Four years since Covid and lockdown, the world of education continues to be in the midst of transformations. The advent of edtech at all levels of education, across geographies and disciplines had revolutionised education like never before. Now, the penetration of artificial intelligence holds the prospect to further transform education.
Equally significant is the rollout of National Education Policy 2020 that has steered education away from an ecosystem of rote learning to understanding by doing, and understanding in one’s own language.
Another narrative shaping up, and that will be visible at the summit will be how young educational entrepreneurs perceive the educational landscape and the transformation they wish to bring about.
These, and other transformative forces will figure in the panel discussions at the day-long BW EduNext Summit, to be held on January 31. How best to harness disruptive technologies for betterment of education, and the ethical questions therein, and the issues in the actual implementation of NEP, will be addressed by eminent academicians. The summit, organised by BW Education, will see a galaxy of speakers from higher education and K12 segments and edtech space.
The keynote address will be delivered by Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, NAAC. The event will also see a book launch by Manjula Pooja Shroff, MD & CEO Kalorex Group.
List of speakers
Himadri Das, Director General, International Management Institute, New Delhi; Uma Shankar Venkatesh, Professor Marketing, Great Lakes Institute of Management Gurgaon; Sudhakar Rao, Director Branding, ICFAI Group; Bhavin Pandya, Dean, Faculty of Management KSV, Director SK Patel institute of Management; Sreekanth B Koganti, Director, Kennedy School, Guntur; Jyotsna Devar, Lecturer Directorate of Education, Govt of NCT of Delhi; Sneha Rathor Khandelwal, CEO, Sanfort Group of Schools; Anantha Krishnan B, CEO Operation, Kalorex Group; Hema Harchandani, Founder & Managing Director, Canvas international Group of Schools; Shilpa Mahajan, Principal, Shubh Memorial International School; Pritam Kumar Agarwal, Founder and CEO, Hello Kids Preschool & Riverstone School; Neeru Madhuri Parti, Strategic Director, Cyboard School; Rana Singh, Director, Chandragupt Institute of Management, Patna; Pankaj Choudhary, Principal, BMS College of Commerce & Management; Etinder Pal Singh, Dy Director, Apeejay School of Management; Md Sameeruddin Khan, Dean, School of CSE & IS, Presidency University, Bangalore; Hari Rastogi, Co-Founder& CEO, RiseUp; Ankit Aggarwal, Founder & CEO, Unstop, Pateek Shukla, CEO & Founder, Masai School; Ketan Despande, Founder& CEO, Friends Union For Energising Lives (FUEL); Nachiket Bhatia, CEO, Dr Bhatia Medical Coaching Institute; Shailendra Dhakar, CEO, Smart Owl Education; Sri Charan Lakkaraju, CEO, Student Tribe, Punit Raj KN, Founder & CEO, Seminarroom Education; Nitya Prakash, Co-Founder, Global Head & VP, Techademy Campus; and Gauri Kohli, Founder & CEO, Double Space Learning.
The themes that will be discussed are: Unlocking the Potential of Emerging Technologies in Education; From Classrooms to Careers-How to Nurture 21st Century Skills in Students; Building Future Ready schools; How are Ed-tech Platforms Transforming the Indian Education Systems; Integrating Skill Industry, Academia Connect and Employability for a Holistic Education; Training the Teachers for Digital Classrooms; and Edtech - Problem of Plenty.