8:30 – 9:15 Conference Registration
9:15 – 10:15 Introduction, Aims of Education
Special Video Message from Students
Moderator/Speaker: Jareena Begum

• Speakers:
  • Garry Jacobs – New Paradigm in Education
  • Ashok Natarajan – Aims of Education
  • Vidya Rangan – Essence of Educational Inspiration

10:15 – 11:00 Person-centered Education
Moderator: S. Devakanni

• Speakers:
  • Shakeel Ahmad – The lost ‘Why?’ of our school system
  • L. Kannan – Student-centered Learning
  • Ritu Kohli – Preparing for Future Challenges of Life – Emotional and Social Skills
  • Ranjani Ravi – International trends

11:00 – 11:30 Refreshment Break
11:30 – 12:15 Employability & Entrepreneurship
Moderator: K. N. Shoba

• Speakers:
  • G. Senthilkumar – Enhancing employability
  • S. S. Sreejith – What employers want
  • S. Sairaman – Accelerated technical training
  • Senthil Pandian – What Steve Jobs didn’t learn at school
  • Ramesh Kumar – Developing entrepreneurs

12:15 – 13:00 Active Learning
Moderator: R. Sujatha

• Speakers:
  • K. Srinivas – What Ought to be the Aim of Education?
  • P.P. Mathur – Role and Responsibilities of teachers
  • M. Chandrasekaran – Learn while you earn
  • Latha Chandrasekaran – Memorization and understanding

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Contextual Language Learning Strategies
Moderator: L. Kannan

• Speakers:
  • M.Gayatri – Early childhood learning
  • Shweta Rangan – Holistic Contextual Learning
  • S. Devakanni – Teaching Etymology
  • Vasugi Balaji – Speed Reading and Composition
  • Janani Ramanathan – Using Literature in Teaching

15:00 – 15:30 Innovations in Math & Science Education

• Speakers:
  • Vidya Rangan
  • Vani Senthil – Basic contextual math
  • Yogaraj – Math Science Education

15:30 – 16:00 Refreshment break
16:00 – 17:00 Value-Education and Higher Education
Moderator: Kanimozhi Arasi

• Speakers:
  • Arulmozhiarasi – Success stories
  • A. Vijayakumar – Character Education
  • T.S. Sudha – Community development as a part of curriculum
  • Gaurav Nigam – Early Childhood Education
  • Mohammed Javeed Basha – Voice of the Students

17:00 – 17:30 Toward a New Educational Paradigm – open discussion & concluding remarks
Moderators:
Garry Jacobs
Vidya Rangan
Speaker: Naveen Sharma
Vote of Thanks: Sunita Prasad