April 8, 2018
MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA
Since 2011, the MIT India Conference has brought together visionaries from various industries, including government, energy, finance, social impact, technology, and the film and media industry.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
We are excited to announce our keynote lineup for the 2018 Conference.
Ananth Narayanan
CEO, Myntra & Jabong / India’s Hottest 40 under 40 Business Leaders, The Economic Times
Ashish Chauhan
CEO & Manager Director, BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) / Former CEO, Mumbai Indians / Former CIO, Reliance Group
Guneet Monga
CEO, Sikhya Entertainment / Film Producer: The Lunchbox, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, Gangs of Wasseypur I & II / 12 Women Achievers in Global Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter
Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande
Founder, Deshpande Foundation / President & Chairman, Sparta Group LLC / Life Member, MIT Corporation
Kirthiga Reddy
Formerly Managing Director, Facebook India and South Asia / Managing Global Client Partner & Emerging Markets Lead, Facebook
Prithviraj Chavan
Former Chief Minister, Maharashtra / Former Minister of State for Science and Technology, and Earth Sciences, Government of India
R. Balki
Film Director: Padman, Ki & Ka, Paa, Cheeni Kum / Producer: English Vinglish
Rekha M. Menon
Chairman and Senior Managing Director, Accenture in India / India's Top 20 Women in Business, Fortune India 2017
Roshni Nadar Malhotra
CEO and Executive Director, HCL Corporation / Trustee, Shiv Nadar Foundation / Director, HCL Technologies / Forbes - The World's 100 Most Powerful Women In 2017
Vani Kola
Founder & Managing Director, Kalaari Capital / India's Most Powerful Business Women in 2017, Fortune India
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS
Anant Agarwal
CEO, edX
Anantha P. Chandrakasan
Dean, MIT School of Engineering
Anjali Sastry
Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
Hamsa Balakrishnan
Associate Professor, MIT Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Melanie Mala Ghosh
Managing Director, MIT-India & MIT-South Asia
Robert Stoner
Director, MIT Tata Center / Deputy Director, MIT Energy Initiative
S.P. Kothari
Director, MIT-India / Gordon Y Billard Professor of Accounting and Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management
Shraysi Tandon
Filmmaker and Journalist
Urmi Samadar
Director of Action Learning, MIT Sloan School of Management
SCHEDULE
Sunday, April 8
Registration, Breakfast & Networking
Introduction & Welcome by Conference Chairs
Welcome Address
S.P. Kothari
Director, MIT - India / Gordon Y Billard Professor of Accounting and Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management
Keynote Address: Pioneering Innovation in Public Policy
Prithviraj Chavan
Former Chief Minister, Maharashtra
S.P. Kothari - Director, MIT - India / Gordon Y Billard Professor of Accounting and Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management
Pioneering Innovation in Technology / Impact of MIT
Anantha P. Chandrakasan
Dean, MIT School of Engineering
Keynote Address: Pioneering Innovation in Corporations & Human Capital
Roshni Nadar Malhotra
CEO and Executive Director, HCL Corporation / Trustee, Shiv Nadar Foundation / Director, HCL Technologies
Anantha P. Chandrakasan - Dean, MIT School of Engineering
Keynote Address: Pioneering Innovation in AI & Work
Rekha M. Menon
Chairman and Senior Managing Director, Accenture India
Anant Agarwal - CEO, edX
Lunch
Network with other attendees and meet the MIT Legatum & MIT Tata Fellows, who will be showcasing their innovations.
Impact of the MIT Tata Center
Robert Stoner
Deputy Director, MIT Energy Initiative / Director, MIT Tata Center
Keynote Address: Pioneering Innovation for Inclusive Growth
Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande
Founder, Deshpande Foundation / President & Chairman, Sparta Group LLC / Life Member, MIT Corporation
Robert Stoner - Director, MIT Tata Center / Deputy Director, MIT Energy Initiative
Keynote Address: Pioneering Innovation in the Indian Economy
Ashish Chauhan
CEO & Manager Director, BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) / Former CEO, Mumbai Indians / Former CIO, Reliance Group
S.P. Kothari - Director, MIT - India / Gordon Y Billard Professor of Accounting and Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management
Pioneering Innovation in Transportation
Hamsa Balakrishnan
Associate Professor, MIT Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Keynote Address: Pioneering Innovation in Digitization and Emerging Economies
Kirthiga Reddy
Managing Global Client Partner Emerging Markets Lead, Global Partnerships, Facebook / Former Managing Director of Facebook India and South Asia / 1st Facebook India employee
Hamsa Balakrishnan - Associate Professor, MIT Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Tea Break
Impact of MIT Sloan Action Learning
Urmi Samadar
Director of Action Learning, MIT Sloan School of Management
Keynote Address: Pioneering Innovation in Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship in the Digital Economy
Vani Kola
Founder & Managing Director, Kalaari Capital
Urmi Samadar - Director of Action Learning, MIT Sloan School of Management
Anjali Sastry - Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
Keynote Address: Pioneering Innovation in Film & Entertainment
R. Balki
Film Director: Padman, Ki & Ka, Paa, Cheeni Kum / Producer: English Vinglish
Guneet Monga
CEO, Sikhya Entertainment / Film Producer: The Lunchbox, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, Gangs of Wasseypur I & II, Masaan
Shraysi Tandon
Filmmaker and Journalist
Media Partners
TEAM
Meet the Team Behind the MIT India Conference
Co-Chairs
Vice Presidents
Alan Sage
Masters in City Planning 2019
Anandana Kapur
Fulbright Fellow, Open Documentary Lab
G V Keshav Reddy
MBA 2019
Kritarth Yudhish
MBA 2019
Nikita Khadloya
MBA 2019
Prasad Savarapu
Sloan Fellow 2018
Prem Prakash Sharma
Sloan Fellow 2018
Puneet Jain
Supply Chain Management 2018
Rahul Nechlani
Leaders for Global Operations 2018
LOGISTICS
LOCATION
MIT Media Lab (E14)
75 Amherst Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
PARKING
FREE PARKING
-Free street parking on Sundays available around the MIT Media Lab (exceptions posted on parking signs).
