One Globe Conference

One Globe: Uniting Knowledge Communities
Privately held
Industry Internet, Media, Conferences
Founder Harjiv Singh
Headquarters New Delhi, New Delhi, IN
Key people
 Harjiv Singh
Anurag Thakur
Jerry MacArthur Hultin
Siddharth Saxena
Mahendra Bapna
Yatish Rajawat
Dalbir Singh
Website www.oneglobeconference.com
Inaugural panel at One Globe 2015

One Globe: Uniting Knowledge Communities is an annual thought leadership conference, which focuses on exploring the intersection of technology,[1] education,[2] science, innovation,[3] entrepreneurship,[4] urbanization,[5] smart cities,[6] skills development,[7] security,[8] health,[1] and regional collaboration,[9] and their role in enabling economic growth to build a 21st-century knowledge economy.

Since its inception in 2012, One Globe has brought over 250 global thought leaders from business, government, civil society, media and multilateral institutions, representing over 25 countries each year to debate, discuss, and share global and local perspectives on important issues influencing India and South Asia’s development.

The annual One Globe conference is produced and programmed by the events arm of Salwan Media Ventures. The conference was conceptualized by Harjiv Singh, Founder & CEO, Salwan Media Ventures. Previous speakers have included Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Parliamentary Affairs, Amitabh Kant Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Onno Ruhl India Country Director, World Bank, Kapil Sibal Union Minister for HRD & Communications and Information Technology, Pallam Raju Minister of Human Resource Development, Shashi Tharoor Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Sam Pitroda Advisor to the Prime Minister, Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations, Lord Loomba Founder Chairman- The Loomba Foundation, Jeffrey Sachs President, NYU - Polytechnic, Neeraj Bhargava Founder Zodius Capital Advisory, Ashok Trivedi Co-Chairman IGATE Corporation, Frederick M. Lawrence President Brandeis University, Lakshmi Pratury, General JJ Singh Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Meenakshi Lekhi Member of Parliament, BJP National Spokesperson, Advocate and Social Activist, Shereen Bhan Managing Editor CNBC-TV18, Sheila Dikshit Former Chief Minister, Delhi and Former Governor, Kerala, Vikas Bajaj Correspondent New York Times, Heather Timmons Reporter New York Times, Nisid Hajari Editor Bloomberg View (Asia), Dr. Arun Sundararajan Professor NYU Stern School of Business, Shantanu Prakash, Chairman and Managing Director,'Dr. Mukesh Aghi Chairman & CEO Steria India, Arun Kapur Director Vasant Valley School, New Delhi, Dr. Hitendra Wadhwa Professor of Professional Practice Columbia Business School, Dr. A. Didar Singh Advisor Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Sandeep Aneja Founder and Managing Director Kaizen Private Equity,'Gopal Jain Founding and Managing Partner Gaja Capital Partners, Loftus Harris Special Trade Representative to the Middle East and India The Queensland Government, M. Damodaran Former Chairman SEBI and IAS (Retd.), Montek Singh Ahluwalia Former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of the Republic of India, Dr. Karan Singh President – Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Dr. Fumio Isoda Executive Vice President, The University of Tokyo, Dr. Anil Sinha, Dr. Surjit Bhalla Chairman, Oxus Investments & Senior Advisor Bluefin, Sethuraman Panchanathan Senior Vice President Knowledge Enterprise Development, Arizona State University, Som Mittal Former President NASSCOM, Umang Bedi Managing Director Adobe Systems, Suneet Singh Tuli Founder and CEO Datawind Ltd.

One Globe's current advisory board includes Harjiv Singh, Founder & CEO, Salwan Media Ventures, Anurag Thakur, Member of Parliament & National President Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Jerry MacArthur Hultin, Senior Presidential Fellow, New York University, and Chairman, Global Advisory Board, at Smart City Expo World Congress, Dr. Siddharth Saxena, Chairperson, Cambridge Central Asia Forum, Dr. Shailaja Fennel, Lecturer in Development Studies, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, Dalbir Singh, Senior Advisor, Forum of Federations Canada, Mahendra Bapna Former Chief Executive Officer, Tata Motor Enterprises and Yatish Rajawat, Founder, Livable Habitats.

