Dignitaries

Legendary Happiness Series 2– EUNOIA: Nurturing Beautiful Mind for Personal and Professional Happiness

Dr Satinder Singh Rekhi,

MD R Systems, Singapore

Dr. Jagdish Sheth

Charles H. Kellstadt, Professor of Business, Goizueta Business School, Emory University

Mr. Luis Gallardo

Founder, World Happiness Foundation, Florida, USA

Prof. Mansoor Alaali

President, Ahlia University

Ms. Noof Aljneibi

Director emirates Centre of Happiness Research, United Emirates University UAE

Dr. Jane Meza

Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Engagement at the University of Nebraska Omaha, & University of Nebraska Medical Center

Mr. Akhilesh Argal

CEO, Rajya Anand Sansthan, MP

Inaugural Session
February 23, 2022 Time 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Prof. Nick Petford

Vice Chancellor, University of Northampton, UK

Prof. Iain Martin

Vice Chancellor, Deakin University

Mr. Ben Smith

Head Innovation and Research, Chelsea Football Club UK

Prof. Mike Hinchey

Former Director, Lero - The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre

Nurturing Indo-UK Cooperation- Post BREXIT
February 23, 2022  Time 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm (IST)

Prof. Debora Kayembe

Rector, University of Edinburgh, UK

Professor Ian Greer

President and Vice-Chancellor, Queens’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland

Prof. Iain White

Vice Chancellor and President, University of Bath, UK

Prof. Iwan Davies

Vice-Chancellor, Bangor University, UK

Prof. Edward Peck

Vice-Chancellor and President, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Professor Jean-Noël Ezingeard

Vice-Chancellor, University of Roehampton, UK

Prof. James Tooley

Vice Chancellor, University of Buckingham, UK

Ms. Rittika Chanda Parruck

Director Education, British Council India

Ms. Lakshmi Kaul

Head & Representative, Confederation of Indian Industry, UK

Ms Shalini Khemka

CBE, Founder & Chief Executive –E2E, UK

Prof. Richard Follett

Dy. PVC (International) University of Sussex, UK Prof.

Prof. Andrew Edwards

Pro Vice-Chancellor, Bangor University, UK

Explore, Educate & Experience: Strengthening Indo Canada Relations
February 23, 2021 Time 7:15 pm -9:15 pm (IST)

Dr. Jacques Fremont

President, University of Ottawa

Prof. Deep Saini

President, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Prof. Claude Brulee

President, Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada

Prof. James Curie

President, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Dr. Jason Dewling

President & CEO, La-Salle College, British Columbia, Canada

Prof. Leo Groarke

President, Trent University, Ontario, Canada

Prof. Peter Ricketts

President, Acadia University, Halifax, Canada

Mr. Anuj Bhasin

Trade Commissioner, Canada High Commission

Focus Australia - The Role of Universities in Fostering Entrepreneurship: Shaping Mindsets, Developing Skills and Sharing Best Practices
February 24, 2022 Time 11:30 am - 1:00 pm (IST)

Ms. Michelle Wade

Commissioner – South Asia, Global Victoria

Dr. Peter Høj

Vice Chancellor, University of Adelaide

Dr. Monica Kennedy

Trade Commissioner Australia, Australian Trade and Investment Commission, Australian High Commission

Mr. Shailendra Katyal

CEO & MD Lenovo India

Mr. Arun Chaudhari

CEO Taranaki Chamber of Commerce New Zealand

Mr. Anand Sahay

Co-founder & CEO, Xebia Global Services

Women at Workplaces- Building and Nurturing an Equitable Workplace
February 24, 2022 Time 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (IST)

Dr. Tessy Thomas

Distinguished Scientist and Director General, Aeronautical Systems, DRDO

Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya

Chairperson & CEO, Salesforce India

Ms. Sutapa Sanyal

IPS and Former Director General of Police, U.P (India), Diversity & Inclusion Expert. Public Speaker. Advisor on Women's Leadership, POSH & Gender Equality. Ex D.G. of Police

Dr. Harpreet A De Singh

Executive Director Air India

Ms. Shveta Verma

PwC, Executive Director, Inclusion and diversity Leader- India and APAC

Ms. Shalini Pillay

KPMG India Leader - Global Capability Centers

Ms. Shilpa Ajwani

Unomantra, Founder & CEO

Ms. Sonal Jindal

Promoter, Entrepreneur, Medusa EXIM

Focus Germany - Strengthening Indo Germany Relations by nurturing people, policy and possibilities towards New Academic Alliance
February 24, 2022 Time 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm (IST)

Mr. Martin Schwenk

Managing Director & CEO, Mercedes Benz India

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günther Starke

Research Director, European Center for Mechantronics. FH Aachen University

Ms. Lakshmi Lalita Mohan

Head and Representative – France & Germany, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

Mr. Vangapandu Venkatanagaraju

President, German Varsity, Indo-Euro Synchronization

Mr. Avinash Pandey

CEO, ABP Network

Mr. Ashutosh Anshu

Board Director & CHRO, Head - GBS Global Hub, Hitachi India Pvt. Limited

Dr. Mahesh Gupta

Founder-Chairman, Kent RO Systems Ltd

Special Convocation
February 24, 2022 Time 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm (IST)

Confering of Honorary Doctorate

Prof. Andrew D. Hamilton, President New york

Special Announcement
February 24, 2022 Time 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm (IST)

special announcement with university of winnipeg

Dr James Currie, President of Winnipeg

Post-Pandemic World Order & US – India ties 2021 : Challenges and Opportunities
February 24, 2022  Time 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (IST)

Prof. Srikant Datar,

Dean of the Faculty, Harvard Business School

Dr. Sam Pitroda,

Indian engineer, business executive and policymaker and Ex Chairman National Knowledge Commission

Prof. Pradeep K. Khosla,

Chancellor of University of California

Prof.Soumitra Dutta

Professor of Management and the former founding Dean, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, New York

Mr. Sabeer Bhatia,

Co-Founder at ShowReel

Dr. Punam Anand Keller,

Senior Associate Dean Innovation and Growth at Dartmouth College

Prof. Supriya Chakrabarti,

Director of the Lowell Centre for Space Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Prof. Gurpreet Dhillon,

Farrington Professor of IT and Decision Sciences at University of North Texas

Prof. Richard P. Steele,

Chancellor Professor, Umass Law School, Boston

Prof. Yahya R. Kamalipour,

PhD. Professor of Media and Communication. Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, North Carolina A&T State University

Dr. Shailesh Upreti,

Chairman iM3NY, New York, USA

FOCUS NORTH EAST ASIA – “India & North East Asia- Can together create role model for the World Economy & Trade
February 25, 2022 Time: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm (IST)

Prof. (Dr.) Masato Murakami

President, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan

Prof. Victoria Panova

Vice Rector for International Relations, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia

VALEDICTORY SESSION
February 25, 2022 Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm (IST)

Dr Julia Christensen Hughes

President, Yorkville University

Dr. Shahnawaz

University of Salzburg, Austria

Dr. Tonya L. Smith Jackson

Provost, North Carolina University

Dr. Pradeep Sharma

Rector & CEO, Benue State University, Nigeria