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Digital Learning India aims to take stock of the overall progress in using technologies as the enabler of education. The conference will also deliberate on the enabling infrastructure and policies, challenges of resources and identify the critical success factors that build and sustain initiatives in ICT in education. The conference will provide a platform for policymakers, practitioners, industry leaders and academicians to share experience, knowledge and perspective on integrating technologies in all level of education as well as introducing technology education at all level. It will provide a forum for showcasing and learning from best practices, explore solutions to meet challenges and discuss issues and strategies for best utilizing the potential of ICT in education. The conference will also deliberate on the future strategies for education that can strengthen the knowledge society.

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eGov eIndia 2006
Day 1, 23 August 2006

8.00 -9.00 am	Delegates Registration And Welcome Tea
9.30 -11.00 am	Grand Inaugural vision sessionWelcome Address by Dr. M P Narayanan, President, CSDMS Introductory Remarks by Dr. Maxine Olson, UNDP Resident Representative to India and UN Resident Coordinator Address by Prof. M S Swaminathan, Chairman, MSSRF Address by Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM Guest Address by Kraisorn Pornsutee, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Royal Thai Government Presidential Address by Jainder Singh, Secretary, DIT, Government of India Inaugural Address by Hon’ ble Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister for Science & Technology and Ocean Development, Government of India Vote of Thanks by Ravi Gupta,Director,Centre for Science,Development and Media Studies (CSDMS)
11.00 -12.00 am	Inauguration of Exhibition
12.00-1.00 pm	Convocation of Jamshedji Tata National Virtual Academy for Rural Prosperity Fellows
1.00 – 2.00 pm	Lunch
2.00- 3.30 pm	Plenary I – Panel Discussion India’s e-Government Journey:Where can India be in 2010?Moderator: Basheerhamad Shadrach, International Development Research Cooperation (IDRC) Panelists: M Rajamani, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India Neelam Dhawan, Managing Director, Microsoft R Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, Department of Information Technology (DIT), Govt. of India Rahul Sarin, Additional Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG), Government of India Wajahat Habibullah, Chief Information Commissioner, Government of India
3.30 – 4.00 pm	Tea/coffee break
4.00 – 5.30 pm	Plenary II – Panel Discussion e-Government in India: How not to re-invent the wheel?Moderator: Vikram Chand, Senior Public Sector Management Specialist, World Bank Panelists:Ajay Sawhney, Joint Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India J Satyanarayana, CEO, National Institute of Smart Government (NISG) N Vijayaditya, DG, National Informatics Centre (NIC), Government of India R Ramakrishnan, Director – Emerging Markets Development Group, SAP India Sudipta K Sen, CEO, SAS
5.30 – 7.00 pm	Exhibitors’ Reception
7.00 pm onwards	Dinner Panel Alok Bhardwaj, Vice-President, Canon-India Rohit Kumar, Country Head, Microsoft Shantanu Prakash, CEO, Educomp Subhash C Khuntia, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development Dinner Speech by Shri Mani Shankar Aiyer, Hon’ble Minister of Panchayati Raj and Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India

