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About Momentum '24

Aug 06, 2024 | Radisson Blu, Bengaluru Outer Ring Road

In a recent HirePro survey of over 15,000 students across campuses in India, we discovered that the most coveted aspiration for a fresher is to become an entrepreneur with the goal of creating Unicorns. This ambition persists despite a six-year low in start-up funding and an unprecedented decline in the headcount of Indian IT services companies, painting a different picture of resilience and ambition.

The start of 2024 has been challenging for campus placements across college tiers, with several IITs and NITs reporting a 40% drop. However, the past year has seen a 30% uptick in multinational companies establishing their GCCs in India. The Indian semiconductor industry is attracting billions of dollars in investment for fabs, coinciding with NVIDIA becoming the most valuable company in the world.

Do these tailwinds narrate a different story? Furthermore, will the confluence of NEP 2020, Pervasive AI, and Virtual Learning/Working set the stage for a deeper collaboration between industry and academia?

To deep dive on these topics and trends, HirePro is organising a daylong symposium and a series of discussions with industry leaders and academia. Together, we will navigate this new reality and emerge stronger, ready to shape the future.

30+

ESTEEMED SPEAKERS

200+

COLLEGE LEADERS

200+

CORPORATE LEADERS

REPORT LAUNCH

INDIAN COLLEGE HIRING

Who Should Attend Momentum '24?

CHROs
Deans of Institutions
GCC Heads
University and College
Heads of Departments
Startup Leaders
College Placement
Directors and Officers
TA Heads
University Relations
and HR Professionals

What's in store for you?

Exclusive Gathering

Thought Leadership

Future-Focused Dialogues

Collaborative Action

GCCs and IT Services: Elevating India from offshoring to an innovation hub

  • Exploring the impact of Indian colleges on the GCC and IT Services boom in India
  • Enhancing innovation and growth through a steady supply of college talent
  • Industry partnerships to co-create academic content for fostering practical skills
  • Leveraging changes brought by NEP 2020 and virtual work technologies

Engineering R&D: What it takes to innovate in Chips, EVs, Green Energy, AI

  • Current capability of Indian colleges to lead innovations in these areas
  • Developing a robust talent pipeline from colleges
  • Aligning curriculum with industry needs through strategic partnerships
  • Shifting focus from job-readiness to industry-readiness for competitive advantage
  • Leveraging changes brought by NEP 2020 and virtual work technologies

Gen AI and beyond: How can Academia & Industry prepare for the disruptions

  • Transformative impact of Generative AI on job roles and talent development
  • Academic initiatives preparing students for the AI-driven job market of the future
  • Industry expectations from institutions in the face of emerging tech disruptions
  • Shifting focus from job-readiness to industry-readiness for competitive advantage
  • Leveraging changes brought by NEP 2020 and virtual work technologies

Startups: The crucial role of academia in nurturing entrepreneurship

  • Building an ecosystem to create the next wave of deep tech and global startups
  • Impact of NEP 2020 on curriculum to stimulate entrepreneurship and innovation
  • Building multi-disciplinary programs to drive entrepreneurial success
  • Empowering aspiring founders to solve real-world problems through innovation

Featured Speakers

Dr. A K Bakthavatsalam

Professor (HAG) & Head

Training & Placement, NIT Trichy

Amod Malviya

Co-founder & Engineer

Udaan

Anshuman Das

CEO

Careernet & HirePro

Chandra R Srikanth

Deputy Executive Editor

moneycontrol.com

Chitra Hariharan

Head - University Relations, Govt. Affairs & Start-up Collaborations

Renesas Electronics

Dr. K S Sridhar

Registrar & Dean, Training & Placement

PES University, Bangalore

Madhav Chanchani

Co-founder

The Arc

Martin D Gomez

CHRO

Zepto

Mukesh Bansal

Founder

CureFit, Myntra

Neelabh Shukla

Chief Business Officer

Careernet

Pankaj Mishra

Journalist & Co-founder

Factor Daily

Pankaj Rai

Group Chief Data and Analytics Officer

Aditya Birla Group

Parag Pande

Lead Global HR Operations

Accenture

Ravi Jain

Tech Entrepreneur & Investor

Rishi Das

Co-founder & Chairman

Indiqube

Rohit Kaila

Head of Technology & Site

Leader, Wayfair India

S Pasupathi

COO

HirePro

Prof. S Sadagopan

Founder Director

IIIT Bangalore

Sangeetha Shagir

Director

Deloitte

Sanjay Anandaram

Co-founder, Network of

Indian Cultural Enterprises

Sanjay Mohan

Group CTO

MakeMyTrip

Saraswathi R

Director – Analytics and

Information Management (AIM)

