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AGENDA – Your Day at a Glance

A packed schedule of inspiring sessions, panel discussions, and VU student exhibits.



9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
🎟️ Registration & Morning Refreshments

Audience: Students, Parents, Educators

Kick-start the day with a hot beverage, light breakfast, and informal networking.

10:00 AM to 10:15 AM
🧘 Moment of Calm & Welcome

Audience: Students, Parents, Educators

A reflective start to the day with a grounding exercise, tone setting, and a welcome address by Prof. P. G. Babu, Vice-Chancellor, Vidyashilp University.

10:15 AM to 10:30 AM
🎤 Keynote Address - The Rise of The Indian Economy: A Quest towards Rational Exuberance

Audience: Students, Parents, Educators

An inspiring keynote on the future of education, youth potential, and India’s rising knowledge economy.

10:30 AM to 11:15 AM
💬 Panel Discussion - Theme: Reimagining India vs Abroad in a Shifting Global Landscape

Audience: Students, Parents, Educators

For decades, studying abroad has been seen as the ultimate marker of success — but is it always the right choice? This high-stakes panel brings together economists, legal luminaries, and admissions experts to unpack myths, address realities of rising costs and immigration, and spotlight opportunities in India’s evolving higher education landscape.

11:15 AM to 11:25 AM
🌟 New-Age Learning Showcase by VU Students

Audience: Students, Parents, Educators

Short, high-impact presentations where Vidyashilp University students demonstrate interdisciplinary, hands-on learning in action.

11:25 AM to 01:10 PM
🎯 Parallel Tracks

Audience: Students, Parents, Educators

  • Competition Zone (for Students)
    • TechVenture Challenge – Innovating solutions for tomorrow’s tech frontiers
    • Innovators’ Junction – Designing interdisciplinary answers to real-world problems
    • Crime Lab Challenge – Applying law, psychology, and logic in a simulated case
  • The Educators’ Panel Discussion – Principals in Dialogue on Higher Education Choices (for Parents & Educators)
    • Panel 1: Student Aspirations in Flux
      How shifting global dynamics are changing the way Indian students and families think about undergraduate education.
    • Panel 2: Preparing the Next-Gen for Bold Futures
      What schools can do today to ready students for an uncertain, interdisciplinary tomorrow — in India or abroad.

1:10 PM to 2:10 PM
🍱 Gala Lunch & Schools’ Learning Fair

Audience: Students, Parents, Educators

A networking lunch alongside interactive exhibit counters featuring student projects, school showcases, and Vidyashilp University programs.

02:10 PM to 2:45 PM
🏆 Awards & Recognitions

Audience: Students, Parents, Educators

  • Student Awards: Celebrating the boldest student teams from the Competition Zone.
  • K12 Leadership Awards: In collaboration with Vidyashilp University, EducationWorld will felicitate Bangalore’s most impactful principals and school leaders through the TREE Awards (Transforming Education Through Excellence) — recognising those shaping the future of education with innovation and purpose.