The third edition of VCCircle Education Investment Summit is turning out to be India’s largest education entrepreneur meet-up, with more than 250 top and emerging education entrepreneurs joining the event, along with another 70 including venture capital & private equity investors, consultants and bankers.
In spite of several challenges, the Indian education sector continues to offer entrepreneurship opportunities across the spectrum, spanning kindergartens and nurseries, schools, colleges, universities and vocational training centres. Besides, there are allied opportunities like education technology, digital learning and other enabling themes.
To debate and discuss these areas in detail, VCCircle is organising the 3rd edition of its Education Investment Summit in Delhi on Nov 22. The expert panels will share their experience – not only of setting up a successful education enterprise in India, but also the failures, the unique challenges in the Indian market and the regulatory landscape. Enrol now to learn the best practices and sure shot winning methodologies of the education business.
Here is a preview of the full-day agenda:
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Tea & Registration
10:00 am – 10:45 am
Fireside Chat: Building Education Businesses In India: Key Elements For Scale & Success
Praveen Chakravarty – CEO, AnandRathi Financial Services (Moderator)
Krishnan Ganesh – Founder and CEO, TutorVista
Pramod Maheshwari – CEO & MD, Career Point Ltd
10:45 am – 11:45 am
Panel 1: Formal Education Sector: K-12 & Higher Education
The macro opportunity for Indian schools, colleges, universities, technical/professional education is there. Some of these businesses today are also seeking capital for large-scale expansion and aggressive growth. But what are hindering these opportunities? How do education entrepreneurs address those challenges? How are the regulation issues playing out for entrepreneurs? What are the new avenues for businesses and entrepreneurship in this segment?
Deepesh Garg – MD, o3 Capital (Moderator)
Prabhat Jain – Co-Founder, Pathways School
Ryan Pinto – CEO, Ryan International Group of Institutions
Vinay Pasricha - Chairman, WLC College India Ltd
11:45 am – 12:00 pm
Tea & Networking
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Fireside Chat: Building Vocational Training Businesses In India
Is skill, vocational training and private coaching a scalable and lucrative business in India today? What will overcome the inherent local challenges in this sector in India?
Sandeep Aneja – Managing Partner, Kaizen Private Equity (Moderator)
Sanjeev Duggal – CEO & Director, Centum Learning Ltd
Dr. Raj Dravid – COO, IL&FS Education & Technology Services Ltd
Dilip Chenoy – CEO, NSDC
1245 pm – 2:15 pm
Lunch & Networking
1:15 pm – 2:00 pm
VCCircle Lounge
An initiative from VCCircle where selected education companies and investors can meet and network in a structured manner in a separate enclosure.
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Panel 2: Non-Formal Education: Pre-School, Test prep, Corporate Training
With a huge unorganised developing education system in the country, India’s non-formal education sub-segments will continue to run parallel to the core. These include pre-school, private tuition/coaching, test/examination preparation, job/skill-oriented vocational institutes, corporate training. What are the new opportunities in this segment? What are the challenges to scale and create successful business models?
Anand Sudarshan – Venture Advisor, TVS Capital (Moderator)
Ram Kishan Verma – MD, Resonance Eduventures
Raj Grover – Chief Mentor, Kangaroo Kids Education Ltd
Sharad Talwar – CEO, IndiaCan Education
Amol Arora - MD, Shemrock & Shemford Group of Schools
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm
Entrepreneur Story II
Ashish Rajpal, Founder & MD, iDiscoveri will share:
- The firm’s inception, early days & business model
- Significant milestones
- How it raised private equity funding and scaled
- Growth path and projections
Ashish Rajpal, MD, iDiscoveri Education
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Tea & Networking
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Panel 3: Technology Enabled Innovation & Delivery In Indian Education
What are the new technology-enabled innovations driving enhanced education in India? What are the market sizes in various sub-segments? What is the value proposition in the new technology-driven products & services?
Amitabh Nagpal – MD, Macmillan India (Moderator)
Beas Dev Ralhan – CEO, Next Education India
Sanjay Purohit – CMD, iProf Learning Solutions India
Samudra Sen – CEO, LearningMate Solutions
Tridibesh Satpathy – CEO, Edusys
5:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Concluding Remarks
5:15 pm onwards
Networking & Cocktails
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