Agenda and Speakers
Day 1 – 8th August 2019
Opening Session
10:05 AM – 10:40 AM
Mr. Kiren Rijiju
Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge), MoYAS, GOI
Ms. Shoko Nada
UNDP Resident Representative
Smt. Upma Chawdhry
IAS, SECRETARY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS, MoYAS, GOI
Mr. Asit Singh
Joint Secretary, Department of Youth Affairs, MoYAS, GOI
Plenary Session: Integrating volunteerism into the national development processes
11:45 AM -13:30 PM
Smt. Upma Chawdhry
IAS, SECRETARY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS, MoYAS
Mr. Yaduvendra Mathur
Special Secretary, NITI Aayog
Ms. Emiliya Asadova
Programme Analyst – Asia and the Pacific, UNV Bangkok
Mr. Kamal Kishore
Member, NDMA
Mr. Chek Lim
Deputy Director-General, Department of Youth, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Kingdom of Cambodia
Mr. Amarjeet Sinha
Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development
Technical session 1: Creating Data and Evidence and Measuring Economic Values of Volunteer’s Work
14:30-16:00 PM
Mr. Brijendra Singh, Deputy Director General, MOSPI
Mr. Shailendra Sigdel, Statistical Advisor, UNESCO
Mr. Alok Rath, Impact Advisor, VSO
Ms. Vijaya Balaji, Managing Director & CEO, Toolbox India Foundation
Dr. H. Srinivas, Director General, V. V. Giri National Labour Institute
Ms. Kritika Sangani
Senior Lead, Learning and Development, Indus Action
Ms. Sudipta Bhadra
National Programme Manager, ILO
Technical session 2: Social Impact of Volunteering
14:30-16:00 PM
Ms. Foroogh Foyouzat
UNICEF Deputy Representative in India
Mr. Sachal Aneja, Asia-Pacific Corporate Engagement Manager VSO
Ms. Neha Buch, Chief Executive Officer, Pravah
Mr. Juan Pablo Ramirez-Miranda, Section Chief and Programme Specialist for Social and Human Sciences (SHS) UNESCO
Ms. Kinkini Roychoudhary
Principal, Accenture Development Partnerships
Mr. Naval Kishor Gupta
Country Head- Restless Development
Mr. Prithviraj Franklin, Global Lead, Community Welfare, Cognizant Outreach
Mr. Ajay Pandey, Co-Founder, Thinkthrough Consulting
Technical session 3: Accreditation Framework for Volunteers
14:30-16:00 PM
Ms. Ashraf Patel
Co-Founder, ComMutiny – The Youth Collective
Ms. Shivali Lawale, Director, Symbiosis School of International Studies
Mr. Santosh Abraham
VP, NASSCOM Foundation
Dr. Prahalathan
Co-Founder Bhumi
Dr. Saigita Chitturu
Assistant Professor, Centre for Lifelong Learning, TISS India
Technical session 4: Innovative Practices on Volunteering
14:30-16:00 PM
Mr. Ashish Khare
MyGov India
Ms. Loy Nelson
COO, Make A Difference
Mr. Deepak Prabhu Matti, Global Lead, Cognizant Outreach
Ms. Meenakshi Gupta, Co-Founder Goonj
Mr. Shalabh Sahai
Co-Founder, iVolunteer
Ms. Srishti Jain
Co-Founder, Feeding India
Mr. Deepak Prabhu Matti, Global Lead, Cognizant Outreach
Ms. Emiliya Asadova Programme Analyst – Asia and the Pacific, UNV Bangkok
Valediction
16:30-17:30 PM
Ms Argentina Matavel Piccin, Representative, UNFPA
