4th IndiaGlobal Summit
(In collaboration with India Center, University of Southampton)
28th June, 2019 (Friday)
(9.30am to 5.00pm) - Registration Starts 8.30 am
Venue: Southampton Business School (Building 2/Room 3043)
Highfield Campus, University of Southampton
Decoding Indian Democracy
Recently concluded Indian elections was biggest in size, efforts, time and money in the world. 900 million people were eligible to vote for 2019 general elections and about 550 million voted in 7 phases lasted almost 2 months. This giant election needs equally huge infrastructural support - 1 million polling booths, 10 million polling officers; stats alone make pollestor around the world wonder "how it's possible?"
Elections are a small part of the democratic system. Indian democracy is vibrant, strong and diverse yet very complicated to understand. This seminar would reflects upon to unravel critical aspects of Indian democracy and polity. We are bringing world-class speakers, thinkers, policy makers and business people to discuss the topic.
Key Themes: The one-day summit will witness participation of thought leaders, policy makers, experts and industry leaders from across the world to discuss and deliberate upon various issues:
- NRI Voting and Dual Citizenship
- Democracy and Demographic Dividend
- Demystifying Indian Elections
- Challenges and Opportunities for the government
- WES Talks: Educating the next Billion (in association with World Education Summit)
- Core Issues: Education, Health, Infrastructure, Agriculture, Industry, Foreign Policy
Attendance is FREE, though registration is mandatory.
Recently concluded Indian elections was biggest in size, efforts, time and money in the world. 900 million people were eligible to vote for 2019 general elections and about 550 million voted in 7 phases lasted almost 2 months. This giant election needs equally huge infrastructural support - 1 million polling booths, 10 million polling officers; stats alone make pollestor around the world wonder "how it's possible?"
Elections are a small part of the democratic system. Indian democracy is vibrant, strong and diverse yet very complicated to understand. This seminar would reflects upon to unravel critical aspects of Indian democracy and polity. We are bringing world-class speakers, thinkers, policy makers and business people to discuss the topic.
Key Themes: The one-day summit will witness participation of thought leaders, policy makers, experts and industry leaders from across the world to discuss and deliberate upon various issues:
- NRI Voting and Dual Citizenship
- Democracy and Demographic Dividend
- Demystifying Indian Elections
- Challenges and Opportunities for the government
- WES Talks: Educating the next Billion (in association with World Education Summit)
- Core Issues: Education, Health, Infrastructure, Agriculture, Industry, Foreign Policy
Attendance is FREE, though registration is mandatory.
Distinguish Guest
The Rt. Hon. the Lord Dholakia PC, OBE, DL,
Deputy Leader, Liberal Democrats,
House of Lords
Invited Speakers and Dignitaries
Professor Jane Falkingham,
Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southampton
Dr Ram Vaidya,
Sangh Pracharak, HSS UK
Nagendra Chindam, Founder, Pravasi Bharat
Praveen Pandey, Sr Lawyer, Singhania & Co
Professor R Ajit Shenoi,
Professor of Lightweight Structures, University of Southampton
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Professor Sabu S Padmadas, Associate Dean (International), University of Southampton
Dr Nazia Habib, Research Director, RSDP, University of Cambridge
Dr. Kanad Kulkarni, University of Portsmouth
Dr Mili Shrivastava, Lecturer, Bournemouth University
Vishesh Agarwal,
Director U.K. Policing Pathways
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Dr Nikhil Agarwal, Fellow, IC2 Institute, University of Texas at Austin and Convenor IndiaGlobal
Dr Tina Alton, Policy Specialist and Senator WBAF UK
Amit Tiwari, Indian National Students Association (INSA)
Dr Adesh Joshi, Southampton Solent University
Loveena Tandon, Foreign Correspondent, India Today Group
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Dr J P Tamvada, Southampton Business School, University of Southampton
Sabe Tibbitts, IEBF - Special Advisor
Dr Ruchi Agarwal, Sr Researcher, Indian School of Business (ISB)
Dr Gautam Sen, Director, Dharmic Ideas and Policy Foundation
(Ex-Prof at LSE)
Dr Shre Chaterjee, University of Southampton
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Past Speakers in IndiaGlobal Summits in 2016, 2017 and 2018
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Venue Information
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Venue Information:
Highfield Campus, University of Southampton The University of Southampton (abbreviated as Soton in post-nominal letters) is a research university in Southampton, England. The university's origins date back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862. In 1902, the Institution developed into the Hartley University College, awarding degrees from the University of London. On 29 April 1952, the institution was granted full university status, allowing it to award its own degrees. |
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