The fourth edition of The New Indian Express' ThinkEdu Conclave was complete with a lineup of leaders and speakers of every stripe - policy makers, academics, self-made entrepreneurs, social thinkers and commentators, economists, authors, college principals, believers and skeptics. The two-day event held at the ITC Grand Chola, Chennai, was inaugurated by Union Minister Smriti Irani. Panel discussions had political movers and shakers like Farooq Abdullah, Ram Madhav, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Poonam Mahajan, MM Pallam Raju, former Union minister, among others. TNIE has been organizing the national-level education conclave since 2013.