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To bring a sustainable, systemic change in a complex and dynamic system like India’s education ecosystem, it is essential to work on enabling the education leaders. InvokED is the first ever global dialogue on how to bring this change.
At InvokED, we put the spotlight on the so far deprioritised, but the most essential topic – leadership in the education ecosystem. Education leaders, practitioners, academicians, market players, teachers and students, from across the globe will come together, to collectively lead insightful, action oriented conversations.
Tune in to listen to unique perspectives. Witness the most innovative and scalable solutions from across the globe. Join us as we lay the ground for a collective effort by Sarkaar (state), Bazaar (markets) and Samaaj (civil society) to enable the leaders!
Why Attend
Agenda at a Glance
Opening Address
Find out how do we outpace the growth of education inequity to create exponential change
10:00 AM - 10:20 AMKeynote
An illustration of the power of leadership in enabling agency and outcomes
10:20 AM - 10:35 AMMission to Movement: A Conversation
Identifying the key elements to amplify the mission into a movement
10:35 AM - 11:15 AMBright Spots in Collective Action
Examples of collective action are aplenty, lets learn from them!
11:30 AM - 12:00 PMAccelerating Societal Change Through Collective Action: How will the Holy Trinity Enable this?
Decoding the role of three actors in driving exponential change
12:00 PM - 01:00 PMAccelerating Societal Change Through Collective Action: Enabling Agency, Diversity and Equity through Tech
Deep dive into leveraging technology to drive exponential change
02:30 PM - 02:50 PMDesigning for Impact and Diversity: Is District the Right Unit of Change?
Discover how to leverage different pillars for decentralised action
04:15 PM - 05:15 PMSpeakers
Param Iyer
Executive Director, World Bank
Ex - CEO, NITI Aayog
Ex - CEO, NITI Aayog
Parameswaran Iyer
Executive Director, World Bank
Ex - CEO, NITI Aayog
Mr Parameswaran Iyer is the former CEO of NITI Aayog and has worked in various capacities with the Govt. of India and the World Bank. He is well known as the orchestrator of India’s flagship Swachh Bharat Mission.
Ashif Shaikh
Co-Founder, Jan Sahas
Ashif Shaikh
Co-Founder, Jan Sahas
Ashif Shaikh is the co-founder of Jan Sahas. He has over 20 years of experience working towards safe migration, ending forced labour practices and violence against women.
Viren Shetty
Vice Chairman, Narayana Health
Viren Shetty
Vice Chairman, Narayana Health
As Vice Chairman, Viren is currently leading a program to transform Narayana Health, a world-renowned healthcare group dedicated towards making healthcare accessible to all, into a fully integrated digital-first healthcare provider.
Dr Urvashi Sahni
Co-Founder, Catalyst 2030
Dr Urvashi Sahni
Co-Founder, Catalyst 2030
Dr Urvashi Sahni is a social entrepreneur, women’s rights activist, and educationist, and a leading expert in school governance, curriculum reform, and teacher training with a special focus on girls’ education and gender equality.
Uma Mahadevan
Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayati Raj - Govt. of
Karnataka
Uma Mahadevan
Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayati Raj - Govt. of Karnataka
Smt Uma Mahadevan is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre who is currently serving as the Additional Chief Secretary (Panchayat Raj) in Department of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, Govt of Karnataka.
Samar Bajaj
Director, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation India
Samar Bajaj
Director, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation India
Samar leads several projects across the areas of education and livelihoods and partners with mission-driven organizations to scale high impact initiatives and drive lasting systems change.
Dr Shailendra Hegde
Program Director, JHPIEGO
Dr Shailendra Hegde
Program Director, JHPIEGO
Dr. Hegde leads all JHPIEGO programs in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. With over 16 years’ experience in leading and delivering clinical services, conducting community-based research and providing academic training in a variety of health care institutions, he is well versed in managing large health care programs.
Ashwin Deshmukh
Senior Vice President, Piramal Foundation
Ashwin Deshmukh
Senior Vice President, Piramal Foundation
An engineer by training, Ashwin brings a decade-long experience in managing large projects in the telecom and banking sectors, to the development sector, thereby improving governance and accountability.
