SPEAKERS@TECHEDU

Claire Masson
Executive Producer
Pearson

Topic: Next generation Online Homework

Claire has 17 years of experience in producing educational software products in the United States. She is on assignment to learn about eLearning initiatives in India.

 

R. Vidyasagar
Senior Director - HR, EMC India Center of Excellence

Topic: Successful e-learning strategy for institutions

R. Vidyasagar is Senior Director of Human Resources at EMC India Center of Excellence (COE). Vidyasagar is responsible for overseeing talent acquisition, people management practices and organizational development of the India COE with particular reference to growing the leadership pipeline for the COE. Vidyasagar will be based at Bangalore. Vidyasagar brings in more than 25 years of HR professional experience in the IT industry to EMC. He comes to EMC from the Philips Software Center, India, where he was the Senior Director of Human Resources. Vidyasagar also worked at leading technology multinationals such as Motorola India Electronics Ltd., Wipro Information Technology Group and was the Global HR Head of i-flex Solutions Limited. Vidyasagar is a member of several industry and academic groups, including CII’s core HR committee at the Country level, SHRM, India and a regular member of the Facilitators Team at Indian School of Business’ (ISB) for their Senior Leadership Development Programs. Vidyasagar has a Masters Degree in Human Resources Management from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Dhiraj Sinha
CTO – Applications and Process Solutions, Perot Systems
Perot Systems

Topic:  Education 2.0- Creating innovation centric educational institutions by leveraging Web 2.0 concepts

Dhiraj Sinha is the technology leader for Applications and Process Solutions business of Perot Systems. Mr. Sinha has extensive experience in creating innovative business-oriented technology solutions and has led large teams, delivering technology consulting, application development, maintenance, and testing services for marquee organizations in financial services, manufacturing, media, and entertainment industries. Prior to joining Perot Systems, Mr. Sinha worked at Infosys Technologies and Wipro Technologies where he held leadership roles in delivering business-critical application solutions encompassing a wide range of technologies, methodologies, and engagement models. Mr. Sinha earned his master of business administration degree from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta in India and received his bachelor of engineering degree from University College of Engineering, Burla at Orissa, India.


Shwetank Dixit
Web Evangelist
Opera Software India

Topic: What is wrong with todays Web related curriculum and how to fix it

Shwetank Dixit works a Web Evangelist for Opera Software in India. He is also part of the WaSP-ILG (Web Standards Project – International Liaison Group). His main interests are Open Standards Education, Web2.0, Mobile Internet and Web Security. He is co-steering Opera's 'Open the Web' project, which involves working with the biggest web properties in the world and ensuring compatibility with them and advising better coding methodologies. He is also involved in evangelism of Open web standards, particularly in South Asia, and has represented Opera Software in various events, seminars and conferences.

Nitin Mukadam
Visiting Faculty
NMIMS

Topic: Bringing revolution in education processes, through technology

Management level teacher (mainly visiting faculty) for over 25 years. Advertising professional for 16 years. Consultant specializing in e-commerce, technology marketing and online processes / new media. At NMIMS, was GM Corporate & Placements, and helped develop marketing curriculum and courseware during transition to deemed university status. Very strong networks within NASSCOM and IT & IT-enabled industry. Was CEO of a BPO and helped convert it into a KPO specializing in marketing research. Currently teaching special subjects like tech acquisition & transfer, managing innovation, etc.



Lokesh Mehra
Regional Mgr - Corp. Responsibility, South Asia
Cisco Systems

Topic:  Solutions that provide the foundation of the 21st century campus

Lokesh Mehra is the Regional Manager - Corporate Responsibility for Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader of networking for the Internet, for the South Asia Region. Lokesh joined Cisco in 2000 and was responsible for conceiving, launching and implementing the Cisco Networking Academy program across the India and SAARC region. During this tenure as Area Academy Manager for India and SAARC he was instrumental in growing the Academy Program from less than 8 Academies to more than 100. Lokesh moved to Intel in end 2003, as the head of Education, responsible for education related initiatives encompassing K-12, Higher Education and Community Development. Lokesh rejoined Cisco in Nov 2004 and is now responsible for plotting the company's strategy for corporate affairs and aligning Asia Pacific and global programs for the benefit of the region. He is spearheading and driving Cisco's education charter in both the philanthropic and commercial markets. Lokesh has spoken at several public forums hosted by CII, FICCI, NASSCOM, etc and has authored several articles published in leading newspapers and magazines. Prior to joining Cisco, Lokesh has had stints with companies like NIIT and Benchmark Microsystems. Lokesh is an Electronics Engineering graduate and a MBA. He has over 19 years of experience in Education, Marketing, Product Management, Sales and Channel Development in the IT industry.