Background

One Globe Conference provides an ideal annual platform for companies, universities, organizations, governments and civil society to build their brand, thought leadership. The annual event also provides an excellent opportunity to network with key decision makers and thought leaders. One Globe’s curated digital content of videos, email, photographs, and editorial coverage of the conference through the year helps to engage a diverse global audience. Organizations like Cisco, Adobe, Yes Bank, NYU Wagner, Wagner, and WISE.

One Globe’s knowledge partners have included - Knowledge@Wharton ,[10] PwC, Brookings Institution, US India Business Council, UK India Business Council, TiE, Swedish Chamber, MAIT, The Chamber of Commerce and Industry France India (CCIFI). Media Partners have included – BrainGain Magazine, The International New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Sunday Guardian, The Telegraph and Asia Briefing.

Events

One Globe 2015

In its fourth edition, the "One Globe: Uniting Knowledge Communities conference" was held in March 2015 at The Imperial, New Delhi, inaugurated by Hon'ble Shree Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (independent charge) for Power, Coal and New and Renewable energy, Govt. of India.[5]

The topics of discussions were mobility, connectivity and ubiquity – described by Harjiv Singh[7] as "shaping the 21st century landscape" by being the key drivers of economic development.[11] They are also widely seen as key enablers of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Government of India's initiatives such as Smart Cities, Digital India and Make in India.[6][12][13]

Through a mixture of keynote speeches, panel discussions and interactive sessions, a number of ideas were mooted by educators, policy makers, C-suite executives, and Government officials. From deliberating the importance of making India a global knowledge destination, to including citizen participation in policy making, allowing better IT integration & even deliberating the urgent need to addressing current skill deficit in India, One Globe 2015 made a breakthrough by bringing the key stakeholders to deliberate the real enablers of socio-economic development in India and the South Asian region.

Cisco, U.S.-India Business Council, Brookings India, The College Board, Knowledge@Wharton, The Telegraph, MAIT, Asia Briefings, BrainGainMag & Gutenberg Communications were some of the key partners that were instrumental in driving the event’s success in producing the two-day showcase event. Building on its reputation from previous years, One Globe 2015 saw some renowned speakers such as Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (I/C) for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy, Government of India,[14] Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (I/C) and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India, [15][16] Anurag Thakur, Member of Parliament & National President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM),[17][18] Amitabh Kant, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) &, Chairman, Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC),[19] Dr. Subir Gokarn, Director, Research, Brookings India,[20] Onno Rühl, India Country Director, World Bank, Stéphanie Durand, Manager, International Growth, Coursera, Mittu Chandilya, CEO, AirAsia India, Debasish Mitter, Country Director, India, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Varun Sood, CIO & Head - Strategic Initiatives, Fortis Healthcare Limited, Lalit Gupta, Vice President, Oracle Corporation, Public Sector & Education ISG, APAC & Japan, Dinesh Malkani, President, Cisco India and SAARC, Ankhi Das, Public Policy Director, Facebook, India, South & Central Asia, Anant Nath, Editor - The Caravan, & Alumni of IIM Lucknow and Columbia University, Rajiv Bajaj, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Bajaj Capital Limited, Falguni Nayar, Founder & CEO, Nykaa.com, Dr. Manish Gupta, Vice President at Xerox Corporation, Director of Xerox Research Centre in India, Manoj Ladwa, Chief Executive - MLS Chase & Founder, India Inc., Aashish Kalra, Chairman, Cambridge Technology Enterprises, Dr. Vinnie Jauhari, Director, Education Advocacy Microsoft, Meenakshi Lekhi, Member of Parliament, BJP National Spokesperson, Advocate & Social Activist, Dr. Bibek Debroy, Economist & Full-time Member, NITI Aayog,[21] Amarinder Singh, Founder & CEO, Clove Dental, Ashok Trivedi, Co-Chairman, IGATE Corporation, Dhruv Agarwala, Co-founder, PropTiger, Gordon Fairclough, South Asia Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal, Sajjad Ashraf, Adjunct Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy & Former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Singapore, Sunil Kant Munjal, Joint Managing Director, Hero MotoCorp among others. In the lunch keynote, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, minister of state for skill development and entrepreneurship (independent charge), and parliamentary affairs, Govt. of India discussed skill development in India with a balance of critique and optimism. At one point he stated “We have an unorganized workforce, but it is nothing to be disappointed about. We have started now what we should have 60 years ago. The government has planned it out. We are talking about many out-of-the-box ideas to create a skilling ecosystem in the country, for which we need support from all of you”.[22][23]

