e-Inclusion Drive for the Marginalised in Poland  225 CSCs to be set up in Meghalaya  e-Learning Scheme Launched in Puducherry: BSNL  New eGovernance Projects Launched in Bulgaria  eSignature Services Expanded in Lithuania  Lakshwadeep Starts its First IT Society  60, 000 CSCs to be Established in Rural India: DoT  Government of India Launches e-Passport  Swiss Government to Issue Biometric Identity Cards  Vietnam ICT Ministry drafting State IT application scheme
Key Speakers
 
 

PARALLEL EVENTS






Programme schedule*

 
Day 1, 23 August 2006
 
8.30 -9.30 am Delegates Registration and Welcome Tea
9.30 -11.00 am Grand Inaugural And Vision Session

Dr. M P Narayanan, President, CSDMS

Dr. M S Swaminathan, Chairman, MSSRF

Dr. Maxine Olson, UNDP Resident Representative in India

Mr. Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM

Mr. Kraisorn Pornsutee, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Royal Thai Government

Jainder Singh, Secretary IT, DIT, Government of India

Hon’ ble Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister for Science & Technology and Ocean Development, Government of India

11.00 -12.00 am Inauguration of Exhibition
12.00-1.00 pm Convocation of Jamshedji Tata National Virtual Academy for Rural Prosperity Fellows
1.00 - 2.00 pm Lunch Break
2.00- 3.30 pm Plenary Panel Discussion
India’s e-Government Journey: Where can India be in 2010?

Moderator: Basheerhamad Shadrach, IDRC

R. Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, DIT, Govt. of India

Wajahat Habibullah, Chief Information Commissioner, Govt. of India

Rahul Sarin, Additional Secretary, DARPG, Govt. of India

M. Rajamani, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India

Neelam Dhawan, Managing Director, Microsoft
3.30 – 4.00 pm Tea/Coffee Break + Business Interaction
4.00 - 5.30 pm Plenary Panel Session

e-Government in India: How not to re-invent the wheel?

Moderator: Vikram Chand, Senior Public Sector Management Specialist, World Bank

J Satyanarayana, CEO, National Institute of Smart Government (NISG)

Sudipta Sen, CEO, SAS

N. Vijayaditya, DG, National Informatics Centre (NIC), Govt. of India

Ajay Sawhney, Joint Secretary, Dept. of Personnel and Training, Govt. of India

R. Ramakrishnan, Director – Emerging Markets Development Group, SAP India
7.00 – 7.30 pm Puppet Show organized by IL&FS – Role of CSCs in Rural Development
7.30 – 8.00 pm Dinner Panel

Special Remarks by Rohit Kumar, Country Head, Microsoft

Special Remarks by Shantanu Prakash, CEO, Educomp

Special remarks by Alok Bharadwaj, Vice President, Canon India

Dinner Speech by Mani Shankar Aiyer, Minister of Panchayati Raj and Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India
 
Day 2, 24 August 2006
 
9.30 -11.00 am Plenary Session

Harnessing Public-Private Partnerships for e-Government

Moderator – Prof. Subhash Bhatnagar, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

YS Mallik, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Company Affairs, Govt. of India

D. Krishnan, IRS, Principal Consultant and Advisor, National e-Governance Plan Program Management Unit, DIT

Shekhar Agrawal, Vice President – Enterprise Solution Division, Alcatel South Asia

Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director, Symantec

Sanjay Jotshi, VP Marketing Nortel India

11.00-11.30 am Networking Tea/coffee Break
11.30 - 1.00 pm e-Governance in Municipalities (with USAID India)

Chairperson:
M. Rajamani, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India

R.K. Chaturvedi, Director IT, MoUD

Hitesh Vaidya, Indo-US FIRE (D) Project, USAID India

N. Srikanth, Municipal Commissioner, Vishakapatnam

Sanjay Jaju, Commissioner, Hyderabad Municipal Corporation

Neeta Shah, Director e-Governnace, Govt. of Gujarat

Krishna Rupanagunta, COO, e-Governments Foundation, Bangalore
Standards and Interoperability

Chairperson: M. Moni, DDG, NIC, Govt. of India


Suchitra Pyarelal
, Technical Director, NIC, Govt. of India

Renu Budhiraja, Director, DIT, Govt. of India

Neel Ratan, Executive Director, Pricewaterhouse & Coopers (PwC)

Umesh Nandvani, Director, STQC, DIT, Govt. of India

Sriram Kadambi,Technical Lead, Telelogic

1.00-2.00 pm Lunch
2.00- 3.30 pm Central Mission Mode Projects: Current Status and Way Forward

Chairperson: Subas Pani, Chief Secretary, Orissa Government (not yet confirmed)

B.B. Nanawati, Commissioner of Income Tax (Systems), Govt. of India

S.Angiah, Business Development Manager, Adobe India & SAARC

V. Sridhar, DG, Customs & Central Excise, Govt. of India

Justice G. C. Bharuka,Chairman, E-Committee on National Programme of Computerisation of Judiciary, Govt. of India

