Inaugural SessionWednesday

July 13th, 2011

13th July in History

• 27 years ago on this day, Live Aid, a worldwide rock concert organised to raise money for the relief of famine-stricken Africans was officially opened at Wembley Stadium in London.

• Continued at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia and at other arenas around the world, this 16-hour "super-concert" was globally linked by satellite to more than a billion viewers in 110 nations.

• In a triumph of technology and good will, the event raised more than $125 million in famine relief for Africa.

13th July 2011

• The opening of the World Education Summit today, would probably go down in the annals of history as a day of similar importance in the domain of education.

• Spread over 3 days, 30 sessions and thought provoking addresses of over 150 eminent speakers, the World Education Summit is all set to make its mark on the educational forefront.

WELCOME ADDRESS

Dr. Ravi GuptaConvener, World Education Summit

Editor-in-Chief, digitalLEARNING Magazine

OPENING ADDRESS

Prof. V N Rajasekhran PillaiProgramme Chair, World Education Summit

Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU

THEME ADDRESS

Dr. M P NarayananPresident

Center for Science Development & Media Studies

GUEST ADDRESS

Loynpo Thakur S PowdyelMinister of Education

Royal Government of Bhutan

GUEST ADDRESS

Dr. Taseer Al NuaimiMinister of Education

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

MINISTER’S ADDRESS

Sri. Kapil SibalMinister of Human Resource Development

Minister of Communications & ITGovernment of India

Vote of Thanks

Dr. Rajeshree Dutta KumardigitalLEARNING Magazine