One Globe 2014

The third edition of the “One Globe: Uniting Knowledge Communities” Conference was organized in February, 2013, at The Imperial Hotel, New Delhi, India, & inaugurated by Salman Khurshid, Honorable Union Minister of External Affairs, Government of India.[24]

The conference continued to build on its theme of discussing and (in the process) discovering, the real enablers’ that would drive economic growth in India and the South Asian region.[25][26]

Through series of keynote addresses, expert panels and interactive sessions held over the two day event, the conference served as a platform wherein dignitaries enthusiastically participated in identifying the significant challenges for India, and South Asia, on the journey towards becoming a 21st-century knowledge hub –such as, highest rates of adult illiteracy, lack of quality education, shortage of teachers, low internet penetration, a low gross enrollment ratio across the education spectrum, and most importantly, limited exchanges within the South Asian region.

College Board, Adobe, BFU Blossoms, International New York Times, BrainGainmag.com, U.S. India Business Council, Knowledge@Wharton, Media Value Works, WISE, The Indus Entrepreneurs, Gutenberg Communications, PHD Chamber, & The Sunday Guardian were some of the key partners that were instrumental in driving the event’s success. Key speakers included Salman Khurshid, Minister of External Affairs, Government of India, Smt. Preneet Kaur, Minister of State for External Affairs, Government of India,[27] Manish Tewari, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, Onno Ruhl, India Country Director, World Bank, Anurag Thakur, National President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM),[28] Umang Bedi, Managing Director - South Asia, Adobe Systems,[29] Dr. Subir Gokarn, Director, Research, Brookings India, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution USA, Som Mittal, Former President, NASSCOM,[30] Mr. Kotaro Tamura, Adjunct Professor, Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore and Chairman, Strategic Initiative of Japan, Suneet Singh Tuli, Founder and CEO, DataWind Ltd, Varun Sood, CIO, Fortis Healthcare Limited, Sukumar Ranganathan, Editor, Mint, among others. In his keynote address, Hon’ble Minister Manish Tewari, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Government of India discussed the role of internet and digitization of knowledge repositories as key contributors in uniting knowledge communities across the world. Tewari said “The internet was the most audacious experiment in anarchy and has succeeded. In the past two decades there has been a fundamental transformation in the information architecture of the world –the emergence of the Internet has broken the geographic and physical barriers to the way knowledge is disseminated.”[31]

One Globe 2013

The second annual “One Globe: Uniting Knowledge Communities” (#OG 13) Conference was organized in February, 2013, at The Imperial Hotel, New Delhi, India. It was inaugurated by Dr. Pallam Raju, Honorable Union Minister of Human Resources Development, Government of India.[32] The conference served as an engaging forum with leaders from government, academia, business, non-profit and multilateral institutions debating and discussing the elements of creating a 21st-century knowledge based economy.[33][34][35]

Topics explored the linkages across the knowledge spectrum, from K-12 to higher education, to innovation to technology. Weaving a holistic thread across discussions, from the four pillars of learning to the creation of world class universities,[36] from India's demographic dividend, to the use of technologies, like tablets and mobile video in delivering education, from rapid urbanization and designing sustainable innovative cities, building capacity in skills development by looking at community colleges and encouraging entrepreneurship, to the imperative of educating women.[37] [38]

The International Herald Tribune, BrainGainmag.com, U.S. India Business Council, Knowledge@Wharton, The Indus Entrepreneurs, WISE, Gutenberg Communications, PHD Chamber, & The Sunday Guardian were some of the key partners that were instrumental in driving the event’s success.

