| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 01:00 pm - 03:30 pm | Lunch and Registration |
| 03:30 pm - 03:35 pm | Inauguration with Lamp Lighting by the Dignitaries |
| 03:35 pm- 03:40 pm |
Welcome Address:Redefining the Future of e-Governance Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer, The Indian Express Group |
| 03:40 pm - 04:30 pm |
Inaugural Session - Redefining the Future of e-Governance Chief Guest: Sri Duddilla Sridhar Babu, Hon'ble Minister for Information Technology, Electronics & Communications (ITE&C), Industries & Commerce, and Legislative Affairs in Telangana Special Guest Speaker: Saurabh Tiwari, Additional Secretary, Direct Benefit Transfer, Government of India Manish Bhardwaj, Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India Vote of Thanks: Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer, the Indian Express Group |
| 04:30 pm - 04:45 pm |
Session by SAS : "AI That Works: Government Success Stories" Dr. Radhakrishna B, Director, Customer Advisory, SAS India |
| 04:45 pm - 05:00 pm |
Enabling AI-Led Governance with One Samsung : Puneet Sethi : Head of Enterprise Business, Samsung India Sumit Wadhwa: Director & Head of Government Business, Samsung India |
| 05:00 pm- 05:15 pm | Networking Tea Break |
| 05:15 pm - 05:30 pm |
Key Address:From Space to Ground: BISAG-N’s Role in Governance and Development Vinay Thakur, Special Director General, BISAG-N, MEITY |
| 05:30 pm- 05:45 pm |
Unlocking AI Potential with Trusted Sovereign Cloud : Cheriyan Mathew, Senior Manager, Solution Architecture, Red Hat India & South Asia |
| 05:45 pm - 6:00 pm |
Powering Agentic AI with real-time, smart, context-aware data : Astuti Jindal, Sr Solutions Engineer, Confluent |
| 6:00 pm - 6:15 pm |
Key Address:Digital Governance at Scale: Transforming Citizen Service Delivery through Technology Ravikiran Tirumala, Commissioner, Electronic Service Delivery (MeeSeva), DOITEC, Telangana |
| 6:15 pm - 8:00 pm | Stall Visits / Free and Easy |
| 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Power Discussion on "From Innovation to Regulation: Governing AI in Government" by SAS |
| 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
Power Discussion on "Building a secured AI-enabled Ecosystem with Samsung" by Samsung India Vipul Jain: Deputy General Manager, Vertical Sales (Govt) , Samsung India Srinivasulu Jalukuri : General Manager, Enterprise Presales , Samsung India |
| 08:00 pm - 08:15 pm |
Strategic Governance Conversation: Smart State, Secure City: Technology at the Heart of Governance Rahul Kumar Purwar, Principal Secretary, Department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Jharkhand Chennuri Rupesh, Deputy Commissioner of Police, SM&IT, Hyderabad City, Telangana |
| 08:15 pm - 08:30 pm |
Keynote Address: Building Telangana’s AI Ecosystem: From Vision to Implementation Phani Nagarjuna,Founding CEO, Aikam(TelanganaAIInnovationHub) |
| 08:30 pm - 08:45 pm |
Keynote Address:Telangana Vision 2026: Leveraging Technology for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth Sanjay Kumar, Special Chief Secretary, Department of ITE&C and Department of I&C, Telangana |
| 08:45 pm - 09:00 pm | Technology Sabha Excellence Awards |
| 09:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Networking Cocktails and Dinner |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 08:00 am - 09:30 am | Breakfast |
| 08:30 am - 9:30 am | Power Discussion on "Data Sanitization in the Journey of Digitization" by Opswat |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am |
Key Address:Assuring the Digital State: Technology, Trust, and Public Accountability Bijay Kumar Mohanty, Director General (Information System) and CTO, Comptroller and Auditor General of India |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am |
Key Addresses:Cyber Security in Today’s Threat Landscape: Preparing for the Quantum Computing Era Dr.Pankaj Kumar Dalela, Executive Vice President & Board Member, Centre for Development for Telematics(C-DOT) |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am |
Fireside Chat: Moderator: Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer, the Indian Express Group Rajiv Aggarwal, Senior Vice President for Public Affairs and ESG, Samsung Southwest Asia |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Key Address: How IT-Driven Public Services Are Transforming Everyday Life in Kerala Nitin Agrawal, Director General, Fire & Rescue Services, Kerala Police, Kerala |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am |
Key Address: Reimagining Governance: Driving Digital Transformation in Odisha
Surendra Meena, Executive Director, Centre for Modernizing Government Initiatives, General Administration & Public Grievance Department, Government of Odisha |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am |
Government in the AI era : Rajesh Malhotra, Country Account Technical Leader Manager-Government, IBM India and South Asia |
| 11:00 am - 11:15 am |
Leveraging Data & AI to Enable Smart Governance :
Varun Gupta, Director - India, Qlik |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Networking Tea Break |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Panel Discussion: Scalable & Secure Digital Platforms for Mass Governance and Economic Growth
