June 28, 2020 | 12:00 PM
A 60 minute discussion presenting Intergenerational Perspectives on "Excelling In The New Paradigm"
A 60 minute conversation with Edu Pioneers relaying their thoughts and ideas on "Engaging Little Minds in Covid Times"
A 90 minute interaction with eminent School Leaders & Teachers, who brainstorm on the nuances of "The Classroom : A New Paradigm"
Director - Principal - GD Goenka World School
Dr Neeta Bali is a seasoned educator with over 34 years of experience in the field of education. She started her career with Mater Dei School in Delhi as Head of department, English and served for over 18 years. Subsequently, she was the Vice- Principal, Apeejay School, NOIDA for 6 years. From May 2008 to December 2014, she was the Principal and Head of School at G D Goenka World School. From January 2015 to May 2017, she headed Kasiga School- a residential School in Dehradun that now ranks among the top residential schools in the country followed by a brief tenure as Head of Podar International School- Powai, Mumbai.Currently, she is the director-Principal, G D Goenka World School, Gurgaon- Sohna Road , Haryana , India. She is the recipient of 'Jean Lawrie International Grant 'and award conferred on her by IASL in the year 2015 and 'Inspiring Educator's Award' conferred by Rocksport and received from Dr Kiran Bedi as well as 'Exemplary Educator's Award 'by Productivity Council of India in addition to the 'Uttarakhand Rattan Award 'conferred on her in 2015 by PPSA- Dehradun.
Career Counsellor - WonderSkool, Chandigarh
Been honoured with the Guru Dronacharya Award by the Lions Club India, he is perhaps the well-known Career Counsellor of the country.
MBA from an elite institute, Mr. Saurabh Gupta is the entrepreneurial brain behind WonderSkool, the company that is the pioneer in the field of Career Counselling in India. Having worked in the education sector for 2 years with a leading MNC, Mr. Gupta decided to take a leap of faith and started his own venture. After facing many roadblocks and having faced some rejections, Mr. Saurabh is now the official career counsellor for more than 150+ schools across North India and has counselled more than 15,000+ students towards their correct career path. His affection towards kids is praiseworthy. He has simplified a very tedious process of career selection for the students as well as the parents.
Talking about his personal attributes, Mr. Gupta is a bundle of networking skills. His ability to connect with people is mind blowing. It just takes him a cup of tea to know the person he is interacting with. His patience levels and good listening skills are praise worthy. He gives his blood and soul to his job and makes sure he is able to reach the audience at large. To connect with kids is usually tedious but we have witnessed students opening up with their teenage problems and concerns with Mr. Saurabh, and he makes sure to show them the right path. He has been seen standing by what is correct. In this ongoing list, his public speaking skills are not to be forgotten. Mr. Gupta with his team have successfully organized and conducted the Patiala Sahodaya Career Fair for years in a row now. Having addressed an audience of over 10,000+ students, parents and teachers, he has left his imprints in the entire city of Patiala.
Principals' Conclave Chapter 1 in Chandigarh and Chapter 2 in Ludhiana were both addressed by him. He makes sure that the change makers of the country are touched and updated with the current technology as well as the upcoming careers. Other than the conclaves, he has addressed principals and teachers at various other forums. Parents' sessions have also been conducted successfully that have made parents more aware and concerned about making the right choices for their kids.
Mr. Gupta is a bundle of positive energy and has a very keen outlook towards life. He makes sure to stay updated with technology, careers, so as to be able to relate better with his audience. His mastery over international scenario of education is also commendable. He has toiled the midnight lamp to grasp the geographical terrain of the international borders for being better equipped with the knowledge to help his students. Mr. Gupta has been a life changer in many a student's lives.
CEO - Sequoia Fitness & Sports (Khelo India)
Sujit Panigrahi takes deep interest in Technology, Sports Science and Education and has over 23 years in the industry. Sujit has done ME (Systems and Information) and Master of Management Studies from BITS, Pilani, India. Sujit was the Additional Director General at Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 and was responsible for Planning and Design of Technology Services across 60+ competitive and con-competitive venues across Delhi.
