Following the successful debut edition of The Huddle last year, The Hindu is gearing up to present The Huddle ’s second edition on February 17 and 18 at the ITC Gardenia in Bengaluru. Presented by Yes Bank, The Huddle , a thoughts and ideas conclave, is a platform that attempts to bring under a single roof some of the best minds from politics, academia, the entertainment industry, the corporate world, sports and civil society.
Over two days of carefully curated sessions that are inspired by pertinent ideas and emerging trends, speakers engage in discussions and conversations that inform, provoke, enrich and enable possibilities in reflection and transformation.
Schedule:
Day 1, Saturday, February 17 :
10.45 am - 11.00 am INAUGURATION
Mukund Padmanabhan, Editor, The Hindu
R Ravichander, Regional Director, South, Yes Bank
11.05 am - 11.55 am Exile: The challenges of leading from afar
Former President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed
Farahnaz Ispahani, Writer
SC Chandrahasan, Human Rights Activist
In conversation with N Ram, Chairman, The Hindu Group
12.10 pm - 1.00 pm Khelo India: Going from loving sports to playing it
Sachin Tendulkar, Former Indian Cricketer & Captain, Team India
In conversation with Nikhil Naz, Consulting Sports Editor, NDTV
1.05 pm - 1.55 pm Age of Anger: The polarisation in public discourse
Malini Parthasarathy, Co-Chairperson, The Hindu Group
Subramanian Swamy, Economist & Politician
Gurcharan Das, Author, Commentator & Thought Leader
Abhinav Chandrachud, Advocate
In conversation with Mini Kapoor, Ideas Editor, The Hindu
3.00 pm - 3.50 pm Maldives in Crisis
Former President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed
In conversation with Suhasini Haidar, Diplomatic Affairs Editor, The Hindu
3.55 pm - 4:45 pm Cracking the Code: Challenges and opportunities for MNCs in India
Krish Iyer, CEO, Walmart India
Peter Betzel, CEO, Ikea India
Erich Nesselhauf, MD, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles
In conversation with Vinita Bali, Former Managing Director of Britannia
Industries Ltd
5.00 pm - 5.50 pm Newborn: The task of developing a new State
Honourable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu
In conversation with Sreenivasan Jain, Managing Editor, NDTV
Day Two, Sunday, February 18
10.30 am - 11.20 am Balancing Growth and Inflation
D Subbarao, Former Governor of RBI
C Rangarajan, Former Governor of RBI
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Former Deputy Chairman, Planning
Commission of India
In conversation with Raghavan Srinivasan, Editor, The Hindu BusinessLine
11.25 am - 12.15 pm Coming of Age: The mainstreaming of parallel cinema
Ratna Pathak Shah, Actor & Director
Suhasini Maniratnam, Actor & Director
Amit Masurkar, Director & Screenwriter
In conversation with Veena Venugopal, Associate Editor, The Hindu
12.30 pm - 1.20 pm Asian Century: Does it have to be India vs China?
Husain Haqqani, Former Ambassador of Pakistan to USA
Shivshankar Menon, Former National Security Adviser
Andrew Small, Writer
In conversation with Narayan Lakshman, Associate Editor, The Hindu
2.20 pm - 3.10 pm Winning: Can the Congress turn the tide?
Honourable Chief Minister of Punjab Amarinder Singh
In conversation with Nistula Hebbar, Political Editor, The Hindu
3.15 pm - 4.05 pm In Defense of the Realm: How prepared is India?
Honourable Defence Minister of India Nirmala Sitharaman
In conversation with N Ravi, Director, The Hindu Group
4.20 pm - 5.10 pm Crafting Success: The rise and rise of PV Sindhu
PV Sindhu, Professional Badminton Player for India
In conversation with Prem Panicker, Journalist & Editor
5.15 pm - 5.55 pm Comedy is Change
Danish Sait, Comedian & Actor
5.55 pm - 6.00 pm Vote of Thanks
Mukund Padmanabhan, Editor, The Hindu
