra
Director-Education Advocacy, Microsoft

Mr. Sandip Somany
President, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ms. Vanita Uppal
Secondary School Principal, The British School
Dr. J. D. Singh
Director General, Jaipuria Institute of Management
Mr. Ian Gordon
Director, VET Quality Compliance, Australia

Mr. Andrew Mowat
Principal, Group 8 Education Consultancy and Research institution, Australia
Ms. Nesha O'Neil
Advisor, Childcare Association Australia
Mr. Jonathan Marshall
MD, Plataris Learning Systems
Mr. Pramod Sharma
Director, Genesis Global School

Mr. Raman Kalyanakrishnan
Practice Head-Infocomm, Media & Education, Tata Strategic Management Group
Prof. Sanjeev Swami
HOD of Management, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra
Mr. Krishan Khanna
Chairman, i2k Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Ms. Seema Jhingan
Senior Partner, Lex Counsel Law Offices

Mr. Salil Pande
Founder & CEO, VMock.
Mr. Ashok Kumar
CEO, Indian High School Group & Principal The Indian High School, Dubai
Prof. (Dr.) A. K. Bakhshi
Vice Chancellor, U.P. Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Allahabad
Mr. Larry Anderson
Head-International Business, Gold Coast Institute of TAFE, Australia

Mr. Deep Mishra
MD, Everstone Investment Advisors
Ms. Lina Ashar
Founder, Kangaroo Kids Preschool and Billabong High International School
Mrs. Madhulika Sen
Principal, Tagore International School
Mr. Gulraj Shahpuri
Founder,
Promise

Ms. Neenu Puri
Director (Education), S. Chand Harcourt (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Col. Gopal Karunakaran (Retd)
Project Director (Schools), HCL Comnet Limited
Ms. Shobha Mishra Ghosh
Director-Education, FICCI
Mr. Varun Khanna
Director, IREO Management Private Limited

Mr. Jatinder Singh
Head, Education & Skill Development Committee, PHD Chamber, New Delhi
Mr. Sanjiv Sharma
Vice President - K- 12 Solutions, S. Chand Harcourt
Mr. Vinod Raina
Member , Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE)
Prof. Rameshwar Rao
Vice-Chancellor, JNTU Hyderabad

Mr. Sanjiv R Pande
Managing Director, SMART Technologies, South Asia
Mr. Anand Joshi
Regional Representative, The College Board(New York)
Lt. Col. Rohit Agarwal (Retd.)
Principal Consultant,Global Knowledge Network Society
Mr. Sushil Prakash
Sr. Consultant, NMEICT

Mr. Amit Singh
SBU Head- EuroKids Pre-Schools
Mr. Ujjwal Singh
Partner, Indus Balaji Pvt. Equity Education Fund
Mrs. Rita Wilson
Head of Business, Develop Schools

Mr. Kamal Puri, Founder President, Skyline University College, UAE
Dr. Shreesh Bhardwaj, Principal, G.D. Goenka Public School, Faridabad
Dr. Amarjit Singh, Joint Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy,Ministry of Human Resource Development
Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, EVP and Principal Secretary, Kerala State Council for Science,TechnologyandEnvironment
Mr. Dinesh Jhunjhunwala
Mrs. Shroff, CEO, Calorx

Testimonials

"The next big leap in education can happen only if education is also looked at as an enterprise. We need best practices, scalable models and investment by organised players to achieve this. Once the education market gets consolidated then pan-India outreach can be achieved."

Mr. Amit Gupta, CEO, S. Chand

"In India, the condition of primary education sector is quite good. There are plenty of options available. But the efficiency of the secondary education is very low. In the next 3-5 years we need double the number of secondary schools than we have now. There is an urgent need for increase in financing for senior secondary schools. Government alone cannot fulfill the needs. Hence there is a requirement for private funding."

Mr. Ashok Ganguly, Former Chairman, CBSE

"The rate at which teachers join the profession is much lower than at which they leave. This can be changed only if it is acknowledged that teachers are the creators of knowledge. Managing the performance of teachers is not a small task. There are different kinds of management performance techniques and they should be applied according to the need of the hour. A teacher should be seen as someone who builds capacity. Therefore, it is vital to take into account the needs of the teachers and they should feel responsible rather than taking it as something that has been put as a burden on their head."

Mr. Ashish Rajpal, Founder & CEO, iDiscoveri

"Presently, technology has penetrated only 5% of schools while 95% are still open. The day would not be far when school students would be carrying laptops and notebooks to classrooms. In the next couple of years, almost 15-20 million rupees would be spent on providing laptop and notebooks to school students. The introduction of 3G and Broadband will bring about a change in the landscape of education."

Mr. Shantanu Prakash, Founder, Educomp

"A very good initiative by Franchise India. The Conference provided exposure to very valid and relaistic areas of education, a great platform to hear the view-points of experts in the field. "

Gitanjali Dutta, Brainworks Learning Systems

"Overall well organised conference which covered all aspects of the education sector laying emphasis on the opportunities and challenges. It was 2 full days of good information."

Rangesh Nayar, Director, SWAFE Consultancy

"The Indian Education Congress was an outstanding platform for professionals from various disciplines. It provided an insight into new opportunities and challenges with multiple perspectives which was informative and useful. "

Nanette D'Sa, CEO, Brainworks

"The Indian Education Congress 2011 brought into culmination the best practices of the Education Industry and the most inspiring ideas of individuals with a global perspective. The event was replete with opportunities to interact with eminent speakers and networking with them. It was a process of unlearning many things that were conventional and learning afresh many progressive strategies for a better future in education. Thanks to Franchise India for organising this enriching event!"

Hitesh Hindocha, Strategic Growth Partner, Edify School, Edify Education Pvt Ltd.

"The event was well executed and each speaker presentation was really enriching. This event has definitely helped us in getting to know more about the education space in addition to the prospective clients looking for funding in either their new projects or expanding their current facilities."

Saurabh Goel, Zonal Cluster Head - North, SME, ICICI Bank

"The conference was statistically and presentation-wise perfect. The speakers had a very good energy & provided apt information. The quality of speakers was also very good. "

Rohit Bhardwaj, Chairman & MD , SSR College