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eINDIA 2009 is a unique platform for knowledge sharing in different domains of ICT for development and facilitates multi-stakeholder partnerships and networking among governments, industry, academia and civil society organisations of different countries, including the host country- India. The objective is to bring together ICT experts, practitioners, business leaders and stakeholders of the region onto one platform, through keynote addresses, paper presentations, thematic workshops and exhibitions. In short, the event provides an excellent opportunity for participants to interact with a wide and diverse development community.The conference and exhibition is being organised by Centre for Science, Develpment and Media Studies (CSDMS) and Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd and has the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology as its co-organiser..

eINDIA 2009, through its five seminal conferences, will focus on five emerging application domains of ICT for Development – e-Government, ICT in Education, ICT and Agriculture, and ICT enabled Health services. The five conferences – namely:

  • eGov India
  • digitalLEARNING India
  • Indian Telecentre Forum
  • eHEALTH India
  • eAgriculture India
Objectives and Outcomes : eINDIA 2009


Key Objectives of Track Conferences

  • Share the achievements, challenges and lessons learned in implementing e-Governance in India
  • Discuss the current and future security needs and issues and explore best practices in the security sector
  • Connect decision-makers, policy makers, industry experts, business leaders, to foster exchange of ideas and information impacting the power sector
  • Showcase information technology applications in the power sector
  • Provide more vistas of opportunity for partnership building, development reorganisation and capacity enhancement for the rural stakeholders
  • Bring forth views and latest news from regulators, policy makers, service providers, content providers and Infrastructure providers
  • Look at the current situation and outline desirable future developments in the field of ICT enabled education
  • Provide integrated approach of ICT supported education
  • Bring together the entire community of health IT professionals and practitioners to celebrate success stories, discuss strategies and explore opportunities awaiting the healthcare industry in India
  • Deliberate on the issues facing the telecentre movement, the journey till now, and devise new plans for the future

Expected Outcomes

  • Identifying emerging policy issues and implementation challenges facing India, and learning from different experiences
  • Preparing recommendations for policy action
  • Building stronger multi-stakeholder partnerships
  • Identifying business models that promote innovations and sustainability of ICTD projects
  • Encouraging detailed documentation of the conference process and content
  • Knowledge dissemination

Key Reasons to be at eINDIA

  • Meet key decision makers, experts, leaders & stakeholders in ICT arena at one platform
  • Meet Professional service providers, IT vendors, Telecom vendors, Consulting firms, Government agencies and National-International development organisations in the domain of ICT
  • Great networking opportunity with high profile speakers, researchers and ICT entreprenuers from India, Asia and beyond
  • Get updated on the latest developments in ICT initiatives from the industry’s leading ICT infrastructure providers
  • Benefit from in-depth conferences in the area of e-Governance, e-Learning, Telecentre, eHealth and eAgriculture. Participants will get numerous opportunities to witness innovative solutions from within the Indian ICT industry and beyond
  • High ROI for stakeholders from diverse fields: Government, Civil Society, Academia, Corporate and many more,through ample opportunities to nurture business skills, enhance citizen service delivery and deliver innovative solutions for the consumers & community
  • Special Session on National e-Governance Plan of India
  • Delegates to the event will have an access to the eINDIA exhibition which will showcase cutting edge developments in ICT
Agenda
eAgriculture India 2009 Conference Agenda & Presentations
DAY – II: 26th August 2009
09.00am – 11:00am Session –I

eAgriculture Policy-perspective to practice

Michael Riggs,Knowledge & Information Officer, FAO, Rome (Moderator)
Dr KG Karmakar, Managing Director, NABARD
Dr P Y Reddy, Director, A N G Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad
Dr. Rathan Kelkar,Director, Kerala IT Mission, Govt of Kerala
11.00am – 11:30am TEA & COFFEE BREAK
11.30am – 1:00pm Session –IIEducation, Research and Extension