Day 2, 24 August 2006

8.00 -9.00 am	Registration
9.30 -11.30 am	Plenary Panel Discussion Harnessing Public-Private Partnerships for e-GovernmentModerator – Prof Subhash Bhatnagar, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Panelists: D Krishnan, IRS, Principal Consultant and Advisor, National e-Governance Plan Programme Management Unit, DIT, Govt. of India Sanjay Jotshi, VP Marketing Nortel India Shekhar Agrawal, Vice President – Enterprise Solution Division, Alcatel South Asia Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director, Symantec YS Mallik, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Company Affairs, Govt. of India
11.00-11.30 am	Tea/coffee Break
	Shahjahan Hall	Alamgir Lounge
11.30 – 1.00 pm	e-Governance in Municipalities (Special Session in partnership with USAID India) Chairperson: R Rajamani, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Govt. of India R K Chaturvedi, Director IT, MoUD Hitesh Vaidya, Indo-US FIRE (D) Project, USAID N Srikanth, Municipal Commissioner, Vishakapatnam Sanjay Jaju, Commissioner, Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Neeta Shah, Director e-Governnace, Govt. of Gujarat Krishna Rupanagunta, COO, e-Governments Foundation,Bangalore	Standards and Interoperability Chairperson: M. Moni, DDG, NIC, Govt. of India Suchitra Pyarelal, Technical Director, NIC, Govt. of India Renu Budhiraja, Director, DIT, Govt. of India Neel Ratan, Executive Director, Pricewaterhouse & Coopers (PwC) Umesh Nandvani, Director, STQC, DIT, Govt. of India Sriram Kadambi, Technical Lead, Telelogic
1.00-2.00 pm	Lunch
2.00- 3.30 pm	Central Mission Mode Projects:Current Status and Way Forward Chairperson: Subas Pani, Chief Secretary, Orissa Government B B Nanawati, Commissioner of Income Tax (Systems), Govt. of India Justice G C Bharuka, Chairman, E-Committee on National Programme of Computerisation of Judiciary, Govt. of India Gopalakrishnan P K, General Manager, Wipro Infotech R R Dash, Chief Passport Officer, Govt. of India S Angiah, Business Development Manager, Adobe India & SAARC V Sridhar, DG, Customs & Central Excise, Govt. of India	State Wide Area Network (SWAN): Implementation Issues Chairperson: Ashis Sanyal, Director, DIT, Govt. of India M Chandrasekhar, Vice President, United Telecoms Limited Ram Sewak Sharma, Principal Secretary IT, Govt. of Jharkhand Raj Kumar, Secretary, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of Gujarat P M Sasi, Additional Director, CDAC Kerala Vishal Dev, Director IT, Govt. of Orissa
3.30 – 4.00 pm	Tea/coffee Break
4.00 – 5.30 pm	State Initiatives in e-Governance Chairperson: G Narendra Kumar, Secretary IT Government of NCT of Delhi Amit Gosain, Task Force Manager, Govt. of Uttaranchal Anurag Srivastava, Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi, Secretary IT, Govt. of Punjab Zohra Chatterji, Secretary IT, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh Amod Kumar, District Magistrate, Faizabad, U.P K Vijayan, Deputy Director, Dept of Agriculture, Kerala	Building Robust Government Procurement Systems Chairperson: Prakash Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Ocean Development, Govt. of India A K Saxena, DDG (S&D), Govt. of India Amarendra Sinha, Secretary, Urban Development, Govt. of Uttaranchal Jaijit Bhattacharya, Country Director, Government Strategy, SUN Microsystems India Kailash Agarwal, Regional Head-eGovernance/GIS Practice, NIIT Technologies Pte Ltd P Raghuveer, Addl Secretary IT, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh

