INDIA TODAY CONCLAVE - 17th & 18th MARCH 2017

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INDIA TODAY CONCLAVE - 17th & 18th MARCH 2017

India's Most Iconic Ideas Platform Now In Mumbai

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
17TH & 18TH MARCH 2017, GRAND HYATT, MUMBAI

Day One Programme
Friday March 17, 2017

10:00-10:15 AM Welcome Address

Aroon Purie
Aroon Purie
Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, India Today Group

10:15-10:55 AM The Great Debate: Cooperate and Compete | The New Federalism

Devendra Fadnavis
Chief Minister, Maharashtra
Mehbooba Mufti
Chief Minister, Jammu & Kashmir
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh

10:55-11:00 AM Launch of VR Film Celebrating Mumbai

11:00-11:30 AM Conversation: The Private Investment Problem | Making India More Attractive

Adi Godrej
Chairman, Godrej Group
Deepak Parekh
Chairman, HDFC Ltd.

11:30-12:00 PM Master Talk: The e-economy | From the Frontlines of Change

Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Founder & CEO, Paytm

12.00-12.45 PM The Governance Agenda: How to Make a More Powerful, Digital, Smarter India | Three Ministers, Three Big Ideas

Big Cities, Big Dreams
M. Venkaiah Naidu
Union Minister for Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation
The Digital Masterplan
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Union Minister for Law, Justice and IT
Being Resource Full
Dharmendra Pradhan
Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas

12:45-13:15 PM Conversation: The New Fault Lines | Global Economy, Local Flux

Anand Mahindra
Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra Group
Amitabh Kant
CEO, Niti Aayog

13:15-14:15 PM Lunch

14:15-14:45 PM Heart to Heart: Dear America | Notes from an Immigrant

Waris Ahluwalia
Designer, Actor
(India premiere of Dear America)

14:45-15:30 PM Cinelogue: India/Pakistan Filming the Other

Kalki Koechlin
Actor
Sabiha Sumar
Filmmaker
(World preview of Sabiha Sumar's film with Kalki Koechlin, Azmaish)

15:30-16:15 PM The Great Debate: A Million Mutinies | What Makes an Indian?

Sajjad Lone
Minister for Social Welfare, ARI & Trainings and Science & Technology, Jammu & Kashmir Government
Asaduddin Owaisi
President of the AIMIM and Lok Sabha member
Dipankar Gupta
Sociologist
Sukhadeo Thorat
Chairman, ICSSR
T. M. Krishna
Musician
VInay Sahasrabuddhe
MP

16:15-17:15 PM Special Address by Chief Guest: Such a Long Innings | Politics, Power, Office

Pranab Mukherjee
Honourable President of India

17:15-17:30 PM High Tea

17:30-18:00 PM Heart to Heart: Being the Best You | Finding the Champion Within

Abhinav Bindra
Olympic gold medalist
Deepa Malik
Paralympic athlete

18:00-18:30 PM Conversation: The Disruptors | Technology and Opportunity

Rohan Murty
Founder, Murty Classical Library of India
Ananya Birla
Founder, Svatantra Microfinance
Manasi Kirloskar
Executive Director, Kirloskar Systems
Shashwat Goenka
Sector Head, Spencer's Retail Ltd
Ratul Puri
Chairman, Hindustan Power Projects Pvt. Ltd

18:30-19:00 PM The Podcast: Settle For More | Taking Centrestage

Anushka Sharma
Actor

19:00-19:45 PM Keynote Address: The One to Beat | New Pole of Indian Politics?

Amit Shah
President, BJP

19.45-20.00 PM Session Switchover Break

20:00-21:00 PM Keynote Address: Globalism in the Age of Protection | The Balance of Interests

Nicolas Sarkozy
President of the French Republic (2007-2012)

21:00 onwards Gala Dinner

Day Two Programme
Saturday March 18, 2017

10.00 - 10.45 AM Time Machine The Next Masterpiece The Virtual Brush

Laurent Gaveau
Head, Google Arts & Culture Lab, Paris
Dhruvi Acharya
Artist

10:45-11:30 AM Heart to Heart Koffee with Karan on the Couch Love Beyond Boundaries

Karan Johar
Filmmaker

11:30-12:15 PM Conversation: The Future of Politics | Individual Interests Vs National Agenda

Piyush Goyal
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines
Anand Sharma
Deputy Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha

12:15-13:00 PM Conversation: India Pakistan | Love Story or Hate Tale?

