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A Power-Packed Regional Dialogue for Future Ready HEIs
- Wednesday, 28th January 2026
- 09:30 AM – 5:30 PM
- Hotel The Residency Towers, Coimbatore
Digii100x Coimbatore
Digii100x comes to Coimbatore to address the decisions that actually shape institutions—not in theory, but in practice. Built around closed-door roundtables and focused panels, the day brings together a gathering of the sharpest minds in the corridor, from Vice Chancellors and Deans to visionary Professors and Industry Innovators.
The focus stays on regional constraints, peer experience, and practical judgment, to help leaders decide what to prioritise, what to adapt, and what to leave behind.
Thoughtfully Designed for: Clarity. Conviction. Momentum.
Each session moves past vision statements to examine the structural, cultural, and strategic moves required over the next five years.
A Mix of Legacy and New Ideas
The room is curated to ensure a high-value exchange of ideas. By bringing together seasoned institutional leaders with the new voices of digital education, we create a dialogue that is both grounded in experience and informed by emerging models.
Focusing on One Region
Discussions reflect the realities of institutions operating across the Coimbatore–Salem belt—home to over 440 HEIs that power Tamil Nadu’s engineering and industrial ecosystem. The focus remains on shared challenges, comparable scale, and transferable lessons.
Moving From Ideas to Action
This is not a forum for product pitches. The intent is to surface clear next steps—governance choices, operating models, and capability shifts that translate ambition into campus-level action.
Event Schedule
9:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Starts - Ends
Session
Event Schedule
Ballroom Hall
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Registration & Networking Tea/Coffee
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Registration & Networking Tea/Coffee
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Inaugural Ceremony
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Registration & Networking Tea/Coffee
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Registration & Networking Tea/Coffee
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Inaugural Ceremony
Ballroom Hall
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Keynote Address
When the World Comes to India: Why
the Top Global Universities Are Betting
on India and What It Means for Our
Institutions
11:30 AM - 12:15 AM
Fireside Chat
Leadership Cockpit – Balancing Preserving
Legacy with Scaling the Future
12:50 PM - 01:00 PM
Fireside Chat
Coimbatore’s Higher-Education Ecosystem: The Making, the Pause, and the Next Rise Ahead
Boardroom Hall
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Roundtable
Digital Transformation Champions:
A Practitioner’s Playbook for
Accelerating Institutional Change
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Networking Lunch
Ballroom Hall
02:00 PM - 02:50 PM
Panel Discussion
The New Student Genome: Decoding
the Future Learners
02:00 PM - 03:15 PM
Panel Discussion
What’s Broken in Industry–Academia Engagement and How to Fix It
03:15 PM - 04:30 PM
Panel Discussion
Where Are the Unicorns? Education’s Role in
Kongu Nadu’s Startup Story
Boardroom Hall
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Roundtable
AI Reset for Higher Education: Architecting
the Right Strategy Across Operations,
Learning, Intelligence
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Roundtable
Data, Trust & Regulation: Exploring DPDPA’s
Implications for Higher Education
Institutions
Ballroom Hall
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Valedictory Ceremony
05:30 PM Onwards
Networking Tea/Coffee
Meet Our Speakers
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Sowmya Narayanan Sadagopan
Founding Director, IIT Bangalore
Dr. Anusha Ravi
Chief Executive Officer, Park Group of Institutions
Anil S. Kumar
