Telecom Manthan

About

Indian telecom Industry is going through a sea of change during these days with a marked shift from the traditional skills to emerging skill requirements with a strategic focus on technology-based skills. These skills include Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence & Data Science, Cyber Security, Block Chain, Internet of Things, Android, Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality, Robotics etc, and all of them aim to increase efficiency and productivity, cut costs and time to market cycles, empower partners and customers. The objective is to enhance customer delight and average revenue per user in a highly competitive market.

Telecom Manthan in its second edition will highlight the importance of emerging technologies and skill requirement for the next generation and will emphasize on the necessary changes to be made from the policy point of view along with industry to collaborate hand in hand for better future

Program

Time	Session
08:30 – 09:30 AM	Welcome & Registrations
09:30 – 10:30 AM	Paradigm Shift: How rapid consolidation in telecom sector; and emerging tech and business model transformations is rationalising job opportunities as well as re-defining skill requirements. Are new jobs getting created in place of old jobs that are getting redundant? Speaker: CXOs from Telco’s, Equipment & handset manufacturers, Infrastructure companies, VAS & Apps players, Policy makers, Academia. Industry Session Industry Session Invited Speakers Josh Foulger, MD, Foxconn Global Randeep Sekhon, Group CTO, Airtel Umang Das, Vice Chairman, TAIPA P Balaji, Chief Regulatory & Corporate Affairs, Vodafone Idea Rajan Mathews, Director General, COAI Ankhi Das, Director – Public Policy, Facebook * Dr. Anand Agarwal, Group CEO, Sterlite Technologies * Dr. M P Poonia, Vice Chairman, AICTE *

10:30 – 11:30 AM	The Next 5 Years: What are the new jobs coming in place of old jobs that are not required now. What will be the hottest technologies and skills in the next 5 years in terms of job openings, salaries, and career growth as telecom sector transformation gathers steam. Speakers& Panellists: CXOs from Telco’s, Equipment & handset manufacturers, Infrastructure companies, VAS & Apps players, Academia. Industry Session Industry Session Invited Speakers Arvind Bali, Group Advisor, Connect Broadband & Infodart Sanjay Kaul, MD, Cisco, APAC & Japan Hariom Rai, Founder, Lava Rakesh Goyal, CEO, Infinity Labs Ashwani Khillan, CEO, ATC * Mathew Oommen, President, Reliance Jio * Manish Kumar, MD & CEO, NSDC *
11:30 – 11:45 AM	Networking Tea/Coffee Break

11:45 – 01:30 PM	The Win-Win Collaboration: In the backdrop of decreasing as well as changing job opportunities in the telecom sector, how will the different telecom sub-sectors and the education & skill building institutions collaborate to create a work force that will not only catalyse industry transformation but also create more livelihood opportunities Speakers: CHROs from Telco’s, Equipment & handset manufacturers, Infrastructure companies, VAS & Apps players, Academia. Industry Session Industry Session Invited Speakers Arun Karna, MD, AT&T India Pritpal S Kular, CHRO, Indus Towers Krish Sridhar, COO, Tikona Telecom Rajen Vagadia, MD, Qualcomm India Gen Dr SP Kochhar, CEO, TSSC * Rachit Uppal, Head of Industry, Twitter * Gautam Anand, Chief People Officer, Airtel * Ashutosh Vasant, Director (POM), Railtel * Dr S S Pabla, President, President, Bhartiya Skill Dev University *
01:00 – 02:00 PM	Networking Lunch
02:00 – 03:00 PM	From Job Seekers to Job Creators: How dynamic and enterprising youngsters are creating jobs in the telecom ecosystem. What are the hot areas, what are the challenges, how to overcome them; and what all support is available for those who want to launch start-ups Speakers: CXOs from telecom startups, VCs, and telecom sector Industry Session Industry Session Invited Speakers Dinesh Prasad, Founder, Bluesky Invent Amit Relan, Founder, Mfilterit Saurav Tomar, Founder, Chestream * Amardeep Bagga, Founder, Ringming * Mohit Madan, founder, TrueFive Tech Ventures * Sudhir Sethi, Chiratec Ventures * Karthik Reddy, Blume Ventures *
3:00 – 4:30 PM	Awards & Recognition (Skilling) Chief Guest Aruna Sundararajan Secretary, Department of Telecommunications Anshu Kumar, Addl. Secretary, Department of Telecommunications
4:30 PM	Thank you Note
Note: Agenda is subject to change