MENTOR Magazine is India's most respected print magazine focused on School Leadership, Principals and Educators. From the past 5 years, MENTOR has established itself as a leading voice where educators work together to reinstate their position to improve the educational system. The last few decades have witnessed a significant change in the demands on the schooling system. The Indian Education space has hardly any platforms or forums for educationists and educational researchers to share their learning and experiences with the Edutopia. In our attempt to converge and diffuse the good practices be it local or transcontinental, MENTOR Magazine felt the need to create a platform in the educational arena for educators to get together and work towards enhancing their skills and knowledge. MENTOR Magazine organised its first conclave titled Excellence in School Education in November 2011, which witnessed exchange of ideas and learning on various issues and addressed concerns to improve the quality of education imparted to children. This year, MENTOR Magazine is bringing forth the MENTOR Conclave 2012 from the 16th - 18th November 2012, at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The MENTOR Conclave 2012 aims to provide a multinational platform, where educators, practitioners and researchers across the globe can come together and share with their fellow-mates experiences, innovations and the latest trends in education, with an aim to learn from each other.

1. 16th – 18th NOVEMBER 2012
J.N. Tata Auditorium, IISc Bangalore

2.  MENTOR Magazine is India's most respected print magazine focused on School Leadership, Principals and Educators. From the
past 5 years, MENTOR has been a forum where Educators work together to reinstate their position and change the system
 The Indian Education space has hardly any platforms or forums for educationists and educational researchers to share their
learning and experiences with the Edutopia
 MENTOR felt a strong need to create a platform for Educators, Innovators and Researchers to get together and work towards
enhancing their skills and knowledge which led to the genesis of MENTOR CONCLAVE
 MENTOR Magazine organised its first conclave, titled Excellence in School Education in November 2011
 This year, MENTOR Magazine is bringing forth the MENTOR CONCLAVE 2012 – Enabling Excellence in School Education
 The MENTOR CONCLAVE 2012 aims to provide a multinational platform, where educators, practitioners and researchers
across the globe can come together and share with their fellow-mates experiences, innovations and the latest trends in
education, with an aim to learn from each other

3.  MENTOR Magazine organised Excellence in School Education Conclave – Leveraging Joy,
Imagination and Innovation that was held in South India for the first time, in association with
EduExcellence and The Teacher Foundation along with Faculty support of IIT, Delhi
 380 delegates participated from across the globe, representing Academia, Government and
Industry
 46 speakers interacted with the participants through presentation, workshops & panel
discussion
 The list of speakers included Jenny Mosley – Creator of Quality Circle Time UK, Swashpawan
Singh – Former Ambassador & Permanent Representative of India to UN Geneva, Venguswamy
Ramaswamy – Global Head TCS, Dr. Harish Chaudhry – Prof. IIT Delhi, Dr. Rajaram Sharma –
Joint Director NCERT, Su Hart – Co-Founder of Baka Beyond, UK, Dr. Vidya Shetty – Director
Academics Pearson K12, Dr. Saumyajit Ghosal – Dean National Institute of Design, Punam
Kashyup – CEO GEMS Schools
 In addition to the invited speakers, several educators presented research/experience papers at
the conclave
 Top notch organisations like CISCO, Pearson, Ryan International Group of Institutions,
Classteacher, EduSports, Colgate, Scholastic etc. showcased innovation, technology,
infrastructure, contemporary education services and solutions

7.  “Many people are not aware about educational conferences taking place in South India. A great initiative to
implement such a conference – it was truly beneficial!”
– C. Subha Lalitha, G. Pulla Reddy Memorial School, Hyderabad
 “The conclave empowered me a lot to become more effective. As educators, we have miles to travel
before we see any solid changes in the sphere of education, but it is very over-whelming to see a start.”
– Sangita Chima, Shiv Nadar School, Gurgaon
 “The conclave, Excellence in School Education is definitely one of its kind. Excellent choice of topics! It has
helped me become a better leader.”
-K. Gunawardana, Vidura College, Sri Lanka
 “I have learnt that what I know against what I don’t know is very little. I am glad this conference was an
eye opener. There couldn’t have been anything better.”
– Sarita Dhimate, The Orchid School, Pune
 “As the values added through this Conclave has been immense, please try to reach every corner of the
country and begin an evolutionary marathon.”
– Vasanth Kumar, GHS, Bangalore Rural

9. Below are the topics but not limited to
Experiences in Education
Right to Education
Co-scholastic practices in schools
School Social Responsibility
Leadership and Management
Overcoming leadership challenges
Transferring skills and discipline
Implementing innovations in schools
Understanding Stakeholders
Teacher training courses
Knowing the child and behaviour management
Engaging parents to improve the quality of education
Pedagogy, Curricula and Assessment
Experiential Learning
Need for vocational learning in schools
Designing curriculum and pedagogy to build and enhance the creative capacities of students
The Future of Education
Creating state of the art schools
New media in education
Eliminating diversity and minority issues in education

10.  Oral presentations
 Workshop presentations
 Panel discussions
 Project Exhibitions
 We invite the submission of different papers reporting high quality research or practices in the space of
education
 Types of Papers – Experience Papers, Research Papers, Student Papers, Case Studies, Work-in-Progress Reports or
Proposals for Future Research
 40-50 Papers will be shortlisted by a jury of eminent professionals in the educational space
 Expectation of 250 paper submissions
 Shortlisted papers of the conference will be published in the MENTOR JOURNAL with the technical support of
OECD