Young Thinkers’ Conference Chandigarh 2018
The British Deputy High Commission and Indian School of Business (ISB) will host the third edition of the Young Thinkers’ Conference Chandigarh on 12 October at the ISB’s Mohali campus.
The Young Thinkers’ Conference is the British High Commission’s flagship foreign and security policy conference, which brings together the best and brightest experts and young thinkers to discuss a range of issues.
Already well established in Delhi, where it has been held for the last seven years, the conference made its Chandigarh debut in 2016. Building on the success of the previous editions, the conference is back in the city with an impressive line-up of speakers.
The conference is structured as three panels, each covering a thematic topic and moderated by a senior journalist. The topics are:
- Energy Security and Climate Change: How to shape India’s Sustainable Development?
- Youth in Politics: What difference can they make?
- The truth behind Fake News and how best to tackle it?
Panellists include:
- Deepender Hooda, Member of Parliament Rohtak
- Gul Panag, Actor and Entrepreneur
- Jaiveer Shergill, National Media Panellist, Indian National Congress
- Rohit Chahal, National Media In-charge, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
- Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman, Observer Research Foundation
- Dhruva Jaishankar, Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings India
- Ramesh Vinayak, Executive Editor, Hindustan Times
- Nirupama Subramanian, Resident Editor, Indian Express
- Abhinandan Sekhri, CEO, Newslaundry
- Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Editor, The Wire
- Pankaj Jain, Founder, SM Hoax Slayer
- Trushar Barot, Digital Launch Editor, BBC India
- Rakesh Reddy, Founder, Factly
- Kanupriya, President, Panjab University Student Council
- Ritu Mathur, Director, The Energy and Resources Institute
- Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Research Fellow, Council on Energy, Environment and Water
- Meghnad S, Creator, Sansad Watch & Consti-tuition
- Nehmat Kaur, Senior Manager, South Asia Government Relation, the Climate Group
- Professor Ashwani Chhatre, Academic Director, Indian School of Business
V.P Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and Administrator UT Chandigarh will deliver the inaugural address on Friday morning.
British Deputy High Commissioner Chandigarh Andrew Ayre said:
I’m really looking forward to this conference. It brings together great speakers and experts, discussing a wide range of subjects – there really is something for everyone.
We hope it will help to build understanding of a range of issues that shape the region and world in which we live. It is also an important element of our engagement with younger Indians – both those who already have expertise in the subjects we’re discussing and those who are simply curious and want to learn more.
Further information
Representatives of the media are cordially invited to attend the conference.
For more queries, please contact:
Alam Bains
Media Adviser
British Deputy High Commission, Chandigarh
Mob: 9501925556
Mail to: Alam Bains
Media
For media queries, please contact:
Sally Hedley, Head of Communications
Press and Communications, British High Commission,
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021
Tel: 24192100; Fax: 24192400
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