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PROGRAM DETAILS: DAY 1: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 Venue: Auditorium 9:00 – 9:30 am REGISTRATION 9:30 – 11:00 am INAUGURAL SESSION Welcome Address: Dr. Babli Moitra Saraf – Principal, Indraprastha College for Women Keynote Address: “Issues in Online Retail in India” Mr. Ankur Bisen – Senior Vice-President, Retail & Consumer Products,Technopak. 11:00 – 11:15 am TEA BREAK 11:15am – 1:15 pm SESSION 1: Internet Audience and Consumer Behaviour The session would seek to throw light on the changing trends in online shopping and the strategies of online retailers towards these changing trends. CHAIRPERSON: Dr. Harsh Verma – Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi SPEAKERS: Dr. Angad Chowdhry – Quantum Consumer Solutions, Delhi. Ms. Suchi Mukherjee – CEO, limeroad.com 1:15 – 2:00 pm LUNCH 2:00 – 4:00 pm SESSION 2: Online Retail in Services : Education and Travel & Tourism The session will i) deal with the prospects for online education in India, particularly in the context of the launch of the Digital India Initiative of the Govt. and the perceived threat to the physical service providers in the field ii) profile the journey of young entrepreneurs of successful start-ups providing online services. CHAIRPERSON: Mr. Amitabh Pandey – Former President & Head, e-business, Thomas Cook, India SPEAKERS: Mr. Nikhil Rajpal – Partner, Business Advisory Services, Ernst & Young, India Mr. Dhruv Raj Gupta – Co-founder, seeksherpa.com Ms. Nidhi Kumar – CEO & Co-founder, hoipolloijobs.com DAY 2: Thursday, February 19, 2015 Venue: Auditorium 9:30 – 11:30 am SESSION 3: Challenges and Strategies for the Future The session will try to analyse - i) the nature of the challenges and the strategies adopted by online retail as well as physical retail which is increasingly feeling the heat of the growing competition from online retailers ii) the policy imperatives for India’s online sector. CHAIRPERSON: Prof. Sri Ram Khanna – Dept. of Commerce, University of Delhi SPEAKERS: Mr. Abhishek Kumar – Head, Corporate Development, snapdeal.com Mr. Sandip Tarkas – President, Customer Strategy, Future Group Mr. Shelley Singh – Senior Assistant Editor, Economic Times, Delhi Paper presentations