Prof KR Srivathsan, Pro-Vice Chancellor, IGNOU (Chair)
Dr P Y Reddy, Director, A N G Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad
Dr. MB Chetti,Dean, UAS, Dharwad
Dr TP Trivedi,Project Director, ICAR
Dr VP Sharma,Director, MANAGE
Dr V Balaji,Head Knowledge Management and Sharing, ICRISAT
Dr P Kalaiselvan,Director of Extension Education, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
01.00pm – 02.00pm NETWORKING LUNCH
02.00pm – 03.30pm Session – IIIICT and Backward-Forward linkages in agri-input chain

Aruna Sundararajan, CEO, Common Service Centers & Digital Inclusion Initiatives (Chair)
BVS Prasad,AGM, NABARD, Hyderabad
Monirul Bashar,Group Manager, Services Group, Katalyst
Dr Sapna A Narula,GB Pant University
Dr C Kathiresan,CDAC
Nivedan Sahani,Vice President, Enterprise Services, Bharti- Airtel Limited
Santanu Sengupta,CEO Study & Jobs Worldwide
04:00 – 05:30pm Session – IV

eAgriculture- a budding reality

Dr. Rathan Kelkar, Director, Kerala IT Mission (Chair)
AGMARKNET-Raja Sekhar,Sr Technical Director, NIC, AP
Agropedia-Dr Runa Sarkar, IIM, Calcutta
Lifelines-N Rahman, Director, One World South Asia
e-velanmai – P Balaji, Asst Professor, TNAU
DAY – III: 27th August 2009
09:00am – 11:00am Session – V

eAgriculture-enabling agriculture

Seva Ratan M Moni, DDG, NIC (Chair)
S Sivakumar, CEO, e-Choupal, ITC)
Michael Riggs, Knowledge and Information Management Officer, FAO, Rome)
Niranjan Meegammana, Sri Lanka)
Dr. Arun K Nair,Nokia Life Tools)
Sudhanshu Jain,Manager Marketing, handygo)
11:00am – 11:30am TEA & COFFEE BREAK
11:30am – 01:00pm Session – VIe-Agriculture in the context of Climate Change

Dr V Balaji,Head Knowledge Management and Sharing, ICRISAT (Moderator)
Rosana P Mula,Coordinator, Learning Systems Unit (LSU), ICRISAT
Dr N H Rao,Joint Director, National Academy of Agricultural Research Management
Dr Shaik Meera,Senior Scientist, Directorate of Rice Research
Dr Sreenath Dixit,Principal Scientist National Agricultural Innovation Project, CRIDA
Ajith Kumar. R,Chief Coordinator – Kissan Kerala
01:00pm – 02:00pm NETWORKING LUNCH
02:00pm – 03:30pm
Session – VIIRole of ICT in Forging Linkages between Food (Agriculture) and Nutrition
Dr Gopi Ghosh, Assistant FAO Representative, New Delhi (Moderator)
Dr Prema Ramachandran, Director, Nutrition Foundation of India
Dr Shankar Datta, Managing Director, BASIX
Dr Geeta Kutty, Professor and Head, Centre for Gender Studies, National Institute of Rural Development
Dr V P Sharma,Director, MANAGE
Michael Riggs, Knowledge and Information Management Officer, FAO, Rome

eHealth India 2009 Conference Agenda

DAY I: August 25, 2009
10.00am-1.00pm GRAND INAUGURAL CEREMONY of eINDIA 2009
1.00pm-2.00pm LUNCH BREAK
2.00pm-2.05pm Welcome Address – eHEALTH India 2009By eHEALTH Team
2.05pm-2.20pm Opening Address

‘Transforming healthcare systems and services – an ICT-centric approach’

Dr. Ajit K Nagpal, Chairman-Executive Council, Batra Hospital & Medical Research Centre, New Delhi
2.20pm-3.30pm ‘Envisioning Healthcare Reforms’ – role of information and communication technologies (Panel Discussion)

Moderator: Dr. Ajit K Nagpal,Chairman-Executive Council, Batra Hospital & Medical Research Centre, New Delhi

