The summit is conceptualized by the National Government Vertical team at Dainik Bhaskar Group. Briefing on the summit, Jaideep Dhagat, Senior General Manager and Business Head, National Government Vertical, Dainik Bhaskar Group said, “The world we live in is changing at an enormous pace today. Education forms the rudimentary basis to provide for the skill and knowledge that students will need to shape the course of their future. The level of higher education in India needs a massive face-lift today as professional institutes are not able to deliver what they promise. With a bevy of second and third rung B-Schools coming up in urban and rural India, quality is often compromised for quantity. Dainik Bhaskar Group in its efforts to address this perennial issue on a national level is organizing this Summit. By virtue of this summit, Dainik Bhaskar Group aims to bridge the huge quality gap that prevails today in the quality of Management Education being imparted by the upcoming B-Schools in India.” The agenda of the summit has been finalized in an Advisory Board meeting recently held at New Delhi which was attended by Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Member Planning Commission Govt. of India, Member National Advisory Council, Govt. of India – Chairman Advisory Board, Dr. S.S Mantha, Chairman AICTE, Niraj Prakash, Director – Public Sector Marketing, Microsoft India, Dr. Devi Singh, Director, IIM Lucknow, Ajit K Motwani, Educational Consultant & Advisor, Jaideep Dhagat, Senior GM & National Head-Govt. Business, Dainik Bhaskar Group, Sanjeev Kotnala, Vice President – Brand Communication, Dainik Bhaskar Group, Chander Kant Verma, CEO, Cerebral Business Research. Speaking on the issues and challenges to be taken at the summit, Mr. Jaideep Dhagat adds, “National Education Summit 2011 is an ideal platform to discuss and learn about the challenges being faced by the upcoming B-Schools in India. These challenges range from the setting up of institutes to the overall delivery of the training and business education to students. The biggest challenge however, remains the standard and quality of education being imparted. There is a huge gap in the quality of education promised and the quality of education delivered. The agenda, set by high level panel at the advisory board meeting, will address the plethora of key issues being faced at various stages of delivery with a drill down of each aspect.” “The summit will kick-start at 9.30 am and will sum-up by 6 pm. Eminent visionaries who have helped change the course of the way education is being imparted in leading B-Schools worldwide will take on the adversity of lack of quality in the finished product of Tier II and Tier III B-Schools. The lacunae and shortcomings would be addressed at a level platform to come up with tough decisions and recommendations,” concludes Mr. Jaideep Dhagat’ At the National Education Summit 2011 there are a series of functions that enable market experts, delegates and attendees to make new contacts, share knowledge, intelligence with industry counterparts, consolidate existing relationships and develop new ones.