A Power-Packed Regional Dialogue for Future Ready HEIs

Regional Focus

West Bengal, Odisha &
North Eastern States

Curated Participation

Policy, Technology & Higher Education Leaders

Purpose-Driven

Invite-Only.
Community-led. No sales

Built for Action

Conversations that become institutional playbooks.

A Power-Packed Regional Dialogue on Vidya for Viksit Bharat

Regional Focus

West Bengal, Odisha &
North Eastern States

Curated Participation

Policy, Technology & Higher Education Leaders

Purpose-Driven

Invite-Only.
Community-led. No sales

Built for Action

Conversations that become institutional playbooks.

Regional Focus

West Bengal, Odisha &
North Eastern States

Curated Participation

Policy, Technology & Higher Education Leaders

Purpose-Driven

Invite-Only.
Community-led. No sales

Built for Action

Conversations that become institutional playbooks.

Digii100x Journey So Far

The Conversation Continues.

Now in East India.

East India is home to some of the country’s most diverse higher education landscapes. Bringing together leaders from West Bengal, Odisha, and the North Eastern states, the region continues to strengthen access, research, employability, and digital transformation. As it does, institutions have a unique opportunity to shape the next chapter of higher education while advancing the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.

Built as a series of curated, closed-door dialogues, Digii100x East India brings together senior leaders from academia, policy, and industry from across the region for a day of candid conversations and meaningful collaboration.

Grounded in regional realities and peer experience, these discussions move beyond broad ideas to practical judgement—what’s working, what needs rethinking, and where to focus next.

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A Movement. A Growing Impact.

1600 +

Ecosystem
Leaders

300 +

Organizations & Institutions

80 +

Curated
Sessions

1 th

Regional Chapter in 2026

Thoughtfully Designed for: Clarity. Conviction. Momentum.

Thoughtfully Designed for:
Clarity. Conviction. Momentum.

Each session moves beyond vision statements to examine the structural, cultural, and strategic shifts institutions will need to lead over the next five years.

A Mix of Legacy and New Ideas

The room is carefully curated to bring together experienced institutional leaders alongside voices shaping the future of digital education, governance, and innovation. The result is a dialogue grounded in experience while informed by emerging models and fresh perspectives.

Focusing on One Region

Discussions reflect the realities of institutions across East India—a region that spans diverse educational ecosystems, from long-established universities to rapidly growing institutions, each navigating unique opportunities while addressing common challenges that can be solved collectively.

Moving From Ideas to Action

This is not a forum for product pitches. The objective is to identify practical next steps around governance, institutional strategy, operating models, and capability building that translate ambition into measurable action on campus.

Starts - Ends

Session

Agenda

Crystal

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Registration & Networking Tea/Coffee

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Registration & Networking Tea/Coffee

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Inaugural Ceremony

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Registration & Networking Tea/Coffee

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

Registration

09:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Inaugural Ceremony

Crystal

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Keynote Address
When the World Comes to India: Why
the Top Global Universities Are Betting
on India and What It Means for Our
Institutions

11:00 AM – 11:50 AM

Panel Discussion

Sarvottam vs Sarvashreshtha:
Excellence vs Being the Best – What Should Be Our Pursuit?

12:00 PM – 12:50 PM

Panel Discussion

Beyond the Classroom:
Creativity, Culture and Enterprise in Building Viksit Bharat

Mandarin

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Policymakers’ Roundtable

The East Corridor: One Region, One Education Ecosystem:
Unlocking Collective Excellence Through Collaboration

Oriental

11:00 AM — 12:15 PM

Roundtable

No Measurement, No Transformation:
Building Frameworks to Translate Digital Investments into Meaningful Outcomes

12:15 PM — 01:30 PM

Roundtable

Building Research Capacity:
People, Systems, Incentives and Capital

1:00 PM – 1:45 PM

Lunch

Crystal

02:00 PM - 02:50 PM

Panel Discussion
The New Student Genome: Decoding
the Future Learners

1:45 PM – 2:35 PM

Panel Discussion

The Entrepreneurial East:
Reviving a Legacy of Enterprise through Mass Entrepreneurship, Micro-Ventures and Local Innovation