PAID PARKING
-Marriott Hotel (50 Broadway.Cambridge, MA)
-One Memorial Drive Garage – (Entrance is on Memorial Drive)
-4 Cambridge Center – (Entrance on Ames St. or Broadway)
DIRECTIONS
Public Transportation
SUBWAY
The Media Lab is located on the Red Line at the “Kendall/MIT” stop of the subway. At the Kendall/MIT stop, you will surface on Main Street in Kendall Square. Landmarks include the Marriott Hotel and the MIT Coop. Facing Main Street, with the Marriott Hotel and the MIT Coop to your back, proceed right (west) to the first traffic light. This is the intersection of Main Street and Ames Street, with Legal Seafoods on the corner. Turn left onto Ames Street. The Media Laboratory is about halfway down the block, the second building on the left at 20 Ames Street. It is a large, contemporary, white-tiled building.
DRIVING
FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE
Exit at “Brighton/Cambridge.” Follow signs to Cambridge. The Doubletree Hotel will be on your right. Go straight over the bridge into Cambridge (on River Street) and take your first right onto Memorial Drive. The Charles River will be on your right. Go straight on Memorial Drive, staying to the left and going over the overpass at the Boston University (B.U.) Bridge (past MicroCenter). Staying in the left lane, pass under the next bridge, which is the Harvard Bridge (Massachusetts Avenue). The first street after that bridge, to the left, is Ames Street – but it is one way in the wrong direction. You will have to take the second left (sign says Kendall Square) onto Wadsworth Street. Take the first left onto Amherst Street. On Amherst Street, take the third right onto Ames Street. The Media Laboratory is the second building on your right. It is a large, contemporary, white-tiled building.
FROM LOGAN AIRPORT
Leaving the airport, take the Sumner Tunnel to 93 North. Exit right off of 93 at the Cambridge/Storrow Drive exit. When the ramp splits, bear right following signs to Storrow Drive. Exit left at the Kendall Square exit. At the traffic light, go right onto the Longfellow Bridge. Follow Main Street (Main flows into Broadway) and take a left at the second set of lights (Ames Street). The Media Laboratory will be on your left about a block and a half down Ames Street. Logan International Airport’s Web site provides up-to-the-minute information on weather, construction and traffic.
FROM ROUTE I-93
From I-93, take exit 26, and follow the signs to Back Bay along Storrow Drive West, approximately 1.5 miles, to the exit for Route 2A. The exit will be on the left, just before the Harvard Bridge (Massachusetts Avenue). The Charles River will be on your right. As you cross the bridge, you will be looking at MIT. At the end of the bridge, turn right on to Memorial Drive. The first street after that bridge, to the left, is Ames Street—but it is one way in the wrong direction. You will have to take the second left (sign says Kendall Square) onto Wadsworth Street. Take the first left onto Amherst Street. On Amherst Street, take the third right onto Ames Street. The Media Laboratory is the second building on your right. It is a large, contemporary, white-tiled building.
ACCOMMODATIONS
BOSTON MARRIOTT CAMBRIDGE HOTEL
THE KENDALL HOTEL
350 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 | Phone: (617) 577-1300
LIBERTY HOTEL
RESIDENCE INN CAMBRIDGE
What is the MIT India Conference?
Since 2011, the MIT India Conference has brought together visionaries from various industries, including technology, finance, social impact, energy, healthcare, media and government.
What is the theme of the 2018 Conference?
This year’s theme is Pioneering Innovation. The conference will spotlight India’s biggest innovators and thought-leaders, and explore how they’re transforming the economic, social, cultural and technological landscape of India.
Who organizes the conference?
This is a completely student-run conference. The organizers are students from all across MIT.
Why should I attend the conference?
The conference is a great opportunity to learn about the key technological and innovation trends in India, hear from some of India’s biggest thought leaders, and get to know more about the great work that MIT is doing in India. This is also a great networking opportunity.
Do I need to be an MIT student in order to attend?
No, everyone is welcome to register and buy tickets, and take part in this important discussion.
How do we sponsor the conference?
We welcome potential sponsors for the conference, and ask that you get in touch with us by emailing us at mitindiaconference@mit.edu
What is the dress code for the conference?
Business Casual
Will my ticket amount be refunded if I can’t attend the conference?
Unfortunately, we don’t offer any refunds. Sorry!
Who do I contact for general questions?
Contact us at mitindiaconference@mit.edu