Manu Gupta
Co-Founder, SEEDS
Manu Gupta
Co-Founder, SEEDS
Manu Gupta is Co-Founder of SEEDS, a not-for-profit organisation that enables community resilience through practical solutions in the areas of disaster readiness, response, and rehabilitation.
Pramod Verma
CTO, EkStep Foundation
Pramod Verma
CTO, EkStep Foundation
Along with being CTO of EkStep, a not-for-profit creating learner-centric, technology enabled platform, he is the Chief Architect of Aadhaar and various India Stack layers such as eSign, Digital Locker, and Unified Payment Interface (UPI).
Chetan Kapoor
CEO, Tech Mahindra Foundation
Chetan Kapoor
CEO, Tech Mahindra Foundation
Chetan Kapoor is an accomplished development professional with over two decades of rich experience in the Education and Skill Development sectors.
Nitin Kashyap
Group Product Manager, Google
Nitin Kashyap
Group Product Manager, Google
Nitin is part of the Learning & Education team and leads product management for
parts of Google Classroom & Google Read Along - Google’s AI
powered speech based reading tutor app for helping children learn to read.
Kabir Sethi
Associate Partner, Dalberg Advisors
Kabir Sethi
Associate Partner, Dalberg Advisors
Kabir advises governments, foundations, and private corporations on strategy development, effective technology use, and organizational design. He is keen to help organizations define their vision and then taking tangible steps toward achieving it.
Ayush Prasad
CEO, Pune Zilla Parishad
Ayush Prasad
CEO, Pune Zilla Parishad
Ayush heads the administrative machinery of the Pune and finds playing a small role in bettering the lives of people, the most fulfilling aspect of his life.
Karuna Vakaati
Secretary of the Department of Education, Govt. of Telangana
Karuna Vakaati
Secretary of the Department of Education, Govt. of Telangana
Karuna is the Secretary of the Department of Education, Government of Telangana and has previously served as Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare.
K Giriprakash
Business Editor, The Federal
K Giriprakash
Business Editor, The Federal
K Giriprakash is an award-winning journalist with over 30 years of experience. He is currently the Business Editor of The Federal, a digital news and views platform and has previously headed the Bangalore edition of The Hindu Business Line.
Dr Francois Bonnici
Director, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
Dr Francois Bonnici
Director, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
Francois is a public health physician, university professor, social change practitioner, foundation leader and author. His career is rooted in front-line medical and humanitarian work and he has worked extensively to build progressive and catalytic partnerships among different actors.
Sanjay Purohit
Chief Curator, Societal Platform
Sanjay Purohit
Chief Curator, Societal Platform
Sanjay Purohit advises organizations and foundations applying Societal Thinking, a systemic approach to reimagine and induce exponential social change with speed, at scale, sustainably across domains .
Rucha Pande
COO, Mantra4Change
Rucha Pande
COO, Mantra4Change
A graduate of MA in Education from the Azim Premji University, Rucha leads Mantra4Change specializes in creating various frameworks for design and Monitoring & Evaluation for multiple projects run by the organisation.
Kumari Shibulal
Founder and Chairperson, SFPI
Kumari Shibulal
Founder and Chairperson, SFPI
Kumari Shibulal, founder of The Shibulal Family Philanthropic Initiatives(SFPI) is actively engaged in philanthropic work which is spread across education, healthcare, maternal nutrition, pension schemes, organic farming and many others.
S D Shibulal
Co-Founder, Infosys
S D Shibulal
Co-Founder, Infosys
S.D. Shibulal is the Co-founder, former Member of the Board and CEO of Infosys Ltd. Prior to becoming the CEO and Managing Director, Shibu served as the Chief Operating Officer
from 2007 to 2011.
Khushboo Awasthi
COO, ShikshaLokam
Khushboo Awasthi
COO, Shikshalokam
A management professional turned education enthusiast, Khushboo is the Co-Founder of ShikshaLokam & Mantra4Change, both non-profits working to transform the education ecosystem.
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