NATCON 2019 - "India's Changing Paradigm: Skills and Entrepreneurship for Global Competitiveness" - Bengaluru, Sep 25 to 27, 2019

Venue: Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad International Convention Centre, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK

Campus, Opposite Jakkur Airstrip, Bengaluru– 560065

Day 1 - Sep 25, 2019, Wednesday

Pre Event Session

Time Activity Speakers Organization

12.00 - 14.30 Registration Registration Committee NIPM

14.30 - 15.00 Inauguration of pavilion and display Shri Sadananda Gowda Hon'ble Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizer & Chief Mentor, NATCON 2019

15.30 - 15.45 Assembly of all delegates at the venue - -

15.45 - 15.50 MC to announce logistics and safety arrangements - -

1.0 Inaugural Session

Time Activity Speakers Organization

15.50 - 15.55 Arrival of the Hon’ble Vice President of India along with the

H.E. Governor of Karnataka - -

15.55 - 15.59

MC to announce arrival of the Hon’ble Vice President of India (Everyone present to stand up)

Meet and greet dignitaries seated in the front row of the

audience and thereafter escort to the dais

- -

15.59 - 16.00 MC to announce playing of National Anthem - -

16.00 - 16.03 Welcome address by NIPM National President Shri Vishwesh Kulkarni NIPM National President

16.03 - 16.08 Speech by Conference Chairman Shri Kamal Bali President & Managing Director, Volvo Group,

India and Conference Chairman, NATCON 2019

16.08 - 16.13 Speech by the Hon'ble Union Minister Shri D V Sadananda Gowda Hon'ble Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizer

& Chief Mentor - NATCON 2019

16.13 - 16.20 Speech by Hon'ble Chief Minister of Karnataka Shri B S Yediyurappa Hon'ble Chief Minister of Karnataka

16.20 - 16.25 Release of the NATCON Souvenir by H.E. Governor of Karnataka Shri Vajubhai Vala H.E. Governor of Karnataka

16.25 - 16.50 Address by the Chief Guest Shri Venkaiah Naidu Hon’ble Vice President of India

16.50 - 16.55 Presentation of mementos to the Hon’ble Vice President of

India and other dignitaries on the dais - -

16.55 - 16.57 Vote of thanks by Hon Secretary, NIPM Dr Pradeep Kumar Sahu Hon General Secretary, NIPM

16.57 - 16.59 MC to announce playing of the National Anthem - -

17.00 Departure of the dignitaries - -

1.0 Inaugural Session

Time Activity Speakers Organization

2.0 Key Note Session & NIPM Convocation

Time Activity Speakers Organization

17.00 - 17.25 Networking Tea/Coffee All Delegates NIPM

17.30 - 17.35 Address by NIPM National President Shri Vishwesh Kulkarni NIPM

17.35 - 17.50 Key Note Address by the Chief Guest of the Session Shri Sajjan Jindal Chairman & Managing Director, JSW Group

17.50 - 18.15 Setting the perspective for Skills' Development - Global

Perspectives Shri Ng Cher Pong CEO-Skill Future Singapore (SSG)

18.15 - 18.40 Convocation Ceremony & Address by the Vice-Chancellor, UAS Dr S Rajendra Prasad Vice-Chancellor, UAS

18.40 - 18.55 NIPM Awards Ceremony NIPM

18.55 - 19.00 Vote of thanks Shri Ashoka Thammayya Southern Regional Vice President, NIPM

19.15 - 20.15 Cultural Program Shri Vilas Nayak &

Smt Kushi World-Renowned Speed Painting Artist &

Yoga Champion

20.15 - 21.30 Networking Dinner All Delegates NIPM

End of Day 1

Day 2- Sep 26, 2019, Thursday

Time Session Activity Speakers Organization

9.00 - 10.15 Plenary 1 Setting the Perspective for Skills'

Development

Shri Jayant Davar Chairman, Sandhar Group

Shri Manish Sabharwal Chairman and Co-Founder, Teamlease

Shri Kamal Bali (Moderator)

