From: "P Sridharan" <cii.coi...@cii.in>
Date: October 29, 2013, 6:45:59 AM EDT
To: vasan...@yahoo.com
Subject: CII National Higher Education Conclave 2013 _ 29 & 30 November 2013 _ Hotel Le Meridien, Coimbatore
Reply-To: "banum...@cii.in" <banum...@cii.in>
Dear Members / Select Non - Members,National Higher Education Conclave 2013
Transformational Changes in Higher Education:
Global Excellence through Governance, Research and Innovation
29 & 30 November 2013 at Hotel Le Meridien, Coimbatore
I am pleased to inform you that, the first edition of the CII National Higher Education Conclave with the theme “Transformational Change in Higher Education: Global Excellence through Governance, Research and Innovation scheduled on 29 – 30 November 2013 at Hotel Le Meridien, Coimbatore. The programme is shaping up very well and the tentative programme is enclosed for your reference please.
The aim is to encourage an open and inclusive format for discussion and the sharing of ideas, meetings of minds, directed at points of discussion, difference, or difficulty around the key streams of the conference vis-à-vis the themes.
The two day National Higher Education Conclave would have sessions focused on the topics relating to the management, administration and teaching excellence with paper presentations and case studies that are needed for the institutions to bench mark their strategic growth & development and would be attended by College Chairpersons, Trustees, Secretaries, Board Members, CEO’s, Directors and the rest of teaching fraternity. We are expecting around 500 delegates across the country to participate in the conclave.
Some of the speakers confirmed as on date are
1. Mr B Santhanam, Chairman, CII Southern Region & MD, Saint Gobain Glass India Ltd
2. Ms Amita Sharma, Additional Secretary – Technical Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
3. Dr S S Mantha, Chairman, AICTE
4. Dr H Devaraj, Vice Chairman, UGC
5. Dr Sukhdev Thorat, Chairman, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
6. Mr Baker Balunywa, Education Attache, High Commission of Uganda
7. Dr Renu Swarup, Adviser – Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India
8. Dr Harkesh Kumar MIttal, Adviser, Member Secretary, National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board
9. Dr G Viswanathan, Chancellor, VIT University
10. Mr Bhaskar Bhat, Managing Director, Titan Industries Ltd
11. Dr Rakesh Nigam, Head – R&D, Alpha Group of Institutions
12. Mr Hugo Vits, Bitumen Group Manager, Shell Global Solutions
13. Mr Shekar Viswanathan, Vice Chairman, Toyota Kirloskar Motor P Ltd
14. Mr N Reguraj, Managing Director, NTTF
15. Mr N K Ranganath, Managing Director, Grundfos Pumps India P Ltd
16. Prof Suku Bhaskaran, Director, G D Goenka World Institute
17. Dr Ramesh Kanwar, Vice Chancellor, Lovely Professional University
18. Dr R Natarajan, Former Chairman, AICTE
19. Prof Suku Bhaskaran, Director, G D Goenka World Institute
20. Dr V Raju, Vice Chancellor, VIT University
21. Dr M Ponavaiko, Vice Chancellor, SRM University
22. Dr S Mohan, Professor, IIT Mumbai
23. Dr V Radhakrishnan, Distinguished Visiting Professor IISST, Trivandrum, Former Professor, IIT Madras & Former Dean, ICSR
CII jointly with Deloitte is planning to come out with an exclusive report on higher education in India that would also include the concerns and challenges faced by the Administrators of Higher educational institutions in India and bring out the findings to the government and other Higher education regulatory bodies in India. The report would also highlight the recommendations that could ease the functioning of higher educational institutions.
Institution and industry members are requested to utilize this exclusive opportunity to interact with senior official of the higher education sector and to discuss the issues and challenges in the Higher education sector by nominating senior official to attend the conclave. A registration form is enclosed for your reference and use please.
P Sridharan
Director & Head
CII Tamilnadu
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