Moderator: Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer, The Indian Express Group Dheeraj Rastogi, Principal Commissioner of Customs ACC (Import), Delhi Customs, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Shashi Prakash Jha, Mission Director, National Health Mission, Jharkhand Geromic George, Principal Director, Local Self Government Department, Government of Kerala Rahul Ratnam Pandey, Director, e-Governance, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Department, Karnataka |
| 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm |
Key Address:Transforming Indian Railways Through Scalable Digital Infrastructure GVL Satya Kumar, Managing Director, Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) |
| 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm |
Panel Discussion: The Federation of Innovation: Driving Digital Governance Through Policy, Platforms and State Leadership Moderator: Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer, the Indian Express Group Kumar Rahul, Principal Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare & Medical Education and Research, Punjab M Raghunandan Rao, Commissioner, Commercial Tax Department, Telangana Pawan Kadyan, IGR & CSR, Directorate of Registration and Stamp Revenue, Finance Department, West Bengal Dr. K.P. Karthikeyan, Managing Director, Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd (ELCOT), Tamil Nadu Kabir Shirgaonkar, Director, Information Technology, Electronics & Communications Department, Goa Inderdeep Dhillon, Business Director - Data & AI, IBM India & South Asia |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Networking Lunch |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
Panel Discussion: Reimagining Social Benefit Delivery with AI
Moderator: Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer, the Indian Express Group Dr. T. K. Sreedevi, Secretary, Municipal Administration Department, and Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration, Telangana Dr. Alby John Varghese, Director of e-Governance & Chief Executive Officer, Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency, Tamil Nadu Sanjay Katkar, Managing Director, MahaIT, Department of Information Technology (GAD), Maharashtra Lilly Prasad, Chief Technology Officer, FSSAI, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India Dr. Sushil Kumar Meher, Head IT & CISO, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi Aashish Jain, Principal Business Manager – Customer Advisory, SAS India |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm |
Key Address:Smart Policing: Kerala Police’s Technology Transformation Journey P Prakash, Inspector General of Police, State Crime Records Bureau and Nodal Officers CCTNS and ICJS, Kerala |
| 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm |
Panel Discussion: Reimagining Governance & Administration Through Technology: Digital Transformation, AI, and Future-Ready IT Infrastructure Moderator: Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer, the Indian Express Group Vijay Kumar, Inspector General (IT), Central Reserve Police Force, Government of India Abhishek Jain, Secretary Finance, Planning, Jal Shakti, Technical Eduxation, Economics & Statistics, Government of Himachal Pradesh Anita Ramchandran, Secretary, Women and Child Development Department, Telangana Jeya Ragul Geshan B, Director- Information Technology, Directorate of Information Technology, Tripura Rahul Gupta, Superintendent of Police, Crime & Cyber Crime-Goa, Ribandar-Goa, Government of Goa Dr. Shilpa Vijaivargia, Chief Technology Officer, Passport Seva, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India Sreekant Lanka, Chief Strategy Officer and Director, Emerging Technology, ITE&C Department, Telangana Santhi Kumari, Additional Secretary to the Government, Finance, Andhra Pradesh Nagi Reddy, Senior Vice President, CtrlS Ameeta Roy, Senior Director- Solution Architect & Adoption, Red Hat APAC |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Tea Break |
| 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm |
Key Address:Digital Transformation of India’s Maritime Sector: Navigating the Future Shyam Jagannathan, Director General of Shipping, Directorate General of Shipping, and Additional Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India |
| 4:45 pm - 5:00 pm |
Key Address:Technology/AI in Policing & Citizen-Centric Services Naveen Arora, ADG, Technical Services, Uttar Pradesh Police |
| 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Technology Sabha Excellence Awards |
| 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Free and Easy |
| 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Power Discussion on " Harnessing India’s Seven Chakras of AI: Building a Responsible Digital Future for Viksit Bharat" by IBM Rajesh Malhotra, Country Account Technical Leader Manager-Government, IBM India and South Asia |
| 8:00 pm - Onwards | Performance by Mentalist/Mind Reader followed by Networking Cocktails and Dinner |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 7:30 am-9:30 am | Breakfast and Departure |
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