The Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) is Wharton's student-run, India-centric business conference bringing together leaders, professionals, academics and students from around the world to discuss India's evolution into a prominent global economic power
In its twenty fourth year, WIEF is the one of the largest and oldest India-focused student-run business conference bringing together business and political leaders, professionals, and academics to discuss India’s evolution into a prominent global economic power and its future prospects. The theme for this year’s conference is Empowering Innovation and the focus is to cover economic trends responsible for shaping the business landscape in India and driving innovation through panels and fireside chats. WIEF aims to provide a platform for collaboration between academics and students from diverse backgrounds(including Wharton MBAs, Penn Law, Penn Design and Penn Engineering) with professionals from Finance, Consulting, Policy, Economics, Entrepreneurship and Media & Entertainment industries.
Every Year WIEF features renowned speakers who are at the forefront of India’s economic and business growth and development. The forum receives extensive media coverage in India and in the wider business community. Recent forums have been covered by networks such as CNBC, Republic TV, NDTV and Bloomberg, broadcast over TV and the Internet, and covered by over 30 journalists and all major publications.
Breakfast & Registration
08:00 AM - 08:45 AM
Opening Remarks and Dean Geoff Garret's speech
08:45 AM - 09:00 AM
Opening Keynote: Ashwin Damera (Co-Founder, Eruditus Executive Education)
09:00 AM - 09:20 AM
Fireside Chat
Speaker: TBA
9.20 AM - 9.50 AM
Panel: Technology in India
Speakers: Meetul Patel (COO, Microsoft India), Anand Patil(Director, Systems Engineering, Cisco), Prabhjeet Singh (Director and Head of Cities, Uber India and SA)
9.50 AM - 10.40 AM
Coffee Break
10.40 AM - 11.00 AM
Panel: India's Evolving Healthcare Landscape
Speakers: Dr. Sangita Reddy (Joint MD, Apollo Hospitals Group) , Gaurav Agarwal (Co-Founder, 1mg.com), Puncham Mukim(MD, Everstone Group)
11.00 AM - 11.50 AM
Panel: Future of Educational Technology in India
Moderator: Mukul Pandya(Ececutive Director, Knowledge@Wharton) ; Speakers: Ashish Chaudhry(Director and CEO, Aakash Educational Services Ltd), Nishant Baghel (Director of Technology Innovation, Pratham) Namita Dalmia (Principal, Omidyar Network), Jawahir Morarji (Business Head, Eruditus Executive Education)
11.50 AM - 12.40 PM
Lunch Break
12:40 PM - 01:30 PM
Fireside Chat
Speaker :TBA
1.30 PM - 2.00 PM
Wharton India Startup Challenge:Final Pitches
VC Judges : Rajinder Balaraman (Director, Matrix Partners), Sakshi Chopra (Principal,Sequoia Capital), Ravi Gururaj (Angel Investor, Indian Venture Capital Association)
2.00 PM - 3.40 PM
Coffee Break
3.40 PM - 4.00 PM
Panel: India's growth in the next decade
Speakers: Sujoy Bose (MD, National Investment & Infrastructure Fund), Deepak Baghla (CEO, Invest India)
4.00 PM - 4.50 PM
WISC Award Ceremony
4.50 PM - 5.00 PM
Closing Keynote : Manish Maheshwari (MD, Twitter India)
5.00 PM - 5.20 PM
Closing Remarks : Mr Udai Dhawan (Partner & Head of India, Affirma Capital)
5.20 PM - 5 30 PM
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