The Education Committee of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry organized an Annual Conference on “Millennial Learning” on Saturday, 5th May, 2018, 10 a.m. onwards, at The Hyatt Regency, Kolkata.

The programme began with an Inaugural Session addressed by Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Mr Bruce Bucknell, British Deputy High Commissioner, Kolkata, Dr. (Prof) Rajan Saxena, Vice Chancellor, NMIMS, Ms. Leonie Muldoon, Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Australian Trade and Investment Commission, New Delhi and Dr Ashok Thakur, Chief Mentor & Advisor, Sister Nivedita University. The session discussed pertinent issues like “The Future of Education- A Global Perspective, Educational Strategies for the Next Generation, Higher learning ecosystem and the strategic application to Education in Australia and on the Role of Academia in Innovation and Technology.”

The Inaugural Session was followed by Leaders’ Speak, which was conceptualized in similar format of TED Talks. The first Leader Speak was addressed by Prof David Foskett, MBE CMA FIH Bed (Hons) FRACA HMCCC; Founder of David Foskett Associates; Emeritus Dean, University of West London and Chairman, International Hospitality Council. Prof Foskett addressed on “The Future of Education-Teaching and learning in the Digital Age.” It was a forty-five minutes phenomenal talk which gave us an overview of digitalization and its impact.

This session was followed by a Panel Discussion on “Innovation Driven Learning- Preparing for a New World of Student Mobility with Technology”. The session was chaired by Dr Suranjan Das, Vice Chancellor, Jadavpur University and was addressed by Mr Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, HR & Global Head, Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Dr. (Prof) Rajan Saxena Vice Chancellor, NMIMS and Prof Suman K Mukerjee, Director General, The Bhawanipore Educational Society.

The interactive panel discussion was followed by three more Leaders Speak Session. Mr. Kingshuk Banerjee, Director Global Delivery, Cognitive Computing, Global Business Services, IBM India Pvt. Ltd. and Mr. Anindya Ghosh, Global Markets Leader - Pfizer & Watson Health Leader - Cognitive Business Decision Support, IBM, addressed on “Is Technology Driving Innovation towards Millennial Education?” followed by Mr Sourabh J. Sarkar, Founder, Karmyog Foundation who spoke on “The Future of Education”. This was again followed by Mr Paul Walsh, MBE, Managing Trustee and Founder, Jungle Crows and Mr Sourav Kothari, Eminent Cueist and Arjuna Awardees who addressed on “Is the Millennial Generation getting Educated or Literate?"

The programme concluded with an excellent adda session with Arundhati Bhattacharya, Former Chairman, The State Bank of India. The session was coordinated by reputed RJ Jimmy Tangree. It was a wonderful and candid session.

The seminar got huge appreciation from around 350 participants and also created a great impact amongst the academia and industry as a whole. The Conference had an excellent media reporting too.