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spotlight: Emergent India: An Engagement with MIT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday, September 21, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
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This conference will celebrate MIT's century-old engagement with India, and will look closely at some of the most important current issues in India and MIT's engagement with them.
There will be a variety of sessions spanning topics from science and technology, urban planning, poverty, education and health, to new practices of management for emergent India. Speakers from India will engage in serious discussions with MIT faculty panelists on these different issues. This conference will provide a vibrant forum for the community to meaningfully engage with leaders in India as we try to understand the challenges and the achievements of India. This conference will be open to the public.
You need the free RealPlayer (8 or higher) to view the lecture. For help with RealPlayer, visit http://web.mit.edu/smcs/help/realhelp.htm. MIT speakers and moderators include: MIT Deans Steve Eppinger, Deputy Dean/Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management Deborah Fitzgerald, Dean of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Adele Naude Santos, Dean, School of Architecture and Planning Subra Suresh, Dean of Engineering MIT Faculty Robert Armstrong, Assoc. Director, MITEI Arvind, CS Eng Abhijit Banerjee, Economics Alan Brody, Theater Arts Charles Cooney, Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering Esther Duflo, Economics Arindam Dutta, Architecture Yasheng Huang, MIT Sloan S.P. Kothari, MIT Sloan Vijay Kumar, Director, OEIT and Sr Associate Dean Ernest Moniz, Director, MITEI Michael Ouellete, Music and Theater Arts Balakrishna Rajagopal, Urban Studies and Planning Bish Sanyal, Urban Planning, Dir, Spurs/HHH Antoinette Schoar, MIT Sloan Gregory Stephanopoulos, Chemical Engineering George Verghese, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Agenda: 8:30-8:45 am - Welcome Subra Suresh, Dean of Engineering, MIT Team Leader for SMART and Prof MSE Opening: Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group 8:45-9:50 am - Session I: Energy and India: Looking into the Future Speakers: Ernest Moniz, Director, MITEI, Cecil and Ida Green Prof Physics / Co-Dir LFEE Charles Cooney, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering Kirit Parikh, Head of Energy and Planning Commission Gregory Stephanopoulos, Arthur D. Little Professor of Chemical Engineering Moderator, Robert Armstrong, Assoc. Director, MITEI, Chevron Prof ChemE 9:55-10:55 am - Session II: Competitiveness in Indian Industry: New Challenges and Directions Speakers: Steve Eppinger, Deputy Dean/Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management Yasheng Huang, Associate Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management Shekhar Chowdhury, Director, IIM, Kolkata Moderator: S.P. Kothari, Gordon Y. Billard Professor of Accounting, MIT Sloan School of Management 11 am - 12 pm - Session III: The Meaning of Cultural Exchange Theater and the Other Arts Speakers: Alan Brody, Professor of Theater Arts Michael Ouellete, Senior Lecturer, Music and Theater Arts Sameera Iyengar, Creative Director, Prithvi Theater Moderator: Deborah Fitzgerald, Kenan Sahin Dean of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 1-2 pm - Session IV: Microfinance, Primary Education and Health: Understanding Poverty Speakers: Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Prof of Poverty Allev and Develop, Department of Economics Antoinette Schoar, Maurice F. Strong Fund Career Dev, Assoc. Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management Nachiket Mor, Deputy Managing Director, ICICI Bank Moderator: Abhijit Banerjee, Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics 2:10-3:10 pm - Session V: Hidden Successes: The Role of Design and Urban Planning in India Speakers: Adele Naude Santos, Dean, School of Architecture and Planning and Prof of Architecture Rahul Malhotra, Ramesh Ramanathan, Director, Janaagraha Arindam Dutta, Associate Professor of Architecture Balakrishna Rajagopal, Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning Moderator: Bish Sanyal, Professor of Urban Planning, Dir, Spurs/HHH 3:20-4:20 - Session VI: Empowerment of Teachers: Effective Impact and Outreach Speakers: George Verghese, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Vijay Kumar, Director, OEIT and Sr Associate Dean Sanjay Dhande, Director, IIT Kanpur Moderator: Arvind, Charles W and Jennifer C Johnson Professor in CS Eng 4:20-5 - Closing Remarks Desh Deshpande, CEO, Sycamore Networks Sponsored by the MIT-India program, the office of the Provost, and Foreign Languages and Literatures. For more information, contact KC Cortinovis at 617-253-4771 or kccort@mit.edu. |
 Emergent India conference looks closely at MIT's engagement with important current issues in India |
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