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.
ESTEEMED SPEAKERS
COLLEGE LEADERS
CORPORATE LEADERS
INDIAN COLLEGE HIRING
Exclusive Gathering
Thought Leadership
Future-Focused Dialogues
Collaborative Action
GCCs and IT Services: Elevating India from offshoring to an innovation hub
Engineering R&D: What it takes to innovate in Chips, EVs, Green Energy, AI
Gen AI and beyond: How can Academia & Industry prepare for the disruptions
Startups: The crucial role of academia in nurturing entrepreneurship
Professor (HAG) & Head
Training & Placement, NIT Trichy
Co-founder & Engineer
Udaan
CEO
Careernet & HirePro
Deputy Executive Editor
moneycontrol.com
Head - University Relations, Govt. Affairs & Start-up Collaborations
Renesas Electronics
Registrar & Dean, Training & Placement
PES University, Bangalore
Co-founder
The Arc
CHRO
Zepto
Founder
CureFit, Myntra
Chief Business Officer
Careernet
Journalist & Co-founder
Factor Daily
Group Chief Data and Analytics Officer
Aditya Birla Group
Lead Global HR Operations
Accenture
Tech Entrepreneur & Investor
Co-founder & Chairman
Indiqube
Head of Technology & Site
Leader, Wayfair India
COO
HirePro
Founder Director
IIIT Bangalore
Director
Deloitte
Co-founder, Network of
Indian Cultural Enterprises
Group CTO
MakeMyTrip
Director – Analytics and
Information Management (AIM)
Centre for Innovation &
Entrepreneurship, PES University
President
VLSI Society of India
Co-founder & CEO
EkStep Foundation
Associate Professor
Indian Institute of Science
Product and Tech Leader
VP Human Resources
Flipkart
Global Head AGS & Head AGS India
Alcon Global Services
Director & India Site Lead,
Technology & Innovation, GlobalFoundries
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
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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.