2019 Spotlight
Thought Leaders & Delegates from Academia , EduTech, Govt & Corporate
India’s Top 30 Marketers in Education 2019
Illuminating Panels, Sessions & Workshops On Cutting Edge Topics
Distinguished Speakers & Panelists
Longest Serving Director Award 2019
Digital Transformation Index 2019
Award for Internationalization of Indian Institutions
Virtual Robotic Assistance
AIM-ASMA Lifetime Achievement Award 2019
We’re humbled to confer this award to:
Father E. Abraham S.J.
Ex. Director, XLRI
AIM-ASMA Longest Serving VC/ Director Award 2019
We’re humbled to confer this award to:
Dr. Rajan Saxena
Vice Chancellor, SVKM’s NMIMS Deemed to be University
Dr. Y.K. Bhushan
Vice Chancellor, ICFAI University, Meghalaya HQ Hyderabad
Dr. H. Chaturvedi
Director BIMTECH, Alternate President Education Promotion Society for India
Dr. Uday Salunkhe
Group Director, WE School
Dr. Asha Pachpande
Director, ASM's IBMR Chinchwad; Secretary, Audyogik Shikshan Mandal (ASM)
Dr. Karuna Jain
Director, National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai
Meet Our 2019 Distinguished Speakers
Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe
Chairman, All India Council of Technical Education
Dr. Jagdish N. Sheth
Professor, Charles H. Kellstadt Chair of Marketing in the Goizueta Business School at Emory University
Prof. Dr. Manikrao Salunkhe
President, Association of Indian Universities; Vice Chancellor, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pune
Dr. Ganesh Natarajan
Chairman, 5F World
Dr. A. K. Sengupta
Founder - Higher Education Forum
Prof. Bhimaraya Metri
Director, IIM, Trichy
Dr. M. P. Jaiswal
Director, IIM Sambalpur
Mr. Vishnu Prakash
Former High Commissioner of India to Canada/ Former Ambassador of India to South Korea
Dr. Suresh K Goel
Former Director General of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR); Former Ambassador of India to Lao People's Democratic Republic
Mr. Sunil Jain
Industry Fellow, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun; Former Ambassador of India to Kuwait and Turkmenistan.
Dr. M. K. Vajpayee
Co-Chairman, ASSOCHAM National Council on Education
Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar
Pro Chancellor, Symbiosis International University & Principal Director, Symbiosis Society
Dr. Sanjay Padode
Secretary, CDE Society, Bengaluru
Dr. Sandeep Sancheti
Vice Chancellor, SRM Institute of Science & Technology
Dr. S. Y. Kulkarni
Vice Chancellor - REVA University, Bangalore
Dr. Pankaj Gupta
President, IIHMR University
Dr. Suku Bhaskaran
President, G D Goenka University
Prof. RSS Mani
Vice President, ITM Group of Institutions
Dr. E. B. Khedkar
Vice Chancellor, Ajeenkya DY Patil University
Dr. Sanjay Srivastava
Vice Chancellor - Manav Rachna International Institute Of Research And Studies
Dr. C. Raj Kumar
Founding Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University
Mr. Abhishek Mohan Gupta
Pro Chancellor, Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal
Mr. Sudhakar Rao
Director - Branding, ICFAI Group
Dr. Ravi Kumar Jain
Director, SIBM, Hyderabad
Mr. George Paul
Dean (Academics), XIME Kochi
Dr. Rajesh Panda
Director, SIBM Bangalore
Dr. Vijay Kumar Chandrasekaran
Director - International Relations, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)
Mr. Aman Mittal
Additional Director, Lovely Professional University
Mr. Swapnil Kothari
Chancellor, Renaissance University
Dr. Sandeep Pachpande
Chairman, ASM Group of Institutes
Prof. Dr. Sanjay B Chordiya
Founder President & Chairman, Suryadatta Group of Institutes
Prof. Aruna Katara
President, HOPE Foundation and Research Centre
Dr. Ramachandra V. Pujeri
Dean-Director, MIT Art Design and Technology, University, Pune
Dr. Bigyan Verma
Director - SIES College of Management Studies
Mr. Manish Kothari
Managing Director, ISBR
Mr. Vishesh Chandrashekhar
Director, Acharya Institutes, Bangalore
