India has a vision of becoming a five trillion-dollar economy by 2030. And, technology undoubtedly will play a major role in helping India achieve this ambitious milestone. Every year, different e-governance thought leaders from different states have set benchmarks by carving out a new path on the road to better governance using technology.
This is an exciting time for India, as the country has the opportunity to build a solid digital foundation for every sector that will help it improve productivity and efficiencies in a huge way. Considering this, Express Computer brings to you Technology Sabha & Awards 2023. The event, being held in Kochi on February 23rd, 24th, and 25th 2023, will witness the participation of senior officials from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the Government of India, the Kerala Government, various state governments and prominent members from the NeGP. The three-day conference is themed around Lessons in e-governance leadership from innovators, creators, and accelerators.
The conference will begin with a welcome address by Dr. Rathan. U. Kelkar, Secretary E&IT Department, and Chairman, Kerala State IT Mission, Government of Kerala, and Snehil Kumar Singh, Director, Kerala State IT Mission, Government of Kerala. It will be followed by an insightful keynote address by Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) and Abhishek Singh, MD & CEO, Digital India Corporation, and President & CEO, NeGD & CEO, MyGov, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India.
After a few informative stand-alone sessions, the conference will witness a power-packed panel discussion with renowned names in the industry including –
Rama Devi Lanka, Director Emerging Technologies & Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Department of IT & Communications, Government of Telangana, Dr. Santosh Babu, Principal Secretary & MD – KFON, MD – KSITIL, CMD & ED – IKM, Vijay Nehra, Secretary – DST, Government of Gujarat, S Arunraj, Executive Director, Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd, Government of Tamil Nadu, Anil Kumar Tentu, CEO, AP Innovation Society, Government of Andhra Pradesh, K Anvar Sadath, CEO, Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), Govt Of Kerala
Further, the conference will see a session themed around the topic, Breaking Barriers “Reform, Perform & Transform” by Sumit Wadhwa, Director – Government Vertical, Samsung India Electronics Pvt Ltd, followed by another interesting session on “Governance – Building Trust through Technology” by Peter Jayaseelan, VP & MD (South Asia) & Head-APAC, (Public Sector Business Unit), Jabra.
There will be multiple stand-alone sessions and industry presentations on themes like; use of Bigdata, AI, and Blockchain Technology in Public Governance – Benefiting Society, Driving digital transformation in 2023 and beyond, Modernize your Edge network with Aruba ESP and EdgeConnect, Shaping the Future with The All New Galaxy, Glimpse of e-Governance on Indian Railways, Replicating the IT/ITeS story in the software products space and many more sessions respectively.
Another power-packed panel discussion will see key leaders from the healthcare sector, share their views on the theme ‘Reimagining Public Healthcare with Data, Analytics & Emerging Technologies (SAS)’. This panel discussion will see the participation of Dr Mannan Akhtar, Special Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department, & State Mission Director, ABDM, Uttar Pradesh, Khushaal Yadav, Joint Chief Executive Officer, Rajasthan State Health Assurance Agency, Rajasthan, Snehil Kumar Singh, Director, Kerala State IT Mission, Government of Kerala, Dr. B.Viduthalai Virumbi, Nodal Officer (Technical), Population Health Registry & State Digital Health Mission, Government of Tamil Nadu, T Karthik Reddy, General Manager, Aarogyasri Healthcare Trust, Telangana and Prashant Rai, Sr Business Solution Manager, SAS India.
Day two of the conference will end with the Technology Sabha Awards ceremony.
The third day of the conference will also witness a powerful start with the keynote address by N. Narayanamoorthy, Chairman & Managing Director KELTRON, Government of Kerala followed by a special address by Sajiv Nair, Assistant CTO & Head Managed Services, ESDS Software Solution Limited.
The conference will then see insightful deliberations at the panel discussion on, “Taking citizen services to the next level (Central Government representatives)” where our esteemed panelists: Sanjeev Banzal, Director General, Education & Research Network (ERNET), India, Sharat Sahai Mathur, Group GM (CCCO), Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), Dr Abhishek Roy, Head – SeMT, Dept of Personnel & Administrative Reforms & e-Gov, Government of West Bengal and Piyush Somani, Chairman & Managing Director – ESDS & President – CCICI will share their expert views with the audience.
There will be sessions on trending topics like- Reliable Network Infrastructure, The critical role of startups for accelerating e-governance initiatives, Building a Secure IT infrastructure, and much more by various known industry leaders like Manoj Abraham, Additional Director General of Police, Government of Kerala, Sanjeev Banzal, Director General, Education & Research Network (ERNET), India, Ramprasad B, Lead Pre-Sales, Rakuten SixthSense, Mayank Gupta, General Manager, Newgen Software, Anoop Ambika, Chief Executive Officer, Kerala Startup Mission, Government of Kerala, Sanjeev Bengeri, Sr. Manager – Solution Support, D-Link (India) Limited, K.B. Senthilkumar, Scientist F/Associate Director, Cyber Security Group, CDAC, Thiruvananthapuram, P Mohan Gandhi, Secretary of Industry, Commerce & Enterprise Dept. Govt of West Bengal and MD, WBMDTCL.
The three-day conference will conclude with an address by Murali Krishna B V, Joint Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (e-audit unit) at the Commercial Taxes Department, Karnataka.
To know more about Technology Sabha & Awards 2023, visit: https://www.technologysabha.com/