2:45 PM – 3:35 PM

Panel Discussion

The AI Reset:
Reimagining the Purpose of Education

3:45 PM – 4:35 PM

Fireside Chat

East India’s Education Legacy:
The Journey So Far and the Next Leap

Mandarin

01:45 PM — 03:15 PM

Roundtable

Rooted in Civilisation, Ready for the Future:
Integrating Indian Knowledge Systems into Modern Education

03:15 PM — 04:45 PM

Industry Roundtable

From Education to Employment:
Aligning curriculum, policy and partnerships with Industry

Oriental

01:45 PM — 03:15 PM

Roundtable

Integrity as the Foundation:
Building a Trusted Education Ecosystem Beyond Compliance

03:15 PM — 04:45 PM

Presidential Roundtable

Leadership for Institutional Excellence:
Attracting, Nurturing, and Retaining Talent

Crystal

04:45 PM - 06:00 PM

Valedictory Ceremony

06:00 PM Onwards

Networking Tea & Coffee

Leaders Joining Us

India’s most influential voices in higher education, policy, industry, and innovation.

Dr. Sukanta Majumdar

Hon’ble Minister of State, Education and the Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Government of India

Shri. Jagannath Chattopadhyay

Minister in charge Higher Education, Technical Education, Training and Skill Development, Government of West Bengal

Shri Raju Basnet

Minister for Education;
Sports & Youth Affairs;
Law & Parliamentary Affairs,
Government of Sikkim

Shri. Temjen Imna Along

Hon’ble Minister for Tourism & Higher Education, Nagaland

Shri. Kishor Barman

Hon’ble Cabinet Minister of Higher Education, Panchayat, and General Administration (Political), Government of Tripura

Smt. Roopa Ganguly

Hon’ble Member of the West Bengal Legislative
Assembly, Sonarpur Dakshin; Actress and Playback Singer

Shri. Jyotirmay Singh Mahato

Hon’ble Member of the Lok Sabha, Purulia, West Bengal

Shri. Katikithala Srinivas, IAS

Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Government of India

Shri. Binod Kumar, IAS

Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education, Government of West Bengal

Lt Gen. Vikas Lakhera

Director General,
Assam Rifles

Dr. Anandarao Vishnu Patil, IAS

Additional Secretary,
Ministry of Education,
Government of India

Shri. Abhishek Singh, IAS

Director General,
National Testing Agency (NTA)

Dr. Subrata Gupta, IAS (Retd.)

Advisor to the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of West Bengal

Shri. Sentiyanger Pongen, IAS

Additional Secretary,
Higher & Technical Education, Govt. of Nagaland

Shri. Vikas Singh, IAS

Secretary, Higher Education, Government of Tripura

Hemant Bangur

Executive Chairman,
Gloster Limited

Padma Shri. Sajjan Bhajanka

Chairman,
Century Plyboards

Ravindra Chamaria

Chairman & Managing Director, Infinity Group

Sanjay Budhia

Managing Director,
Patton Group

Parthiv Neotia

Managing Director,
Ambuja Neotia Group (Healthcare Division)

Dr. Ramaswami Balasubramaniam

Member,
NITI Aayog

Dr. Abdhesh Singh

Executive Vice President & Regional Business Head – India, Jio Platforms Limited

Abhrajjit Saha

Chief of Staff to the Director,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Abishek Kumar Yadav

Founder Chairman & Academic Director, Griffins International School

Dr. Abhishek Kumar

Principal and Professor,
Globsyn Business School

Aditya Singhi

Senior Partner,
Singhi & Co

Ajay Bhagwat

Co-Founder,
Jhiga Technologies

Dr. Alexandar Das

Chairman,
Kalinga Group Institutions and Siksha Trust

Alok Tiwari

Founder,
Paramarsh Bharti Foundation

Prof. Amlan Das

Coordinator, IKS Cell
The Assam Royal Global University

Dr. Ananya Mukherjee

Vice-Chancellor,
Shiv Nadar University (Delhi-NCR)