Day 3, 25 August, 2006

8.00 -9.00 am	Registration
9.30 -11.00 am	Plenary SessionIntegrated Service Delivery for Citizens Chairperson: S N Tripathy, Secretary IT, Government of Orissa Amitabh Pandey, Former Group GM, IRCTC, Indian Railways Andrea DiMaio, Analyst and Vice President, Gartner Rohit K Singh, Secretary IT, Government of Rajasthan Shyamalima Banerjee, Director Public Grievances, DARPG, Government of India Dr. Srinivasan Ramani, Director, HP Labs India Tushar Pandey, Country Head — Strategic Initiatives Development & Knowledge Banking, YES Bank Ltd.
11.00-11.30 am	Tea/coffee Break
11.30 – 1.00 pm	International Perspectives on e-Government Chairperson: S P Singh, Director, DIT, Govt. of India Bimal Pratap Shah, National Information Technology Center, Nepal Mike Mayer, Vice President, Emerging Markets Development Group, SAP San Ng, Asia Foundation Teresa Maria Camba, Director, National Computer Centre, Govt. of Philippines YS Kim, e-Government Advisor, Korea	Capacity Building: Roadmaps & Roadblocks Chairperson: S R Das, Sr. Director, DIT, Govt. of India Dhrupad Mathur, Senior Consultant, DIT, Govt. of India Anurag Srivastava, Vice President, Wipro Piyush Gupta, General Manager, NISG Ashish Basu, President, Knowledge Solutions Business, NIIT Ltd Mukul K Sinha, Managing Director, Expert Software Consultants Ltd.
1.00 – 2.00 pm	Lunch
2.00- 3.30 pm	Secure e-Government Chairperson: Dr. K Subramanian, DDG, NIC Debjani Nag, Asst. Controller (Technology) Controller of Certifying Authorities, MoCIT, Govt. of India Kris Dev, International Transparency and Accountability Network Rajesh Kumar, Technical Lead, Government and Defense, Nortel Unmesh Deshmukh, Director – Specialist Sales & Services, Symantec	e-Health Chairperson: J P Mishra, Programme Advisor, European Commission Technical Assistance, Health & Family Welfare Program Toms K Thomas, Senior Manager, ESAF, Kerala Ravi Agarwal, CEO, Toxic Links Nidhi Dani, RMSI Pvt. Ltd.
3.30 – 4.00 pm	Break
4.00 – 5.30 pm	Valedictory Session Chairperson: Dr. M P Narayanan, President, Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies Panelist: Adrian Marti, Deputy Country Head, Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency (SDC) Piti Premotedham, Managing Director, Asia South, Computer Associates Subash C Khuntia, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt of India R. Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, Department of Information Technology (DIT), Government of India Valedictory Address by Amitabha Pande, Secretary, Inter-State Council, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India

digital LEARNING Agenda

Day 1, 23 August 2006

8.00 -9.00 am

Delegates Registration And Welcome Tea

9.30 -11.00 am

Grand Inaugural vision session

Welcome Address by Dr. M P Narayanan, President, CSDMS

Introductory Remarks by Dr. Maxine Olson, UNDP Resident Representative to India and UN Resident Coordinator
Address by Prof. M S Swaminathan, Chairman, MSSRF
Address by Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM
Guest Address by Kraisorn Pornsutee, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Royal Thai Government
Presidential Address by Jainder Singh, Secretary, DIT, Government of India
Inaugural Address by Hon’ ble Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister for Science & Technology and Ocean Development, Government of India
Vote of Thanks by Ravi Gupta, Director, Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS)

11.00 -12.00 am

Inauguration of Exhibition

12.00-1.00 pm

Convocation of Jamshedji Tata National Virtual Academy for Rural Prosperity Fellows

1.00 – 2.00 pm

Lunch

2.00- 3.30 pm

International perspectives in ICT in Education

Chairperson: Kesav Desiraju, Jt Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt of India
Dr Edilberto de Jesus, Director, South-east Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO), Thailand
Dr Dorothy Gordon, Director, Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence in IT, Ghana
Minja Yang, Director and representative, UNESCO-India
Prof Yin Cheong Cheng, President, Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA )
Col K J Singh, Director, Designmate

3.30 – 4.00 pm

Tea/coffee break

4.00 – 5.30 pm

Panel Discussion
Framework for ICT in education policy by Global eSchools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI)

Chairperson: Subhash C Khuntia, Jt Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

Moderator: Dr Ashish Garg, GeSCI
Patti Swarts, Education Strategist, GeSCI
Alfred Ilukena, Under Secretary:Formal Education, Ministry of Education, Government of Namibia
Dr K K Gupta, Director IT, Department of Education, Govt. of Rajashthan
Vivek Bharadwaj, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

e -Learning : The technology and learning perspective

Chairperson: Dr G Narendra Kumar, IT Secretary, Govt of National Capital Territory of Delhi
Dr A Chauhan,President, Amity (to be confirmed)
M G Bala Prasanna, Project Manager, Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad
Soumya Kanti, Senior Vice-President, Educomp
Ashish Duggal, Director-Marketing, GILAT

