GLIMPSES OF TECHNOLOGY SABHA – 19TH EDITION, 2016, KOCHI

Anant Goenka, Wholetime Director and Head-New Media, The Express Group, with the Honorable Governor of Kerala Honorable Governor of Kerala, Justice P Sathasivam, at the 19th Express Technology Sabha in Kochi
Panel discussion on ‘Co-creating Digital India – Leveraging Technology to make India smart’ (From L-R) Moderated by Biju Kadapurath, Director – Government & Public Sector Consulting , PwC India, this panel discussion included Ganga Kumar, Special Secretary and Managing Director – BSBCCL, Government of Bihar; Anubhav Sabharwal, General Manager, Government Business, Schneider Electric IT Business and Dr Rajeev Papneja, EVP/COO, ESDS, as the panelists at 19th Express Technology Sabha in Kochi
Panel discussion on best practices and examples of effective and successful e-governance services. Panelists included (From L-R) Tarun Kumar Pithode, District Collector, Rajgarh; Dr Shalini Rajneesh, Principal Secretary, Backward Classes Welfare Department, Govt of Karnataka; Amit Sharma, MD, SIDCO, Govt of Jammu & Kashmir and Nilesh B Fal Dessai, Managing Director, Info Tech Corporation of Goa Limited, at the 19th Express Technology Sabha in Kochi
Ranjan Dwivedi, Director General of Police, Home Guards, Govt of Uttar Pradesh at 19th Express Technology Sabha in Kochi
The first keynote of the Express Technology Sabha was delivered by Elias George, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala and Managing Director, Kochi Metro Rail Limited, at the 19th Express Technology Sabha in Kochi
Panel discussion on ‘Availability of Skilled Resources for fulfilling the dream of Digital India’ Moderated by Dr BK Murthy, Executive Director , C-DAC, this panel discussion debated on the importance of bridging the gap between actual demand and supply of skilled resources Panelists included (From L-R) Aniket Patange, Director APJ, Data Center Lifecycle Services, IT Business, Schneider Electric; Amit Sharma, MD, SIDCO, Govt of Jammu & Kashmir; Dr BK Murthy, Executive Director, C-DAC, Golok Kumar Simli, Principal Consultant & Head Technology, Ministry of External Affairs, Passport Seva Project and Saadut Hussain, CEO, Jammu and Kashmir e-Governance Agency, Govt of Jammu & Kashmir at 19th Express Technology Sabha in Kochi
Panel discussion on ‘Importance of Last Mile Connectivity’ Moderated by (From L-R) Arun Moral J, Director – Government & Public Sector Consulting, PwC India, this panel discussion saw the participation of eminent thought leaders such as Tom Jose, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Labour and Skills, Kerala; Ranjan Dwivedi, Director General of Police, Home Guards, Govt of Uttar Pradesh; Sanjay Sahay, ADG, Grievances & Human Rights, Government of Karnataka; Vidya Bhushan, Additional Commissioner, Commercial taxes, Noida and Puneet Ahuja, Sr. Technical Consultant, Juniper Networks, at the 19th Express Technology Sabha in Kochi
Saurabh Bhattacharya, Director Government & Public Sector Consulting, PwC India at 19th Express Technology Sabha in Kochi
Ganga Kumar, Special Secretary & MD, BSSCL, at the 19th Express Technology Sabha in Kochi
BK Murthy, Executive Director, C-DAC at 19th Express Technology Sabha in Kochi
E-governance champions recognized, at the 19th Express Technology Sabha in Kochi