Dr. Anirban Chakraborty

Vice-President (R&D) & Registrar,
TCG CREST

Anirban Aditya

Chairman,
Aditya Group

Ankur Jain

Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer, Sunstone

Dr. Anuradha Choudhury

Associate Professor,
IIT Kharagpur

Amit Kumar

Co-Founder & CTO,
Easebuzz

Ashish Labroo

Business Head, India
Border Plus

Prof. Asmita Dani

Dean and Professor – Academics, Head – Global Engagement and Partnerships (South Asia & ASEAN), Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

Dr. Atish Chatopadhyay

Director,
Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

Balamurugan S P

Co-Founder,
GUVI

Basab Banerjee

Co-Founder,
Magic Billion

Dr. Basab Das

Assistant Professor,
Girijananda Chowdhury University, Assam

Bhavin Shah

Chief Executive Officer,
EducationWorld

Biswashis Gantayet

Business Head – Govt, PS, Defence, Odisha and Sovereign AI, HCLTech

Dr. Bratati Bhattacharyya

Founder & Director,
Universal Education Equity Foundation

Cecil Antony

Chief Mentor,
NSHM Knowledge Campus
Bhawanipur Global Campus

Charu Malhotra

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Primus Partners

Charanpreet Singh

Co-Founder and Director,
Praxis Business School Foundation

Er. David Tsela

Joint Director,
Technical Education Department, Nagaland

Deep Halder

Author, Contributing Editor,
The Print

Deepak Agarwal

Head – Data Insights,
Khan Academy

Dr. Dhriti Banerjee

Director, Zoological Survey of India, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change

Digvijay Karad

Group Director,
MITVGWS & MITDSDE, Pune

Francis Antony

Trustee,
NSHM Knowledge Campus

Dr. G. Venkatesh

Director, School of Technology,
Dhirubhai Ambani University

Gomathi Venkatachalam

Chief Executive Officer,
Anaadi Foundation

Cdr. (Dr.) Gurdaman Lal Sharma

Vice Chancellor,
SRM University Sikkim

Hari Thiagarajan

Managing Director,
Thiagarajar Mills

Dr. Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman

Director General & CEO,
NAMTECH Institute of Manufacturing Innovation

Jasmeet Singh Sethi

Chief Growth Officer,
AMCAT

Jaya Deshmukh

Director & CEO,
MICA Ahmedabad

Dr. Jisnu Basu

Scientist,
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

Prof. K. Karunakaran

Co-Founder & MD, RK Institutional Partners & Former VC, Mohan Babu University

Kalyan Chaubey

President,
All India Football Federation

Kaustav Majumdar

Chief Executive Officer,
ILS Network

Kuldip Sarma

Co-Founder & Pro-Chancellor, Medhavi Skills University

Kunwar Shekhar Vijendra

Chancellor,
Shobhit Deemed To Be University

Madan Padaki

Founder,
Jan AI

Maheshwer Peri

Founder & Chairman,
Careers360

Dr. Mahendra Kumar Modi

Executive Dean,
Assam down town University

Prof. Malabika Sarkar

Mentor & Vice-Chancellor, TCG CREST &
Former Vice-Chancellor, Ashoka University & Former Vice-Chancellor, Presidency University

Dr. Malhar Pangarikar

Vice-Chancellor,
MIT University Meghalaya

Prof. Manoshi Roychowdhury

Co-Chairman,
Techno India Group

Dr. Manoranjan Puthal

Managing Director,
Odisha Knowledge Corporation Limited (OKCL)

Manish Kumar

Founder,
Back to Village (B2V)

Manoj Joshi

Director & Trustee,
George Group of Colleges

Meeng Kak

Director,
Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, Kolkata

Prof. Molankal Gangabhushan M.