Mr. Senthil Kumar
Former Director, SRM University Sonepat, Delhi NCR
Mr. Rishi Kapal
Stanford LEAD Alumni | Edtech Specialist | Author
Mr. Sanjeev Bolia
Founder and Managing Director, Afairs Exhibitions & Media Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Sahil Chalana
Founder, Collegedunia.com
Mr. Rakesh Ranjan
Managing Director, GTCS Global Ventures
Mr. Sujit Das Biswas
Co-Founder of ORAI
Mr. Bhupesh Daheria
Founder, Aegis School of Data Science/ mUni Campus
Mr. Jayant Shah
Executive Director, Academy of Indian Marketing
Mr. Ashwin Fernandes
Regional Director for QS Intelligence Unit in Middle East, North Africa & South Asia, CEO for QS IGAUGE
Mr. Vivek Shukla
Director & CEO, Afairs Exhibitions & Media Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Phalgun Kompalli
Co-Founder, upGrad
Mr. Vivek Jain
Chief Business Officer- Shiksha.com and Naukri FastForward
Mr. Nilesh Patel
CEO, Leadsquared
Mr. Sushil Mundada
Founder - ExtraaEdge
Dr. D. Prasanth Nair
Co-founder of Asynithis (Indus Partners)
Mr. Paresh Masade
Founder & Managing Director, Vaave
Mr. Gavesh Muntha
Director, Enterprise & Partnership Business, Simplilearn
Ms. Swati Mishra
Partner Manager, Channel Sales, Google India
Mr. Utkarsh Lokesh
Founder - EdTechReview
Prof. Chanchal Kushwaha
Chairperson - Admissions, BIMTECH
Mr. Jamir Mulla
Assistant Head - Business Development Symbiosis Centre For Distance Learning
Dr. Paritosh Basu
Senior Professor and Chairperson of MBA (Law), NMIMS School of Business Management
Dr. Yogesh Velankar
Consultant - Academia & Industry
Mr. Kush Ahuja
Head of Business Development - ACCA Global
Mr. Akram Singh Lamba
Product Head - Media and Digital Marketing, Times Professional Learning (Times Group)
Mr. Robinh Sharma
Head - Customer Success, Careers 360
Mr. Ashwin Srisailam
Former Monk, Public Speaker, and Sony Artist in New York
Mr. Swapnil Jain
Director, FMA Digital
Aditya Pachpande
Child Prodigy and Young Innovator
Why Attend
Celebrating Digital Transformation of Academia
Welcome to India’s biggest confluence of best minds from Academia, EduTech, Govt and Corporate discussing Digital Transformation of Academia!
Enlightening Panels & Speakers
Get set for 2 days of non-stop learning and networking. Meet and learn from 200+ thought leaders & senior delegates through enlightening keynote addresses, highly focused panel discussions, expert-led workshops, awards and recognitions and much more that will act as a trigger for academic growth.
Be a part of the conference where brightest minds bring and discuss the best ideas, insights and experiences.
Workshops by Industry Leaders
What impact will the emerging technologies such as AI, ML, AR/VR, Voice, digital platforms have on Higher Education? What is the perfect way for universities to embrace internationalization? What will be the impact of voice search on Higher education? How university and institution ratings influence decision making among students and parents?
Get ready for an explosion of actionable insights from an enviable line-up of workshops from industry leaders.
New Launches (Yay!)
ASMA feels proud to announce launch of these two significant new initiatives at our upcoming conference.
- ORAI, AI-based Virtual Robotic Assistance: Meet ORAI, your new AI-based Virtual Robotic Assistance, specially designed for higher educational institutions. It’s the world’s first lead filtering AI bot, whose ML algorithm qualifies in segmenting the leads. Save the time of your counselor in reaching out to qualified leads, let ORAI do all the work. Close your Admissions process intelligently and swiftly!
- AIM-ASMA Digital Transformation Index: Constituted in collaboration with Academy of Indian Marketing (AIM), this is a one-of-its-kind index that provides framework to rank universities and institutions on their technology adoption.
