{"id":199838,"date":"2013-01-14T22:43:08","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T22:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/events\/india-faculty-summit-2013\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:02:03","slug":"india-faculty-summit-2013","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/india-faculty-summit-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"India Faculty Summit 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/indiahabitat.org\/main.htm\" target=\"_blank\">India Habitat Centre<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Jacaranda Room)<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ACM India and Microsoft Research India hosted a \u2018Faculty Summit\u2019 in New Delhi at The India Habitat Centre on February 4th and 5th 2013. The broad theme of the summit was &#8216;Scaling up Research and Innovation in Indian institutions&#8217;. The agenda included talks, joint sessions to lay down the background, and break-out sessions relating to the theme.<\/p>\n<p>The Faculty Summit got together attendees from the top academic research institutions in the country, along with representation from the government and the industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Shashi Tharoor<\/strong>, the <strong>Hon&#8217;ble Minister of State, Human Resource Development<\/strong> addressed the summit on the first day.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/india.acm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ACM India<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/lab\/microsoft-research-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Research India<\/a> hope that this summit will pave the way towards identifying actions for the future that the computing community can take up together.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Program Committee<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/iiit.ac.in\/~pjn\/\" target=\"_blank\">P J Narayanan<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, ACM India<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cse.iitd.ac.in\/~mbala\/\" target=\"_blank\">M. Balakrishnan<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, IIT Delhi<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iiitd.edu.in\/~jalote\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pankaj Jalote<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, IIIT Delhi<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/in.linkedin.com\/in\/spadmanabhuni\" target=\"_blank\">Srinivas Padmanabhuni<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Infosys Labs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-in\/about\/about-microsoft\/profile-p-anandan.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">P. Anandan<\/a>, MSR India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Day 1 | February 4<\/h2>\n<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\">\n<thead class=\"thead\">\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<th class=\"th\">Time<\/th>\n<th class=\"th\">Session<\/th>\n<th class=\"th\">Speaker<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">9:30\u201310:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Registration<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:15\u201311:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Inaugural session: Articulating the Summit objectives<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>P J Narayanan and P Anandan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">11:00\u201311:45<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Plenary Session<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Tony Hey<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">11:45\u201312:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">12:00\u201312:45<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Plenary Keynote: Creating a Climate of Innovation<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shashitharoor.in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Shashi Tharoor<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">12:45\u20131:45<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Lunch<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">1:45\u20132:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Open discussion &#8211; Issues facing young researchers<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/vision.ai.illinois.edu\/ahuja.html\" target=\"_blank\">Narendra Ahuja<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> and Pankaj Jalote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">2:30\u20133:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">PPP in Indian R&D<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/au-kbc.org\/cnkpage.htm\" target=\"_blank\">C.N. Krishnan<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:00\u20133:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:15\u20133:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break-out session objectives<\/div>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Breakout discussion tracks<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>PJ Narayanan and Srinivas Padmanabhuni<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:30\u20135:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">1. Enhancing Research Numbers, Ambience<br \/>\n2. Industry Participation & Partnership<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>PJ Narayanan and Srinivas Padmanabhuni<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Day 2 | February 5<\/h2>\n<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\">\n<thead class=\"thead\">\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<th class=\"th\">Time<\/th>\n<th class=\"th\">Session<\/th>\n<th class=\"th\">Speaker<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">9:30\u201310:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Plenary Session<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.cs.columbia.edu\/~nayar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shree Nayar<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:15\u201311:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Plenary Session<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cse.iitd.ernet.in\/~naveen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Naveen Garg<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">11:00\u201311:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">11:15\u201312:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Panel Discussion &#8211; Driving Quality in Higher Ed<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cse.iitd.ernet.in\/~bnj\/\" target=\"_blank\">B. N. Jain<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/iiit.net\/~sangal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rajeev Sangal<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Sriram Rajamani, Narendra Ahuja (Moderator), and Pankaj Jalote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">12:15\u201312:45<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Online Education<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/sriram\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sriram Rajamani<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">12:45\u20131:45<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Lunch<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">1:45\u20132:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break-out session objectives<br \/>\nBreakout discussion tracks<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>M Balakrishnan and P Anandan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">2:00\u20133:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">1. Enhancing Research Numbers, Ambience<br \/>\n2. Industry Participation & Partnership<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>M Balakrishnan and P Anandan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:30\u20133:45<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:45\u20134:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Summary of Actions and Closing<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>PJ Narayanan and Srinivas Padmanabhuni<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACM India and Microsoft Research India hosted a Faculty Summit in New Delhi at The India Habitat Centre on February 4th and 5th 2013. The broad theme of the summit was &#8216;Scaling up Research and Innovation in Indian institutions&#8217;. The Faculty Summit got together attendees from the top academic research institutions in the country, along with representation from the government and the industry. ACM India and Microsoft Research India hope that this summit will pave the way towards identifying actions for the future that the computing community can take up together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr_startdate":"2013-02-04","msr_enddate":"2013-02-05","msr_location":"New Delhi, India","msr_expirationdate":"","msr_event_recording_link":"","msr_event_link":"","msr_event_link_redirect":false,"msr_event_time":"","msr_hide_region":true,"msr_private_event":false,"msr_hide_image_in_river":0,"footnotes":""},"research-area":[],"msr-region":[197903],"msr-event-type":[197950],"msr-video-type":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-program-audience":[],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-199838","msr-event","type-msr-event","status-publish","hentry","msr-region-asia-pacific","msr-event-type-faculty-summits","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_about":"<!-- wp:msr\/event-details {\"title\":\"India Faculty Summit 2013\",\"backgroundColor\":\"grey\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:msr\/content-tabs --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Home\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/indiahabitat.org\/main.htm\" target=\"_blank\">India Habitat Centre<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Jacaranda Room)<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ACM India and Microsoft Research India hosted a \u2018Faculty Summit\u2019 in New Delhi at The India Habitat Centre on February 4th and 5th 2013. The broad theme of the summit was &#8216;Scaling up Research and Innovation in Indian institutions&#8217;. The agenda included talks, joint sessions to lay down the background, and break-out sessions relating to the theme.<\/p>\n<p>The Faculty Summit got together attendees from the top academic research institutions in the country, along with representation from the government and the industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Shashi Tharoor<\/strong>, the <strong>Hon&#8217;ble Minister of State, Human Resource Development<\/strong> addressed the summit on the first day.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/india.acm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ACM India<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/lab\/microsoft-research-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Research India<\/a> hope that this summit will pave the way towards identifying actions for the future that the computing community can take up together.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Program Committee<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/iiit.ac.in\/~pjn\/\" target=\"_blank\">P J Narayanan<\/a>, ACM India<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cse.iitd.ac.in\/~mbala\/\" target=\"_blank\">M. Balakrishnan<\/a>, IIT Delhi<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iiitd.edu.in\/~jalote\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pankaj Jalote<\/a>, IIIT Delhi<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/in.linkedin.com\/in\/spadmanabhuni\" target=\"_blank\">Srinivas Padmanabhuni<\/a>, Infosys Labs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-in\/about\/about-microsoft\/profile-p-anandan.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">P. Anandan<\/a>, MSR India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Agenda\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><h2>Day 1 | February 4<\/h2>\n<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\">\n<thead class=\"thead\">\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<th class=\"th\">Time<\/th>\n<th class=\"th\">Session<\/th>\n<th class=\"th\">Speaker<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">9:30\u201310:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Registration<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:15\u201311:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Inaugural session: Articulating the Summit objectives<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>P J Narayanan and P Anandan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">11:00\u201311:45<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Plenary Session<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Tony Hey<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">11:45\u201312:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">12:00\u201312:45<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Plenary Keynote: Creating a Climate of Innovation<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shashitharoor.in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Shashi Tharoor<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">12:45\u20131:45<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Lunch<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">1:45\u20132:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Open discussion &#8211; Issues facing young researchers<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/vision.ai.illinois.edu\/ahuja.html\" target=\"_blank\">Narendra Ahuja<\/a> and Pankaj Jalote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">2:30\u20133:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">PPP in Indian R&amp;D<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/au-kbc.org\/cnkpage.htm\" target=\"_blank\">C.N. Krishnan<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:00\u20133:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:15\u20133:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break-out session objectives<\/div>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Breakout discussion tracks<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>PJ Narayanan and Srinivas Padmanabhuni<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:30\u20135:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">1. Enhancing Research Numbers, Ambience<br \/>\n2. Industry Participation &amp; Partnership<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>PJ Narayanan and Srinivas Padmanabhuni<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Day 2 | February 5<\/h2>\n<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\">\n<thead class=\"thead\">\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<th class=\"th\">Time<\/th>\n<th class=\"th\">Session<\/th>\n<th class=\"th\">Speaker<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">9:30\u201310:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Plenary Session<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.cs.columbia.edu\/~nayar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shree Nayar<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:15\u201311:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Plenary Session<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cse.iitd.ernet.in\/~naveen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Naveen