Mr Ajit Rangnekar, Summit Co-Chair & Dean, Indian School of Business; Mr Vijai Vardhan, Additional Chief Secretary-Higher Education, Government of Haryana; Mr A Venu Prasad, Principal Secretary – Higher Education, Government of Punjab; Mr Kamlesh Kumar, Director – Higher Education, Chandigarh Administration and Mr Toby Linden, Lead Education Specialist, The World Bank Group at the panel discussion on “Regional Economic Development: Partnerships with the Government” followed by the concluding remarks by Dr Dinesh Dua, Vice Chairman, CII Chandigarh Council and CEO & Director, Nectar Lifesciences Ltd. of the “EDU Summit Moving towards Knowledge based Economy - Basic imperatives & Agenda for Reforms” held on 5 August, 2015 at Mohali.