Manoj Chugh
Chairman
SNIA ( Storage Networking Industry Association)

Topic: Hi-tech solutions for 21st Century campuses

Manoj Chugh Chairman, SNIA India, Director Global Accounts Asia Pacific & Japan EMC Corporation Manoj Chugh is the Chairman of SNIA, India-- the apex body representing the Storage Networking Industry in India. Within the Industry, Manoj is the Director- Global Accounts, Asia Pacific & Japan for EMC Corporation.  An industry veteran with over 27 years experience in the ICT industry, Manoj joined EMC in 2003 and was till most recently responsible for driving EMC’s revenue growth, partnership model and investments in India.  Prior to joining EMC, Manoj spent three-years as President, India & SAARC of Cisco Systems.  Prior to Cisco Systems, Manoj set up the operations of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc in India, and led the business to a leadership position in the Satellite Networking Space. Manoj is an Engineering graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. He has been on the Board of American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM), India for seven years and is it’s past Vice Chairman. He currently Chairs the Education Committee of the Chamber. He has been awarded the "Best IT Man of the year 2001" by the National Foundation of Indian Engineers, and an Honorary Fellowship of the e-Information Systems, Security and Audit Association (eISSA) in recognition of his contribution made to the propagation and promotion of ICT, communication and network education and information management. Manoj is based in New Delhi, India.



Gagan Goyal
Director
THINKLABS

Topic:  Robotics in Education Technology and related careers

Gagan Goyal, IIT Bombay alumni is the co-promoter of TRI Technosolutions Pvt Ltd heading the R&D and Human Resources Operations. As a student he was actively involved robotics and participated in various national and international level competitions.Gagan with a strong background in robotics and problem solving attitude manages the R&D and Human Resources Operations of TRI Technosolutions Pvt Ltd. He with his knowledge and expertise in robot building spearheads the product development activities. Gagan was nominated at top 25 young entrepreneurs of ASIA by BUSINESS WEEK, USA in 2007



Varad Gupta
Director
Keen & Able Computers Pvt Ltd

Topic: Instructor-led interactive classroom for impactful delivery of content--through Open Source


Open Source Evangelist


Ms Rakhee Nagpal
Chairperson & Managing Director
Dynamic Vertical Solutions (DVS)

Topic: Leading applications to streamline all aspects and areas of the business of education

Rakhee Nagpal is the Founder and Managing Director of Dynamic Vertical Solutions (DVS). With entrepreneurship in her genes, she saw a great opportunity in marrying the collaborative power and ubiquitous reach of International best practices and business experience with the exposure and understanding of the business applications industry, to provide scalable business solutions that would help organizations drive business and operational excellence, having an initial focus on solutions for the retail and hospitality sectors. To carve a niche for herself, Rakhee gave up living in the United Kingdom to start afresh in India. She has a rich industry experience of over 12 years and has managed various positions at companies like Merrill Lynch UK and Barclays UK. She was the Marketing Manager and then Director of Navision India. In 2005 Microsoft Corporation, acquired the distribution rights from Navision India, which was at the time the exclusive distributor of Microsoft Business Solutions in India (now Microsoft Dynamics). A veteran in the information technology business, Rakhee has been a spokesperson at some of the leading conferences and leading professional associations. She has been a guest speaker at a number of industry forums and events on a variety of topics and themes. As the head of a very dynamic and skilled team, she is focused on providing the strategy and vision that will allow DVS to attain its goal to be the leader in providing comprehensive business solutions for organizations of all sizes and vertical industry sectors. Her strengths revolve around empowering her people to realize their potential, creating opportunities for companies and people to collaborate, providing leadership, motivation, guidance and vision to her team, esteemed peers and colleagues, family and friends. Rakhee holds a Bachelors degree in Economics & Business Finance and a Masters in Marketing from London Universities and her hobbies include reading, painting and integrating herself into the community through the means of knowledge contribution.



