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Symposiums 2018 – The Millennials Challenges and Opportunities

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] 2017’s productive discussion on teaching the best practices in Delhi paved path for the theme for 2018-‘The Millennials: Challenges and Opportunities’. The symposium saw the participants discussing the nuances of teaching in contemporary times; for e.g. the challenge posed by e- learning and technology, a distracted audience with a shrinking attention span, confusion around careers arising from being over-informed, the continuing fear of quantitative tools, amongst others. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”width_prof”][vc_column]

[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion active_section=”0″][vc_tta_section title=”Keynote Address” tab_id=”1552640729524-9ba854ce-f28e”][vc_column_text] The Keynote Address was delivered by Dr James Abdey, Assistant Professorial Lecturer, Department of Statistics, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), on one of the biggest millennial challenges, ‘Are Classrooms Irrelevant?’ [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”3528″ img_size=”full”][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Guest Speakers” tab_id=”1552640659651-a0309122-270f”][vc_column_text] For each of the 7 cities, we invited eminent Guest Speakers, who are thought leaders in the fields of education, banking, and government leadership, amongst others. They delivered a value-add session on how their respective expertise coincides with the challenges and opportunities faced by millennials. [/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Symposium Itinerary” tab_id=”1552640569571-2b235fd9-9921″][vc_column_text el_class=”table_new symposium-table-padd symposium-table-acord”]

Venue Details Across India
Date		City		Venue
26th March 2018		Mumbai		The Classique Club, Andheri
27th March 2018		Bengaluru		The Chancery Hotel, Lavelle Road
28th March 2018		Hyderabad		Radisson, Hitec City
29th March 2018		New Delhi		IHC, Lodhi Road
31st March 2018		Dehradun		Hotel Madhuban, Rajpur Road
2nd  April 2018		Jaipur		Holiday Inn, Sardar Patel Road
3rd April 2018		Kolkata		Radisson, Ballygunge

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”ISBF & LSE Annual Teachers’ Symposiums 2018 Highlights” tab_id=”1552640495137-37aeae7e-2773″][vc_column_text] Keynote Speaker:Dr James Abdey, Lecturer in Statistics, LSE (Address: Are Classrooms Irrelevant?) [/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Mumbai, 26th March 2018″ tab_id=”1552640372449-b099f62f-8e5a”][vc_column_text]

Guest Speakers: Dr, Kavita Agarwal, Chairman, MISA ( Address: Do International Curricula Prepare Our Students Better?); Dr Kimberly Dixit, President and Co-Founder, The Red Pen( Address: Is An Information Overload Confusion Millennials’ Career Choices)

Breakaway Session 1: Dr James Abdey, Lecturer in Statistics, LSE (Topic: Maths, Statistics, Economics: Bringing Numbers Alive in the Classroom)

Breakaway Session 2: Dr G.L. Tayal, Dean, ISBF & Mr Aryapriya Ganguly, Associate Professor, ISBF (Topic: Case Studies: Helping Students Blend Theory & Practice)

Breakaway Session 3: Dr Kimberly Dixit, President and Co-Founder, The Red Pen (Topic: Is an Information Overload Confusing Millennials’ Choices of Careers in Economics, Management & Finance)

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Panel Discussion on ‘Keeping Mellinials Excited about Learning: Techniques, Content and technologies in Classroom’

MODERATOR: Mr Venkatesh Srinivasan, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Nexus Consulting.

Panellist: Ms Gowri Mahesh, Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer, learning matters and Mr Nirav Rawell, Opportunity manager, Microsoft.

Breakaway Session 1: Dr James Abdey, Lecturer in Statistics, LSE (Topic: Maths, Statistics, Economics: Bringing Numbers Alive in the Classroom)

Breakaway Session 2: Mr Aryapriya Ganguly, Associate Professor, ISBF (Topic: Case Studies: Helping Students Blend Theory & Practice)

Breakaway Session 3: Dr G.L. Tayal & Father Benny Thomas, Principal, St. Xaviers (Topic: ‘Creating Environments to Enable Millenials, and Their Teachers, to Unleash Their Potential’)

Breakaway Session 4: Mr Aryapriya Ganguly, Associate Professor, ISBF (Topic: ‘ISBF Pedagogical Interventions Towards Inculcating and Fostering Spirit of Enquiry’)

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Guest Speakers: Dr Geoffrey Fisher, Head, the Aga Khan Academy (Address: ‘Disruptive or Incremental Innovation: Will they meet India’s Future Educational Needs?’)

