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
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.