Director, Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS),
Assam University, Silchar

Moloy Kumar Bannerjee

Advisor,
Digii

Dr. Mohua Banerjee

Director, International Management Institute, Kolkata

Dr. Mousumi Ghosh

Founder and Trustee,
Future Education and Research Trust

Mudar Patheriya

Kolkata Optimist, Urbanist, Activist, Strategist,
Environmentalist and Philanthropist

Dr. Murali Srinivasan

Group Chief of Medical Services, Manipal Hospitals

Narayanan Ramaswamy

Partner & National Leader – Education and Skill Development, Government and Public Services KPMG – India

Dr. Neeraj Saxena

Pro-Chancellor,
JIS University

Prof. (Dr.) Nitesh Bansal

Chief Compliance Officer,
O. P. Jindal Global University

Dr. P. K. Mishra

Chief Group Advisor,
Techno India Group – SRC Initiative

Dr. Parag Diwan

CEO & Chairman, Paradigm Consultants & Founding Vice Chancellor, UPES

Dr. Partha Chatterjee

Dean Of Academics,
Shiv Nadar University (Delhi-NCR)

Prof. Pawan Goyal

Professor,
IIT Kharagpur

Pinky Kenworthy

Artist, Stylist, Runway Choreography

Pradip Kumar Agarwal

Chief Executive Officer,
Heritage Group of Institution

Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda

Vice Chancellor,
Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University

Prof. Pradipta Banerji

Dean of Research and Development, Heritage Group of Institutions & Former Director, IIT Roorkee

Pratim Ranjan Bose

Senior Journalist and Public Policy Analyst

Pravesh Dudani

Founder & Chancellor,
Medhavi Skills University

Pritish Chowdhary

Dy. Managing Director,
Titagarh Rail Systems Limited

Dr. R. D. Patidar

Vice Chancellor,
OP Jindal University

R. V. Balasubramaniam Iyer

Vice President,
Jio Platforms Limited

Rahul Singh

Co-Founder,
Poornima University

Dr. Raj Krishnan Shankar

Director,
Great Lakes Institute of Management Gurgaon

Rajesh Kumar

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer,
Kalvium

Dr. Rajiv Ranjan

Dean, School of Commerce & Management Studies-PG,
Dayanand Sagar University

Ramesh Venugopalsamy

Head Skilling – CSR,
Bajaj Auto

Dr. Ranjan Banerjee

Vice Chancellor,
Nayanta University

Ravin Nair

Managing Director,
QS I- Gauge

Richa Singh

Co-Founder,
YourDOST

Rishab Mehta

Founder & CEO,
Grayquest

Dr. S. Naga Siddharth

Head – Human Resource,
IIMBx

Sagar Agarwal

Governing Body Member,
OmDayal Educational & Research Society

Prof. Saikat Maitra

Vice Chancellor,
Techno India University

Saira Shah Halim

Educator, Social Activist, Political Analyst

Prof. Samiran Chattopadhyay

Director – Research Development,
IEM – UEM University

Dr. Samir Karkhanis

Chief Executive Officer,
Yangpoo University Partners

Prof. (Dr.) Sanku Bose

Vice Chancellor,
Amity University Kolkata

Sarajit Jha

Chief – Enterprise IT & Digital CE,
Tata Steel

Prof. Sarat Kumar Patra

Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati and National Institute of Technology, Agartala

Dr. Sarup Prasad Ghosh

Director,
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies

Prof. Satyajit Chakrabarti

Pro-Vice Chancellor,
UEM University

Dr. Sekar Viswanathan

Vice President,
Vellore Institute of Technology

Shaoli Chakravorty

Associate Dean – Academic Administration,
Globsyn Business School

Shahied Chouhan

Country Head – PMU & Govt Relations,
Avanti Fellows

Shaun Kenworthy

Chef Restaurateur Consultant

Shekhar Bhattacharjee

Founder,
Edstead

Dr. Shirshendu Mukherjee

Managing Director- WIN,
Wadhwani Foundation

Shubho Sengupta

Head of Marketing, Nirmit Bharat, DPIIT & Former Marketing Head, Karmayogi Bharat, DoPT & Former Director, MyGov India, MeitY

Sherry Laithangzo

Economic Adviser,
Northern Eastern Council

Simarpreet Singh

Director,
JIS Group of Institutions

Dr. Snehal Pinto

Director, Ryan International Group of Institutions

Prof. Souvik Bhattacharyya

Principal Advisor, Heritage Group of Institutions & Former Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani & Jadavpur University and Dean and Deputy Director, IIT Kharagpur