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The India Toy Fair 2021

Panel Discussions

# Panel Discussion

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1. Panel Discussion 1

CEO Conclave – Dialogue between Government and Industry

FICCI Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of Commerce and Industry

Smt Smriti Zubin Irani, Hon’ble Minister of Textiles and Women & Child Development

Shri R Jeswant, CEO, Funskool

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Shri Darshan Mehta, CEO and President, Reliance Brands Limited

Shri Isaac Larian, CEO, MGA Entertainment

Shri Peter Broegger, CEO (APAC), Mattel

Shri Sanjiv Khullar, Managing Director (Sourcing, India and SEA), Hasbro

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Shri Bhavesh Somaya, Country Manager (South East Asia, India & Middle East), Hasbro

Shri Uday Shankar, President, FICCI

Shri Vivek Jhangiani, Chair, FICCI Toy Committee

2. Panel

Discussion 2 Role of Augmented Reality/ Virtual Reality in Electronics Toys

MSME and CII

Shri B B Swain, Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

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Dr. Rajendra Kumar, Additional Secretary, MeitY

Shri Sneh Vaswani, Co-Founder and CEO, Miko, Robotics Trailblazer

Shri Ashwini Kumar, Co-founder and CEO, Smartivity Labs Pvt. ltd.

Shri S K Chetti, Principal Director, ESTC Ramnagar

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Shri Ajay Agarwal, President, TAI

Shri Ashok Saigal, Co-Chairman, CII National MSME Council

3. Panel

Discussion 3 How Toys and Play based Pedagogy go hand in hand with Education?

Department of School Education and FICCI

Smt Anita Karwal, Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy

Smt Lackhbir Kaur, Head of Trade and Market Development, LEGO Group

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Smt Karen Wong, Executive Director, K’s Kids(R)

Shri R Ramanan, Mission Director & Additional Secretary, NITI Aayog

Dr Anju Chazot, Founder, Mahatma Gandhi International School (MGIS)

Prof. Sridhar Srivastava, Director, NCERT

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Smt Tamara Grindrod, Vice President, Marketing for Asia Pacific, Hasbro

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Discussion 4 Product Innovation and Design in Toys

DPIIT and FICCI

Shri Praveen Nahar, Director, National Institute of Design

Shri Jared Wade, Global SVP Design & Development, Hasbro

Smt Sydney Wiseman, Key Brand Manager, Wowee (R)

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Shri Bhavesh Somaya, Country Manager (South East Asia, India & Middle East), Hasbro

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Discussion 5 Importance of Skill Enhancement and Entrepreneurship for promoting India’s Toy Industry

MSDE and CII

Shri Praveen Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Shri R Jeswant, CEO, Funskool

Shri Ashwini Kumar, Co-founder and CEO, Smartivity Labs Pvt. ltd.

Shri Shekhar Bhattacharjee, Lead (Toy & Game Design), National Institute of Design

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Shri Aravind Melligeri, Chairman & CEO, Aequs Group

Webinars

# Webinar Topic Anchors Speakers Picture 1. Webinar 1 Use of Open Ended

and Gender-Neutral toys in Early Childhood Development

Ministry of Textiles and EPCH

Shri Ram Mohan Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development

Smt Vidyun Goel, Director, The Toy Bank

Smt Meeta Sharma Gupta, Founder & Managing Director, Shumee Toys

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# Webinar Topic Anchors Speakers Picture Smt Prachi Agarwal, Co-Founder & Director, Chalk & Chuckles Pvt. Ltd.

