Chennai: IIT Madras Alumni Association (IITMAA) will now conduct its flagship annual event ‘Sangam’ global conference completely online this year. Sangam 2020 event will be conducted from the December 1-6.
The event, under the theme ‘Driving the New Normal’, will deliberate on how governments, businesses and individuals can convert this moment of the crisis caused by the global pandemic COVID-19 to an era of opportunities, according to EdexLive.
IITMAA will also host a virtual showcase of global innovations from startups on topics like ‘Bharat in the New Normal,’ ‘Healthcare and Therapeutics in the New Normal,’ ‘Future of Work and Education in the New Normal,’ and ‘Deep-tech in the New Normal’, according to the report.
BJP Member of Parliament Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, government’s principal scientific adviser K VijayRaghavan, Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University president Dr Subra Suresh, Zoho Corporation founder and CEO Sridhar Vembu and IIT Madras director Bhaskar Ramamurthi will share their perspectives during Sangam 2020.