President & Managing Director, Volvo Group, India and Conference Chairman, NATCON 2019

10.15 - 11.15 Plenary 2 India’s Imperative –

Building the Skilling Eco System

Dr Amar Patnaik Member of Parliament

Shri Raj Nehru Vice-Chancellor, Vishwakarma University and

MD-Haryana Skill Development Mission (Govt of Haryana)

Shri N Reguraj (Moderator)

Managing Director, NTTF and Conference Co-Chairman, NATCON 2019

11.15 - 11.30 Networking Tea/ Coffee All Delegates NIPM

11.30 - 12.15 Plenary 3 Skilling @ Scale -

Leaders’ Perspective

Shri Shekar Viswanathan Vice Chairman, Toyota Kirloskar Motor

Shri Vishwanath S Sr. Director & Head Transportation Solutions,

TE Connectivity India

12.15 - 12.45 Special Session

by the Chief Guest

Government's Vision for Entrepreneurship and New Skills

Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal Hon'ble Union Minister for HRD

12.45 - 13.45 Lunch All Delegates NIPM

3.45 - 14.45

Concurrent Sessions (A) :

Skilling @ Scale - Making

an impact

Sector 1 Automotive & Manufacturing

Shri Parasuraman T R Deputy Managing Director, Toyota Industries

Engine India Pvt. Ltd

Shri Ravindra Pisharody Board Member, Bonfiglioli Transmissions, Savita

Oils and Chemicals, Kinara Capital

Shri B Indushekar (Moderator)

Head Operations, Volvo CE

Sector 2 Dr P Srinivasa Rao CEO, Apollo MedSkills

Day 2- Sep 26, 2019, Thursday

Time Session Activity Speakers Organization

Hospitality, Health Care & Pharma Smt Archana Bhaskar CHRO, Dr. Reddy's Lab

Shri D R Sarin Chairman and Managing Director

Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India

Shri Amit Sharma (Moderator)

CHRO, Volvo Group India

Sector 3 Banking, Education and Social Enterprises

Shri Sasidhar Bhavaraju Senior Vice President, HSBC

Prof Vasanthi Srinivasan (Moderator)

Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, IIM - Bangalore

Sector 4 New Age Economy

Shri Srikant Karra (Moderator cum Speaker)

CHRO, Mphasis

Shri Madhusudan Murthy Global Delivery Head, Wipro Digital

Shri Chocko Valliappa Founder & CEO Vee Technologies & Vice

Chairman, Sona Group

Shri Uday Singh CEO, SIS Group Enterprises

13.45 -15.45

Concurrent Session Academic Research Paper Presentations

Track 1 Building the Skilling Eco System

Dr Sandhya Iya Session Chair

Associate Director, Directorate of Transferable Skills and Leadership Development,

Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences

Track 2 Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

Dr Anuradha Mahesh Session Chair

Professor, Head of Career Management Centre, Welingkar Institute of Management

14.45 - 15.45 Plenary 4 Inspiration for Learning and Skilling:

Showcasing Best Practices

Shri Kranthi Tata Managing Director, GE Multi-Modal Facility

Shri Ramaraju P V S COO & Global Head, Strides Pharma Science

Limited

Shri Ayappa Masagi CEO, Water Literacy Foundation

Prof K B Akhilesh Mentor - Program Committee NATCON 2019

Day 2- Sep 26, 2019, Thursday

Time Session Activity Speakers Organization

15.45 - 16.00 Networking Tea/ Coffee All Delegates NIPM

16.00 - 17.00 Plenary 5 Global Best Practices in Skill Building

Shri Frank Notz Member of the Management Board Human

Resources, Festo Group, Germany

Shri Ashok Vasudevan Managing Director, FESTO Global Production

Centre, India

Shri Gopal Subramanyam (Moderator)

