Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown was the moderator of the meet, and he described how education was essential for moving India from a middle income to a high income economy.
The United Nations' Special Envoy for Global Education, he said that there is "no other important issue other than education in this country or globally".
Online educational non-profit Khan Academy was highlighted as an example of a game-changing new model that had made a dramatic impact in a short space of time.
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| Khan Academy Founder Salman Khan |
Swedish speaker Peje Emilsson described a need for disruption to the existing look of the classroom and urged school teachers to provide a better link with technology.
Naresh Gupta, MD of Adobe Systems India, said that e-learning would allow high quality teachers to expand their reach.
MD of Educomp, Shantanu Prakash, described how his company's virtual studios allow 100,000 students to study accounting across both urban and rural areas.
There was agreement among most of those in attendance that "the future of education is online".
