
Y 20 Consultation
The Group of Twenty(G20) Leadership Summit is the forum of International economic cooperation. In strengthening major economic problems across the world, G20 leadership summit plays a vital role. In 2023, India is holding the G20 presidency with the theme as Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam or One Earth, One Family, One Future. As part of G20 Leadership Summit, Youth20 (Y20) summit is being organized for the engagement of youth across the world. The summit focuses on five themes namely, Future of Work- Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction; Peace Building and Reconciliation; Youth in Democracy; Health, Wellbeing and Sports. The main agenda of the Y20 summit is to encourage and empower the youth of the world to discuss and identify the problems and recommend a framework, policies required to solve the prevailing problems across the world to be addressed during the official G20 Leadership Summit.
KIIT deemed to be University is organizing the Y20 Consultation on 14th and 15th April 2023 with the topics Future of Work : Industry 4.0 , Innovations and Future Skills, Empowering young Scientists in Governance, Designing Disruptive Technologies, Making Sustainability A Way of Life, Health, Wellbeing & Sports : Agenda for youth, Designing Resilient Working Community, Designing Resilient and Peaceful Cities.
Event Brochure
Speakers
April 14, 2023 | Inaugural Session (10.00AM – 11.45 AM )
Venue- Convention Center, Campus 6

Shri Giriraj Singh
Hon’ble Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Govt. of India

Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey
Hon’ble Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Environment and Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India

Shri Tusharkanti Behera
Hon’ble Minister of State for Home, Sports & Youth Services, and E&IT, Govt. of Odisha

Prof. Achyuta Samanta
Hon’ble Founder, KIIT & KISS

Mr. Robert Pittenger
Hon’ble Former Member ofParliament, USA

Dr. Niklaus Samuel Gugger
Hon’ble Member of
Parliament, Switzerland

Mr. Ricky Kej
Multiple Grammy Winner

Mr. Virendra Sharma
Hon’ble Member of Parliament, UK

Smt. Meeta Rajivlochan
Secretary (Youth Affairs), Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Government of India
Prof. Saranjit Singh
Vice Chancellor KIIT Deemed to be University
Special Guest (Parallel Session)
Theme- Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” or “One Earth • One Family • One Future”

Mr. Robert Pittenger
Former US Congressman, USA

Dr. Andreas Jahn
Foreign Policy Advisor, Bundestag (German Federal Parliament), Germany

Mr. Virendra Sharma
Hon’ble Member of Parliament, UK

Ms. Hilda Farkas
Counsellor for Science and Technology, Embassy of Hungary in New Delhi

Dr. Roger Moser
Director, Asia Connect Center and India Competence Center, Switzerland

Ms. Vanessa Adrianne Espinosa Aguirre
Cultural & Education Affairs, Mexico

Her Holiness Swami Suryaprabha
Minister of Religion at the Brahmrishi Mission, UK

Mr. Michael A. Pal
Director (Austrian Cultural Forum, New Delhi) Austria

Dr. Krzysztof Gawkowski
Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Poland

Ms. Tsovinar Vardanyan
Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Armenia

Mr. Hindolo Tennison Sandy
Minister of Trade and Industry, Sierra Leone

Jonatan Klum Stelander
Second Secretary, Political Affairs Embassy of Sweden New Delhi

Dr. Niklaus Samuel Gugger
Hon’ble Member of
Parliament, Switzerland

H.E. Mr. Reuben Gauci
High Commissioner of Malta, Malta

Mr. Andreas Schwarz
Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Germany

Ms. Yulia Klymenko
Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Ukraine

Mr. Tobias Fitz
Executive Director of the MSc Entrepreneurship and Management program at the University of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein

Mr. Sahr Charles
Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Sierra Leone

Prof. Lukasz Golota
Faculty, University of Warsaw, Poland

Mr. Olivier Dje Bi Dje
Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Ivory Coast

Mr. Dimitar Tashev
Former Member of Parliament, Bulgaria

RNDr. Mgr. Ján Szollos, CSc
Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Slovakia

Ms. Nadine Mangabu Luabeya
Member of Parliament, Democratic Republic of Congo
A. Plenary Session 1 ( 2.30PM – 3.55PM ) (Parallel Session)
Venue- Auditorium, Campus 7 | Sub Theme : Future of Work: Industry 4.0, Innovations and Future Skills

Dr. M Sasikumar
Executive Director of CDAC Mumbai, India (Moderator)

Prof. Gyoo-Soo Chae
Professor, Baekseok University, South Korea

Prof. Tapas Mishra
Professor & Head, Banking Finance,Director, Centre for Empirical Research in Finance and Banking Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, UK

Mr. Ayaskanta Mohanty
Founder & Managing Director, Tatwa Technologies Ltd.