Dr. Girdhar J. Gyani, Secretary General, Quality Council of India & CEO, NABH

Dr. Shakti Gupta, Professor & Head, Dept of Hospital Administration, AIIMS

Surgeon Rear Admiral (Retd.) Dr. V. K Singh, VSM, Director, IIHMR, New Delhi

Dr. V Balasubramanyam, Domain Consultant-Medical E-learning & Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore

Uday Bhaskarwar, Vice-President, Infosys Technologies

Dr. Amarnath, Project In-Charge (HMIS), Tamilnadu Health Systems Project
3.30pm-4.00pm TEA/COFFEE BREAK
4.00pm-4.20pm Keynote Address

Babu. A, CEO, Aarogyasri Health Care Trust, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh
4.20pm-5.30pm Opportunities & Best Practices in eHealth Adoption – a multi-stakeholder perspective

Chair: Dr. V Balasubramanyam,Domain Consultant-Medical E-learning & Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore

Praveen Srivastava, Director (Stats), Ministry of Health & FW, Govt. of India

Dr. Balaji Utla, CEO, Health Management & Research Institute

Dr K Ganapathy, President, Apollo Telemedicine Network Foundation

Bhudeb Chakravarti, General Manager, National Institute of Smart Government

Dr Sanjay Bijwe, Project Director & OSD (HMIS Project), Dept. of Medical Education & Drugs, Govt. of Maharashtra
DAY II: August 26, 2009
9.30am-9.50am Special Address:

‘ICT Best Practices for excellence in modern hospital operations’

Mr. Divya Sehgal,Chief Operating Officer, Apollo Health Street Ltd.
9.50am-11.00am Leveraging IT in Healthcare Organisations – Best Practices & Solutions

Chair: Surgeon Rear Admiral (Retd.) Dr. V. K Singh, VSM, Director, IIHMR, New Delhi

Dr. Karanvir Singh, Head-Medical Informatics, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi

Dr. Srinivas K Iyengar, Vice President, Care Hospitals, Hyderabad

Rahul Chatterjee, Head-Healthcare Vertical, Siemens Information Systems Ltd.
11.00am-11.30am TEA/COFFEE BREAK
11.30am-11.50pm Keynote Address

Iain Bray,Strategic Planning Group, InterSystems Corporation
11.50am-1.00pm Technologies for Clinical Excellence and Business Efficiency of Hospitals

Chair: Dr. Karanvir Singh, Head-Medical Informatics, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi

Srikanth Muthya, General Manager (Healthcare IT), GE Healthcare

Satish Kini,Chief Mentor, 21st Century Healthcare Management Solutions

Dr. Suman Bhusan Bhattacharya, VP-Clinical Services, Karishma Software
1.00pm-2.00pm LUNCH BREAK
2.00pm-2.20pm Keynote Address

‘Innovative ICT applications for multi-dimensional performance improvement of healthcare organisations’

U K Ananthapadmanabhan, President, Kovai Medical Centre & Hospital
2.20pm-3.30pm ‘Health IT Leaders’ Forum’ – mainstreaming IT in Indian hospitals

Moderator: Sandeep Sinha, Dy. Director-Healthcare Practice, South Asia & ME, Frost & Sullivan

U K Ananthapadmanabhan, President, Kovai Medical Centre & Hospital

Dr. Karanvir Singh, Head-Medical Informatics, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi

Dr. Srinivas K Iyengar, Vice President, Care Hospitals, Hyderabad

Manish Gupta, CIO, Health Care Global Enterprises, Bangalore

Vishnu Gupta, CIO, Calcutta Medical Research Institute, Calcutta

Dr. Venugopal, Medical Superintendent, Municipal Corporation of Delhi

B.S.Ganesh Babu, Sr. Manager–IT & Systems, Aravind Eye Care system, Madurai
3.30pm-4.00pm TEA/COFFEE BREAK
4.00pm-4.20pm Keynote Address

Computerised Physician Order Entry (CPOE) – Time for a Radical Prescription

Wg. Cdr. (Dr.) Sanjeev Sood, Sr. Medical Officer & Aviation Medicine Specialist, Indian Air Force
4.20pm-6.00pm Creating Seamless Healthcare Ecosystem – standards, best practices and solutions

