ACM India and Microsoft Research India hosted a ‘Faculty Summit’ in New Delhi at The India Habitat Centre on February 4th and 5th 2013. The broad theme of the summit was ‘Scaling up Research and Innovation in Indian institutions. The agenda included talks, joint sessions to lay down the background, and break-out sessions relating to the theme.
The Faculty Summit got together attendees from the top academic research institutions in the country, along with representation from the government and the industry.
Dr Shashi Tharoor, the Hon'ble Minister of State, Human Resource Development addressed the summit on the first day.
ACM India and Microsoft Research India hope that this summit will pave the way towards identifying actions for the future that the computing community can take up together.
Program Agenda :
| Day 1 - 04 February | ||
| Time | Session | Speaker |
| 9:30 - 10:15 | Registration | |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Inaugural session: Articulating the Summit objectives | P J Narayanan, P Anandan |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Plenary Session | Tony Hey |
| 11:45-12:00 | Break | |
| 12:00-12:45 | Plenary Keynote : Creating a Climate of Innovation | Dr Shashi Tharoor |
| 12:45-1:45 | Lunch | |
| 1:45-2:30 | Open discussion - Issues facing young researchers | Narendra Ahuja, Pankaj Jalote |
| 2:30 - 3:00 | PPP in Indian R&D | C N Krishnan |
| 3:00 - 3:15 | Break | |
| 3:15- 3:30 | Break-out session objectives | PJ Narayanan, Srinivas Padmanabhuni |
| 3:30 - 5:00 | Breakout discussion tracks | |
| 1. Enhancing Research Numbers, Ambience | ||
| 2. Industry Participation & Partnership | ||
| Day 2 - 05 February | ||
| 9:30-10:15 | Plenary Session | Shree Nayar |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Plenary Session | Naveen Garg |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Break | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 | Panel Discussion - Driving Quality in Higher Ed | B N Jain, Rajeev Sangal, Sriram Rajamani, Narendra Ahuja (Moderator), Pankaj Jalote |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Online Education | Sriram Rajamani |
| 12:45 - 1:45 | Lunch | |
| 1:45 - 2:00 | Break-out session objectives | M Balakrishnan, P Anandan |
| 2:00 - 3:30 | Breakout discussion tracks | |
| 1. Spreading the research message widely | ||
| 2. Societal applications: Education / Health | ||
| 3:30 - 3:45 | Break | |
| 3:45 - 4:15 | Summary of Actions and Closing | P J Narayanan, P Anandan |
Date: 04 and 05 February 2013
Venue: India Habitat Centre (Jacaranda Room), New Delhi
Program Committee:
M Balakrishnan, IIT Delhi
Pankaj Jalote, IIIT Delhi
Srinivas Padmanabhuni, Infosys Labs
P. Anandan, MSR India