Aasheesh Bhatnagar
Chief Campus Evangelist
Chalkpad Technologies Pvt. Lrd.

Topic: Importance of ERP for managing educational processes


Aasheesh is a post graduate in Computers and Statistics with him more than 18 years experience in different sectors of sales and marketing. He has worked with companies like PC Point (P) Ltd. (VAD - WIPRO Infotech Ltd.), Franchisee Sprint RPG India Ltd., MF-NIIT Ltd., IDS Infotech Ltd., INSCOL Academy Ltd.,Educational Initiatives (P) Ltd. and currently with Chalkpad Technologies. He was relocated to the UK for a period of three months to initiate new business tie-ups and also facilitated student support activities for the University of Sunderland & University of Surrey.


Shrikant Mulik
Lead Consultant
L&T Infotech

Topic: Enterprise Search—A tool relevant for educational institutions


Maneesh Kumar Pandey
Design Engineer
Freescale Semiconductor Inc.

Topic: VLSI Design Labs


About 5+ year of experiance in VLSI design domain.


Karun Jain
Academic Technical Consultant
National Instruments

Topic: Experiential Education—how to enable students focus more on engineering aspects through hands-on learning rather than learning simple coding 

Karun is  working with National Instruments for about a year as an Academic Technical Consultant. After graduating from Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad (Admission through the IIT-JEE) in Electronics Engineering, I joined National Instruments as an Applications Engineer. He has been involved with a lot of academic as well as industrial activities both at NI and ISM-Dhanbad. He did his internships from Grande Ecole des Telecommunication-Paris,France in the area of Biometrics and at Dublin City University,Ireland in the domain of Semiconductor Laser Design. At NI, He is  a Certified Trainer of LabVIEW, NI's Embedded Platform (CompactRIO and Machine Vision Hardware). As an Applications Engineer, He has trained NI's customers from Honeywell-Pune, TATA Power-Mumbai, Raman Research Institute-Bangalore, Central Scientific Research Organization-Chandigarh on LabVIEW, cRIO and Machine Vision. In Academics, he has been working closely with BITS Pilani, MIT Manipal, NITs, PSG Tech-Coimbatore in setting up of NI Graphical System Design Labs and giving workshops and seminars to the faculties and students.


Ruby Kumar
Asst. Director Education
GEMS India

Topic: Case study—The importance of technology as a curricular tool to improve instructional effectiveness.


Ruby Kumar is an eminent educational professional with a career spanning over three decades in both national and international environments. Educated by the Jesus and Mary Sisters Ms. Kumar is an alumni of the Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi. Her association with the Irish Patrician Brothers who run prestigious schools world wide gave her first exposure to school administration in 1989 when she took charge as the Headmistress of St. Joseph’s Academy, the largest and oldest school in Dehradun. Ms. Kumar has been with GEMS- Global Education Management Systems since March 1998 and has worked in different roles. As the Headmistress of The Westminster School-Dubai, an International School offering the National Curriculum for England, she had the opportunity to be a part of the Company’s core group involved in developing curriculum and CPD programmes for teachers. Currently she is the Asst. Director Education with GEMS India.



DR SAVITHRI SINGH
PRINCIPAL
ACHARYA NARENDRA DEV COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

Topic: Case study—Wiki Educator


Star Speaker:  Gautam Avasthi
General manager
Agilent Technologies India Pvt. Ltd

Topic: Empowering Academia Teach The Engineers Of Tomorrow


Star Speaker: Sayed Ishtiyaq
Howell Protection Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd

Topic: Campus security: Current challenges and its effective mitigation


Limesh Parekh
CEO
Enjay Networking Solution, Gujrat

Topic: Significance of Thin Client & Open Source Technology for educational institutions

Amity University Case Study:
Presenters:
Ms. Sakshi Jain
Mr Vishal Bisht – Founder, CEO, Marksman Technologies
Mr Piyush Mittal

Topic: Application: Web-based regular live classes and distance education.