13th VARINDIA IT Forum-A Success Story Retold
With topics ranging from Digitization to Mobile Governance and Skill Development to the growth in Local Manufacturing, the 13th VARINDIA IT Forum – 2015 that served as a meeting ground for the who’s who of the ICT industry and various government agencies and PSUs was an unprecedented success. Following the success of the previous year events, the Annual Forum this year was divided into two sessions –Digital India Conclave which formed the morning session and the Information Technology Forum which was held in the evening.
The day-long event kick-started with a Breakfast Session which saw participation from 25 PSU CIOs in the areas like Surface Transport, Roads, Petrochemicals, BFSI and was around the topic – “Digitization in PSUs”.
The morning session was graced by Dr Arvind Gupta, Head IT Cell – BJP, as the Chief Guest, as well as other dignitaries who included Dr C. Muralikrishnakumar, Sr Advisor – CIT & I, Niti Aayog; Shri Savitur Prasad, Principal Integrated Financial Advisor, Indian Army; Shri S. P. Kochhar, CEO, TSSC; Shri Srikant Balchandar, Group CFO, Bharti Airtel; Shri Rajan S. Mathews, DG, COAI; and Shri P. Balaji, Director, Regulatory & External Affairs, Vodafone India.
Digital India is an excellent concept. The Nine Pillars of Digital India, say, broadband highway, universal access, public Internet access, e-Governance, e-Kranti, information for all, electronics manufacturing, IT for jobs and early harvest programme need to be achieved by 2020 or before. So one has to look at the challenges and see how these need to be overcome by making proper strategies and monitoring them at regular intervals. These Nine Pillars of Digital India were discussed at the First Plenary Session which was entitled – “Achieving Digital India by 2020: Opportunities and Challenges”. The session was moderated by Dr Arvind Gupta, Head IT Cell – BJP, and was joined in by Shri S. P. Kochhar, CEO, TSSC; Shri Rajan S. Mathews, DG, COAI; and Shri Srikant Balchandar, Group CFO, Bharti Airtel.
With the creation of Digital Highway, we can access to a shareable private space on a public cloud. All citizen entitlements shall be made available on the cloud to ensure easy access. All Government documents and certificates shall become available on the cloud platform. Individuals will not be required to produce these documents for obtaining various services. Also, portability of all entitlements for individuals would be ensured through the cloud platform...See more
The day-long event kick-started with a Breakfast Session which saw participation from 25 PSU CIOs in the areas like Surface Transport, Roads, Petrochemicals, BFSI and was around the topic – “Digitization in PSUs”.
The morning session was graced by Dr Arvind Gupta, Head IT Cell – BJP, as the Chief Guest, as well as other dignitaries who included Dr C. Muralikrishnakumar, Sr Advisor – CIT & I, Niti Aayog; Shri Savitur Prasad, Principal Integrated Financial Advisor, Indian Army; Shri S. P. Kochhar, CEO, TSSC; Shri Srikant Balchandar, Group CFO, Bharti Airtel; Shri Rajan S. Mathews, DG, COAI; and Shri P. Balaji, Director, Regulatory & External Affairs, Vodafone India.
Digital India is an excellent concept. The Nine Pillars of Digital India, say, broadband highway, universal access, public Internet access, e-Governance, e-Kranti, information for all, electronics manufacturing, IT for jobs and early harvest programme need to be achieved by 2020 or before. So one has to look at the challenges and see how these need to be overcome by making proper strategies and monitoring them at regular intervals. These Nine Pillars of Digital India were discussed at the First Plenary Session which was entitled – “Achieving Digital India by 2020: Opportunities and Challenges”. The session was moderated by Dr Arvind Gupta, Head IT Cell – BJP, and was joined in by Shri S. P. Kochhar, CEO, TSSC; Shri Rajan S. Mathews, DG, COAI; and Shri Srikant Balchandar, Group CFO, Bharti Airtel.
With the creation of Digital Highway, we can access to a shareable private space on a public cloud. All citizen entitlements shall be made available on the cloud to ensure easy access. All Government documents and certificates shall become available on the cloud platform. Individuals will not be required to produce these documents for obtaining various services. Also, portability of all entitlements for individuals would be ensured through the cloud platform...See more
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