Chairman, SKF India, Former CEO, L&T-Komatsu

17.00 - 17.30 NIPM Session Chartered Status Initiative of NIPM Dr T V Rao Chairman, TVRLS

17.30 - 18.30 Powerful Sunset

Session

India’s Changing Paradigm: Skills and Entrepreneurship for Global

Competitiveness Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev* Isha Foundation

18.30 - 19.15 Transit to Taj West End, Race Course Road, Bengaluru. NIPM

19.15 - 21.30 Cultural Program, Fellowship & Dinner NIPM At Taj West End, Race Course Road, Bangalore

End of Day 2

Day 3- Sep 27, 2019, Friday

Time Session Activity Speakers Organization

9.00 - 10.30 Plenary 6 Setting the Context for Entrepreneurial

Framework – CEO’s perspective (Shri Kamal Bali to co-ordinate the session)

Shri Mukesh Kumar Surana Chairman & Managing Director, Hindustan

Petroleum Corp Ltd

Shri Deepak Kumar Hota Chairman & Managing Director, BEML

Shri Peter Betzel Country Head, IKEA India

Shri Bhaskar Bhat Managing Director, Titan Industries

10.30 - 10.45 Networking Tea/ Coffee All Delegates NIPM

10.50 - 12.00

Concurrent Sessions (B) :

Entrepreneurship Ecosystem -

An agenda for India

Sector 1 Building the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

- Agri & Social Sector

Shri Krishan Gupta Managing Director, Organic Wellness Products

Private Limited

Smt Meera Shenoy Founder , Youth for Jobs, Hyderabad

Shri Shanmukh M L Former Director - HR, BEL

Sector 2 Skilling Entrepreneurship and Job Creation

Prof Kazuaki Oda Professor, Entrepreneur and Management

Consultant Tokyo

Shri Kshitij Doval CEO & Founder, Unhu Entertainment LLP

Shri Girinarayan (Moderator)

Chairman - Program Committee NATCON 2019

12.00 - 12.30 Plenary 7 Skills & Entrepreneurship Eco Space for

Global Competitiveness - A Roadmap from NSDC

Dr Manish Kumar MD and CEO, NSDC

12.30 - 13.00 Plenary 8 Agripreneurship a new opportunity- Consumerism to Skill contribution to

enhance demographic dividend Dr V Kovaichelvan

Director, TVS Institute for Quality & Leadership, TVS Motor Company

Shri H N Shrinvas, Organizing Committee Chairman, NIPM will co-ordinate plenary 7 & 8

Day 3- Sep 27, 2019, Friday

Time Session Activity Speakers Organization

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch All Delegates NIPM

14.00 - 15.15 Plenary 9 NexGen Leaders:

Challenges and Opportunities (Voice from the Millennials)

Shri Vignesh Soundararajan

Director Suguna Foods, Coimbatore - 9000 Crore Unique success story

Kum Tanya Elizabeth Ken Ambassador, Ariel Foundation

Shri Tejaswi Surya Member of Parliament

Shri Madan Padaki Entrepreneur, Co-founder and Director of

Sylvant Advisor

15.15 - 16.15 APFHRM SESSION Panel Discussion

APFHRM Leaders (Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Mauritius and

India)

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Mauritius and India

Shri A K Balyan (Moderator)

Past National President - NIPM

16.15 -16.30 Networking Tea/ Coffee All Delegates NIPM

16.30 - 18.30 Valedictory

Welcome Address Shri Vishwesh Kulkarni National President - NIPM

Conference Takeaways Prof K B Akhilesh Co-Chairman - Organizing Committee, NATCON

2019 and Professor, IISc

Bloom or Gloom - Upskilling keeps us ahead - HR needs innovation

Shri B Muthuraman Former Vice Chairman, TATA Steel India

Special Address Dr C N Ashwathnarayan Deputy Chief Minister, Govt. of Karnataka

Vote of thanks Dr Pradeep Kumar Sahu Hon. General Secretary, NIPM

End of Day 3