Chair: A. Vijayarajan, Chief Executive Officer, Clintics

Dr. Dinesh Jain, Medical Informatics Specialist, Max Healthcare

Vamsi C. Kasivajjala, Executive Director-Healthcare, Sobha Renaissance IT

Prosenjit Kundu, COO, Health Hiway

Inderjith Davalur, CEO, Aosta Software Technologies

Subramaniam, Director, ezEMRx
DAY III: August 27, 2009
9.30am-9.50am Keynote Address 

Dr. Rathan Kelkar,Director, Kerala IT Mission, Govt. of Kerala
9.50am-11.00am Nivedan Sahani, Vice President, Enterprise Services, Bharti-Airtel Ltd

KVRK Rao, VP-Strategic Initiatives & Business Intelligence, SG Technologies

Dr. Ruchi Dass, Business Head, Kayaguru Health Solutions

Dr. Shabbir S. Abdul, Researcher, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan

Dinusha Vatsalan, School of Computing, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
11.00am-11.30am TEA/COFFEE BREAK
11.30am-11.50am Keynote Address

‘Exploring funding landscape in emerging Indian healthcare industry – current trends and future projections’

Dr. Rana Mehta, VP-Healthcare Practice, Technopak Advisors
11.50am-1.00pm Venture Capitalists’ & PE Investors’ Forum – appraising investment worthiness among healthcare providers and technology players

Moderator: Dr. Rana Mehta, VP-Healthcare Practice, Technopak Advisors

Vikram Gupta, COO, India Ventures

Sateesh Andara, Venture Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Yash Shenoy, Invascent

Monika S. Shah, Acumen Fund
1.00pm-2.00pm LUNCH BREAK
2.00pm-2.20pm Keynote Address

‘Leveraging Technology for Emergency Management & Healthcare Delivery’

Venkat Changavalli, CEO, GVK-EMRI
2.20pm-3.30pm Universalising Healthcare through Technology – developments and best practices

Chair: R S Verma, Joint Director, Ministry of Communications & IT, Govt. of India

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Salil Garg, Sr. Cardiologist, Command Hospital, Pune

Dr. Pradeep Bhardwaj, COO, Ojjus Medicare Group

Dr. P C Jain, Professor & Head, C-DAC, Noida

Holger Mönnich, Researcher, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
3.30pm-4.00pm TEA/COFFEE BREAK
4.00pm-5.30pm eINDIA 2009 VALEDICTORY SESSION

 

 

Digital Learning Track

DAY I    25 August 2009
8.00 am- 9.30 am Registration
9.30 am-11.30 am eINDIA2009 Inauguration & Opening Plenary
11.30 am-1.00 pm eINDIA2009 Exhibition Inauguration
1.00 pm-2.00 pm Networking Lunch
2.00 pm-3.30 pm Keynote 1: Digital Competencies in the National Education Programmes & PoliciesCHAIR: S C Khuntia,Joint Secretary, School Education, Government of India (GoI)Ashish Garg,Regional Coordinator – Asia, Global eSchools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI)L Balasubramanian,President, NIITMeena Ganesh,CEO, Edurite TechnologiesCol K J Kang, Director, Designmate
3.30 pm-4.00 pm Tea & Coffee Break
4.00 pm-5.30 pm Keynote 2: ICT Applications in Managing changeCHAIR: Prof V N R Pillai,Vice Chancellor, IGNOUPanelists:Dr Duk-Hoon Kwak,President, Korea Education & Research Information Service (KERIS), KoreaTerry Wason,Country Manager for India, SMART TechnologiesB Gopalakrishnan,DGM HCL Infosystems
DAY II    26 August 2009
8.00am-9.00am Breakfast / Registration
Higher Education ForumSession 3: Presentation Session Changing face of Higher education: Technology Practices & PrioritiesCHAIR: Shakila Shamsu,Jt Advisor (Education), Planning CommissionB K Murthy,Director, DITMr Duk-Hoon Kwak,President, Korea Education & Research Information Service (KERIS)Dr Iyyanki V Murali Krishna,Adjunct Professor, Asian Institute of Technology-BangkokAdrian Hall,Consultant, Okapi Consultancy, UKDr K P Hewagamage, Head, eLearning, UCSC, COlombo

