Theme

Speakers

Minutes

Start time

End time

Warming Up

Diversity theme game with audience

10

4:55 PM

5:04 PM

Inaugural Key Note Address- SDG & Inclusion for Youth

Mr. Ramanan Ramanathan-Mission Director Atal Innovation Mission, Additional Sec NITI Aayog

6

5:05 PM

5:09 PM

Youth Q & A with Mr. Ramanan

6

5:11 PM

5:16 PM

Prize Distribution for SDG Youth Impact

Mr. Ramanan, Arun Sahdeo (UNV) & Orion Square

7

5:17 PM

5:24 PM

Panel 1-Opportunities, challenges and imperatives for D&I in educational practices

Moderator- Arun Sahdeo – Country Coordinator UN Volunteers India

Panel Members
 1. Vedika Saxena - Project Director, Tagore school
 2. Merry Barua- Founder, Action for Autism
 3. Geet Oberoi- President Orkids & Special Educator
 4. Prof Nilanjan Chattopadhay - Dean Bennett University
 5. Rudrani Chettri -Transgender actor & activist
 6. Prof G Sathis Kumar - Prof Economics & Founder-GSK Social Laboratory
 7. Paolo Favero- Anthropologist, University of Antwerp

30

5:25 PM

5:54 PM

Youth Q&A with Panel 1

15

5:55 PM

6:09 PM

Break 1

5

6:10 PM

6:14 PM

Panel 2-Social, Economic and innovation potential of D&I-Investment vs Benefits

Moderator- Jyotika Dhawan, CEO Helix HR & Founder Orion Square , Diversity Catalyst
Panel Members
1. Anita Varshney – VP, Brand & Purpose, SAP
2. Richa Bansal- Founder CEO, Saarathi
3. Pratibha Advani , CFO Tata Communications
4. Navanita Bhattacharya - Gender & Inclusion specialist (Australia)
5. Mahalakshmi R - Head HR Mondelez Int
6. Pritha Dutt- CEO, Empower Pragati

7. Meeta Gutgutia, CEO FnP, Founder Sipping Thoughts

30

6:15 PM

6:44 PM

Youth Q&A with Panel 2

15

6:45 PM

6:59 PM

Break 2

5

7:00 PM

7:05 PM

Panel 3- Changing mindsets and building an Inclusive culture for growth

Moderator- Alok Narain, Founder Emergence Learning
Panel Members
 1. Vandana Das - D&I at IFC Washington (U.S)
 2. Lisa-Renee LaBonte - AVYF -Global citizens Foundation (U.S)
 3. Jiby Joyce- Programme Manager- Community Business
 4. Nitin Dhawan- CEO Orion Square
 5. Anuradha Kedia- Founder Better India
 6. Divya Jain- Project manager- UNDP
 7. Kanchan Gaba- Founder, Institute of Blind

30

7:05 PM

7:34 PM

Youth Q&A with Panel 3

15

7:35 PM

7:49 PM

Break 3

5

7:50 PM

7:54 PM

Technology & Inclusion-

Keynote speaker

Vivienne Ming- Neuroscientist, CEO, Socos Lab (U.S)

8

7:55 PM

8:02 PM

Youth Q & A with Ms. Vivienne

7

8:03 PM

8:09 PM

Panel 4-Gen X- Contextualizing Diversity

Moderator -Lisa La Bonte ,UN Sec Gen UAE & AV YF & Zubin Rekhi (Student- Milward High School)
 1. Tushar Chetal (Carnegie Melon Univ)
 2. Gurkirat Singh (OP Jindal Univ)
 3. Tusha Karnani( Class XI,TSMS)
 4. Adya Gupta (Class X, Modern BK)
 5. Nandini Dhawan (Class XII Homeschooled)
 6. Madhav Gupta (Class XI, TSMS)
 7. Dev Shukla (Class X, Modern BK)

8. Prarthana (Class XII Tagore International VV)

30

8:10 PM

8:39 PM

Youth Q&A with Panel 4

15

8:40 PM

8:54 PM

Closing Remarks

Dilip Thakore (Edu world), Arun Sahdeo (UNV) & Orion Square

5

8:55 PM

9:00 PM