Presents

Learn, Innovate, Collaborate & Transform

25 July 2024 I Holiday Inn, New Delhi

Thank you all, for your active participation & making Dataquest Higher Education Conference & Awards 2024 a resounding success.

CHIEF GUEST

Ravneet Singh Bittu

Union Minister, Minister of State for Railways & Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Government of India

GUEST OF HONOUR

Satnam Singh Sandhu

MP – Rajya Sabha & Chancellor, Chandigarh University

With the rapid advancement of technology and the need for a transformation of engineering education has become crucial for the engineers. The emergence of new technologies such as AI, big data, and IoT are changing the way engineers and engineering students approach their studies.

Dataquest is organising a full-day conference on changing landscape in higher education followed by the Higher Education Awards recognising the leading colleges that have achieved milestones and innovated the process of engineering education in India.

Key Highlights

1 Day Forum & Awards
6+ Sessions
20+ Speakers & Panellist
150+ 150+ Targeted Attendees
Network with Key Decision Makers
Demo Zone
Networking Lounge
Live Feedback, Quiz, Polls,Social feeds

Program

Time Sessions
08:30 – 09:15 AM Welcome & Registrations
09:15 – 10:30 AM

Inaugural session

Opening Keynote:Emerging trends in higher education

  • Prabhu Ram, Head – Industry Intelligence Group, CyberMedia Research
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DQ-CMR Survey & Ranking: Findings

  • Satya Sunder Mohanty, Head-User Research Practice, CyberMedia Research
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Lamp Lighting

Inaugural Address

  • Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, Cybermedia Group
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Special Address: The Future of higher education in the digital economy

  • Vipin Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Education, Govt of India
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  • Abhay Jere, Vice Chairman & Chief Innovation Officer, AICTE
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  • Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman & Co-Founder, NIIT Group
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10:30 – 11:15 AM

Special Address

  • Prof. (Dr.) Sunil Kumar Khatri, Dean (Research, Innovation & Extension Activities), Amity University UP & DG, Amity Foundation for Science, Technology & Innovation Alliances
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Industry KeyNote

  • Kapil Sharma, Sales Manager, Epson India
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11:15 – 12:00 PM

Industry keynote

  • Rajesh Shukla,Zonal Business Manager- North, Acer
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Panel Discussion: Integrating Data and Analytics into education

  • Dr. Madhu Chitkara, Pro-Chancellor, Chitkara University
  • Dr. Rekha Kashyap, Head of AI and ML, KIET Group of Institutions
  • Rohit Sobti, Regional Sales Manager – Emerging, Fortinet
  • Moderated by Dhaval Gupta, Managing Director, CyberMedia Group
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12:00 – 12:45 PM

Industry note:

  • Dhaval Sampat, Manager Systems Engineering- Emerging, Fortinet
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Panel Discussion: Taking Industry-academia collaboration to the next level.

  • Abhishek Gaur, Regional Lead-North,Nasscom
  • Dr Kavita Bhargava Gupta, Associate professor, Rishihood University & Founder, Dus Dishaa
  • Faizul Mufti, Vice President - Information Security, Genpact
  • Moderated by Sugandha Srivastava, Cybermedia Research
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12:45 – 01:30 PM

Special Address

  • Vijay Sethi, Chairman and Chief Mentor - MentorKart
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Panel Discussion: Accessibility, Diversity and Sustainability in education

  • Prof Shalini Taneja,Associate Professor and Head-Center for Sustainable Development (CSD) FORE School of Management, New Delhi
  • Megha Bansal - VP, Supply Chain &Logistics, ONDC
  • Vijay Sethi, Chairman and Chief Mentor - MentorKart
  • Moderated by Minu Sirsalewala, Executive Editor, Special Projects, Cybermedia
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01:30 – 02:30 PM Networking Lunch
02:30 – 03:15 PM

Panel Discussion: Despite Metaverse slowdown, is immersive education the future?

  • Aditi Jain, Senior Director - Global CoE OD & HR Strategy, Visionet
  • Saurav Bhaik, Founder & CEO, Tagbin & Stylin
  • Moderated by Ashok Pandey, Associate Editor, PCQuest
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03:15 – 04:55 PM

Welcome of Key Dignitaries

  • Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, CyberMedia Group
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Address by Special Guest

  • N S Kalsi, Board Member, KaramYogi Bharat &Former Chairperson NCVET, Government of India
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Guest of Honour

  • Shri Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chancellor, Chandigarh University, Member of Parliament (RajyaSabha)
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Keynote Address by the Chief Guest

  • Ravneet Singh Bittu, Union Minister, Union Minister, Minister of State for Railways &Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Government of India
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Dataquest Excellence in Tech Education Awards 2024

04:55 PM

Thank you note

  • Rachna Garga, Sr. VP & Group Head, CyberMedia
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Who Should Attend

  • Policy makers
  • CXO’s from medium & large enterprises
  • CHRO/HR heads & learning heads from large corporates
  • Deans, Directors, chancellors of the engineering colleges
  • Business & tech decision makers of Higher education
  • CXO’s of the edu-tech companies
  • Strategist & consultants
  • L&D Experts

Eminent leaders, policy makers & experts will brainstorm on

  • Digital learning & talent gap
  • Government policy
  • Digital transformation
  • Talent transformation
  • Edu-tech industry
  • Experiential learning
  • Modern learning infrastructure Live projects & training

Dataquest in association with Cybermedia Research has published the 18th edition of annual Ranking of engineering colleges in India. Dataquest will felicitate the winners at its annual conclave.

Award Categories

Top engineering colleges

(National Ranking)

Top engineering colleges

(Zone wise)

Industry engagement

Centre of excellence

Employability index

Campus placement

Infrastructure

Digital Index

Innovation

CSR

Speakers

Partners

Cybersecurity
Associate
Competency Assessment
Supporting
Supporting
Supporting
Academia
Research