Cordially invite you to participate in the
Seminar on
“Higher Education in India:
Challenges and Opportunities”
&
Release of the Report on
“Yale-Jindal Conversations on Globalisation”
Published by the Centre for Global Governance and Policy
Jindal School of International Affairs and Jindal Global Law School
Date: Friday, 8 April 2011
Time : 10:00 am - 6:30 pm
Venue: Sonipat Narela Road, Near Jagdishpur Village
Sonipat, Haryana - 131 001, India
PROGRAMME
Inaugural Session: 10:00 am – 11:05 am
Welcoming Remarks
10:00 am – 10:10 am:
Professor C. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, O. P. Jindal Global University
Chief Guest’s Address
10:10 am – 10:25 am: Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India
Inaugural Address
10:25 am – 10:40 am:
Special Address
10:40 am – 10:55 am:
Professor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open
University
Mr. S. S. Prasad, Commissioner and Secretary, Education and Languages Department
Government of Haryana
Concluding Remarks
10:55 am – 11:00 am:
Dr. Sanjeev P. Sahni, Head of Education, Jindal Group
Vote of Thanks
11:00 am – 11:05 am:
Professor D. K. Srivastava, Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic), O. P. Jindal Global
University (JGU)
Tea: 11:05 am – 11:20 am
First Thematic Session: 11:20 am - 1:00 pm
Confronting the Challenges of Higher Education:
Quality, Quantity, Accessibility and Equity
Chair: Professor C. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, O. P. Jindal Global University
11:20 am – 11:35 am:
Professor N.R. Madhava Menon, Chairman, Committee to Evolve Policy on
Autonomy for Central Educational Institutions, Ministry of Human Resources
Development, Government of India
11:35 am – 11:50 noon:
Dr. Sanjeev P. Sahni, Head of Education, Jindal Group
11:50 noon – 12:05 pm:
Professor Pankaj Mittal, Vice Chancellor , B. P. S. Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Sonipat
12:05 pm – 12:20 pm:
Mr. Aman Shah, Registrar, O.P. Jindal Global University
Discussion: 12:20 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Second Thematic Session: 2:30 pm - 4:10 pm
Internationalisation of Higher Education in India
Chair: Professor Vikramaditya Khanna, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
& Visiting Professor, Jindal Global Law School
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm: Mr. Ajit Motwani, Former Director, International Institute of Education
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm: Dr. A. Francis Julian, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Member
UGC Committee on Introduction of One Year LL.M. Programme
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm: Mr. Harjiv Singh, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Gutenberg Communications
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm: Mr. Prashant Narang, Student, LL.M. Candidate, JGLS
Discussion: 3:30 pm – 4:10 pm
Tea: 4:10 pm - 4:30 pm
Third Thematic Session: 4:30 pm - 6:10 pm
Changing Dimensions of Education in Law
Business and International Affairs
Chair: Professor D. K. Srivastava, Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic), JGU
4:30 pm – 4:45 pm:
Professor Ratna Kapur, Professor, Geneva School of Diplomacy & International
Relations and Visiting Professor, Jindal Global Law School
4:45 pm – 5:00 pm: Professor Michael J. Barnes, Vice Dean, Jindal Global Business School
5:00 pm – 5:15 pm: Dr. Sreeram Chaulia, Vice Dean, Jindal School of International Affairs
5:15 pm – 5:30 pm: Dr. Sunanda Sangwan, Professor, Jindal Global Business School
Discussion: 5:30 pm – 6:10 pm
Summing Up: 6:10 pm - 6:30 pm
Professor C. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, O. P. Jindal Global University
&
Professor Vikramaditya Khanna, Professor of Law, University of
Michigan Law School & Visiting Professor, Jindal Global Law School