THE SHIFTS
| Friday, 10th March | ||
| Time | Session Details | Speakers |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Factory Check-In | |
| 9:30 – 10:40 | Dealing with a Billion People How do you address a teeming market with cultural diversities, multiple languages and controversies on many things? |
Vijay Shekhar Sharma, CEO PayTM and Suresh Narayanan, Chairman and Managing Director, Nestle in conversation with Chitra Narayanan, Editorial Consultant, Hindu Business Line |
| 10:40 – 11:40 | Why Bharat needs the Bard: Is Shakespeare still Relevant? 400 years after his death, an English classic writer thrives in Bollywood. We need to know why |
V S Ravi, ex Principal Secretary, Home Keval Arora, Faculty, Dept of English, Kirori Mal College, Theatre Commentator and Practitioner |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Coffee Break and Quiz Prelims | |
| 12:00 -12:45 | Taking the Classical Arts to the Masses Are there secrets to wooing philistines to classical music? Do musicians compromise on their art? Are there tricks to boost classical music? |
Rahul Ram, Singer-Composer Kaushiki Chakraborty, Hindustani Classical Vocalist Vikram Sampath, Founder Director - Archive of Indian Music |
| 12:45 – 13:30 | She and The City Viewing the city from the eyes of an urban women and how city lives impact women today |
Vandana Vasudevan, Author and Writer on urban life Meena Vaidyanathan, Founder, niiti consulting |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Knowledge Factory Quest on Politics | Rajdeep Sardesai, Journalist and Quizmaster |
| 15:30 - 16:10 | Beyond the Dangal: Into a Sportsperson’s mind What happens on the field and in the body is often in focus. But minds win matches. How do sportspeople crack that? |
Aparna Popat, former National Badminton Champion G. Rajaraman, Journalist and Founder, Horizon Sports |
| 16:10 - 17:00 | Bartending Workshop: The Art of Mixing Drinks |
Vikram Achanta, Co-Founder and CEO, Tulleeho |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Coffee Break and end of Day 1 | |
| Saturday, 11th March | ||
| Time | Session Details | Speakers |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Welcome Tea | |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Going Green- The Why and The How! Thoughts and ideas at the intersection of democracy, capitalism, development and ecology |
Jairam Ramesh, Economist, Member of Parliament and former Union Minister |
| 11:00 – 11:40 | Romancing the Constitution We The People, need to know some interesting facts about our political Bible |
Swara Bhaskar, Actor and Writer
N. Madhavan, Journalist |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Coffee Break and Quiz Prelims | |
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Addressing the Urban Crisis Roads are congested, the air is polluted and more people are moving into cities from rural areas. How are we going to use technologies and techniques to make urbanisation work? |
Bharti Chaturvedi, Environmentalist Santosh Desai, Columnist and CEO Future Brands Partha Mukhopadhyay, Senior Fellow - Centre for Policy Research |
| 12:45 -13:30 | Future of the Millennial Talented, idealistic, driven yet casual, they are facing economic explosion and technological disruptions. What are their attitudes? What will happen now? |
Anuja Chauhan, Advertising Whiz & Writer Abhijit Bhaduri, Author and HR specialist Megha Vishwanath, Journalist, CNBC TV18 |
| 13:30-14:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30-15.00 | Tickling your Mind | Papa CJ, Stand-up Comedian |
| 15:00-16:30 | Knowledge Factory Quest on Business | Gaurav Sri Krishna, Quizmaster |
| 16:30-17:00 | Know your Beer Heard of “Beer Snobs”? Those who can tell the source and brew from just a whiff. Here’s an opportunity to get to know your beer |
Pradeep Gidwani, Founder, The Pint Room |
| 17:00-17:30 | Coffee and End of First Edition | |
The Investors
There are partnership opportunities available. Reach out to us for more details.
Why partner with us ?
One of a kind knowledge-centric, intellectual event. Opportunity to highlight your area of business through our quiz questions and games. Reach out to a mix of high-net worth individuals and highly networked individuals. We need prizes in cash and kind. The concept can be scaled and taken to multiple cities in the future.
What is the marketing plan?
We will have an extensive digital plan. We are exploring media partnerships including print and TV partners. Daily online quiz in January 2018.
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