Abdul Basit
High Commissioner of Pakistan to India
Kiren Rijiju
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs

13:00-13:30 PM Keynote Address: Make India-America Great Again | Why Trump Will Be Good for the World

Shalabh Kumar
Founder, Republican Hindu Coalition

13:30-14:00 PM Keynote Address Why Technology Will Change India The 21st Century Optimist

Mukesh Ambani
Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries

14:00-15:00 PM Lunch

15:00-15:30 PM The Great Debate: Executive Vs Judiciary | The Final Verdict

Harish Salve
Lawyer
Kapil Sibal
Lawyer, Former Union Minister of Law and Justice
Arghya Sengupta
Research Director, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
Justice B. N. Srikrishna
Former Judge, Supreme Court of India

15:30-16:00 PM The Great Debate: Refugee Crisis | Open Borders or Closed Minds?

Liz Mohn
Vice-Chairwoman, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany
Elhadj As Sy
Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross
Venu Rajamony
Press Secretary to the President & Additional Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs
Riad Abbas
Syria’s ambassador to India

16:00-16:30 PM The Paternity Podcast: Unlessons from My Father | Myth and Reality

Alia Bhatt
Actor

16:30-17:00 PM #BigShorts for Small Screen Film Launch of #IndiaTomorrow

#InDefenceofFreedom by
Nandita Das
Actor
#LifeSupport by
Sudhir Mishra
Filmamker
#ThisBloodyLine by
Ram Madhvani
Film Director
#Before&After by
Tigmanshu Dhulia
Filmmaker

17:00-17:30 PM High Tea

17:30-18:15 PM Heart to Heart: The Great Disconnect | Silence in a World of Noise

Pico Iyer
Author

18:15-18:45 PM The Big Issue: Girls Uninterrupted | Left, Right, Or My Right?

Shehla Rashid
Former Vice-President, JNU Students' Union & Member, All India Students Association
Sabika Abbas Naqvi
Gender Rights Activist
Jahnavi Ojha
ABVP
Varada Marathe
ABVP

18:45-19:30 PM Unforgettables: The Dream Makers | Lessons from the Spotlight

Amitabh Bachchan
Actor
Shah Rukh Khan
Actor

19:30-19:40 PM Vote of Thanks by Kalli Purie, Group Editorial Director, India Today Group

19:40-20:40 PM Live Special Address: The Politics of Disruption | Setting India’s New Agenda

Narendra Modi
Honourable Prime Minister of India

20:40PM onwards Cocktails and Gala Dinner

Answers (20)

India Today Conclave 2017: Karan Johar says Bollywood is sensitive, easy to offend

Karan Johar opened up at the India Today Conclave 2017 about Bollywood, his childhood, his unrequited love, choice of films and his success.

India Today Conclave 2017: We want to make museum collections accessible online: Google's Laurent Gaveau

Laurent Gaveau of Google spoke about the Google Art and Culture app that gives people a 360-degree view of artworks while speaking at the India Today Conclave 2017.

India Today Conclave 2017: Indecision cost us Goa, BJP an election-winning machine, admits Congress

Participating in a debate on 'The Future of Politics' at India Today Conclave 2017, former Union Minister Chavan said, "Without any doubt Congress is facing grave crisis. The party has been in crisis earlier as well and we came out of it. But, it does not mean that we will comeback automatically out of it."

India Today Conclave 2017: Shalabh Kumar explains why Trump will be good for the world

The Founder of the Republican Hindu Coalition (RHC) and a Trump supporter Shalabh Kumar explained how the US President will be good for the world and advocated that in Donald Trump, India has a very friendly American President. 

India Today Conclave 2017: Mukesh Ambani pitches for 'keep in India'

Chairman of Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani has a suggestion for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that is to add a 'Keep in India' initiative to the to-do list of Make in India, Digital India and Skill India. He spoke about ensuring data remaining within India while speaking during a session at the India Today Conclave 2017.

