1. THINKERS50 INDIA EVENT
AGENDA
August 30, 2013
The Leela Kempinski, Gurgaon, NCR
08:00 – 09:00 AM Registration Starts
09:00 – 09:08 AM Introduction by “Amit Kapoor, Editor-in-Chief, Thinkers & Curator of Thinkers50 India”
09:08 – 09:15 AM Talk by “Des Dearlove, Co-Founder, Thinkers50”
09:15 – 09: 30 AM Talk by “Shiv Dravid, CEO, The Viewspaper” on “Future of Media”
09:30 – 10:00 AM Talk by “Pankaj Ghemawat, Anselmo Rubiralta Professor of Global Strategy, IESE Business School” (on video)
10:00 – 10:15 AM Talk by “Alok Bharadwaj, Executive Vice President, Canon India Pvt. Ltd”
10:15 – 10:35 AM Talk by “Srivatsa Krishna, IAS” on “In Defence of the Indefensible: Transformational Leadership in Government”
10:35 – 10:50 AM Talk by “Prasad Kaipa, Author” (on video)
10:50 – 11:10 AM Talk by “Nila Madhab Panda, Filmmaker and a social activist”
11:10 – 11:40 AM
TEA
11:40 – 12:00 AM Talk by “Arvind Sahay, Professor of Marketing and International Business, IIM Ahmedabad”
12:00 AM – 12:20 PM Talk by “Kevin Stolarick, Research Director, Martin Prosperity Institute”
12:20 – 12:35 PM Talk by “Sachin Garg, Author, Entrepreneur, Co-Founder – Grapevine” on “Five unique challenges I faced as an Entrepreneur”
12:35 – 12:45 PM Talk by “Tonmoy Shingal, CEO, Mettl”
12:45 – 12:55 PM Talk by “Anurag Batra, CEO, exchange4media”

2. 12:55 – 01:05 PM Talk by “Faith Gonsalves, Founder, Music Basti”
01:05 – 02:00 PM
LUNCH
02:00 – 02:20 PM Talk by “Navi Radjou, Co-author of Jugaad Innovation” on “Jugaad Innovation: A Frugal Approach to driving inclusive and
sustainable growth”
02:20 - 02:35 PM Talk by “Rohtash Mal” on “The changing face of capitalism and its implications on management education, and indeed
leadership”
02:35 – 02:55 PM Talk by “Marshall Goldsmith, Author” (on video)
02:55 – 03:15 PM Talk by “Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, an independent journalist and an educator” on “India at 66: A mixed and a mixed-up story”
03:15 – 03:30 PM Talk by “Susan Zelinski, Managing Director of SMART”
03:30 – 03:40 PM Talk by “Piyush Tewari, Save Life Foundation” on “India’s Road to Safety”
03:40 – 03:50 PM Talk by “Amit Shahi, CEO, theIdeaWorks” on “Compete. Collaborate. Co-create the Future”
03:50 – 04:00 PM Talk by “Dilip Venkatraman, Fresh Entrpreneur”
04:00 – 04:40 PM Key note address by Chief Guest: Hon Minister of State for HRD Dr. Shashi Tharoor
1. Awards Distribution
2. Unveiling of Thinkers50 India definitive list
3. Releasing Thinkers India Magazine
4. Talk by Dr. Shashi Tharoor
04:40 – 05:00 PM TEA
05:00 – 05:15 PM Talk by “Sunand Sharma, Country President, Alstom India and Chairman, ALSTOM India Limited”
05:15 – 05:25 PM Talk by “Rana Mukherjee, VP Projects, Apollo Gleaneagles” on “Looking Ahead New Concepts in Healthcare”
05:25 – 05:45 PM Talk by “Rishikesha T Krishnan, Professor of Corporate Strategy & Policy, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore” on
“Going beyond Jugaad”

3. 05:45 – 06:05 PM Talk by “Arvind Rangaswamy, Anchel Professor of Marketing & International Business, Penn State University”
06:05 – 06:25 PM Talk by “Mohanbir Sawhney, Technology Marketing Professor, Kellogg School of Management” (on video)
06:25 – 06:45 PM Talk by “Pramath Sinha, Founder & MD, 9.9 Mediaworx Pvt. Ltd” on “Three Ideas for Higher Education in India”
06:45 – 07:05 PM Talk by “M B Athreya, Management Advisor” on ”The India Idea and Management Interface Dynamics”
07:05 – 07:20 PM ”Talk by “Tripurari Sharan, Director General, Doordarshan”
07:20 – 07:40 PM Talk by “Vineet Nayar, Vice Chairman, HCL Technologies”
07:40 – 08:00 PM Talk by “Nirmalaya Kumar, Member-Group Executive Council Tata Sons & Professor of Marketing, London Business School” on
“Brand Breakout: How Emerging Market Brands Will Go Global”
08:00 PM Onwards Cocktails and Dinner