9:30 - 10:30 AM:
Registration followed by tea
10:30 - 10:35 AM:
Inauguration and lamp lighting
10:35 - 10:45 AM:
Introduction by Dilip Thakore, Editor & Publisher, EducationWorld
10:45 - 11:00 AM:
‘Keynote Address - 'The Transformative Impact of Early Childhood
Education: Universalising Access and the Role of the Private Sector in Driving Equitable
Development' by Azeez Gupta, Co-founder, Rocket Learning & Member, National ECCE Taskforce and
Unicef’s working group for Foundational Learning
11:00 - 11:15 AM:
EW India Preschool Rankings 2024-25 Awards Part 1 (Hyderabad)
11:15 - 11:30 AM:
Expert Talk. 'Learning & localizing best global ECCE practices’ by
Dr. Swati Popat Vats, President, Early Childhood Association and
Association for Primary Education and Research
11:30 - 12:00 PM:
EW India Preschool Rankings 2024-25 Awards Part 2
Kolkata
Bengaluru
Bhubaneswar
Bhopal
12:10 - 12:30 PM:
EW India Preschool Rankings 2024-25 Awards Part 3
Chennai
Ahmedabad
Vadodara
12:30 - 1:00 PM:
EW India Preschool Grand Jury Rankings 2024-25 Awards Part 1 : (Campus
Design Excellence, Innovative Pedagogy, Health, Nutrition And Safety, Learning Assessment Leader)
1:00 - 2:00 PM:
Lunch
2:00 - 2:15 PM:
Case study. 'Building the Preschool of the Future’ by Dr. Arunabh Singh,
Co-Founder, Healthy Planet Schools, Director, Nehru World School, India
2:15 - 3:00 PM:
EW India Preschool Rankings 2024-25 Awards Part 4 Nationals (India Top 10
Delhi
Gurugram
Noida
Ghaziabad
Chandigarh
Jaipur
Indore
Other cities (Agra, Amritsar, Ankleshwar, Baikunthpur, Bhavnagar, Bhilai, Baruipara, Churu,
Coimbatore, Gahunje, Greater Noida, Guna, Gwalior, Jamnagar, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Ludhiana,
Morena, Nagpur, Nalagarh, Nashik, Panchkul,Raipur, Rajkot, Salem, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram,
Udaipur, Valsad)
3:00 - 3:15 PM:
Expert Talk. 'Emotional Intelligence in Early Childhood Education:
Strategies for Fostering Empathy and Social Skills' by Lina Ashar, Founder, Dreamtime Learning
3:15 - 3:30 PM:
EW India Preschool Grand Jury Rankings 2024-25 Awards Part 2 :
(Future-ready Preschools, Outstanding Leadership)
3:30 - 4:30 PM:
Panel discussion: 'CARE: Building Holistic, Accountable, and Innovative
Foundations in Early Childhood Education'
• Championing holistic development: Meeting parental expectations
• Teacher education reform: Actioning innovative strategies to build a cadre of high-quality
teachers
• Play meets progress: Reimagining nature-based learning in a digital age
• Advocating excellence: Engaging policymakers and inuencers to strengthen ECE
4:30 - 4:45 PM:
EW India Preschool Grand Jury Rankings 2024-25 Awards Part 3 : (Social &
Emotional Learning, Nature-friendly Preschools)
4:55 - 5:30 PM:
EW India Preschool Rankings 2024-25 Awards Part 5
Mumbai
Thane
Navi Mumbai
Pune
5:40 - 6:25 PM:
EW India Preschool Grand Jury Rankings 2024-25 Awards Part 4 : (Design
Thinking Leaders, Teacher-Parent-Student Engagement, Best Technology Integration, India’s Most
Respected Early Childhood Education Brand)
6:25 - 6:30 PM:
Vote of Thanks