Breakaway Session 1: Dr James Abdey, Lecturer in Statistics, LSE (Topic: Maths, Statistics, Economics: Bringing Numbers Alive in the Classroom)

Breakaway Session 2: Dr G.L. Tayal, Dean, ISBF & Mr Aryapriya Ganguly, Associate Professor, ISBF (Topic: Case Studies: Helping Students Blend Theory & Practice)

Breakaway Session 3: Ms Pragati Pandey, Counselor, The Aga Khan Academy (Topic: ‘Is an Information Overload Confusing Millennials’ Choices of Careers in Economics, Management & Finance)

Breakaway Session 4: Mr Aryapriya Ganguly, Associate Professor, ISBF (Topic: ‘ISBF Pedagogical Interventions Towards Inculcating and Fostering  Spirit of Enquiry’)

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Guest of honour Adress: Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Former Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Govt. of India(Topic: The Millenials Challenges and Opportunities)

Breakaway Session 1: Dr James Abdey, Lecturer in Statistics, LSE (Topic: Maths, Statistics, Economics: Bringing Numbers Alive in the Classroom)

Breakaway Session 2: Dr G.L. Tayal, Dean, ISBF & Mr Aryapriya Ganguly, Associate Professor, ISBF (Topic: Case Studies: Helping Students Blend Theory & Practice)

Breakaway Session 3: Ms Parvin Malhotra, Director, Career Guidance India (Topic: Is an Information Overload Confusing Millennials’ Choices of Careers in Economics, Management & Finance)

Concluding Session : Mr Aryapriya Ganguly, Associate Professor, ISBF (Topic: ISBF Pedagogical Interventions Towards Inculcating and Fostering  Spirit of Enquiry)

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Guest Speaker: Matthew Raggett, Headmaster, Doon School (Address: Creating Environments to Enable Millenials, and Their Teachers, to Unleash Their Potential)

Breakaway Session 1: Dr James Abdey, Lecturer in Statistics, LSE (Topic: Maths, Statistics, Economics: Bringing Numbers Alive in the Classroom)

Breakaway Session 2: Dr G.L. Tayal, Dean, ISBF (Topic: Case Studies: Helping Students Blend Theory & Practice)

Breakaway Session 3: Ms Toral Sharan, Career Guidance Counselor, Welham Boy’s School (Topic: Is an Information Overload Confusing Millennials’ Choices of Careers in Economics, Management & Finance) Concluding Session: Mr Chiraag Mehta, Associate Dean, ISBF (Topic: ISBF Pedagogical Interventions Towards Inculcating and Fostering  Spirit of Enquiry)

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Guest Speaker: Lt. Gen. Surendra Kulkarni, Director, Mayo College, Ajmer (Address: Creating Environments to Enable Millenials, and Their Teachers, to Unleash Their Potential)

Breakaway Session 1: Dr James Abdey, Lecturer in Statistics, LSE (Topic: Maths, Statistics, Economics: Bringing Numbers Alive in the Classroom)

Breakaway Session 2: Dr G.L. Tayal, Dean, ISBF (Topic: Case Studies: Helping Students Blend Theory & Practice)

Breakaway Session 3: Mr Chiraag Mehta, Associate Dean, ISBF (Topic: Is an Information Overload Confusing Millennials’ Choices of Careers in Economics, Management & Finance)

Concluding Session: Mr Aryapriya Ganguly, Associate Professor (Topic: ISBF Pedagogical Interventions Towards Inculcating and Fostering Spirit of Enquiry)

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Guest Speaker: Ms Susmita Bhatacharya, Ward Councilor, TMC Park Street (Address: Bridging the Generation Gap Between Educators and Youth)

Breakaway Session 1: Dr James Abdey, Lecturer in Statistics, LSE (Topic: Maths, Statistics, Economics: Bringing Numbers Alive in the Classroom)

Breakaway Session 2: Mr Aryapriya Ganguly, Associate Professor, ISBF (Topic: Case Studies: Helping Students Blend Theory & Practice)

Breakaway Session 3: Dr G.L. Tayal, Dean, ISBF and Father Benny Thomas, Principal, St. Xaviers (Topic: Creating Environments to Enable Millenials, and Their Teachers, to Unleash Their Potential)

Concluding Session: Mr Aryapriya Ganguly, Associate Professor, ISBF  (Topic: ISBF Pedagogical Interventions Towards Inculcating and Fostering Spirit of Enquiry)

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