Indira Yadav , Director, Primary Education, Municipal Corporation, Delhi

7.00 pm onwards

Dinner Panel

Chairperson:
Subhash C Khuntia, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development
Rohit Kumar, Country Head, Microsoft
Shantanu Prakash, CEO, Educomp
Alok Bhardwaj, Vice-President, Canon-India
Shri Mani Shankar Aiyer, Hon’ble Minister of Panchayati Raj and Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India

Day 2, 24 August 2006

9.00 -10.30 am

Special session by American India Foundation Integrating Technology into Education- the American India Foundation-Digital Equaliser way

Keynote: Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Vice Chairperson of the Planning Board,
Government of Punjab
Shankar Venkateswaran, Executive Director, American India Foundation
Sunder Krishnan , Head ICT, American India Foundation
Annie Koshy , Principal/Teacher, St Mary School, Delhi

Special session by Plan InternationalICT for Children

Moderator: Randeep Kaur,Plan International

Presenters:
Douglas Bell, Education Development Centre
Karnaram Punar, Urmool, Rajasthan

10.30-11.00 am

Networking Tea/coffee Break

11.00 – 1.00 pm

Special session by American India FoundationTechnology in schools-Building Partnerships for Success

Moderator: Manas Chakrabarty, Head HIWEL
K Chandramouli, State Project Director, Andhra Pradesh
J Shankar, Azim Premji Foundation, India
Ashutosh Chadda, Manager-Education, Intel, India
Dr Poonan Batra, Central Institute of Education, Delhi University
Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM
Shankar Venkateswaran, Executive Director, American India Foundation

Panel discussion: Plan International
ICT for Children – Opportunities for rural areas

Moderator: Randeep Kaur, Plan International
Dr Nilay Ranjan,Oneworld South Asia
Ajay Kapoor, Oracle India
Priti Patil, CDAC, Mumbai
Sajan Venniyoor , Prasar Bharti
Douglas Bell , Sr. Technical Officer, Education Development CentreDiscussion and Q & Answer session

1.00-2.00 pm

Lunch

2.00- 3.30 pm

Government initiatives in ICT in ‘Education for All’

Chairperson: N K Sinha, Jt Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development (To be confirmed)

Amit Kaushik , Director, Ministry Of Human Resource Development (to be confirmed)
Namrata Kumar , State Project Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Uttaranchal
Meena Bhat , State Project Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Gujarat
Unmesh Gergaonkar, Deputy project Director Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Maharashtra
M C Pant, Chairman, National Institute of Open Schooling
O N Singh, Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti
Discussion – recommendations

e-Learning: Process, Technology, Capacity building

Chairperson: Col. K J Singh, Director, Designmate
Flor Hurtado , Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicación Educativa (ILCE) , Mexico
Tess Camba, Commission on Information and Communications Technology, Philippines (TBC)
Dr Safiqul Islam,Programme Head , BRAC, Bangladesh
Sanna Juutinen, Researcher , University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Zahid H Khan, Hony.Director, FTK, Centre for Information Technology, Jamia Milia University
Dr. Poonam Rani Gupta , CDAC, Delhi Discussion – recommendations

3.30 – 4.00 pm

Networking Tea/coffee Break

4.00 – 5.30 pm

Panel discussionTechnology integration in classroom: Challenges and opportunities

Moderator: Dr. Gaurav Bhatnagar, Vice President, Educomp
Manisha Solanki, Development Advisor, European Commission, India
Alexa Joyce, Assistant Project Officer , UNESCO, Bangkok
G. Balasubramanian, Former Director of Academics, Central Board of Secondary Education
Abhinav Dhar, Senior Vice-President, Educomp
Kalpana Kapoor, Principal, DPS, Vasundhara
Indrajit Bhattacaharya, Additional Director, DOEACC Society
Dr Morten Falch, Danish Technological Institute

e-learning: Process, Technology, Capacity building

Chairperson: Sonjib Mukharjee, CEO, Metalearn
Vivek Agarwal, CEO, Liqvid
Uday Singh Pawar, Assistant Researcher, Microsoft Research India
Srikanth B. Iyer, President & COO, Edurite
Kinkini Dasgupta Misra, Scientist , Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science and Technology
Anil Jaggi, Education Consultant
Discussion – recommendations