Post CWG Delhi 2010, he had the vision of creating a Grassroots Sports and PE Program for 300 million school children in India to play 60 min each day, by getting 1.5 million schools across India to invest time in fitness and sports skills for a period of 10-12 years, through structured Assessment, Intervention and Monitoring.
Sequoia Fitness and Sports Technology was founded in 2010. Sequoia Fitness and Sports Technology has developed the Khelo India Fitness App to enable parents and schools across India to do fitness assessment of all school children to identify future champions. The Khelo India App was launched by the PM of India on 27 Feb 2019. Sequoia Fitness and Sports has implemented the Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat Program covering 1250 Kendriya Vidyalayas in India, Moscow, Tehran and 1.35 Million Children. It is currently the largest Fitness Assessment Technology Company in India. It has done over 7.7 Million Fitness Assessment of over 3.7 Million children across 12000+ Schools in India.
Sujit is Treasurer at Sports, Physical Education, Fitness and Leisure (SPEFL) Skill Council, India, member of CBSE and NCERT curriculum committees and an active member of FICCI and CII Sports Committees. He is a member of the Fit India Mission which aims at making Fitness an integral part of every Indian's life. He is part of the committee that has drafted the Fit India Protocols for different age groups.
Sujit is also the co-founder of Convergent Technologies, which helps companies like Apple, Samsung, Logitech, Blackberry, Airtel, Volvo to connect with their channel partners to track sales, stock, define schemes, achievements vs targets, and help them with channel related communication. In his earlier job, Sujit has worked with AmSoft Systems, and built TV Graphics and Real-time Results Systems and Services for ESPN Star Sports, NDTV and Doordarshan.
Founder - SDGsForChildren
Ayush Chopra started his journey from Ahlcon International School, India as a young advocate for United Nations, 17 Sustainable Development Goals when he was 13 years old. He is now studying in Grade 12 at Rick Hansen Senior Secondary School, Mississauga, Canada. Ayush has been recognized with the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action or humanitarian efforts - The Diana Award. He has been acknowledged as one of the Most Influential Young Change Makers around the world. The Diana Award is the longest running award given to the outstanding young people for selflessly creating and sustaining positive social change in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, UK.
Ayush is the Founder of 'SDGsForChildren' a unique platform for children across the globe to CONNECT, CREATE and COLLABORATE for a better and sustainable world. SDGsForChildren is incorporated under the Canada Not-For-Profit Corporation Act to support Agenda 2030 globally. (http://www.sdgsforchildren.org)
Ayush is one of the pioneer Indian Ambassador for the TeachSDGs project, initiated by the Global Goals Education Task Force, a volunteers-based worldwide network of teachers established in 2017. He is the only Student Ambassador among the first group of over 100 distinguished global educators. He has also been a Student Ambassador for various other global projects like SOS4LoveProject, Climate Action, Goals Project, and Looking 2020, Socio Story, Kindness Project etc. Ayush is also appointed as the AFI (Ariel Foundation International) Youth Ambassador and their Youth Representative at United Nations.
Ayush was invited to represent India when he was 15 years old as the Indian Youth Ambassador at the 14th Annual International Human Rights Summit, staged from August 24-26, 2017 at the UN headquarters, New York. His speech on Human Rights at the UN received standing ovation from the distinguished gathering.
Ayush is the author of "Shaping A Fairer World with SDGs and Human Rights". The book is the culmination of his experiences, initiatives and intense involvement in social transformation. The book graphically disseminates information about SDGs and Human Rights with engaging design and artwork. The book is now being used as daily reference guide for teaching United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in many of the classrooms across various countries.
Ayush also has his own Podcast- 'Shaping A Fairer World'. The Podcast is an attempt to connect Educators, Students and Parents together and to share their voices and unheard stories across the globe.
Ayush believes, "Nothing can stand in the way of the power of voices calling for CHANGE."
