5 pm
Inaugural Speech

Intro by Dr. Ashok Shettar,
Principal BVBCET, Karnataka, India

Speaker: Dr. R. Natarajan,
Chairman BITES, Former Director IIT Madras, India
“Challenges of Engineering Education in India”

8 pm
Banquet Dinner

Intro by Mr. Ashok Kalbag,
Secretary, IUCEEI, Mumbai, India

Speaker: Dr. Sugata Mitra,
Prof. Newcastle University, UK
“Engineering Education in the Cloud”

9 am
Keynote 1

Intro by Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe,
Director, College of Engineering Pune, India

Speaker: Dr. F.C. Kohli,
Founder and First CEO, Tata Consulting Services, India
“Vision for Engineering Education in India

10 am  
Plenary 1

Intro by Dr. Sushma Kulkarni,
Director, Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Maharashtra, India

Speaker: Dr. Seeram Ramakrishna,
Director, CNN and former Dean, NUS, Singapore
"Attributes of Engineers and Engineering Education for the 21st Century World"

11 am to 1 pm  

Session A: Contributed Papers

Session B: Contributed Papers

Session C: Contributed Papers

1 pm
Luncheon Speaker

Intro by Dr. Krishna Vedula
University of Massachusetts Lowell

Speaker:Dave Wilson, Director of Academic and Corporate Marketing, National Instruments
Platinum Sponsor: National Instruments

2 pm
Plenary 2

Intro by Dr. Gopalkrishna Joshi,
Director, CEER, BVBCET, Hubli, India

Speaker: Dr. D.B. Phatak,
Professor, IIT Bombay
“Adopting MOOCs for quality engineering education in India”

3 pm to 4 pm  

Session D: Contributed Papers

Session E: Contributed Papers

Session F: Contributed Papers

4 pm
Plenary 3

Dr. M.P. Ravindra,
President, IUCEEI, Bangalore, India

Speaker: Prof. Mangala Sunder. IIT Madras
Platinum Sponsor: NPTEL

5 pm
Plenary 4

Intro by Dr. P.G. Tewari,
Dean, BVBCET, India

Speaker: Dr. Vinod Lohani,
Prof, Virginia Tech University, USA
“Curriculum Innovation”

5 pm
Plenary 5

Intro by Dr. Y. Astatke,
Prof, Morgan State University, USA

Speaker: Dr. Bopaya Bidanda,
Prof, University of Pittsburgh, USA
“Engineers without Frontiers”

7:00 pm:
Collaborators Dinner
By Invitation Only

Leaders of IUCEEI; IUCEE-GEDC;
IUCEE-ASEE, IUCEE-SPEED, IUCEE-IGIP

M/S IonIdea, Dinner Sponsor

IUCEE-GEDC Session

IUCEE-ASEE Session

IUCEE-IGIP Session

“Developing Leadership at Engineering Colleges”

by Dr. Steve Rawlinson, JRE Group, Gr. Noida

9 am
Keynote 2

Intro by Dr. Jose Carlos Quadrado,
President, IFEES, President, ISEL, Portugal

Speaker: Dr. Michael Milligan,
Executive Director, ABET, USA
“Outcomes Assessment in Engineering Education”

10 am
Panel 1

Moderator: Dr. Hans J. Hoyer,
Secretary General IFEES, Exec Sec, GEDC, Marquette University, USA

“Transformations in Engineering Education Globally”
·         Stephanie Farrell, Prof. Rowan University, USA
Powerpoint Presentation

·         Hasan Mandal, Director, Sabanci University, Turkey
Powerpoint Presentation



·         Duncan Fraser, Professor, U of Capetown, S. Africa


·         Dr. Khairiyah Mohd Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

11 am to 1 pm  

Session G: Contributed Papers

Session H: Contributed Papers

Session I: Contributed Papers

1 pm:
Luncheon Speaker

Intro by Dr. Krishna Vedula
University of Massachusetts Lowell

Speaker: Paul Gilbert, CEO
Platinum Sponsor: Quanser
Powerpoint Presentation

2 pm
Plenary 6

Intro by Dr. Veena Kumar
Professor, Rutgers University, NJ, USA

Speaker: Dr. Michael Auer,
President, IGIP, Prof, Carinthia University, Austria
“Pedagogy Training and Certification for Faculty”
Powerpoint Presentation

3 pm
Panel 2

Moderator: Dr. David Jiles
Professor, Iowa State University (invited)

“Technologies for Learning”
·         Andrew Thangaraj, IIT Madras (tentative)
·        Shekhar Sharad, Manager,Worldwide University Program
Powerpoint Presentation

·         Keith Blanchet, Director of Business, Quanser
Powerpoint Presentation

·         A. Rucinski, Professor, U of New Hampshire (Cypress)
Powerpoint Presentation

3 pm
Panel 3

Moderator: Dr. Jennifer DeBoer,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

“Intergenerational Panel”
·         Rohit Kandakatla, student, SPEED, India
·         Ashwin Karthik, student, SPEED, UK
·         Rajul Gajjar, Principal, GEC, Gandhinagar, India
·         Guru Subramanyam, Professor, U of Dayton, USA

4 pm
Panel 4

Dr. M.P. Ravindra,
President, IUCEEI, Bangalore, India

“Transformations in Engineering Education at IITs”
·         Dr. Sudhir Jain, Director, IIT Gandhinagar
·         Dr. Uday Desai, Director, IIT Hyderabad
·         Dr. Y. Narahari, Professor, IISc, Bangalore

5 pm
Valedictory Address

Intro by Dr. Ashok Shettar,
Principal BVBCET, Karnataka, India

Speaker: Dr. Desh Deshpande,
Sparta Group, Sycamore Networks, Tejas Networks, USA
“Innovation and Engineering Education”