The Huddle 2019 schedule

List of events and sessions on February 9 and 10, 2019 in Bengaluru

February 09, 2019 10:03 am | Updated 10:09 am IST

Day One, Saturday, February 9, 2019 The Mysore Hall

9.00 am - 9.45 am - Guest Registration

9.45 am - 9.55 am - Inauguration Mukund Padmanabhan (Editor, The Hindu) R Ravichander (Group President & Regional Director, Yes Bank)

10.00 am - 11.00 am - Inaugural Address - Future of India-Sri Lanka ties Hon Mahinda Rajapaksa, Leader of Opposition, Sri Lanka Chair: N Ram, Chairman, THG Publishing Pvt Ltd

11.05 am - 11.55 am - The Age of Extremes: No space for the middle ground Arif Mohammed Khan, Politician Ashwani Kumar, Former Union Minister for Law & Justice Shekhar Gupta, Journalist In conversation with Suhasini Haidar, Diplomatic Editor, The Hindu

11.55 am - 12.10 pm - TEA

12.10 pm - 1.00 pm - Reforms: Time for Version 2.0? Keshav Murugesh, Group Chief Executive Officer, WNS Global Services B V R Mohan Reddy, Founder & Executive Chairman, Cyient Rajat Monga, Senior Group President, Financial Markets, YES Bank Vinita Bali, Independent Director & Former Managing Director of Britannia Industries Ltd In conversation with Raghavan Srinivasan, Editor, The Hindu Business Line

1.05 pm - 1.55 pm - Who is a Bengalurian?: Identities in a changing, cosmopolitan city Jayant Kaikini, Poet & Writer Madhu Nataraj, Dancer & Choreographer Vivek Shanbhag, Novelist & Playwright Zac O'Yeah, Author In conversation with Vanamala Viswanatha, Academic & Translator

1.55 pm - 2.55 pm - LUNCH

2.55 pm - 3.45 pm - Down the line: Sania Mirza on tennis, motherhood and life lessons Sania Mirza, Indian professional tennis player In conversation with Veena Venugopal, Associate Editor, The Hindu

3.50 pm - 4.40 pm - A Mixed Legacy: The many facets of Indira Gandhi Jairam Ramesh, Economist & Politician Srinath Raghavan, Academic & Author Shekhar Gupta, Journalist In conversation with Mini Kapoor, Ideas Editor, The Hindu

4.40 pm - 4.55 pm - TEA

4.55 pm – 5.50 pm - Does the Nation Want to Know – A stand-up act Anuvab Pal, Comedian & Writer

Day Two, Sunday, February 10, 2019 The Mysore Hall

10.00 am - 10.45 am - CHIEF GUEST ADDRESS Venkaiah Naidu, Hon Vice-President of India

10.50 am - 11.40 am - The future of the South: The southern states in a changing economic and political landscape Krishna Byre Gowda, Hon Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Karnataka Ma Foi K Pandiarajan, Hon Minister for Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture, Tamil Nadu K T Rama Rao, Working President, Telangana Rashtra Samithi T M Thomas Isaac, Hon Minister of Finance, Kerala In conversation with Narayan Lakshman, Associate Editor, The Hindu

11.40 am - 11.55 am - TEA

11.55 am - 12.45 pm - God & Government: Should the State leave religion alone? Arif Mohammed Khan, Politician R Jagannathan, Journalist Rajeev Bhargava, Indian Political Theorist In conversation with N Ravi, Publisher, The Hindu Group of Newspapers

12.50 pm - 1.40 pm - 2019: Which way will the elections go? Manisha Priyam, Academic & Researcher Rahul Verma, Political Scientist & Author Yogendra Yadav, Politician, Psephologist & Academic In conversation with Mukund Padmanabhan, Editor, The Hindu

1.40 pm - 2.40 pm - LUNCH

2.40 pm - 3.30 pm - Actors All: The new face of women in Indian cinema Rasika Dugal, Actor Richa Chadha, Actor Tillotama Shome, Actor In conversation with Namrata Joshi, Cinema Editor, The Hindu

3.35 pm - 4.25 pm - Reviving the Congress: The way forward to 2019 & beyond Sachin Pilot, Hon Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan In conversation with Amit Baruah, Resident Editor, Delhi, The Hindu

4.25 pm - 4.40 pm - TEA

4.40 pm - 5.30 pm - Special Address: Challenge from Within: Managing internal security Rajnath Singh, Hon Home Minister of India In conversation with Nistula Hebbar, Political Editor, The Hindu

5.35 pm - 6.25 pm - Making Jadoo: A journey through the street magic of India John Zubrzycki, Author Shamshuddin, Street Magician

6.30 pm - 6.35 pm - Vote of Thanks Mukund Padmanabhan, Editor, The Hindu

*This programme is subject to change

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