Smt Yasmin Ali Haque, UNICEF Representative to India

2. Webinar 2 Development of

Multisensory Toys for Children with Special Needs

Ministry of Textiles and EPCH

Smt Shakuntala D. Gamlin, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice Empowerment

Smt Saloni Mehta, Co-Founder & CEO, Tactopus Learning Solutions

Smt Nupur Agarwal, Founder, Beyond Braille

Smt K Amritha, COO, Stepping-Stones Centre

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# Webinar Topic Anchors Speakers Picture 3. Webinar 3 Leveraging

Technology for Gamification Enabled Learning

MeitY and CII Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, MeitY

Shri Manoj Ahuja, Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education

Shri Anurag Behar, CEO, Azim Premji Foundation

Smt Aditi Avasthi, Founder, Embibe

Shri Ramji Raghavan, Founder, Agastaya

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# Webinar Topic Anchors Speakers Picture Shri Jeet K Vijay, CEO, MeitY’s Start-up Hub

4. Webinar 4 Marketing and

Global Trends in Toy Sector

FICCI Smt Bhavana Mandon, Marketing Director, LEGO India

Smt Anna Mowbray, Director & COO, Zuru Group(R)

Shri Craig Wilkins, Vice President (Marketing), Hasbro Europe

Shri Bhavesh Somaya, Country Manager (South East Asia, India & Middle East), Hasbro

5. Webinar 5 Driving Investments

to India- Making India the next Global Hub for Manufacturing and Sourcing of Toys

DPIIT and Invest India

Dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra, Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

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# Webinar Topic Anchors Speakers Picture Smt Carmel Giblin, CEO & President, ICTI Ethical Toy Program

Shri Matteo Vezzosi, Executive Director, Asia Toy and Play Association

Shri Manu Sharma, Business Head, Hamleys (Reliance Brand)

Shri Amitabh Kharbanda, Executive Director, Sunlord Apparels

Shri Lalit Aggarwal, Country Manager, Mattel

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# Webinar Topic Anchors Speakers Picture Smt Varda Taneja, Senior Assistant Vice President, Invest India

6. Webinar 6 New Trends -

Electronics and STEM Toys

MSME and CII

Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology

Smt Pooja Goyal, Co-founder and COO, Avishkaar Box

Shri Sunil Nanda, Former President, TAI

Shri Y S Kohli, CEO, Jasco Handicrafts Pvt Ltd

Shri Rajeev Batra, General Secretary, CAIT

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# Webinar Topic Anchors Speakers Picture Shri Amit Chatterjee, Head APJ, Intel Technology India Private Limited

7. Webinar 7 Online Video Games

– Boon or Bane MeitY and CII Shri Ravi Mital, Secretary, Department of Sports

Shri Jemish Kumar Lakhani, Founder, XSquads Tech, App - ScarFall: The Royale Combat

Smt Keerti Singh, Co-Founder, Octathorpe, App - Hitwicket™ Superstars - 3D Cricket Strategy Game

Prof Manish Jain, Creative Learning, IIT Gandhinagar

8. Webinar 8 Coming Soon

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# Webinar Topic Anchors Speakers Picture 9. Webinar 9 Role of Design in

Upscaling Production of Local Products and Promoting Nationalism

Government of Gujarat, i-Hub, Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID) and Children’s University

Shri Sonam Gyaltsen, Founder, Echostream

Shri Vikram Mitra, Senior Faculty, Disciple Lead: Industrial Design, Institute Activity Chairperson, NID, Jorhat

Dr. D Udaya Kumar, Associate Professor and HoD, Department of Design, IIT Guwahati

Dr. Sanjeeb Kakoty, Associate Professor, IIM Shillong

10. Webinar 10 Significance of

Quality & Safety in Toys

FICCI Shri Adil Zainulbhai, Chairperson, Quality Council of India

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# Webinar Topic Anchors Speakers Picture Shri Christian Wetterberg, Senior Director and Global Head (Product Safety and Compliance), The LEGO Group

Shri Joseph Vinhais, Senior Vice President (Global Quality, Product Safety and Regulatory Compliance), Mattel Inc.

