Day 1: March 12 th, 2013 11:00am 12:15pm Inaugural Ceremony Shri. Rajesh Tope Hon ble Minister of Higher and Technical Education Government of Maharashtra Shri Prataprao Pawar Chairman, Sakal Papers Ltd. Dr. Abhay Firodia Chairman, Force Motors Ltd. Chairman, SkillCon India Conference Committee; Senior Advisor, Science & Technology Park, University of Pune Campus Prof. S.S. Mantha Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Shri. Jai Prakash Rai I.A.S Executive Director, Prime Minister s National Council on Skill Development Dr. S.B. Mujumdar Founder and President Symbiosis Dr. Sunil Karad Executive Director, MIT Group of Institutes, Pune Shri. S. K. Jain President, MCCIA Shri. Pradeep Bhargava Director, Cummins India Ltd Shri Jagdish Patankar General Secretary, EDGE Forum; Managing Director, MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications
12:15 pm 01:15 pm Current Status and Roadmap for Skills-ready India Understanding Skill Development Scenario in India Chairman, SkillCon India Conference Committee; Senior Advisor, Science & Technology Park, University of Pune Report Presentation by Deloitte Mr. Vedamoorthy Namasivayam Senior Director Government Utilities Infrastructure Development (GUIDe), Deloitte 01:15 pm 02:00 pm Lunch Break 02:00 pm 03:15 pm Understanding Successful Policy Framework in Skill Development: Policy, Operational Aspects, Impact Chairman, SkillCon India Conference Committee; Senior Advisor, Science & Technology Park, University of Pune Campus International Perspective: Australia Ms. Marion Van Rooden Executive Director, Labour Markets and International Education, Department of Business and Innovation, State Government of Victoria, Australia Indian Perspective: AICTE Prof. S.S. Mantha Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Maharashtra Perspective: Dr. S.K. Mahajan Director, Technical Education, Maharashtra State Dr. Swati Mujumdar Chairperson, Vocational Education Committee, Government of Maharashtra
03:15pm 04:00pm Skill Development in Automotive & Manufacturing Sector Chaired by: Mr. Anant Sardeshmukh Director General, Mahratta Chambe of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA), Pune Mr. Sunil Chaturvedi CEO, Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC) Dr. Santosh Bhave Vice President- HR, Bharat Forge; Senate Member, University of Pune Prof. Sachin Satpute MIT Academy of Skills Development Ms. Kelly Townson General Manager, Kangan Institute of TAFE, Australia 04:00 pm 04:15 pm Tea Break 04:15 pm 05:15 pm Skill Development in ICT & ITES Sectors Dr. Ganesh Natrajan Vice-Chairman & CEO, Zensar Technologies Dr. Hemant Darbari Executive Director, Center for Development of Advanced Computing [C-DAC] Mr. B. Ravinder Director, Telecom Sector Skill Council New Delhi Mr. Tarun Sharma CEO, BMC Software India Pvt. Ltd 05:15 pm 06:30 pm Partnership Meetings
06:30pm 07:30pm Interactive Panel Discussion: Skill Development Industry & Education Perspective Session Moderator : Chairman, SkillCon India Conference Committee; Senior Advisor, Science & Technology Park, University of Pune Campus Panelists: Mr S. B. (Ravi) Pandit Chairman and Group CEO KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd. Mr. Pradeep Bhargava Director, Cummins India Ltd Prof. S.S. Mantha Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Mr. Anand Sudarshan Vice Chairman, EDGE Forum Q&A Session 07:30pm 09:30pm Networking Dinner
Day 2: March 13 th, 2013 10:00 am 11:00 am Interactive Panel Discussion : Building Scalable, Sustainable Skill Development Entities in India: Focus on Infrastructure, Technology and Finance Mr. Anand Sudarshan Vice Chairman, EDGE Forum Panel: Mr. Sandeep Aneja Founder and Managing Director Kaizen Private Equity Mr. Bhavin Shah Senior VP, Infrastructure Division Bharat Forge Mr. Ranjan Choudhury Principal, Program Development, NSDC 11:00 am 11:15 am Tea Break 11:15 am 12:00 noon Skill Development in Banking, Financial Services & Insurance Sector Mr. C.V.R. Rajendran Executive Director, Bank of Maharashtra Mr. Rajesh Rizwani Head - Corporate Training at IL&FS Education & Technology Services Limited Mr. Shakeel Ahmed Vice President, Retail Branch Banking, HDFC Bank, Pune
12:00 noon 01:00 pm Successful Case Studies for bridging Industry-Academia gap Dr. Mangesh Korgaonker Director General, NICMAR Dr. Uma Ganesh CEO, Global Talent Track Mr. Vishwesh Kulkarni President, Yashaswi Group Mr. J.P. Shroff Director, Shroff Group 01:00 pm 01:45 pm Lunch Break 01:45 pm 02:30 pm Skill Development in Healthcare and Biotechnology Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan Director, Interdisciplinary School of Health Science, University of Pune Speakers Dr. Jagadish Mittur Head - Biotechnology Cell at KBITS, Department of IT,BT,S&T, GOK Dr. Prasad Rajhans Chief Intensivist, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital Mr. Bijo Kunnumpurath CEO, Institute of Health and Nursing Australia (IHNA) Mr. Shane Wylie General Manager, Institute of Health and Nursing Australia (IHNA)
02:30 pm 03:30 pm Valedictory Chief Guest: Mr. Kishor Chaukar Managing Director, Tata Industries Ltd. Address by Mr. Vivek Sawant Managing Director & CEO, MKCL Presentation of key findings of first SkillCon India Senior Advisor and Trustee Science & Technology Park, University of Pune Guests of Honour: Mr. Mahesh Pathak I.A.S* Commissioner, Pune Municipal Corporation Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh*, I.A.S Divisional Commissioner Pune Dr. Vidya Yeravadekar Principal Director of Symbiosis Society Dr. Sunil Karad Executive Director, Maeer s MIT Group of Institutions Mr. Hemant Joshi Partner at Deloitte Haskins & Sells Mr. Anant Sardeshmukh Director General, MCCIA Mr. S.K. Jain President, MCCIA *Confirmation awaited