Speakers

Moulding global citizen has been his forte. Not only is he an educationist par excellence but a multi-faceted personality who has been working for the betterment of the society at large. For more than two and a half decades, shaping the future of the nation, his vision has been to reach out to the remote corners of the country to illuminate the children with education. A force to reckon with, Dr Ram Singh has taken firm and comprehensive steps resolutely for the upliftment of the society in general and students in particular. Credit undoubtedly is to the remarkable leadership and far-sightedness of this stalwart educationist and administrator that he has several success-stories to his credit. Not only has he lead DPS Ranchi to the summits of glory, he also has been providing valuable direction as the President of Sahodaya Schools complex, playing the role of a motivator for students and teaching fraternity instilling confidence in them every-day. His clear intention is eradicating discrimination of all kinds and vision to serve the society throughout his life.

Sunila Athley, Principal, Amity International School, Ghaziabad, has 25 years of experience teaching in schools such as Army Schools and DPS. She was Principal of the Delhi Police Public School and has been Principal of the Amity International School, Ghaziabad for the past 11 years. She completed her UG & PG from Ferguson College, Pune University and is a university topper in Linguistics and an MHRD scholarship holder. She also has an MPhil in English Literature from Indore University and a BEd from IGNOU – both degrees with an A+ grade. Athley is a Master Trainer for teachers and collaborated with the Central University of South Bihar for Teacher Training Module. She was felicitated by the CBSE in 2019 with the Best Principal Award by the Minister of MHRD. She was awarded the Green Climate Change Award, Best K-12 School in NCR, Best School Promoting Co-Curricular Activities & International Programme.

Dr Neeta Bali, Director Principal & Head of School, GD Goenka World School, Sohna is a seasoned educator with over 34 years of experience in the field of education. Her conviction and passion are to promote the academic, emotional and social wellbeing of all pupils under her care and she believes in working in synergy with the parent community as well as her colleagues. She has also worked intensively with the British Council as a British Council School Ambassador in promoting the spirit of international mindedness. She has authored English Language books for Frank Educational Aids and a book of Essays for Madhuban. Dr Bali is the recipient of numerous awards including, the ‘Jean Lawrie International Grant and the ‘Inspiring Educator’s Award’ conferred by Rocksport and Dr Kiran Bedi. She also received the ‘Exemplary Educator’s Award’ by Productivity Council of India and the ‘Uttarakhand Ratan Award 2015 by PPSA- Dehradun.

Dr. Gurmeet Kaur Gill is an author/ resource person/ Principal/ Motivational Speaker. She has conducted trainings across India. She has an experience of over 20 years. In this span of her career she has also received various honors.

Aditi Goradia, Managing Director, Billimoria High School, Panchgani, is an alumnus of Billimoria High School and was a youth athlete specialising in track & field, as well as basketball. Goradia graduated in Anthropology and Asian Studies from the University of Texas and completed her certification from the UTeach program at the College of Education, UT Austin. She has spent a year teaching in public schools in Austin before returning to India. She believes that schools across the globe must share ideas, collaborate and grow collectively. Goradia believes learning is universal, constant and should be a joyful process. Under her leadership, Billimoria has stepped into the new and progressive age of experiential learning. Goradia has been featured in Silicon India Magazine’s Education Leaders Book as the ‘Most Promising Influential Leader of 2019’. She was bestowed with the ‘Top Women Entrepreneurship in Education’ award in 2019 at the World Education Summit, Mumbai.

Dr Vikas Misra, Campus Director of Geetanjali Institute of Technical Studies, possesses 25 years of professional experience. Dr Misra completed his BE in Mechanical Engineering and his Masters and PhD in Technology in Mechanical Engineering. He joined the Government Engineering College KNIT, Sultanpur as a faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Dr Misra was an Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Avadh University Faizabad. He also worked as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. Dr Misra served as Director with Allenhouse Institute of Technology, Kanpur from 2012 to 2017. He is also a reviewer of several international conferences and has conducted eight Faculty Development Programs. He has published more than 50 research papers in various journals of repute and has presented his papers in numerous international conferences.