Smt Meredith Brooks, Vice President (Quality Assurance), Hasbro

11. Webinar 11 Success Stories of

Entrepreneurs working with Traditional Toy Clusters

Ministry of Textiles and EPCH

Shri U P Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles

Smt Swapna Wagh, Co-Founder, Desi Toys

Shri Karthik Vaidyanathan, Founder, Varnam Crafts

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# Webinar Topic Anchors Speakers Picture Shri Vasanth Tamilselvan, Founder Director, Ariro Toys

12. Webinar 12 Scaling up Toy

Exports from India Department of Commerce and FICCI

Shri Anup Wadhawan, Secretary, Department of Commerce

Shri Mike Burrows, Vice President (Contract Manufacturing), Mattel Asia Pacific

Shri Sanjiv Khullar, Managing Director (Sourcing, India & SEA), Hasbro

Shri Mohit Bhasin, Partner, KPMG

Shri Vivek Jhangiani, Chair, FICCI Toy Committee

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# Webinar Topic Anchors Speakers Picture 13. Webinar 13 Design Town Hall on

Toys Government of Gujarat, i-Hub and Karnavati University, Gujarat

Dr. Mariana Amatullo, President, CUMULUS Association

Shri Srini Srinivasan, President, World Design Organisation (WDO)

Shri Hemant Suthar, President, Association of Designers of India (ADI)

Shri Alok Nandi, Past President, Interaction Design Association (IxDA)

Prof. Pradyumna Vyas, Former Director, National Institute of Design

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# Webinar Topic Anchors Speakers Picture 14. Webinar 14 Ecosystem for

Online Gaming Industry and eSport Industry in India

MeitY and CII Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog

Smt Debjani Ghosh, President, NASSCOM

Shri Bimal Julka, Chairman, Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports

Shri Rajan Navani, Founder and President, Indian Digital Gaming Society, CII

15. Webinar 15 How do Packaging

Solutions Enhance Profitability for Toy Industry?

Department of Commerce and PHD CCI

Shri Pramod Kumar Tiwari, Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards

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# Webinar Topic Anchors Speakers Picture Dr. Tanveer Alam, Director, Indian Institute of Packaging

Shri Supam Maheshwari, Founder, First Cry

16. Webinar 16 Use of Textiles in

Toy Designs Ministry of Textiles and EPCH

Smt Anavila Misra, Founder, Anavila Designs

Smt Suhasini Paul, Co-Founder, Paul Studio

Shri Shekhar Bhattacharjee, Head, Toy & Game Design, NID

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# Webinar Topic Anchors Speakers Picture Dr. Gayatri Menon, Lead, Design Foundation Studies, NID

17. Webinar 17 Coming Soon

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Activities # Activity Topic Anchors Speakers Picture

1. Activity 1 Toy Design Challenge

Government of Gujarat and Karnavati University, Gujarat

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2. Activity 2 Embracing Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Drone Technologies in the Toy Industry

DST and CII NA NA

3. Activity 3 Online Activity for School Children by Dost Education (NGO) on Importance of Toys in Child’s Development

Department of School Education, Dost Education and FICCI

Smt Shreeja (Dost Education India)

Prof Manish Jain, Associate Teaching Professor (Creative Learning), IIT Gandhinagar

4. Activity 4 Craft Demonstration - Channapatna Toy Cluster Ministry of Textiles

and EPCH NA NA

5. Activity 5 Craft Demonstration - Etikoppaka Toy Cluster Ministry of Textiles and EPCH

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6. Activity 6 Craft Demonstration - Kondapalli Toy Cluster Ministry of Textiles and EPCH

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7. Activity 7 Virtual Tour of Shankar Doll Museum, New Delhi

Ministry of Textiles and EPCH

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8. Activity 8 Craft Demonstration - Varanasi’s Wooden Toy Cluster

Ministry of Textiles and EPCH

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9. Activity 9 Craft Demonstration - Koppal’s Kinhal Toy Cluster

Ministry of Textiles and EPCH

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10. Activity 10

Craft Demonstration - Asharikandi Cluster Ministry of Textiles and EPCH

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11. Activity 11

Virtual Visit to Centy Toys (Toy Manufacturing Unit)

Ministry of Textiles and EPCH

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12. Activity 12

Craft Demonstration - Narsapura Cluster Ministry of Textiles and EPCH

NA NA

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# Activity Topic Anchors Speakers Picture 13. Activity

13 Craft Demonstration - Jaipur’s Kathputli Nagar Cluster

Ministry of Textiles and EPCH

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