Guru Dr. Dipti Routray
Odissi Dancer

Mr. Akash Jha
Commonwealth Youth for Sports Development and Peace
B. Plenary Session 2 ( 2.30PM – 3.55 PM ) (Parallel Session)
Venue- Auditorium, Campus 17 (Architecture) | Sub Theme : Empowering Young Scientists in Governance

Dr. Kutubbuddin Mola
Scientist, ICAR- National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack

Dr. Sriparna Chatterjee
Scientist, Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar

Prof. K. C. Bansal
Secretary, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi and Former Director ICAR- National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi

Prof. Chandrashekhar Sharma
Dean, IIT Hyderabad

Dr. Anindita Bhadra
Associate Professor, IISER, Kolkata

Dr. Nishant Chakravorty
Associate Professor, IIT Kharagpur

Prof. Rajendra S Dhaka
Chairperson of INSA-INYAS and Associate Professor of IIT Delhi
C. Plenary Session 3 ( 4.00PM – 5.35PM ) (Parallel Session)
Venue- Auditorium, Campus 7 | Sub Theme : Future of Work: Industry 4.0, Innovations and Future Skills
Prof. Sasmita Samanta
Vice Chancellor, KIIT Deemed to be University (Moderator)

Prof. Mark S. Wrighton
President, The George Washington University, USA

Mr. Ravi Kumar S
CEO, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., USA

Mr. Sambit Nanda
Senior Director, Oracle Corporation,San Francisco, USA

Mr. Basanta Kumar Mishra
Sr Vice President and Global Head Delivery & Operation at Tech Mahindra, Hyderabad

Dr. Krishna Dev Kumar
Director, Artificial Intelligence and Aerospace Lab., Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada

Mr. Gautam Kumar
Co-Founder & COO, FarEye (Alumni)
D. Plenary Session 4 ( 3.00PM – 5.55PM ) (Parallel Session)
Venue- Auditorium, Campus 5 | Sub Theme : Making Sustainability a Way of Life

Padma Shri Smt Aruna Mohanty
2017 (Moderator)

Padma Shri Shri. Dilip Kumar Tirkey
President, Hockey India

Padma Shri Haldhar Nag
2016

Padma Shri Jitendra Haripal
2017

Padma Shri Daitari Naik
2019

Padma Shri Maguni Charan Kuanr
2023

Padma Shri Mitrabhanu Gountia
2020

Padma Shri Pramod Bhagat
2022

Padma Bhushan Pratibha Ray
2022

Padma Shri Shyamamani Devi
2022
April 15, 2023 | E. Plenary Session 5 ( 10.00AM – 11.35AM ) (Parallel Session)
Venue- Convention Center, Campus 6 | Sub Theme : Designing Disruptive Technologies

Prof. Biswajeet Ghosh
Vice Chancellor, The Neotia University, Kolkata (Moderator)

Prof. Vinod Khadkikar
Professor, Khalifa University of Science & Technology, UAE

Mr. Alok Kumar Chaudhary
Department of Electric Vehicle Technology, Energy Institute, Bangalore, Centre of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

Mr. Shivendra Kumar Malviya
Represented Bihar in Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2023

Ms. Falak Fatima
M.Sc. Botany (Ranchi University) NSS President Awardee

Padmashri Shri Anand Kumar
Founder Super 30

Mr. Vikas Pandey
Software Architect & CEO, Credtech Solutions Pvt. Ltd

Mr. Bhawpriya Ranjan
Scientist, NRDC
F. Plenary Session 6 ( 10.00AM – 11.35AM ) (Parallel Session)
Venue- Auditorium, Campus 7 | Sub Theme : Designing Resilient Working Community

Prof. Akshay Rathore
Professor, SIT, Singapore (Moderator)

Dr. Ranjitsinh Disale
Educationist

Ms. Pankaja Sethi
Textile Designer

Mr. Vijay Nishanth
Environmental Activist

Mr. Shailesh Kumar Rai
NSS President Awardee

Anmol Sovit
Chair Y20 India
G. Plenary Session 7 ( 11.45AM – 1.20PM ) (Parallel Session)
Venue-Convention Center, Campus 6 | Sub Theme : Health, Wellbeing & Sports: Agenda for Youth

Padma Shri Prof. (Dr.) Subrat Acharya
Pro Chancellor, KIIT Deemed to be University, (Moderator)

Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh IPS
Director, Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India

Dr. Ritu Duggal
Chief & Professor, CDER, AIIMS, New Delhi

Mr. Amal Manoj Edacheri
Youth Delegate to China 2019

Mr. Debasish Mohanty
International Cricketer

Prof. (Dr.) Narayan Chandra Dash
Ex. Principal, KATS Ay. College & Hospital, Ankushpur, Ganjam, Odisha

Mr. Rahul Bose
President of Indian Rugby Football Union & Indian Actor

Ms. Nazia Alam
Singer, Odisha
VALEDICTORY SESSION

Chief Guest
Shri Rohit Pujari
Hon’ble Minister of Higher Education, Govt. of Odisha
Prof. Jnyana Ranjan Mohanty
Registrar, KIIT Deemed to be University