TechForward:

Embracing the
Future of Higher
Education
AGENDA
TIME TOPIC
09:00 AM – 10:15 AM Speaker / Delegate Registration

10:15 AM - 10:35 AM Welcome Address - Taniya Tikoo, Co-founder & Editor - in- Chief,
ObserveNow Media

Inaugural Session: Innovations in Management Education in India.

Prof Himanshu Rai, Director, IIM Indore

10:35 AM - 10:45 AM Industry Presentation by Mr. Anup Menon, Regional Head - West,
Academics & Government Business, LinkedIn

10:45 AM - 10:55 AM Industry Presentation by Dr. Prem Maheshwari, Regional Sales

Director - South Asia, D2L

10:55 AM - 11:05 AM Industry Presentation by Ms. Sridevi Sira, Vice President - Partnership,
SmartInternz

11:05 AM - 11:15 AM Industry Presentation by Mr. Prabhu N D, CEO, Sixphrase Edutech Pvt. Ltd.

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Panel 1: Evaluating the Impact of Technology Integration in

Teaching and Learning
- Mr. Vivek Iyer, Vice President - Sales, Anthology India (Moderator)
- Mr. Tarun Anand, Chancellor & Founder, Universal AI University,
Universal Business School
- Dr. Akhil Shahani, Managing Director, The Shahani Group
- Mr. Nitin Putcha, CEO, ITM Group of Institutions
- Ms. Prachi Jain, Managing Director, Bhagwan Mahavir University
- Mr. Nitin Puglia, Founding Chairman, Renaissance Group of Institutions
- Dr. Rajanish Kamalakar Kamat, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Homi Bhabha State
University, Mumbai
- Dr. Bharat Bhushan Singh, Director, Pune Institute of
Business Management, Pune
- Dr. K. Thyagarajah, Director, KSR Educational Institutions
- Ms. Prashasti Rastogi, Regional Director, Coursera for Campus
12:00 PM - 12:10 PM Industry Presentation by Mr. Venkat, Co-Founder & COO, Camu

12:45 PM – 12:55 PM Industry Presentation on AI based teaching and learning by Mr. Vivek Iyer,
Vice President - Sales, Anthology India

12:20 PM - 12:30 PM Industry Presentation by Mr. Tarnjot Singh, AVP- Sales, Collegedunia

12:30 PM - 12:40 PM Industry Presentation by Mr. Abhinav Sharma, CBO, GrayQuest

12:40 PM - 12:50 PM Industry Presentation by Mr. Avanish Mundhra, Founder & CEO, Cantilever

Panel 2: Evolving Pedagogies: Adapting Teaching Methods to

12:55 PM – 01:50 PM
Tech Advances
- Prof. Brig. GPS Cheema, Chairperson of Centre of Excellence,
Universal AI University, Mumbai (Moderator)
- Dr. Vinay Agrawal, Chancellor & Founder, ISBM University
- Dr. Keshav Badaya, President, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj University
- Dr. Mohit Dubey, CEO, AIC-MITADT, MIT ADT University, Pune
- Dr. Madhumita Patil, CEO, Chetana’s Institutes of Management, Mumbai
- Dr. Rajan Welukar, Vice Chancellor, ATLAS SkillTech University
- Dr. Sayalee Gankar, Vice Chancellor, D Y Patil University, Pune
- Dr. Palak Sheth, Project Director, Jio Institute, Mumbai
- Dr. Lakshmi Mohan, Director, ITM Kharghar
- Dr. Satish Modh, Director, VES Institute of Management
Studies and Research
- Mr. Hemant Sahal, Founder & CEO, Digii
- Mr. Tarnjot Singh, AVP- Sales, Collegedunia

01:50 PM – 02:50 PM Networking Lunch

02:50 PM - 03:00 PM Industry Presentation by Mr. Aatash Shah, Sr. Director, Edvancer

03:00 PM - 03:10 PM Industry Presentation by Mr. T. Ramana, Co-Founder, CEO CodeTantra

03:10 PM - 03:20 PM Industry Presentation by Mr. Shrenik Parmar, CEO & Founder, DegreeLabs

03:20 PM - 03:30 PM Industry Presentation by Mr. Fenil Vadakken, Senior Country Manager,
Institute Of Management Accountants
 Panel 3: Enhancing Industry-Academia Collaboration in
03:30 PM - 04:15 PM
Higher Education
- Mr. Anup Menon, Regional Head - West, Academics & Government
Business, LinkedIn (Moderator)
- Dr. Mahendra Sharma, Pro Chancellor and Director General,
Ganpat University
- Mr. Sameer Tamhane, Chairman, IES's Management College and
Research Centre
- Dr. Aditya Bavadekar, CEO, MIMA Institute of Management
- Dr. Pandit Mali, CEO, Indira Group of Institutes, Pune
- Prof. Hrridaysh Deshpande, Vice Chancellor,
Ajeenkya D.Y. Patil University
- Dr. Nilay Yagnik, Professor & Director, Executive Education,
Jio Institute, Mumbai
- Dr. Sandeep Sancheti, Provost (Vice Chancellor), Marwadi University
- Dr. Srinivasan R Iyengar, Director, JBIMS (Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of
Management Studies)
- Dr. Suresh K. Ukarande, Principal, Associate Dean,
- K. J. Somaiya Institute of Technology, University of Mumbai
- Dr. Ketan Kotecha, Director, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune
- Dr. Prashant Gundawar, Director, NCRD'S Sterling Institute of
Management Studies

04:15 PM - 04:25 PM Industry Presentation by Mr. Gaurav Somani, President Sales, MasterSoft

04:25 PM - 04:35 PM Industry Presentation by CA Mayur Zanwar, Co-Founder, Truscholar

04:35 PM - 05:20 PM Panel 4: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education.

- Mr. Bhupesh Daheria, Managing Trustee, Aegis School of Data Science,
Mumbai (Moderator)
- Er. Tushar Kanwar Punj, Pro Chancellor, Sri Sai University, Palampur
- Dr. Sharad Mhaiskar, Pro Vice Chancellor, Narsee Monjee Institute of
Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai.
- Dr. Hemant Sharma, Pro Vice Chancellor, GNA University
- Prof. Dr. Prakash Kondekar, Director, Indian Institute of Naturopathy,
Mumbai.
- Dr. Charul Jain, Director, Associate Professor- School of Interdisciplinary
Sciences Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences.
- Dr. Shalini Singh, Administrator, Sunbeam Women's College Varuna,
Varanasi
- Dr. Manoj Bramhe, Prof. & Head, Departmental of Information Technology,
St. Vincent Pallotti College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur
- Mr. Manoj R. Thakkar, Chairman, IIMT Studies
05:20 PM - 05:45 PM Networking Tea

05:45 PM - 07:00 PM Awards Ceremony

07:00 PM - 09:00 PM Gala Night Dinner & Networking