ThinkEdu Conclave 2025: Highlights from Day 1

Day 1 of ThinkEdu Conclave 2025 lit up with luminaries like Karthi, Subramanian Swamy, Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, Shashi Tharoor, V Ramasubramanian and others
Actor Karthi with senior journalist Kaveree Bamzai
Actor Karthi with senior journalist Kaveree Bamzai
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Actor Karthi speaks about his career, preps for a character, family, inspirations and a lot more with immense enthusiasm at ThinkEdu Conclave 2025 during the session ‘What Lies Beneath: Getting into Character’

Prof Balaraman Ravindran, Head of WSAI, IIT Madras, talks about ‘Intelligence at Work: What Youngsters Need to Know About AI’

Economist and Thinker Subramanian Swamy on ‘Vishwaguru or Vishwabandhu: The Right Way for India,’ chaired by Prabhu Chawla, Editorial Director, TNIE

‘Doctors & Engineers: Their Role in Viksit Bharat @ 2047’ with Dr Sudha Seshayyan, Director, Sastra University and Dr K Sivaprasad, VC, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, chaired by Kaveree Bamzai

We’re back post-lunch with ‘First Time MPs: Making Their Voice Heard.’ An insightful session chaired by Santwana Bhattacharya, Editor, TNIE

Praveen Chakravarty, Chairman, Professionals’ Wing & Data Analytics, Congress, talks about ‘Looking Forward: Future of the Congress’; chaired by Santwana Bhattacharya, Editor, TNIE

Mukunda CR, Joint General Secretary, RSS talks about ‘The Culture Project: Values for the Viksit Bharatiya’, chaired by Ravi Shankar, Consulting Editor, The Sunday Standard at ThinkEdu 2025

Shekar Nair, Co-founder of Upekkha talks about ‘Is Al Real? Hype, Hope, and the Future of Intelligence’

“In 2020 we launched the National Education Policy to bring widespread reforms in the higher education. NEP is rooted in providing equity and access and more importantly, social justice,” says UGC Chairman Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar at ThinkEdu 2025

Shashi Tharoor graces ThinkEdu Conclave 2025 with his insights on Parliamentary proceedings on Day 1 

ThinkEdu Conclave 2025 Day 1 full coverage: 

Dr Ujwala Chakradeo, VC, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai and Prof Basuthkar J Rao, VC, University of Hyderabad talk about a campus for everyone: Making higher education inclusive at ThinkEdu Conclave 2025  

"The space for Parliamentary reform has diminished as the Government eventually gets its way," Shashi Tharoor

A snippet from our very own AI-generated song for ThinkEdu 2025

Shashi Tharoor speaks about Parliament, UPA, democracy

"Until the third NDA term, the Parliamentary Affairs Minister has never bothered to talk to the Opposition," says Shashi Tharoor in conservation with Kaveree Bamzai

"Historically, societies appear to have been duty-conscious much more than rights-conscious," says Justice V Ramasubramanian, Chairperson, NHRC

Justice V Ramasubramanian, Chairperson NHRC, talks about 'Balancing the Scales: Rights, Duties, and the Indian Soul' at ThinkEdu 2025

Inaugural address of ThinkEdu 2025 by Justice V Ramasubramanian, Chairperson, NHRC starts with Verse 2 Sloka 24 of the Bhagavad Gita

ThinkEdu Conclave 2025 Day 1 full coverage: 

Prabhu Chawla, Editorial Director, TNIE, gives the inaugural address at #Thinkeduconclave2025

Welcome Speech by Editorial Director, TNIE Prabhu Chawla

Lighting of the lamp for #ThinkEdu2025

#ThinkEdu2025 begins with Saraswati Vandana by students of MOP Vaishnavi College for Women, Chennai.

The stage is set for ThinkEdu Conclave 2025!  Event begins shortly 

The stage is set for ThinkEdu Conclave 2025 and registrations for are on in full swing!!

Actor Karthi with senior journalist Kaveree Bamzai
ThinkEdu Conclave returns as a celebration of ideas, ideals, and excellence

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