Garg<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">11:00\u201311:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">11:15\u201312:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Panel Discussion &#8211; Driving Quality in Higher Ed<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cse.iitd.ernet.in\/~bnj\/\" target=\"_blank\">B. N. Jain<\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/iiit.net\/~sangal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rajeev Sangal<\/a>, Sriram Rajamani, Narendra Ahuja (Moderator), and Pankaj Jalote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">12:15\u201312:45<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Online Education<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/sriram\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sriram Rajamani<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">12:45\u20131:45<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Lunch<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">1:45\u20132:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break-out session objectives<br \/>\nBreakout discussion tracks<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>M Balakrishnan and P Anandan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">2:00\u20133:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">1. 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Industry Participation &amp; Partnership<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>M Balakrishnan and P Anandan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:30\u20133:45<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:45\u20134:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Summary of Actions and Closing<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>PJ Narayanan and Srinivas Padmanabhuni<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tabs -->","tab-content":[{"id":0,"name":"Home","content":"ACM India and Microsoft Research India hosted a \u2018Faculty Summit\u2019 in New Delhi at The India Habitat Centre on February 4th and 5th 2013. The broad theme of the summit was 'Scaling up Research and Innovation in Indian institutions'. The agenda included talks, joint sessions to lay down the background, and break-out sessions relating to the theme.\r\n\r\nThe Faculty Summit got together attendees from the top academic research institutions in the country, along with representation from the government and the industry.\r\n\r\n<strong>Dr. Shashi Tharoor<\/strong>, the <strong>Hon'ble Minister of State, Human Resource Development<\/strong> addressed the summit on the first day.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/india.acm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ACM India<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/lab\/microsoft-research-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Research India<\/a> hope that this summit will pave the way towards identifying actions for the future that the computing community can take up together.\r\n<h2><strong>Program Committee<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/iiit.ac.in\/~pjn\/\" target=\"_blank\">P J Narayanan<\/a>, ACM India<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cse.iitd.ac.in\/~mbala\/\" target=\"_blank\">M. Balakrishnan<\/a>, IIT Delhi<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iiitd.edu.in\/~jalote\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pankaj Jalote<\/a>, IIIT Delhi<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/in.linkedin.com\/in\/spadmanabhuni\" target=\"_blank\">Srinivas Padmanabhuni<\/a>, Infosys Labs<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-in\/about\/about-microsoft\/profile-p-anandan.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">P. Anandan<\/a>, MSR India<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>"},{"id":1,"name":"Agenda","content":"<h2>Day 1 | February 4<\/h2>\r\n<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\">\r\n<thead class=\"thead\">\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<th class=\"th\">Time<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\">Session<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\">Speaker<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">9:30\u201310:15<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Registration<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:15\u201311:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Inaugural session: Articulating the Summit objectives<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>P J Narayanan and P Anandan<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">11:00\u201311:45<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Plenary Session<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Tony Hey<\/div><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">11:45\u201312:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">12:00\u201312:45<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Plenary Keynote: Creating a Climate of Innovation<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shashitharoor.in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Shashi Tharoor<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">12:45\u20131:45<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Lunch<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">1:45\u20132:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Open discussion - Issues facing young researchers<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/vision.ai.illinois.edu\/ahuja.html\" target=\"_blank\">Narendra Ahuja<\/a> and Pankaj Jalote<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">2:30\u20133:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">PPP in Indian R&amp;D<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/au-kbc.org\/cnkpage.htm\" target=\"_blank\">C.N. Krishnan<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:00\u20133:15<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:15\u20133:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break-out session objectives<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Breakout discussion tracks<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>PJ Narayanan and Srinivas Padmanabhuni<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:30\u20135:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">1. Enhancing Research Numbers, Ambience\r\n2. Industry Participation &amp; Partnership<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>PJ Narayanan and Srinivas Padmanabhuni<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h2>Day 2 | February 5<\/h2>\r\n<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\">\r\n<thead class=\"thead\">\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<th class=\"th\">Time<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\">Session<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\">Speaker<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">9:30\u201310:15<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Plenary Session<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www1.cs.columbia.edu\/~nayar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shree Nayar<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:15\u201311:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Plenary Session<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cse.iitd.ernet.in\/~naveen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Naveen Garg<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">11:00\u201311:15<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">11:15\u201312:15<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Panel Discussion - Driving Quality in Higher Ed<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cse.iitd.ernet.in\/~bnj\/\" target=\"_blank\">B. 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