Day 3, 25 August, 2006

9.00 -10.30 am

Leadership reflections in ICT integration in education: Technology, Content, Capacity building

Chairperson: Dr Dorothy Gordon, Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence in IT, Ghana
Nancy Knowlton, President & Co-CEO, Smart Technologies Inc.
Shantanu Prakash, CEO, Educomp
Capt. K J S Brar, CEO Designmate
Prabish Chandran, Director, Vidyatech

Open Technologies in education in India
Prof Vijay Kumar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (MIT), Advisor to the Knowledge Commission
Jeff Merriman , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (MIT)
Phil Long, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (MIT)

10.30-11.00 am

Networking Tea/coffee Break

11.00 – 1.00 pm

Government perspectives in ICT in Education
Chairperson:
P R Srivastava, Jt Commissioner (Admin), Kendriya Vidyalaya Samiti (Too be confirmed)
Dr K Subramanium, Deputy Director General, National Informatics Centre
Shashi Bhushan, HOD-Edusat, Central Board of Secondary Education
Shashi Bhushan, Reader, Indira Gandhi National Open University
M Sudesh, Assistant Director, Training and Pedagogy, Department of Education, Government of Maharashtra
L K Atheeq, State Project Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Govt. of Karnataka

Panel discussion by QUEST-USAID
Public Private Partnerships for ICT in Education – QUEST-USAIDAakash Sethi, Executive Director, QUEST Alliance
Ujwal Thakkar, CEO, Pratham
Nalini Gangadharan, Chairperson & Trustee Child and Police (CAP).
Douglas Bell, Sr. Technical Officer, Education Development Centre
Madhu Ranjan, Education Officer, USAID
Microsoft India Representative

1.00 – 2.00 pm

Lunch

2.00- 4.00 pm

Measurement and evaluation of e-Learning, localization and large scale take-up of e-Learning

Chairperson: Subhash Khuntia, Jt Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Gov of India
Prof Utpal Malik, NCERT
Shankar Venkateswaran, America India Foundation
Vivek Bharadwaj, Ministry of Human Resource Development
Nalin Jena, World Bank
Manas Chakrabarty, Head ,HIWEL

4.00 – 4.30 pm

Networking Tea/coffee Break

4.30 – 5.30 pm

Valedictory Session

Chairperson: Dr. M P Narayanan, President, Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies
Panellists:
Adrian Marti, Deputy Country Head, Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency (SDC)
Piti Premotedham, Managing Director, Asia South, Computer Associates
Subash Khuntia, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India
R. Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, Department of Information Technology (DIT), Government of India

Valedictory Address by Amitabha Pande, Secretary, Inter-State Council, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India