With an experience of over 23+ Years in Industry and Academia, presently working as the Director (IT &  UG) at I.T.S, Ghaziabad having interest in Database Technologies & Soft Computing. Dr. Pandey has  published over 85+ Research Papers in National/International Journals and Conference Proceedings, Book  Chapters with leading publishing houses including Springer, IGI etc., Articles, Interviews, Views and 11  edited volumes of on different relevant themes of Information Technologies.   Have been providing & coordinating training and consultancy to various reputed organizations including  Officers and Air Warriors of Indian Air Force, renowned Manipal Group – Bangalore, MIC, Ghaziabad District  Administration in its Automation of its functioning etc. He has been coordinating the training & upskilling of  Air Force Staff for 5 Years in which over 750+ Air Warriors & Officers have been trained on different  technologies and IT Tools. He has been a known name in IT Industry and delivered keynote addresses,  invited as speaker & panelists at various Industry Forum of IT Industry, lectures and guest talks in various  Summits, Conclaves, National & International forums/ conferences and Seminars. He has conducted 12  National/ International Conferences in association with AICTE, CSI and other leading organizations. He  has also conducted Faculty Development Programs supported by leading organizations on latest  technologies, Entrepreneurship etc. supported by AICTE, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.   Dr. Pandey was instrumental in automation of different functions at Ghaziabad District Collectorate and  implementation of e-Collectorate Project “e-Patravali” in Ghaziabad District. Also Conducted and  Coordinated Training Programme for the employees of Ghaziabad District Collectorate on e-Collectorate  Project. Total 156 Employees of Ghaziabad Collectorate were trained during the process of  implementation. He also coordinated the training program for Doctors, Police Personals of UP Police on IT  Tools and applications in Ghaziabad District.   Academic Consultancy for Manipal Universal Learning Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, a learning resource center of a  number of Universities in India & abroad. Dr. Pandey is associated with many Institutes / Universities as  Member – Board of Studies/ Academic Council, in their research work as Guide, Thesis Evaluator,  Examiner etc. He is also in editorial board of many Journals in India and Abroad.  He has been awarded with many prestigious award in Academia & IT Industry including Dr. APJ Abdul  Kalam Technical University – Lucknow, Dataquest, Business Standard, IT Next Magazine, 9.9 Media Group,  Dell, VMWare, Enterprise IT Magazine, TechPlus Media Group etc.  He has been the Regional Coordinator of Region-1 of Computer Society of India including UP, Delhi,  Haryana, Uttrakhand, Punjab, J & K, Himachal Pradesh and Member of prestigious CSI Communication.  He has been associated with various Professional organizations including Sr. member of IEEE, ACM, Life  Member of CSI, ISCA, IETE, CEGR etc. 

Prof Prabhat Ranjan, Vice Chancellor of D Y Patil International University (DYPIU),  Akurdi, Pune is a Nuclear Fusion Scientist, a Futurist, an Educator, an Innovator and a Science Communicator. He obtained his PhD from University of California, Berkeley and college education from IIT Kharagpur and University of Delhi. From 2013-18, he was heading India’s Technology Think Tank, TIFAC in Delhi as its Executive Director. During his tenure, TIFAC developed Technology Vision 2035, which was released by the PM in January 2016. Apart from working in national labs, he served as a Professor at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of ICT in Gandhinagar for 11 years. His remarkable innovative contributions include India’s Moon Mission, Wildlife and Agriculture sector. He has received many awards and accolades for his contribution to Science, Technology and Society. He has also been responsible for many academic innovations in his University, which has led to change all over country.

Moulshree Dubey, CEO, Professional Institute of Engineering and Technology, has a demonstrated history of working in the education sector for the past 4 years. She is skilled in Structural Engineering, Steel Structures, Construction and Design Management. She has a PhD focussed on Structural Engineering from NIT Raipur. She is also a Gold Medallist from MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore and pursued Executive Education from IIM Ahmedabad. Dubey has been working to improve the standard of education by promoting the ideology of ‘Learning by Practice’ and has developed system stimulus-response compatibility between academia and grassroots level by exploring science as a saviour to the environment. Dubey was nominated for the Asia One United Nations Young Women Empowerment Leadership award for her excellence in engineering and leadership skills. She has been honoured with the ‘EdTech CEO of the Year’ 2020 award by BusinessWorld and received the ‘BusinessWorld Education 40 Under 40’ award.

Abhay Gupta is Founder & CEO of Luxury Connect Business School, India’s first Luxury B-School. He is a Marshal Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Certified coach and is President of the Center for Education Growth and Research, Delhi NCR Chapter. He is also an advisor to ‘Promising Indians, Behind the Ramp & Modestreet Fashion. Gupta has been involved in the evolution of the fashion and luxury segment in India; from manufacturing, joint venture factory set-up and franchising. He has also been a guide to the NIFT and Pearl Academy from their grass root stages of inception and evolution as an academic board member.