Our Distinguished Guests

Meet the visionary leaders, industry experts, policymakers, and innovators who will share their insights, experiences, and expertise at the summit.

Chief Guests

Shri Jayant Chaudhary

MP & MoS, Ministry of Education

Raghav Chadha

Member of Parliament

Sandeep Dixit

National Chairperson

Harsh Malhotra

Member of Lok Sabha

Prof. Gaurav Vallabh

Professor of Finance at XLRI

Shri Harivansh

Professor of Finance at XLRI

Keynote Speakers

Anil Swaroop

Former Secretary, School Education (GoI)

Sanjay Kumar

Retd. IAS

Shri. Vineet Joshi

Secretary, GoI

Ms. Supriya Srinate

Secretary, GoI

Speakers

Cynthia McCaffery

UNICEF India Representative

Yugal Joshi

NITI Aayog — School Education

Chaitanya Prasad

Secretary, GoI

Luis Miranda

Co-Founder, ISPP

Pradyumna Bhattacharjee

Education Specialist, World Bank

Vinoba Gautam

Ex-UNICEF (served in Malawi, Sudan & Korea)

Carol Benson

MLE International

Iqbal Hossain

UNICEF Bangladesh

Cassie Busnan OBE

Charter School Education Trust

Prof. Neil Selwyn

Professor, Monash University

Madhurima (TBC)

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Rajiv Tikoo

Senior Journalist

Ishmeet Singh

CEO — CSF

Subir Shukla

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Shiv Kumar

Co-Founder / Director, Catalyst Management Services (CMS)

Swapnil Shekhar

Sr. Evaluation Expert & Consultant

Panelists

Dr. Rukmini Banerji

CEO, Pratham Education Foundation

Dr. Dhir Jhingran

Founder Director, Language and Learning Foundation (LLF)

Prof. (Dr.) Parikshat Singh Manhas

Director, Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)

Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee

Former DG & CEO, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

Ratna Vishwanathan

RTT (Reach to Teach)

Shubhra Chatterji

Director at Vikramshila

Dr. Suniti Sanwal

Head, Dept. of Elementary Education, NCERT

Dr. Satya Bhushan

Associate Professor, NCERT

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Ministry of Education, GoI

Punjab

Education Minister / Secretary

Jharkhand

Education Minister / Secretary

Tamil Nadu

Education Minister / Secretary

Delhi

Education Minister / Secretary

Merry Barua

Founder, Action for Autism

Nipun Malhotra

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Safeena Husain

Founder, Educate Girls

Poornima Garg

Country Director, Room to Read

Shri Rajeev Bhatt

National Inclusion Expert, Learning Disabilities Advisory

Dr. Mallika Nadda

Chairperson, Special Olympics Bharat

Matt Brossard

Regional Education Advisor, UNICEF South Asia

Dr. Venita Kaul

Professor Emerita, Ambedkar University Delhi

Mr Sudhir Bhatnagar

SARD Foundation, Founder and CEO

Shashi Arora

CEO, Nand Ghar Project, Anil Agarwal Foundation (Vedanta)

Inclusive Education Division Lead — TBD

Ministry of Education (GoI)

Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili

Founder & CEO, Human Capital Africa / Former WB VP

Sridhar Rajagopalan

Co-Founder & CLO, Educational Initiatives (Ei)

Pranav Kothari

CEO, Educational Initiatives (Ei)

Santosh More

Co-Founder, Mantra4Change

Dr. Payal Arora

Digital Anthropologist & Author, Erasmus University

Gaurav Munjal

CEO, Unacademy

Bani Paintal Dhawan

Google Education

Vaibhav Kumar Srivastava

Google Education

Venkat Krishna

Microsoft

Sundar Srinivasan

Microsoft

Vinesh Menon

CEO, Human Development, Ampersand Group

Dadasaheb Gaikwad

Executive Director, Gramurja Foundation

Shipra Sharma

Head of CSR & Sustainability, IBM India

Pihu Jain

Head, Girnar Foundation (CarDekho)

Anurag Behar

CEO, Azim Premji Foundation

Ashish Dhawan

Founder & CEO, Central Square Foundation (CSF)

Vidya Shah

Executive Chairperson, EdelGive Foundation

Aditya Natraj

CEO, Piramal Foundation

Chetan Kapoor

CEO, Tech Mahindra Foundation

Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee

Former DG & CEO, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

Ms. Punetha

Head, CSR & Sustainability, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages

Niti Sarin

CSR Portfolio Lead, Corporate Advisory Network

Nusrat Pradhan

CSR Portfolio Lead, Large Corporate Foundation

Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee

Former DG & CEO, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

Internal Committee

Paresh Kumar

Editor / Host, Clear Cut Magazine

Asmita Yadav

DevInsights

Darshana Sharma

DevInsights

Sanjay Seth

Former DG & CEO, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs