Five concurrent sessions happened during the entire day Conference. Management session was chaired by Dr. Santosh Rangnekar, Professor, IIT Roorkee, Dr. Santosh Dhar, Dean- Faculty of Doctoral Studies & Research and Dr. D. K. Mandal, Professor, SVVV, Indore.

The paper got published in book titled “DIVERSE, DIVERGENT AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH - Contemporary Issues” published by Excel Publications, New Delhi with ISBN Number 978-93-86724-67-0.

The conference was a good learning experience and was focused on Interdisciplinary Research for Sustainable Development.

Five concurrent sessions happened during the entire day Conference. Management session was chaired by Dr. Santosh Rangnekar, Professor, IIT Roorkee, Dr. Santosh Dhar, Dean- Faculty of Doctoral Studies & Research and Dr. D. K. Mandal, Professor, SVVV, Indore.

The paper got published in book titled “DIVERSE, DIVERGENT AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH - Contemporary Issues” published by Excel Publications, New Delhi with ISBN Number 978-93-86724-67-0.

The conference was a good learning experience and was focused on Interdisciplinary Research for Sustainable Development.

This award is conferred by TRESCON GLOBAL to IT Industry Professionals.

On this occasion many globally renowned experts and leading IT Professionals were present. This included

• Ms Danielle Di-Masi, Global Innovator & Media Commentator The Interactions Lab PTY LTD, Sydney, Australia,
• Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy, Chief Data Scientist - Halliburton,
• Mr. Nikhil Desai,International Speaker & Motivator,
• Mr. Ganpati Dandpani,Global Digital Transformation Leader & Global CIO - TVS,
• Mohd. Saleem, CEO - Trescon Global and over 250 CEOs, CIOs/ CTOs, CISOs of leading Companies.

During the event held at Mumbai, Dr. Pandey participated in various discussions and in a Panel Discussion. In the evening he was also a part of CIOs Round Table Discussions. During the discussions current state of affair in IT Industry, challenges & changing roles & responsibilities of CIOs & CTOs, how to prepare for future challenges in role of CIOs & CTOs in view of fast changing technologies, applications & processes and how to align it with the Industry objectives to keep it relevant and progressive.

The objective of the Summit was to provide a platform to discuss collective responsibility and exploring pathways towards gender inclusive outcomes.

The welcome address was delivered by Dr. Uddesh Kohli, Senior Advisor UNGC. Summit Overview was presented by Ms. Vaishali Sinha, Chairperson GES 2018 & Director, ReNew Power. Other eminent speakers in the Inaugural Session included Mr. N. Venkatram, Managing Partner & CEO Deloitte India, Ms. Lise Kingo, CEO, UNGC, New York (Video Presentation) and Ms. Nishtha Satyam, Deputy Representative, UN Women MCO for India, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka.

Vote of Thanks was presented by Mr. Kamal Singh, Executive Director, UN GCNI.

The Summit had three plenary sessions – Plenary 1 was focused on “Gender Mainstreaming”. The discussion was based on the importance of Data collection and Approaches of various stakeholders for inclusion and progress of women. The session was moderated by Ms. Sangeeta Talwar, Managing Partner, Flyvision Consulting and the panelists were Ms. Renu Satti, CEO, Paytm Payments Bank, Mr. Abhimanyu Singh, Bank of America, Ms. Lakshmi Venkataraman, Founding trustee and Executive Vice President, Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust and Mr. Pradeep Nair, CEO & Regional Director, Ford Foundation for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The selected case studies were also presented on Best Practices in Gender Equality.

Plenary 2 was on the theme “Accelerating and scaling gender specific initiatives”. The session was moderated by Dr. Shalini Sarin, SVP HR-BG Professional, CSR &BoP Leader-Lighting, Philips, Netherland and the panelists were Ms. Aloka Majumdar, Senior VP & Head of Corporate Sustainability, HSBC India, Ms. Bhavani Balasubramaniam, Partner & Diversity & Inclusion Leader, Deloitte India, Dr. Neelu Rohmetra , Director , IIM, Sirmaur and Dr. Shikha Sharma , Founder & Managing Director, Nutri-Health Systems Pvt Ltd.

The stories of women’s struggle for equality and the various dynamic initiatives undertaken for their advancement were shared by Ms Chetna Sinha, Founder, Mann Deshi Foundation and Ms. Shrishti Bakshi, Founder and Managing Director of Cross Bow Miles.

Plenary 3 was on the theme “Transition to Policy Development”. The session was moderated by Ms. Shweta Rajpal Kohli, Country Director, Govt. Affairs & Public Policy, India & South Asia, Salesforce and the panelists were , Ms. Gayathri Ramamurthy, HR Business Partner and D&I Lead, Capgemini, Ms. Neha Barjatya, CEO, Google Internet Saathi, Ms. Huzan Mistry, Strategic Business Head, National Stock Exchange, Ms. Nishtha Satyam, Deputy Representative UN Women MCO for India, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka and Ms. Ratna Anjan Jena , Statistical Adviser, Ministry of Women and Child Development.

The Summit concluded with a Valedictory session and the Valedictory address was delivered by Dr. Yasmin Ali Haque, UNICEF Representative in India. The session focused on the learning from the previous sessions and the way forward to bring women participation in all spheres from board room and corporate offices to political arena.