Sathya Prasad

Centre for Innovation &

Entrepreneurship, PES University

Dr. Satya Gupta

President

VLSI Society of India

Shankar Maruwada

Co-founder & CEO

EkStep Foundation

Dr. Sushobhan Avasthi

Associate Professor

Indian Institute of Science

Uma Seetharaman

Product and Tech Leader

Varadharaju Janardhanan

VP Human Resources

Flipkart

Vineet Dwivedi

Global Head AGS & Head AGS India

Alcon Global Services

Dr. Vipin Madangarli

Director & India Site Lead,

Technology & Innovation, GlobalFoundries

Agenda

Date: Aug 06, 2024

Location: Radisson Blu, Bengaluru Outer Ring Road

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

Registration and Networking

09:30 AM - 09:45 AM

Welcome note

Anshuman Das, Co-founder & CEO, HirePro & Careernet

09:45 AM - 10:05 AM

Keynote Address

Prof. S Sadagopan, Founder Director, IIIT Bangalore

10:05 AM - 11:05 AM

Panel Discussion - GCCs and IT Services: Elevating India from offshoring to an innovation hub

Dr. A. K. Bakthavatsalam, Professor (HAG) & Head - Training & Placement, NIT Trichy

Sangeetha Shagir, Director, Deloitte

Saraswathi R, Director, Analytics and Information Management (AIM)

Vineet Dwivedi, Global Head AGS & Head AGS India, Alcon Global Services

Pankaj Rai, Group Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Aditya Birla Group (Moderator)

11:10 AM - 11:35 AM

Tea break

11:35 AM - 12:05 PM

Fireside Chat

Parag Pande, Managing Director & Global Lead for HR Operations, Accenture

Shankar Maruwada, Co-founder & CEO, EkStep Foundation

Pankaj Mishra, Journalist & Co-founder, Factor Daily (Host)

12:10 PM - 1:00 PM

Panel discussion - Engineering R&D: What it takes to innovate in Chips, EVs, Green Energy, AI

Chitra Hariharan, Head - University Relations, Govt. Affairs & Start-up Collaborations, Renesas Electronics

Dr. Sridhar KS, Registrar & Dean, Training & Placement, PES University, Bangalore

Prof. Sushobhan Avasthi, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science

Dr. Vipin Madangarli, Director & India Site Lead, Technology & Innovation, GlobalFoundries India

Dr. Satya Gupta, President, VLSI Society of India (Moderator)

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Lunch and networking break

02:00 PM - 02:20 PM

Unveiling the HirePro report on college hiring in India

S Pasupathi, Chief Operating Officer, HirePro

02:25 PM - 03:20 PM

Panel discussion - Gen AI and beyond: How academia and industry can prepare for upcoming disruptions

Ravi Jain, Tech Entrepreneur & Investor

Rohit Kaila, Head of Techncology & Site Leader, Wayfair India

Sanjay Mohan, Group CTO, MakeMyTrip

Sathya Prasad, Director, Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE), PES University

Uma Seetharaman, Product & Engineering Leader

Chandra R Srikanth, Deputy Executive Editor, moneycontrol.com (Moderator)

03:25 PM - 03:45 PM

Tea break

03:45 PM - 04:40 PM

Panel discussion - Startups: The crucial role of academia in nurturing entrepreneurship

Amod Malviya, Co-founder & Engineer, Udaan

Martin D Gomez, CHRO, Zepto

Rishi Das, Co-founder & Chairmain, Indiqube

Sanjay Anandaram, Co-founder, Network of Indian Cultural Enterprises

Varadharaju Janardhanan, Vice President - Human Resources, Flipkart

Madhav Chanchani, Co-founder, The Arc (Moderator)

04:45 PM - 05:20 PM

Fireside Chat

Mukesh Bansal, Founder, CureFit, Myntra

Pankaj Mishra, Journalist & Co-founder, Factor Daily (Host)

05:25 PM - 05:40 PM

Closing remarks

Neelabh Shukla, Chief Business Officer, Careernet

05.45 PM onwards

Networking over brews & bubbles

Featured Partners

Featured Participating Colleges

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About HirePro

At HirePro, Fearless Hiring is at the heart of everything we do. We firmly believe that our bold pursuit of excellence, combined with cutting-edge technology and our committed team, is the key to helping our clients recruit top-tier talent and build exceptional teams. Our product, technology, and services teams are driven by a fearless dedication to automation and elimination of challenges that might arise at any stage of the hiring journey.

Our fearless journey began over two decades ago when founders Anshuman Das and Rishi Das identified a gap in the fragmented professional assessment and recruitment landscape.

Today, HirePro is reckoned as an AI-powered recruitment platform that stands as the global beacon of Fearless Hiring. Serving as the partner of choice for businesses worldwide, we help fearlessly navigate the intricate phases of the recruitment supply chain.