Panel Discussions Session 2: Education

Globalization of Education

Time:  3:40 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.                                Location: Utopia Ballroom

Global supply chains have been established for most product and service industries. However, for the most part education has remained a local phenomenon with most universities in the developed world attracting the bright and talented students from the emerging markets. This has resulted in a “brain drain” from the less advanced countries like India to the more advanced countries like the United States. Liberalization of the Indian economy and technological advances has prompted many professionals who migrated to the developed world to return to their home country. In India, such entrepreneurs have established successful businesses which have fueled economic growth in India. This panel will examine the contribution of entrepreneurs in making the PanIIT vision of providing accessible, affordable quality education that prepares the youth for greater roles in the global economy.

Moderator:   Vivek Wadhwa                Columnist, Business Week & Wall Street
                                                                 Journal

Panelists:    Vijay Thadani                  Co-founder, NIIT
                      Thomas Zurbuchen       Director of Center for Entrepreneurship,
                                                                 University of Michigan
                      Ashok Misra                     Chairman, Intellectual Ventures, India
                      Subra Suresh                  Dean of Engineering, MIT