India Today Conclave 2017: Government shrank and so the judges widened their jurisdiction, says Harish Salve

At India Today Conclave 2017 in Mumbai today four of the finest legal minds in the country debated the issue, the problems and possible way outs to avoid a clash between two key institutions of the government.

India Today Conclave 2017: Nandita Das bats for freedom of speech with her short film on Manto

At the India Today Conclave 2017, acclaimed filmmakers Sudhir Mishra, Nandita Das and Ram Madhvani showed their short films specially made for India Today.

As Mumbai hosts India Today Conclave 2017, India, Pak diplomats exchange fire in debate on 26/11 attacks

At the India Today Conclave 2017, Pakistan's High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit and India's former High Commissioner to Pakistan G Parthasarathy were speaking on the subject India Pakistan: Love Story or Hate Tale.

India Today Conclave 2017: When we make a point, we are abused, says Varada Marathe

In light of the tussle of ideologies in college campuses recently, and the misogynistic attacks, both online and offline of women who simply voiced their opinions, the fiery evening session at the India Today Conclave was most befitting.

India Today Conclave 2017: Building walls won't solve refugee crisis, says Elhadj As Sy

Interacting during a session titled "Refugee Crisis: Open Borders or Closed Minds", Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross said "building walls and raising barriers is not the answer to the problem."

India Today Conclave 2017: Only by going nowhere do you get anywhere, says Pico Iyer

Speaking during a session titled "Heart to heart: The Great Disconnect | Silence in a world of noise", renowned author Pico Iyer indeed made it a heart-to-heart session.

India Today Conclave 2017: GST excellent example of deliberate democracy, says Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded the India Today Conclave 2017 held in Mumbai on March 17 and March 18.


Shah Rukh Khan at India Today Conclave 2017: To be in the spotlight is lonely

Shah Rukh Khan was at his wittiest best on Day 2 of the India Today Conclave 2017.

India Today Conclave 2017: Democracy is our most precious gift, says Aroon Purie

Aroon Purie, Chairman and Editor-In-Chief of the India Today Group delivered the welcome address at the India Today Conclave 2017 being held in Mumbai. Here's his full speech. 

India Today Conclave 2017: We get whatever we need, there is no discrimination from the Centre, says Mehbooba Mufti 

India Today Conclave 2017: We get whatever we need, there is no discrimination from the Centre, says Mehbooba Mufti

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan attended a session titled "The Great Debate: Cooperate and Compete: The New Federalism" at the India Today Conclave 2017, moderated by senior journalist and Consultant Editor of India Today Television Rajdeep Sardesai.

India Today Conclave 2017: HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar says the education policy is being redrafted

Interacting with Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu and Union Minister for Law, Justice and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad during a session titled "The governance agenda: How to make a more powerful, digital, smarter India | Three ministers, three big ideas," at the India Today Conclave 2017, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the ministry is redrafting the education policy of India with the five pillars-accessibility, equity, quality accountability and affordability.

India Today Conclave 2017: I want to create a digital ecosystem for the country's infrastructure, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Interacting with Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu and HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar during a session titled "The governance agenda: How to make a more powerful, digital, smarter India | Three ministers, three bid ideas," at the India Today Conclave 2017, Union Minister for Law, Justice and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad said he wants to create a digital ecosystem for the country's infrastructure.

India Today Conclave 2017: Dissent is agreeable, disintegration is not, says Venkaiah Naidu on free speech debate

Talking at the India Today Conclave 2017 during a session titled "Big Cities Big Dreams", on free speech, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu said "dissent is agreeable, disintegration is not."

India Today Conclave 2017: Major change is government is taking risk, says Anand Mahindra

"If you take a risk you might fail but if you don't take a risk nothing is going to happen," Mahidra said during conversation with Nitin Ayog CEO Amitabh Kant.

India Today Conclave 2017: GST will check tax evasion, it's now pay taxes or get out, says Adi Godrej

Speaking during a session titled "The private investment problem | Making india more attractive" at the India Today Conclave 2017, Deepak Parekh and Adi Godrej said that once the GST is rolled out, the economy is set to get a big boost.

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