Gopalakrishnan P K, General Manager, Wipro Infotech

R.R. Dash, Chief Passport Officer, Govt. of India

Dr. Shetty,Ministry Of External, AffairsCPV Division, Govt.of India.
State Wide Area Network: Implementation Issues

Chairperson : Ashis Sanyal, Director, DIT, Govt. of India


Ram Sewak Sharma
, Principal Secretary IT, Govt. of Jharkhand

Raj Kumar, Secretary, Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of Gujarat

P M Sasi, Additional Director, CDAC Kerala

M.Chandrasekhar, Vice President, United Telecoms Limited

3.30 – 4.00 pm Networking Tea/coffee Break
4.00 -5.30 pm State Initiatives in e-Governance


Chairperson
– G Narendra Kumar, Secretary IT Govt. of NCT of Delhi

Zohra Chatterji, Secretary IT, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh

Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi, Secretary IT, Govt. of Punjab

Amod Kumar, District Magistrate, Faizabad, U.P

K. Vijayan, Deputy Director, IT Cell, Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of Kerala

Amit Gosain, Task Force Manager, Govt. of Uttaranchal

Anurag Srivastava, Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation

Vishal Dev, Director IT, Govt. of Orissa
Building robust Government Procurement Systems

Chairperson –Prakash Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Ocean Development, Govt. of India


Jaijit Bhattacharya
, Country Director, SUN Microsystems

Kailash Agarwal, Regional Head-eGovernance/GIS Practice, NIIT Technologies Pte Ltd

P. Raghuveer, Additional Secretary IT, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh

Amarendra Sinha, Secretary, Urban Development, Government of Uttaranchal

A.K. Saxena, Deputy Director General (S&D), Govt. of India
 
Day 3, 25 August, 2006
 
9.30 -11.00 am Plenary Session
Integrated Service Delivery for Citizens

Chairperson

S N Tripathy, Secretary IT, Govt. of Orissa

Dr. Srinivasan Ramani, Director, HP Labs India

Shyamalima Banerjee, Director Public Grievances, DARPG, Govt. of India

Tushar Pandey Country Head -- Strategic Initiatives Development & Knowledge Banking, YES Bank Ltd.

Amitabh Pandey, Former Group GM, IRCTC, Indian Railways


Rohit K. Singh, Secretary IT, Govt. of Rajasthan

Andrea DiMaio, Analyst and Vice President, Gartner
11.00-11.30 am Networking Tea/coffee Break
11.30 - 1.00 pm International Perspectives on e-Government


Chairperson:
: S.P. Singh, Director, DIT, Govt. of India

YS Kim, e-Government Advisor, Korea

Bimal Pratap Shah, National Information Technology Center, Nepal

Mike Mayer, Vice President, Emerging Markets Development Group , SAP

San Ng, Asia Foundation

Tess Camba, Director, National Computer Centre, Govt. of Philippines

 

Capacity Building: Roadmaps & Roadblocks

Chairperson: S.R. Das, Sr. Director, DIT, Govt. of India


Dhrupad Mathur, Senior Consultant, DIT, Govt. of India

Anurag Srivastava, Vice President, Wipro

Piyush Gupta, General Manager, NISG

Ashish Basu, President, Knowledge Solutions Business, NIIT Ltd

Mukul K. Sinha, Managing Director, Expert Software Consultants Ltd.

1.00 - 2.00 pm Lunch
2.00- 3.30 pm Secure e-Government


Chairperson
- Dr. K. Subramanian, DDG, NIC

Debjani Nag, Asst. Controller (Technology)
Controller of Certifying Authorities
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

Kris Dev, International Transparency and Accountability Network

Unmesh Deshmukh, Director – Specialist Sales & Services, Symantec

Rajesh Kumar, Technical Lead, Government and Defense, Nortel

Satyam Bheemarasetti, VP, NetSilica, Inc.

Sajan Pauli, Head – Technology , Enterprise Solutions, Nortel India
 Initiatives & Opportunities

Chairperson: G.P. Mishra, Program Advisor, European Commission Technical Assistance, Health & Family Welfare Program

Toms K. Thomas, Senior Manager, ESAF, Kerala

Ravi Agarwal, CEO, Toxic Links


Nidhi Dani, GIS Engineer, RMSI
3.30 – 4.00 pm Networking Tea/coffee Break
4.00 - 5.00 pm Wrap-up


Adrian Marti, Deputy Country Head, SDC

Amitabha Pande, Secretary, Inter-State Council, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India

Piti Pramotedham,Managing Director Asia South, Computer Associates

Subash Khuntia, Joint Secretary, MHRD


R. Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, DIT, Govt. of India

25 th August 2006

PARTNER SESSIONS

Moving out of the “Pilot Syndrome” (with UNDP and NISG)

25 th August

11.00 – 1.00 pm

Chairperson: Pradeep Sharma, UNDP

Prof Srivatsan, Director, IITK-M

R.K. Maiti, Joint Secretary, West Bengal Government

P. Ramgopal, Partner, Byrraju Foundation

Parminder Singh, Director, IT for Change

Dr. H.K. Verma, IIT Roorkee
 
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