Chief Operating Officer,
University of Liverpool
Dr. Ashok Bakthavathsalam
Founder & Managing Director, KGiSL Group of Companies & Institutions
Avanti Natarajan
Director – Student Affairs (Talent & Skills), Paavai Institutions
Dr. C. Palanisamy
Principal, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology
Dr. Deepesh C
Principal In-charge, Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts & Science
Dhruv Suyamprakasam
CEO, Founder & Director, iCliniq
Dr. Ezhilarasi Muthusamy
Principal, Kumaraguru College of Technology
Dr. Gopalakrishnan Radhakrishnan
Principal, K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology
Hemant Sahal
Founder & CEO, Digii
K. Adithya
Trustee, Sri Krishna Institutions
Dr. K. Chitra
Member Secretary & Principal, Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science for Women
Dr. K. K. Ramachandran
Director,
GRD Institute of Management
Dr. K. Senthil Ganesh
Managing Trustee,
RVS Educational Institutions
Dr. K. Sundararaman
Chief Executive Officer,
Sri Krishna Institutions
Dr. Kalaichelvan Gurumurthy
Director – Campus Operations / International Relations, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women
Karthik Raja
CEO, FACE Prep
Dr. Lasya Thambidurai
Trustee, Adhiyamaan Group of Institutions and St.Peter’s Institute of Higher Education and Research
Dr. Madan A Sendhil
Chairman, Rathinam Group
Maheshweri Peri
Founder & Chairman, Careers360
Dr. Manickam Ramasamy
Chief Executive Officer, Rathinam Group of Institutions
Dr. Nandini Rangaswamy
Chairperson, GRG Institutions & Managing Director, Chandra Group of Companies
Narayanan Ramaswamy
Partner & Sector Head, Education and Skill Development, KPMG
Dr. Naveen Punnoose
Chief Digital Officer,
Saintgits Group of Institutions
Nimish C Tolia
Secretary,
SDNB Vaishnav College
Nithya Ramachandran
Deputy Joint Secretary,
Sankara Educational Institutions
Dr. PSS Srinivasan
Founder & President of KIOT Trust & Executive Chairman, Knowledge Institute of Technology
Dr. P. Sumathi
Chief Design Thinking Evangelist, SNS Institutions
Dr. Parag Diwan
CEO & Chairman, Paradigm Consultants & Founding Vice-Chancellor UPES, Dehradun
Pavan Kumar A T
Chief Technology Officer,
Digii
Prashant Priyam
Senior Solutions Architect,
Amazon Web Services
Punnoose George
Executive Chairman,
Saintgits Group of Institutions
Dr. R. Nadarajan
Dean, Placement & Training,
PSG College of Technology
R. V. Balasubramaniam Iyer
Vice President, Jio Platforms Limited
Rajesh Kumar
Co-Founder & CEO, Kalvium
Ravishankar Shanmugasundaram
Chief Technology Officer, Kovai Medical Center & Hospital
Dr. S. Raghupathy
Director – Strategic Planning & Review, Kumaraguru Institutions
Dr. S. Kuppuswamy
Executive Director,
Vivekandha Educational Institutions
S. Ommsharravana
Director, JKKN Educational Institutions
Sathish Rajamani
Growth Advisor, Executive Coach, Adjunct Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Saravanaa V
Shankar Vanavarayar
President, Kumaraguru Institutions
Shazil Ahmed
Vice President, Digii
Sonia Manchanda
Founder,
Spread Design & Innovation
Sumita Gupta
PP Sunil Acharya
Senior Director Global Accounts, Intel Corporation
Thyagu Valliappa
Thirumoorthy Arumugam
Executive Director, Sri Shanmugha Educational Institutions
Dr. T. Kalaiselvan
Director, Manikam Ramaswami College of Arts and Science
Dr. V. Bharathi Harishankar
Vice Chancellor,
Avinashilingam University
Dr. V. J. Vijayalakshmi
Professor & Head CDC, Karpagam Institutions
V. Sivaramakrishnan
Chief Executive Officer,
Apollo Knowledge
Varun Singla
Former SVP & Chief Information Security Officer, Airtel
Vimala VM
HOD – Centralised Academic Administration, Great Lakes Institute of Management
Vignesh Murugesan
Director, Education & Skills, G&PS, KPMG Advisory Services Pvt Ltd
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Address
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1076, Avinashi Road, P N Palayam, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu – 641018, India