Key speakers included, Dr. Karan Singh, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha); President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), and India’s Ambassador to UNESCO, Hon’ble Minister Preneet Kaur, Minister of State for External Affairs, Government of India, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India,[39] Mr. Stavros N. Yiannouka, CEO, World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE),[40] R.K. Pachauri, Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute(TERI),[41] Madhav Chavan, CEO, Pratham & WISE Prize for Education Laureate and many more.

In a special keynote, Hon’ble Minister Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India, expressed the need to focus on socio-economic development along with technology driven education initiatives. Tharoor said “If I had to pick the one thing that we must do above all else, I now offer a two-word mantra: educate girls” –answering the perennial question: What is the single-most important thing that can be done to improve the world?[42]

One Globe 2012

The first conference featured moderated open discussions with leading scholars and expert panelists, and provided participants with an in-depth view of how innovative solutions can help solve real world challenges in education. In two days of sessions and round-table discussions, the conference focused on exploring the multiple opportunities in India and South Asia’s education sector.

Some of the corporate sponsors included YES Bank,[43] the Institute of International Education (IIE), USA Community College Consortium and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

The International Herald Tribune, BrainGainmag.com, U.S. India Business Council, Knowledge@Wharton, The Indus Entrepreneurs, UK India Business Council, Gutenberg Communications, Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne, Habiart Foundation, Global Partnerships Forum and Centre of Community Initiative were some of the key partners that were instrumental in driving the event’s success in producing the two-day showcase event.

Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for HRD & Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, announcing the need of an open platform,[44] where students will be able to access courses from other universities, interact with international faculty members, and, in the process, generate knowledge, said, “We have to move forward as One Globe, reuniting knowledge communities”. Sibal also urged for the private sector to increase their participation to give a boost to the Gross Enrolment Ratio to 42 million by 2020.[45]

Some of the key speakers and dignitaries included Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister, Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations,[46] Ron Somers, President, U.S.-India, Business Council,[47] Lord Loomba CBE, Founder Chairman, The Loomba Foundation, Shantanu Prakash, Chairman and Managing Director, Educomp Solutions Limited,[48] Jacques Steinberg, Senior Editor, The Choice and The Learning Network, The New York Times,[49] Dr. Mukesh Aghi, Chairman & CEO, Steria India, and many more.

Website content

One Globe also publishes content such as videos and articles on its website and social media channels.