Indian Telecentre Forum Agenda
Day 1, 23 August 2006

8.00 -9.00 am	Registration
9.30 -11.00 am	Grand Inaugural vision session Welcome Address by Dr. M P Narayanan, President, CSDMS Introductory Remarks by Dr. Maxine Olson, UNDP Resident Representative to India and UN Resident Coordinator Address by Prof. M S Swaminathan, Chairman, MSSRF Address by Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM Guest Address by Kraisorn Pornsutee, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Royal Thai Government Presidential Address by Jainder Singh, Secretary, DIT, Government of India Inaugural Address by Hon’ ble Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister for Science & Technology and Ocean Development, Government of India Vote of Thanks by Ravi Gupta,Director,Centre for Science,Development and Media Studies (CSDMS)
11.00 -12.00 am	Inauguration of Exhibition
12.00-1.00 pm	Convocation of Jamshedji Tata National Virtual Academy for Rural Prosperity FellowsWelcome Address by Tara Gandhi, Advisor, Jamsetji Tata National Virtual Academy Outcome of the 3rd National Participatory Knowledge Management Workshop & Plans for Mission 2007 Training Commons, Dr. Basheerhamad Shadrach, Senior Programme Officer, International Developmental Research Centre (IDRC) Launching of Intel Learning Programme to Jamsetji Tata National Virtual Academy (NVA) & NVA Fellows by Ashutosh Chadha, Manager Education Programmes, Intel Key Note Address by Prof. M S Swaminathan, President, Jamsetji Tata National Virtual Academy Special Address by Kiran Karnik, Trustee, NASSCOM Foundation, Adrian Marti, Deputy Country Director, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Chief Guest Address by M V Rajasekharan, Hon’ble Minister of State for Planning, Planning Commission, Government of India Vote of Thanks by Nancy Anabel, Coordinator, NVA
1.00 – 2.00 pm	Lunch Break
2.00- 3.30 pm	Interaction with Mission 2007 fellows
3.30 – 4.00 pm	Tea/coffee break
4.00 – 5.30 pm	Mission 2007: The Way forward Introductory Presentation: Senthil Kumaran, MSSRFGroup Discussion Group I: Content (Leads: Dr. V Balaji, ICRISAT and D C Misra, NIC, Govt. of India) (Jahangir Hall) Group II: Convergence (Leads: Aruna Sundararajan, IL&FS, Tarun Malik, Saksham, Microsoft and V.V. Rajasekhar, ITC) (Jahanara Hall) Group III: Capacity Building (Ankhi Das, Microsoft and Namrata Bali, SEWA) (Sheeshmahal)Report back from group work Chairperson: Prof. M S Swaminathan, MSSRF Moderator: Dr. B Shadrach, IDRC/telecentre.org
5.30 – 7.00 pm	Exhibitors’ Reception
7.00 pm onwards	Dinner Panel Alok Bhardwaj, Vice-President, Canon-India Rohit Kumar, Country Head, Microsoft, India Shantanu Prakash, CEO, Educomp, India Subhash C Khuntia, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource DevelopmentAward presentation ceremony Dinner Speech by Shri Mani Shankar Aiyer, Hon’ble Minister of Panchayati Raj and Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India

Day 2, 24 August 2006

8.00 -9.00 am	Registration
9.00 -11.00 am	Telecentre Models: Global experiences – Presentations Moderator: Mark Surman, IDRC/telecentre.org Aminata Maiga, Afrilinks, Mali Subbiah Arunachalam, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, India Zulfikar Mochamad Rachman, The National Development Planning Agency, Indonesia Harsha Liyanage, Sarvodaya, Sri Lanka Isura Silva, Sarvodaya Shramadan Movement, Sri Lanka Klaus Stoll, Chasquinet, Ecuador Marianna Posfai, 4CLI, Hungary Michael Gurstein, Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training, Canada Tess Camba, Commission on Information and Communication Technology, Philippines
11.00-11.30 am	Tea/coffee Break
	Jahangir Hall	Arcade Hall
11.30 – 1.00 pm	Rural Connectivity Models for Telecentres Chairperson: Deepak Maheshwari, ISPAI Rakesh Radhakrishnan, Sun Microsystems Patrick Veron, Alcatel Prof UB Desai, Vinit Gawande, Nitin Agrawal, Aditi Dhar, Sanish Mahadik, IIT Bombay Mallikarjun Rao, Director Wireless, Nortel India Senthil Ayyasamy, Bharti Airtel Limited, India Ashish Duggal, Mr. Vinod Kaul, Gilat Dr Avinash Joshi, Tech Mahindra	Indian Telecentre Networks: The next steps Chairperson: Rufina Fernandes, NASSCOM Foundation V V Rajasekhar, ITC Representative, Drishtee J S Sandha, Jagriti e Seva Capt K J S Brar, Designmate Surendra Rana, Tarahaat Rama Hariharan, National Informatics Centre (NIC), Government of India Dr Ashok Jain, AISECT
1.00-2.00 pm	Lunch
2.00- 3.30 pm	Government Rural ICT Initiatives and IT Secretaries Panel: N S Kalsi, Secretary IT, Government of Punjab Shefali Dash, NIC, Government of India Sivasankar, Director of Kerala State IT Mission S N Tripathy, Secretary, Government of Orissa Alok Bhargava, IL& FS
3.30 – 4.00 pm	Tea/coffee Break
4.00 – 6.00 pm	International Donors Forum “Investing, Engaging, and Impacting the Telecentre Movement for Poverty Reduction and Achieving the MDGs”Introductory presentation: Richard GersterFacilitator: San Ng, The Asia Foundation, USA Dr Hyunjung Lee, ADB, Philippines Adrian Marti, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Dr Maxine Olson, UNDP Mark Surman and B. Shadrach, IDRC/telecentre.org Bengt Oberger, Sida, Sweden Jody Mahoney, TechSoup, USA Jocelyne Josiah, UNESCO