 

Dr Tapan Panda, President, Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Everonn

School Education Forum

Session 4: Panel Discussion

Education for All Opportunity with ICTs: Policy Vs Practice

CHAIR: Ashish Garg, Regional Coordinator-Asia, Global eSchools & Communities Initiative

Anwar Sadat, IT@School, Government of Kerala

Saptarshi Basu, SMART Technologies

Amit Gupta, CEO, HMSC

Rajeev Katyal, Director Education, Microsoft

Muralidhar K S, CEO, Learnsmart

L Balasubramanian, President, NIIT
11.00am-1.30am Tea & Coffee Break
11.30am-1.00pm Session 5:Bridging the skill gap with technical vocational education (Special Session by DGE&T, Ministry of Labour & Employment, GOI)CHAIR: Sharada Prasad,Director General DGE&T, Ministry of Labour & Employment, GOINominated Chair: R.K.Chugh, Deputy Director General – Training, DGE&T, Ministry of Labour & Employment, GOIManish Bharadwaj, Director,Technical Education, Govt of GujaratS J Amalan,Regional Director, App Training, Ministry of Labour WelfareVikas Singh,CEO, Crux Management, Hyderabad 

Vikas Garg, CEO and Director, Micronet

Prof. N.B. Sudershan Acharya, Founder & National Co-ordinator, Lead India 2020 Foundation

 

Session 6:  Conclave of School Leaders on ‘Challenges & Opprtunities of ICTs in Education’

Moderator: Ashish Garg, Regional Coordinator-Asia, Global eSchools & Communities Initiative

Key Respondents:

Simmi Kher, Director, The Indian Heights

 

V Nageswara Rao, Deputy Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti

Rittika Chanda Parruck, British Council

Sricharan, Director, Chaitanya School,Hyderabad

P Mohna Kumar Nazmul Hasan Munshi, NIIT

(A conclave of around 100 school leaders)
1.00 pm-2.00 pm Networking Lunch
2.00 pm-3.30 pm Session 7: ICTs in Alternate Education: Exploring the other side of mainstream Learning(Special session by Indira Gandhi National Open University)Chair: Prof. K R Srivatsan,Pro Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)Panelists:Sukant Kole,Consultant, ACIIL, IGNOUDr Akshay Kumar,Reader, School of Computer and Information Sciences, IGNOUDr. V Balaji, Head Knowledge Management and Sharing, ICRISAT

Satish Kaushal, Country Manager, Government and Education, India/South Asia

Session 8: Professional development with ICT

CHAIR: Prof Bakshi, Director, Institute of Life Long Learning, Delhi University

C.Finil Jophila, Lecturer/Education, Dr MGR University, Adayalampattu, Chennai

Dr Sharad Sinha, RIE, NCERT, Ajmer

 

Taj-Biul Hasan, Producer, Media Division, Bangladesh Open University

Prof Sandeep Kayastha, Dean-Content, Everonn

Krishan Khanna, Chairman, i2K Solutions

Ajay Kapoor, Director, Oracle Education Initiatives-India

 
3.30 pm- 4 .00 pm Tea & Coffee Break
4.00 pm-5.30 pm Session 9: ‘Indian Community Colleges at a turning point: Technology leading the Pathways’(Special Workshop session by Indira Gandhi National Open University)Moderators: Dr Latha Pillai,Pro ViceChancellor, IGNOUVikas Singh, CEO,Crux Management, HyderabadSession 10: (Presentation session) Networks and collaboration on and beyond campusesCHAIR: Ashish Garg,Regional Coordinator-Asia, Global eSchools & Communities InitiativeVikram Desai, Group Head, DECU, ISRODavid Mathias, British Council, Thailand/ Rittika Desai, British Coucil-India