- Top 50 EduTech Tools For Higher Education 2019, powered by EdTechReview: We’re publishing an exclusive report of best-in-class tools, aimed at helping the key academic decision makers select the right technology tools for their higher education institutions and universities for transformation.
Awards & Recognitions
Higher Education is replete with trail-blazers. There are those who have inspired a generation by meticulously transforming academia. Then there are trendsetters in education marketing, who with their sharp marketing acumen are triggering admissions and strengthening brands of institutions. Then there are institutions/ universities who have integratedglobal excellence, foreign exposure and intercultural dimension and built an international reputation for themselves.
- Conferring ‘Longest Serving Director Award’ in association with Academy of India Marketing (AIM): ASMA in collaboration with AIM is honoring seasoned academicians who have made immense contributions during their lifetimes of extraordinary significance to the field of education.
- Afairs-ASMA Award for Internationalization of Indian Institutions. This segment will have various categories of awards to recognize the good work done by various universities in India.
- Top 30 Marketers in Education Award 2019: In our 2nd edition, we award 2019’s thirty most talented and dedicated education marketers in higher education.
This September 16th, 2019, we will be honoring their talent and recognizing their contributions. Stay tuned!
2019 Agenda
08:00 AM – 09:00 AM
Registration
09:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Inaugural Session
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Tea Break
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Panel 1:
Future Marketing Trends an Institution Should Adopt in 2020
12:15 PM – 12:30 PM
Spotlight Session 1
Mr. Nilesh Patel (CEO, Leadsquared)
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM
Spotlight Session 2:
The Future of AI-powered Conversational Marketing for Academia (Mr. Sujit Das Biswas, Co-Founder of ORAI)
12:45 PM – 01:00 PM
Spotlight Session 3:
Aditya Pachpande (Child Prodigy and Young Innovator)
01:00 PM – 02:00 PM
Lunch and Networking
02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
Panel 2:
Digital Technologies Changing Face Of Higher Education: Emergence of AI
03:00 PM – 03:15 PM
Spotlight Session 4:
Ms. Swati Mishra (Partner Manager, Channel Sales, Google India)
03:15 PM – 04:00 PM
Panel 3:
India’s Competitive Advantage in the Global Education Market – Review and Insights by Former Ambassadors of India
04:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Panel 4:
Building India as a Destination for Excellence in Higher Education through Internationalisation
05:00 PM – 05:30 PM
High Tea Break
05:30 PM – 05:50 PM
Spotlight Sessions 5:
Mr. Bhupesh Daheria (CEO, Aegis School of Data Science; Founder, mUni Campus)
05:50 PM – 06:00 PM
Spotlight Sessions 6:
Mr. Rakesh Ranjan (GTCS Global)
06:00 PM – 07:00 PM
Panel 5:
Fireside Chat with Sudhakar Rao – Future of Education Portals
07:00 PM – 09:00 PM
Valedictory Session & Awards
9:00 PM Onwards
Networking Dinner with Cocktail
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
10.00AM – 11.00AM
Workshop 1
Robotics Process Automation Workshop (Grant Thornton)
Panel 1
Are We Campus Ready for International Students?
11.00AM -11.15PM
Spotlight Session 1
Building an Institutional Brand Online – A BIMTECH Case
11:15 AM-12.00 PM
Workshop 2
Pathway to global visibility and excellence (QS IGAUGE)
Panel 2
How Academia Can Meet The Changing Needs Of Corporate?
12:00 PM-12:15 PM
Spotlight Session 2
Grant Thornton
12.15PM – 1.00PM
Workshop 3
The Future Trends in Education Marketing (ExtraaEdge)
Panel 3
Digital Intervention in Executive Education
1.00PM -2.00PM
Lunch Break
2.00PM – 2.50PM
Workshop 4
Influencer Marketing (TimesPro)
Product Head – Media and Digital Marketing, Times Professional Learning (Times Group)
Panel 4
Impact of Digital In Learning & Pedagogy
2.50PM -3.00PM
Spotlight Session 3:
Mr. Ashwin Srisailam
3.00PM – 4.00PM
Workshop 5
How You Can Drive Up Admissions Using AI-powered Virtual Robotic Assistant (O’Rai)
Panel 5
Transforming Alumni Engagement & Placements in Higher Education 2.0
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