About the Convention
Join us on 19th August 2017, at Hyatt Pune for ASMA annual convention 2017, to celebrate the exclusive amalgamation of social media with academia while exploring the theme, ‘Digital Transformation of Higher Education: Emerging Role of Social Media’. And celebrating the progress and contributions of all the dignitaries involved. ASMA plans to host various regional and national events in the upcoming months to discuss the developments and emerging trends in the usage of social media by academia.
ASMA is India’s first research based initiative through which prodigies of both the fields, social media as well as academia, are highlighted enlightened about how well they are helping each other progress and what exactly are the areas wherein the required efforts have to be taken. Through this event (knowledge sharing) we intend to plan not only to celebrate the contributions but also talk about how we take this initiative a notch higher by considering the measures which would help us progress further in future at large.
Keynote Speaker


Prof. Furqan Qamar
Secretary General, Association of Indian Universites
Furqan Qamar is a former Vice-Chancellor of University of Rajasthan and first Vice-Chancellor of Central University of Himachal Pradesh. Now he is associated with Association of Indian Universities.He is one of the most sought after names in the field of academia since the past 36 years
Valedictory Speaker


Dr. M.P. Poonia
Vice Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education
Dr. M.P Poonia is currently the Vice Chairman of AICTE. He is one of the well known faces in the field of academia and has an experience of 27 years in various capacities in different institutions and organizations.
Our Speakers

Mr. Vikrant Satsangi
Manager - Microsoft Innovation Center and Student Outreach - Microsoft

Mr. Ankit Gupta
Education Vertical Head, Linked-In

Sanjay Choudhary
Founder and CEO , CrowdInvest

Mr. Narpati Luthra
VP, Governing Council, Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies

Dr. Sandeep Pachpande
Chairman at ASM Group of Institutes

Dr. Ravi Kumar Jain
Director, SIBM, Hyderabad

Dr. Lalit S Kathpalia
Director - Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research

Mr. Raghuvesh Sarup
CMO India, Microsoft

Prof. R. K. Mishra
Director, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad

Ms. Shalini Khanna
Head Client Development - Research & Analytics - APAC & Australia, Cross-Tab Marketing Services Pvt. Ltd

Mr. M.K Pandey
Chairperson Admission & Associate Professor Birla Institute of Management Technology

Ms. Yamini Bhakri
HR Manager Hyatt Pune

Dr. M K Vajpayee
Registrar Ansal University and honorary co Chairman-Assocham National Council for Education.

Mr. Shubham Chatterji
Sr.Business Manager Academics, SAS India

Mr. Krishna Gopal
Global Head - Sales & Leadership Hiring & Talent Management (Sales) at Tech Mahindra

Mr. P Dasgupta
Program Manager : Career Education Software Group IBM India / South Asia

Ms. Nabomita Mazumdar
Top 100 Women Achiever Awardee by Ministry of Women and Child Development, India,TEDx Speaker

Dr. Deepak Deshpande
SVP & CHRO – Chief Human Resource Officer Netmagic Solutions

Commander V. K. Jaitly
President: IIT Kharagpur Alumni Foundation (India), Management Consultant, Corporate Trainer, Motivational Speaker and Author

Mr. Sanjay Sahay
IPS, ADGP, Police Computer Wing, Govt. of Karnataka Cyber Security Expert
Our Jury
Conference
The one day convention will bring together veterans from the field of academia and corporate to interact and draw attention to best practices of social media in academia and promote the emerging role of social media under the theme, ‘‘DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION: EMERGING ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA’’ to capture the interest of its stakeholders that will help the Indian Education Sector.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
09:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Inaugural Session :
Introduction to the Event
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Unveiling the ASMA 2017 Research. Research Highlights and ASMA Portal
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Networking Session 1:
Tea and Snacks
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Panel Session 1:
Engaging with Social Media: Risk or Opportunity in Academia
12:35 PM - 01:15 PM
Panel Session 2:
Learning and Pedagogy: Innovation and Social Media
01:15 PM - 02:15 PM
Networking Session 2:
Lunch Break
03:15 PM - 04:00 PM
Panel Session 4:
Social Recruitment: Insights for Academia
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Awards Session:
Social Media Awards for Academia 2017
05:30 PM - 06:00 PM
Valedictory Session:
Thank-you Note & Future Road to ASMA
Participating Institutes
Awards
INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY AWARDS
Excellence in Social Media Learning and Pedagogical Award
Blogger of the Year Award
Best Twitterati and LinkedIn Connect Award
Best Usage of Social Media in Research Award
INSTITUTION CATEGORY AWARDS
Social Media Innovation Award
Best Social Media Integration Award
Best Social Media Infrastructure for Learning and Pedagogy Award
Best Social Media Corporate Practices Award
Best Social Media Campaign Award
Best Social Media Alumni Connect Award
Best YouTube Channel Award
Best LinkedIn Connect Award
Best Facebook Connect Award