CHENNAI: Keeping up with its decade-long track record of enriching the discourse around education in India, the ThinkEdu Conclave, presented by SASTRA University, is back.
The two-day conference to begin in Chennai on Wednesday brings together over 50 of India’s brightest minds, offering engaging discussions to all education enthusiasts.
Attendees would get to hear from some of the most prominent thought-leaders of India, including Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Economist and Member of the Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister Sanjeev Sanyal, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs & Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri, and former Supreme Court Judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul.
The line-up also includes former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, author and MP Shashi Tharoor, and Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India V Anantha Nageswaran. Actor Siddharth will also be taking part.
ThinkEdu Maha Kumbh to begin in Chennai today
Apart from these stalwarts, prominent academics such as Prof Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, Prof Veezhinathan Kamakoti, Prof Govindan Rangarajan and Dr Sudha Seshayyan, corporate leaders Srimathi Shivashankar and Ruchee Anand, RSS leader Ram Madhav, authors AR Venkatachalapathy and Nanditha Krishna, vocalist Aruna Sriram, and actor Siddharth will also be part of this year’s line-up. This intellectually enriching conclave is poised to take place on January 24 and 25. It will explore every thought, deed, work, and action that encompasses education with the theme Maha Kumbh: The Convergence Edition.
Important discussions
Setting the intellectual exchangein motion on Day 1 will be a highly relevant discussion on the role of the Governor as the Chancellor of State Universities, featuring the Governor of Kerala, Arif Mohammed Khan. With the Managing Directorof the Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation Innocent Divya and Senior Director of Talent and Learning Solutions at LinkedIn India RucheeAnand deliberating on “Careersof 2024: What Should Students for?”,
Director of II M Kozhikode, Prof Debashis Chatterjee and Director of IIT- Kharagpur Prof VK Tewari elaborating why engineersneed to be managers andChairperson of National Educational Technology Forum Anil Sahasrabudhe and politician Dr Amar Patnaik discussing challenges posed by AI,the first day would be beneficial to students. Place a finger on thepulse of the polling season, and watch politiciansJohn Brittas, Khushbhu Sundar, DrGourav Vallabh, and Saravanan Annadurai butt heads over “Poll Position: Who Will Win the People’s Mandate,” while Member of parliament Shashi Tharoor takes on the question, “Elections2024: Will it be the Summer of 77?”
Over the past 12 years, the ThinkEdu Conclave has featured 400+ speakers and 310 sessions, including Union Ministers, former Presidents and Vice-Presidents, prominentpoliticians and thought leaders on its stage.