Will Glennon, President, Global Classroom Connections, US

Simmi Kher, Director, The Indian Heights

 

Dr John Collick, Senior International Education Manager, Promethean

 
6.00pm onwards eINDIA Awards Night & Gala Dinner
DAY III    27 August 2009
Higher Education ForumSession 11: Conclave of University Leaders on ‘Best Practices to Next Practices’Moderator: Shakila Shamsu, Jt Advisor (Education), Planning CommissionProf A K Bakhshi,Director, Institute of Life Long Learning, University of DelhiProf K Kannan,Vice Chancellor, University of NagalandDr Iyyanki V Murali Krishna,Adjunct Professor, Asian Institute of Technology – BangkokV. Sesha Sai,Solutions Specilaist, Microsoft Corporations (India) Pvt. Ltd.Professor Bala Veeramacheneni, CEO, ConedTec

 

Dr. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, Director, G. Ram Reddy Centre for Distance Education, Dr. B R Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad

Kamal Bijlani, Director of eLearning Initiatives, Amrita University, Kerala

School Education Forum

Session 12: (Panel Discussion cum presentation)

ICT Best Practices to Next Practices

CHAIR: Stephen Jury, Vice Chairman – Education Strategy, Promethean

 

Sricharan, Director, Chaitanya School, Hyderabad

Suresh Jha, Vice President, OLPC India

Manish Sharma, Vice President, APAC, NComputing

Gautham More, Technology Head NIIT

 

 
11.00am-11.30 pm Tea & Coffee break
11.30 am-1.00 pm Session 13: Research & Innovations in ICT and educationFlorin Pop,Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and IT, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaDr Subashini Suresh,University of Wolverhampton, UKDr Joy Mukhopadhyaya,Prof Management, Institute of Business Managment & Research, BangloreNirmal Roy, Associate Dean, national Institute of Technology, DurgapurShanthi S, Research Scholar,CEG, Anna University, ChennaiRanjit Singh, CEO, Genee Solutions

 

Pankaj Rai, CEO, India, Cyber Learning

Session 14: Smart Classrooms: Technology Challenges & Insights

CHAIR: Dr Madhav Pulipati, CEO, e-GIGA, Institute for e-Governance, IT & C Dept, Govt of Andhra Pradesh

P K Das, State Project Director, Sarva Shisha Abhiyan, Government of Haryana

Terry Wason, Country Manager for India, SMART Technology

 

Srikanth B Iyer, COO, Edurite Technologies

Paramjeet Johar, Director, Designmate

Abraham Tharakan, General Manager, Design and Development, School Learning Solutions, NIIT

Chris Stevens, Director Education, Houghton Miffin Harcourt

 
1.00 pm-2.00 pm Networking Lunch
2.00 pm-3.30 pm Session 15: E-Learning models & MechanismsCHAIR: Dr N Sarat Chandra Babu,Director, C-DAC, Hyderabad, JNT University Campus, Kukatpally, Hyderabad

    1. Deepak Ramteke, Assistant Professor, Symbiosis Institute of Technology

 

    1. M R Ganesh Kumar, Vice President Technology Solutions, LearningMate

 

Session 16: Industry Leaders’ Conclave

CHAIR: Dr CSR Prabhu, DDG, NIC

  1. Sanjiv Gupta, Co-Founder, LernSmart
  2. Paramjeet Johar, Director, Designmate
  3. Jasvinder Singh, CEO, WordsWorth
  4. Vivek Aggarwal, CEO, Liqvid
  5. Amit Gupta, CEO, HMSC
  6. Sonjib Mukharjee, CEO, InVidya
  7. Ranjit Singh, CEO, Genee Solutions
  8. Devraj Shetty, Senior Vice President & Head – eLearning Business, Sify Technologies Ltd
3.30pm-4.00pm Tea Break
4.00 pm onwards Valedictory Session

 
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Date: 25-27 August 2009
Venue: HICC, Hyderabad, India

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