Day 3, 25 August, 2006

8.00 -9.00 am	Registration
	Arcade Hall	Sheeshmahal
9.00 -11.00 am	Telecentres:Where can India be in 2010? – Panel Discussion Chairperson: Radhika Lal, UNDP, New York N Subramanian, CDAC D C Misra, National Informatics Centre, Government of India Tarun Malik, Saksham, Microsoft	Relevant Technologies with impact in the Telecentre Movement Chairperson: Dr. Dinesh Kumar Tyagi – IAS, ILFS, CEO Community Centre Deepak Menon, Spectrum Placement & Mktg Ltd, Karishma Kiri, Kentaro Toyama, Microsoft Research India Zulfikar Mochamad Rachman, The National Development Planning Agency, Indonesia Prashant Chaudhary, Computer Associates Dr Hyunjung Lee, ADB
11.00-11.30 am	Tea/coffee Break
11.30 – 1.00 pm	Arcade Hall South Asian Telecentre Experiences Chairperson: S. Abbasi, DIT, Govt of India Md Shahid Uddin Akbar, ICT for Development Programme, Bangladesh AHM Sultanur Reza, AMM Yahya, Grameen Phone Ltd. Bangladesh Prof Lutfor Rahman, Founder Vice-Chancellor, Pundra university of Science and Technology, Bogra, Bangladesh Jayendra Pathak, Nepal Government, High Level Commision for Information Tachnology, Nepal Sagun Dhakhwa, Ganesh B. Ghimire, Patrick A V Hall, Prakash Manandhar, Ishwor Thapa, Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya, Nepal Shikha Shreshtha, Bellanet, Nepal Sharad Babu Shrestha, READ Nepal	Sheeshmahal Case Studies from India Open Space (more case studies are welcome to be shared) and Collating recommendationsDr Roger Harris, Roger Harris Associates, Hong Kong Dr Rajesh Arora, Government of India T K Omana, RASTA Shantanu Sengupta, Grasso Ashish Saboo, Association of ICT Tools Access Providers T N Anuradha, OneWorld South Asia Wazir Hall Collating the recommendations: International Telecentre Specialists
1.00 – 2.00 pm	Lunch
2.00- 3.30 pm	2010 roadmap and vision: How do we get there? Workplan for the Indian Telecentre movement to move forward: Implementable and thought ideasInternational Expert Group Recommendations Indian Networks Recommendations Road Map Process: Aruna Sundararajan, IL&FS, Tarun Malik, Saksham, Microsoft, Radhika Lal, UNDP, New York, B Shadrach, IDRC/telecentre.org, Veena Joshi, SDC
3.30 – 4.00 pm	Break
4.00 – 5.30 pm	Valedictory Session Chairperson: Dr. M P Narayanan, President, Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies Panelist: Adrian Marti, Deputy Country Head, Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency (SDC) Piti Premotedham, Managing Director, Asia South, Computer Associates Subash C Khuntia, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt of India R. Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, Department of Information Technology (DIT), Govt of India Valedictory Address by Amitabha Pande, Secretary, Inter-State Council, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India

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Venue: Hotal Taj Palace, New Delhi

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