References

  1. 1 2 "Can India become South Asia's Knowledge Powerhouse in the 21st century?".
  2. ↑ "The USIBC education foundation (USIBCEF) supports the one globe 2015 conference".
  3. ↑ "One Globe 2015 to focus on 'Smart Cities', 'Digital India' and 'Make in India'".
  4. ↑ Role of Entrepreneurship in India by Shantanu Prakash.
  5. 1 2 "Smart Cities initiative will create new urban centres: Piyush Goyal".
  6. 1 2 "PM Modi's initiatives to be focus of One Globe 2015 Conference".
  7. 1 2 "Union Ministers Piyush Goyal & Rajiv Pratap Rudy to address One Globe 2015".
  8. ↑ "India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Inaugurates One Globe 2014 Knowledge Conference in New Delhi".
  9. ↑ "Union Ministers Piyush Goyal & Rajiv Pratap Rudy To Address One Globe 2015".
  10. ↑ "Salwan Media Partners with USIBC and Knowledge@Wharton to Host One Globe 2012- Uniting Knowledge Communities".
  11. ↑ "PM Modi's initiatives to be focus of One Globe 2015 Conference".
  12. ↑ "Smart Cities, Digital India;Make In India to be the focus at One Globe 2015 knowledge conference".
  13. ↑ "Smart Cities, Digital India;Make In India to be the focus at One Globe 2015 knowledge conference".
  14. ↑ "Piyush Goyal, One Globe 2015 speaker".
  15. ↑ "Rajiv Pratap Rudy, One Globe 2015 speaker".
  16. ↑ Rajiv Pratap Rudy, One Globe 2015 spearker.
  17. ↑ "Anurag Thakur, One Globe 2015 speaker".
  18. ↑ Keynote Address by Anurag Thakur, MP on Making India a Global Knowledge Hub at One Globe Conference.
  19. ↑ Amitabh Kant In Conversation with Shereen Bhan on Make in India at One Globe Conference.
  20. ↑ Dr Subir Gokarn speaks to Bloomberg TV at One Globe 2015 Knowledge Conference.
  21. ↑ Dr. Bibek Debroy Speaking about Make in India Opportunities & Challenges at One Globe Conference.
  22. ↑ "'Govt Thinking Of Out-Of-The-Box To Create Skilled Manpower Ecosystem', Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy Assures One Globe 2015 Delegates".
  23. ↑ "'Govt Thinking Of Out-Of-The-Box To Create Skilled Manpower Ecosystem', Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy Assures One Globe 2015 Delegates".
  24. ↑ "Salman Khurshid inaugurates One Globe 2014 knowledge conference".
  25. ↑ "One Globe 2014 Knowledge Conference to bring stalwarts from education sector".
  26. ↑ "INDIA'S External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Inaugurates One Globe 2014 Knowledge Conference".
  27. ↑ Smt. Preneet Kaur, Minister of State for External Affairs Speaking at One Globe 2014.
  28. ↑ "India's youth is not 'vote bank' but 'bank of ideas': Anurag Thakur".
  29. ↑ Is Technology an Educational Bridge or Divide in India- Umang Bedi.
  30. ↑ "Som Mittal urges IT firms to pool their CSR for education fund".
  31. ↑ I&B Minister Manish Tewari's address at One Globe-Uniting Knowledge Communities Conference.
  32. ↑ Hon'ble Minister Pallam Raju, Cabinet Minister for Human Resource Dvpt , Govt. of India.
  33. ↑ "One Globe 2013 conference in Delhi next month".
  34. ↑ "Conference debates India's education woes".
  35. ↑ Conference debating India's educational woes.
  36. ↑ "Can India learn from China in creating world-class universities?".
  37. ↑ "Soon, a national mission on teachers, says Pallam Raju".
  38. ↑ "Can India Harness Its Knowledge Capital Despite Its Scale and Complexity?".
  39. ↑ Keynote Speech by Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India.
  40. ↑ Stavros N. Yiannouka, CEO WISE:Technology is no Substitute for Human contact in Education.
  41. ↑ How Can India Build 21st Century Sustainable Knowledge Cities by Dr. R.K. Pachauri.
  42. ↑ Special Keynote by Hon’ble Minister of State for HRD, Shri Shashi Tharoor.
  43. ↑ "USIBC and YES BANK to Release Report on Higher Education at 'One Globe' Knowledge Conference".
  44. ↑ Kapil Sibal @ One Globe 2012 Uniting Knowledge Communities Conference.
  45. ↑ "Meta-university may start from next academic session: Sibal".
  46. ↑ Sam Pitroda and Vikram Gandhi at One Globe 2012 Uniting Knowledge Communities Conference.
  47. ↑ Heather Timmons and Ron Somers at One Globe 2012 Uniting Knowledge Communities Conference.
  48. ↑ Role of Entrepreneurship in India by Shantanu Prakash.
  49. ↑ Jacques Steinberg on what Indian schools can do to prepare students.
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