Though the topic was this year's event is “Building a collaborative platform for Government, institutions and Pan India SME business opportunities”, the guests listened to the core issue - Broadband Connectivity to Rural India - discussed by the panellists and the resource persons.
VARIndia IT Forum - 2010, a unique platform to understand and evaluate government and private Partnerships towards making e-Governance projects successful across the country, was opened by the lighting of the auspicious lamp by Chief Guest Shri Subodh Kumar, IAS, Additional Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Government of India.
In his inaugural speech, Shri Subodh Kumar said, "Wireless Broadband is paving the country to the next level of development. The enormous scope and horizon that it is opening for a country like India is indeed commendable. Rural India connectivity, which is a burning issue, is soon getting addressed. Looking into the huge opportunities that it is throwing up to the different sectors of the country, it is going to spread really fast."
The forum which happened to be the eighth in a row and spanned a whole day was kick-started with Mr. Deepak Sahu, Managing Director and Publisher, Kalinga Digital Media Pvt. Ltd, delivering the welcome address to the guests and delegates. In his keynote address, Mr. Savitur Prasad, IAS, Secretary IT - Government of Delhi, presented a strong case for the IT initiatives taken by the Delhi Government. "Delhi Government has established India's first Government Radio Network (GNR), providing state of the art Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) communication system to the government agencies, participating in hosting of Common Wealth Games in Delhi."
In the first session of VARIndia IT Forum, the audience proved to be engrossing listeners as stakeholders from government, PSUs and IT Corportaes shared their ideas, experiences, strategies, cutting edge research acquired in their respective areas.
Laying stress on PGCIL's telecom business, Mr. Atanu Dasgupta, General Manager, PGCIL, said," The telecom revolution that had taken the country by storm a fews years back, still continues today. The new thrust on spreading broadband to the rural areas is also going to change the landscape of the country. The 3G auctioning that the Govt. is facilitating in the country will also open new avenues to the telecom service providers and also encourage new players to enter the market."
In his presentation that enthralled the audience, Mr. Ashish Sanyal - Sr. Director - Department of IT, Ministry of Information Technology, said, " The important role that ICT is playing in executing the crucial e-governance projects in the country has proven to improve the reach, enhance the base and minimize the processing costs. The ICT is being increasingly used by the governments to deliver its services at the locations convenient to the citizens."
The panel discussion, the most-awaited and exciting of the IT Forum , witnessed some of the best minds of the industry and the Government together in one stage. The esteemed panel comprised of Mr. Asoke K. Laha, MD, Interra Information technology, MR, Mr. Savitur Prasad, IAS, Secretary IT - Government of Delhi, Mr. Atanu Dasgupta, General manager, PGCIL, Mr. Vipin tyagi, Director, C-Dot, N K Goyal, President, CMAI, Mr. J. P. Garg, Principal Advisor, Nokia Siemens Networks, Mr. R. K. Bahuguna, Director, network Planning marketing – RAIL TEL Corporation of India, S.S. Mathur, GM-IT, CRIS,
The VARIndia IT Forum witnessed the presence of delegates from Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India. RailTel, TCIL, BSNL, C-DOT, CRIS and other PSUs who spoke about their IT roadmap & policy framework, resources, on going projects and bottlenecks.
The forum also attracted representatives from IT companies who gave presentations on their competencies and advantages as to how they could be the preferred partners in various Government Projects.
The VARIndia IT Forum also witnessed some award-giving ceremony. The awards which were given away were in two categories: The Brand of Excellence and the Most Trusted Company. In the category of Most Trusted Company, vendors including Canon, Smartlink,, LG, SAP, Intel, Cisco and HP won the awards, whereas in the Brand of Excellence category vendors Iomega, NetApp, Microsoft, IBM, Check point, Dell and Blue Coat systems received the awards.
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