CORDIA
Group of institutes, Lord Rana Education City, at Sanghol, Distt.
FATEHGARH Saheb is holding a two days International. Conference where
some of the National and International scholars/ administrators,
historians are presenting their thoughts and ideas on the subject "
India in 2030 IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT : A Geo political perspective ".
Our
late President Dr. Abdul Kalam has written about India 2020 many years
ago. Unfortunately, we have not realised his dreams and have not met the
millennium goals. The Conference looks at next 13 years, the challenges
and opportunities India would face in the coming years in a fast
changing world, the scholars will cast their eye into the future and
share their insight what can be achieved by India and what policies and
paths we should pursue to achieve the desired objective.
Some
of the presenters to the conference are Justice Sikri of the Supreme
Court Of India, Lord Meghnad Desai, Lord Rana, House of Lords,
Westminster, London, Emeritus professor Tom Fraser--former Pro- Vice
Chancellor, Ulster University, State Finance Minister, Punjab,
Sd.Manpreet Singh Badal, Prof. Kapil Kapoor...former Ractor, JNU, Prof.
G.B. Ghuman--Vice Chancellor, Pbi University, Patiala, Prof.
Jaswal--Vice Chancellor...Rajiv Gandhi, National Law University,
Patiala, Prof. Balwinder Shukla, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Amity University,
Noida, Dr. Pankaj Mittal-Additional Secretary, UGC, Sh.
G.R.Raghavender...Joint Secretary, Deptt. Of Justice, Ministry of Law,
and many others.
Conference starts at 10 AM on 2nd Dec., ends with valedictory session on 03rd Dec.5 pm.
About Cordia Group
The
Cordia Group of Educational Institutes, situated in Lord Rana Edu-City,
Sanghol, is a life-time vision of Rt. Lord Diljit Rana, Member House of
Lords, a business tycoon and an NRI (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom),
to transform the lives of rural youth through world class educational
opportunities in an integrated campus with state of the art world class
infrastructure, skill d in and personality development in an environment
of excellent teaching and learning practices. Lord Rana’s childhood
desire to do the best for the development and growth of Sanghol, his
birth place, finally, along with the Members of the Sanghol Panchayat,
and eminent educationists, culminated into the growth and development of
the Cordia complex on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana highway.
The
former President of India, a great visionary, scientist and teacher
Late Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who himself was committed to the rural
development inaugurated this educational complex in 2005. Since then,
committed to the education of rural youth, the Cordia Group of
Educational Institutes has been a source of excellent education in Arts
and Humanities, Computer Applications, Science (Medical and
Non-Medical), Commerce and Business Management, Hotel and Tourism
Management, Education and Skill Development programmes along with
opportunities to provide international exposure to its students and
faculty.
Committed
to education of rural youth and rural transformation, the Cordia Group
in its beautiful green and educationally conducive environs is steadily
progressing towards the realization of the ideals and vision of Late Dr.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and its Chairman Rt Lord Diljit Rana.
LIST OF GUESTS
1. Hon’ble Justice Arjan Sikri + 2 couples (4)
2. Lord Meghnad Desai
3. Professor Tom Fraser
4. Prof. Paramjit Singh Jaswal
5. Prof. Kapil Kapoor
6. Mr. G. R. Raghvinder
7. Mr. Shubhrata Bhattacharya
8. Mr. Arun Bhatnagar
9. Dr. Pankaj Mittal
10. Dr. Balwinder Shukla
11. K. K. Nayyar
12. Mr. Arun Kumar
13. Mr. Sameer Mathur
14. Mr. Sanjiv.Panday...journalist
15. Mr. Gagandeep Kaur – High Court Judge
16. Major General T. P. S. Bakshi
17. Ms.Shilpi Shabdita
LIST OF SESSIONS AND CHAIRPERSONS
DAY 1: 2nd December 2017
Plenary Session: Issues in Socio-economic Development Chair: Prof. Kapil Kapoor
Technical Session 1: Emerging Economy and Polity in India Chair: Prof. Suryavanshi
DAY 2: 3rd December, 2017
Plenary Session: Motivation and Development Chair: Major T. P. S. Bakshi
Technical Session 2: IT, Education, and Society Chair: Prof. Karamjit Singh
Technical Session 3: Education, Skills and Empowerment Chair: Prof. B. S. Saini
Technical Session 4: Demography, Development Alternative Chair: ?
