2015 Conference � MIT India Conference

MIT India Conference 2015

Saturday, May 2, 2015

ABOUT THE 2015 MIT INDIA CONFERENCE

The MIT India Conference 2015 aims to highlight the key social, business, and political challenges, practices, and innovations that are shaping India today and tomorrow. Through discussion and dialogue, we endeavor to create a platform that connects East and West, with the aim of educating and preparing the next generation of world leaders.

Details

May 2, 2015
8am - 7:30pm
MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA

A New India in a Changing World

The 2015 MIT India Conference theme is ``A New India in a Changing World,`` which is to introduce industry perspectives, key market trends, best practices, and macro-socio economic trends in India via talks and panels focusing on Finance, Manufacturing, Politics, and Technology. We are pleased to welcome many distinguished speakers who will participate in a diverse and in-depth series of talks, fireside chats, and panels.

2015 Speakers

Akhil Gupta

Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group | Chairman, Blackstone India

Amit Agarwal

Principal, Life Science Practice, Deloitte

Anand Daniel

Venture Investor, Accel Partners & Co. Inc

Antoinette Schoar

Michael M. Koerner (1949) Professor of Entrepreneurship and a Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management

Ashutosh Varshney

Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences, and the Director of the Brown-India Initiative at Brown University

C.P. Gurnani

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Tech Mahindra

Chintan Vaishnav

Founding Team Member, MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design | Professor, MIT's Sloan School of Management

Dr. Abhijit Banerjee

Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Bish Sanyal

Ford International Professor of Urban Development and Planning and Director of the Special Program in Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS)/ Humphrey Fellows Program at MIT

Dr. Isher Judge Alhuwalia

Chairperson on the Board of Governors for the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

Dr. Milind Mahajan

Director, Icahn Institute of Genomics for Multiscale Biology at the Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York

Dr. Sanjay Sarma

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Yatindra Prashar, PhD

CEO, Symmetrix Pharmaceuticals

His Holiness Radhanath Swami

Vaishnava Sanyassin

John Werner

Head of Innovation & New Ventures, Camera Culture Group

K. Sridharan

Co-founder and President, Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF)

Milan Vaishnav

Associate, South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Neeraj Singhal

Head of Expansion, India and the Subcontinent, Uber

Nikhil Meswani

Executive Director, Reliance Industries

Nitin Mittal

Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Rishi Jaitly

India Market Director, Twitter, Inc.

Sanjay Kirloskar

Chairman and Managing Director, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd

Shiv Shankar Menon

Former National Security Advisor and Architect of Indo-US Nuclear Deal

Shrikanth Nadhamuni

CEO and Co-Founder, Khosla Labs

Schedule

Saturday, May 2, 2015

8:00-9:00am

Registration and Breakfast

9:00-9:15am

Welcome Remarks

Patrick Hale, Director, System Design and Management Fellows Program, MIT

9:15-10:00am

Foreign Policy of a New India

Shiv Shankar Menon

Former National Security Advisor and Architect of Indo-US Nuclear Deal, Shivshankar Menon, discusses India's foreign policy and world politics.

10:00-10:45am

Economic Reforms 2.0

Mr. Nikhil Meswani, Executive Director, Reliance Industries, and Dr. Abhijit Banerjee, Professor, MIT, discuss the road ahead for economic reforms in India.

Nikhil Meswani

Executive Director, Reliance Industries

Dr. Abhijit Banerjee

Professor, MIT

10:45-11:00am

Coffee Break

11:00-11:45am

Can India Be The Next Manufacturing Miracle

Sanjay Kirloskar, Chaiman Kirloskar Industries and Dr. Sanjay Sarma, Professor, MIT discuss the path ahead for Indian manufacturing industry.

Sanjay Kirloskar

Chaiman Kirloskar Industries

Dr. Sanjay Sarma

Professor, MIT

11:45am-12:30pm

Unveiling the Hidden Treasures of Indian Culture

His Holiness Radhanath Swami

His Holiness Radhanath Swami, a Vaishnava monk and renowned writer, social activist, and teacher, shares his learning of the value of Indian culture.

12:30-1:15pm

Lunch and Networking

Learn about innovations at MIT and their application in India over a sumptuous Indian lunch.

1:15-2:00pm

Urban Planning and New Technology

The aspiration for urban technological innovations is to bring efficiency in service delivery, transparency in governance and allocation of resources, and perhaps fuel a new urban imagination. Isher Ahluwalia (ICRIER), John Werner (MIT, Media Lab), Dr. Bish Sanyal (MIT, panel chair) will discuss how this urban retrofitting shape a new Urban India and what are the challenges ahead.

Dr. Isher Judge Alhuwalia

ICRIER

John Werner

MIT, Media Lab

Dr. Bish Sanyal

MIT, Panel Chair

2:00-2:45pm

Indian IT Industry - Higher Value or Lower Cost

Mr. C. P. Gurnani, CEO and Managing Director of Tech Mahindra and Dr. Chintan Vaishnav, Professor, MIT will discuss the trends, opportunities, and challenges for the IT industry

C.P. Gurnani

CEO and Managing Director of Tech Mahindra

Chintan Vaishnav

Professor, MIT

2:45-3:00pm

Coffee Break

3:00-3:45pm

Investing in India

Akhil Gupta (Chairman, Blackstone India) and Dr. Antoinette Schoar (Professor, MIT) will discuss how investors are navigating the Indian markets.

Akhil Gupta

Chairman, Blackstone India

Antoinette Schoar

Professor, MIT

3:45-4:45pm

Affordable Healthcare in India

1.2 billion Indians require quality yet affordable healthcare. K. Sridharan (President, Sankara Eye Care Institutions), Dr. Milind Mahajan (Director of Genomics, Mount Sinai), and Deloitte Principals Nitin Mittal and Amit Agarwal will discuss the road ahead.

K. Sridharan

President, Sankara Eye Care Institutions

Dr. Milind Mahajan

Director of Genomics, Mount Sinai

Nitin Mittal

Principal, Deloitte

Amit Agarwal

Principal, Deloitte

4:45-5:00pm

Coffee Break

5:00-6:00pm

Understanding India's Tech Consumer

Anand Daniel (Accel Partners), Neeraj Singhal (Head of Expansion, Uber India), Rishi Jaitly (Market Director, Twitter India), and Srikanth Nadhamuni (CEO and Founder, Khosla Labs) discuss behaviors and peculiarities of the Indian consumer.

Anand Daniel

Accel Partners

Neeraj Singhal

Head of Expansion, Uber India

Rishi Jaitly

Market Director, Twitter India

Shrikanth Nadhamuni

CEO and Founder, Khosla Labs

6:00-7:15pm

Elections 2014: Has Politics Changed Forever?

Noted luminaries Dr. Ashutosh Varshney (Director of the Brown India Initiative) and Dr. Milan Vaishnav (South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) discuss the impact of elections 2014. Is this a cyclical turn or a structural shift to the right?