SESSIONS
September 1, 2011: Inaugural Ceremony
Venue: Vishwaratna Hotel, Guwahati, Assam
1. Empowering citizens through a Connected and Unified Government - Is Northeast ready?
  Date: September 1, 2011
Venue: Vishwaratna Hotel, Guwahati
Time: 2.00 pm
Moderator: M K Yadava, Managing Director, AMTRON
Panelists:
D P Wahlang, IAS, Commissioner & Secretary, Dept. of IT, Govt of Meghalaya
Pronuj Kr. Pegu, Deputy General Manager, IDBI Bank Ltd
Subrata Das, Director - Public Services, SAP (India & Sri Lanka)
Niraj Prakash, Director - Public Sector Marketing, Microsoft India
Session Outline:

Govt of India's recent ICT policy is not only to promote the growth of IT Industry- but to use ICT for empowering citizens and ensuring transparency and accountability in governance through reliable and efficient delivery of public services.

The strategy on Connected and Unified Government includes mandating e-Delivery of Public Services, development of Shared Platforms for Public Services, Payment Gateway, Unique Identifiers for persons, property and business, GIS, Mobile enablement of services, and Standards and Interoperability, the Strategy of Empowerment of Citizens includes Bharat Nirman CSCs in every Panchayat, Every Panchayat to be connected on optical fibre, Collaborate and Promote creation of content in Local Languages - Education, Health, Agriculture, Skills etc., and Citizen Engagement and use of Social Media.

The Industry leaders will debate on the above strategy and how it will be relevant in the context of Northeast Development since infrastructure has been critical to enable access to services, especially in remote areas considering the challenges of low literacy levels, low penetration of broadband and low cost computing devices.
2. Challenges and Opportunities in Security: The Big Picture
  Date: September 1, 2011
Venue: Vishwaratna Hotel, Guwahati
Time: 3.30 pm
Chairperson: Ambarish Dasgupta, Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Speakers:
P J Nath, CEO, NELCO Ltd
Ajay Goel, Managing Director - India & SAARC, Symantec Corporation
Anil Dhawan, President, Asian Professional Security Association
Session Outline:

India is already recognized as an ICT powerhouse in the global market. But can we stay competitive? ICT security is increasingly a global concern and one of the key factors for keeping India ahead of its competition. Experts will deliberate security issues related to:

Industrial and economic espionage
International terrorism or economic crime
Manipulation of illicit contents or unauthorized use of resources
Computer surveillance and monitoring
Tyrannical control & surveillance
The need to struggle for the respect of fundamental human rights
 
September 2, 2011: Conference
Venue: Vishwaratna Hotel, Guwahati, Assam
1. Inclusive Growth: Empowering Northeast with ICT
  Date: September 2, 2011
Venue: Vishwaratna Hotel, Guwahati
Time: 11.00 am
Chairperson and Speaker: Kalyan Kar, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Infinity Knowledge Ventures

Speakers:
Prabir K Das, Jurisdictional Director, Software Technology Parks of India
Kula Saikia, Additional Director General of Police (Communications), Assam
Praveen Gupta, Chief General Manager, State Bank of India, Guwahati
Prof. Ashoke K Dutta, Director, IIM Shillong
Session Outline:

Information and Communication Technology has become the key driver for inclusive growth. While on the national level, the government is being proactive and encouraging public and private sectors to individually and collaboratively work towards gearing up rural India and connecting the disconnected into the mainstream to provide growth that is inclusive, collaborating Northeast with the reset of India in this process is our focus.

This session will bring to the forefront various areas where IT enabled inclusive growth can be achieved in the Northeastern region, namely Finance, Healthcare, Education and so on. Best practices and cross sector learning across organizations who are working towards inclusive growth will be delved into. Experts and policy makers from the region and across the country will share their experiences and identify key success factors in various areas that will lead to enablement of the Northeast with ICT for Inclusive Growth.
2. Grooming Young India
-Trends and Opportunities in Education
  Date: September 2, 2011
Venue: Vishwaratna Hotel, Guwahati
Time: 12.30 pm
Keynote Address: Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, Hon;ble Minister for Education, Health & Family Welfare, Implementation of Assam Accord, Govt. of Assam

Chairperson: Prof. Gautam Barua, Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

Speakers:
M K Yadava, Managing Director, AMTRON
Dilip Chenoy, MD & CEO, National Skill Development Corporation
Abraham Tharakan, Vice President, NIIT School Learning Solutions
Anuj Kr. Paliwal, Director, Third Eye Group of Institutions
Chaitanya Chinchlikar, Vice President - Business Development, Whistling Woods International
Soumya Kanti Purkayastha, President - Edureach, Educomp Solutions Ltd
Session Outline:

Given India’s large population there is a large scope for the education industry to establish it’s hold in this market. However due to lack of infrastructure, education options for the youth were only restricted to undergraduate levels till recently. With the launch of a dynamic education policy, India’s gateway has opened for international universities to offer their various courses to the youth of the country through national collaborations right here in India.

Indian youth can now get a chance to get under graduate, post graduate and professional degrees from global universities channelized through Indian counterparts. Indian Universities and educational institutions are now partnering international universities to offer students a variety of options, through which the youth can have preliminary studies in India and gradually upgrade to live workshops, internships and real time international experience through these global university partners.
3. Relooking at the Northeast - Exploring new growth areas
  Date: September 2, 2011
Venue: Vishwaratna Hotel, Guwahati
Time: 2.30 pm
Chairperson: Sujata Dev, Co-Chairperson, ASSOCHAM - M&E Committee
Speakers:
Anshul Gupta, Executive Director, Corporate Co-ordination, RailTel Corporation of India
Sushmita Dev, MLA, Silchar, Assam
Chaitanya Chinchlikar, Vice President - Business Development, Whistling Woods International
Sridhar V, General Manager, SIDBI Guwahat
Session Outline:

With India launching it's "Look East Policy", the Northeast is being explored as an area that would drive the new engine of growth. Northeastern India is witnessing the adoption of new strategies and technological advancements for sub-regional development. Public demand supplemented by growing interest among policy makers have urged the industry to relook at the region with a new perspective. New areas of growth need to be identified and explored for improving governance, infrastructural developments, educational reforms and overall economic expansion of the region. This session at NICT would bring forth new opportunities for the Northeastern region of India which will help to grow the region at an exponential rate.
 
 
 
 
 
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