Agenda : Indian Telecentre Forum 2008

Indian Telecentre Forum 2008 Conference Agenda

Day I - 29 July 2008

Session 1: Tracking the Indian Telecentre Movement

Time: 04:00 – 05:30 pm Venue: Hall No.8, Ground Floor, Pragati Maidan

Chair

Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Professor, IIT Madras, Chennai

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Panelists

Basheerhamad Shadrach, Sr Programme Officer, telecentre.org

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Dinesh Kumar Tyagi, Managing Director & CEO (e-Governance), IL&FS, New Delhi

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Ashish Sanyal, Sr Technical Director, Department of Information Technology, Government of India

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D C Mishra, Sr Technical Director, National Informatics Centre, Department of Information Technology, Government of India

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Day II - 30 July 2008
Session 2: Open Conclave of Service Centre Agencies, State Designated Agencies and State IT Secretaries
Time: 09:30 am – 11:00 am Venue: Hall No.8, Ground Floor, Pragati Maidan
Chair
	R Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Government of India *Bio-data Presentation*
Panelists
	S Abbasi, Sr Director, Department of Information Technology *Bio-data Presentation*
	R S Sharma, Principal Secretary IT, Government of Jharkhand *Bio-data Presentation*
	V S Kundu, Special Secretary IT, Government of Haryana *Bio-data Presentation*
	Parminder Singh, Director, eGOV Services, Noida, India *Bio-data Presentation*
	Nagendra Singhal, Assistant Vice President, ZOOM Developers, New Delhi, India *Bio-data Presentation*
	Anamoy Ranjan, Head, North India Operations, Comat Technologies, India *Bio-data Presentation*
	Ravi Kumar, Executive Director, Alternative for India Development, Jharkhand, India *Bio-data Presentation*
Session 3: Content, Services and Connectivity: Making the Connection
Time: 11:30 am – 01:00 am Venue: Hall No.8, Ground Floor, Pragati Maidan
Chair
	Aruna Sundararajan, CEO, CSC Programme, IL&FS *Bio-data Presentation*
Panelists
	Col. K J Singh, Director, Designmate India Pvt. Ltd, India *Bio-data Presentation*
	Sandra Pandi, Project Officer, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU, Geneva *Bio-data Presentation*
	Shahid Akbar, CEO, Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development *Bio-data Presentation*
	B Vijayalakshmi, Project Manager, India Development Gateway (InDG), India *Bio-data Presentation*
	Vaibhav Magow, Director, Marketing, Hughes Net, India *Bio-data Presentation*
	Rufina Fernandes, CEO, NASSCOM Foundation, Mumbai *Bio-data Presentation*
Session 4: Telecentre Networks: Exploring the Market of Opportunities
Time: 02:00 pm – 03:30 pm Venue: Hall No.8, Ground Floor, Pragati Maidan
Chair
	Basheerhamad Shadrach, Sr Programme Officer, telecentre.org *Bio-data Presentation*
Panelists
	Mahmud Hasan, Chief Operating Officer, Bangladesh Telecentre Network *Bio-data Presentation*
	Dr Kamolrat Intaratat, Thaitelecentre.org *Bio-data Presentation*
	Sudip Rajbhandari, Mission Swaabhimaan, Nepal *Bio-data Presentation*
	Angelo Juan Ramos, Chairperson, PhilCeCNet *Bio-data Presentation*
	Ganga Vidya, Co-ordinator, Grameen Gyan Abhiyan *Bio-data Presentation*
	Phan Huu Phong, Deputy Director, Vietnam Telecommunications Fund *Bio-data Presentation*
	Karim Kasim, Egypt ICT Trust Fund, Egypt *Bio-data Presentation*
	Ahmed M M Eisa, Sudan Telecentre Network *Bio-data Presentation*
Session 5: Sustainability of Telecentres: A Systemic Approach
Time: 04:00 pm – 05:30 pm Venue: Hall No.8, Ground Floor, Pragati Maidan
Chair
	Karishma Kiri, Director, Microsoft Corporation, USA *Bio-data Presentation*
Panelists
	Eric Spector, Executive Vice President, OneRoof, Inc., USA *Bio-data Presentation*
	Satyan Mishra, Managing Director, Drishtee, India *Bio-data Presentation*
	Capt. KJS Brar, CEO, Designmate India *Bio-data Presentation*
	Wilfred Varughese, SIFFS Community Information Centre, India *Bio-data Presentation*
	Sultanur Reza, Head of Community Information Centres, Grameen Phone, Bangladesh *Bio-data Presentation*
	Karim Kasim, Egypt ICT Trust Fund *Bio-data Presentation*
	Ujjwal Singh, Country Head Sales, Hughes Communications India Ltd. *Bio-data Presentation*

Day III - 31 July 2008
Session 6: Telecentre Academy: The Way Forward
Time: 09:30 am – 11:00 am Venue: Hall No.8, Ground Floor, Pragati Maidan
Chair
		Prof Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India *Bio-data Presentation*
Panelists
	Basheerhamad Shadrach, Sr Programme Officer, telecentre.org *Bio-data Presentation*
	Karishma Kiri, Director, Microsoft Corporation, USA *Bio-data Presentation*
	Melinda dP. Bandalaria, Associate Professor and Registrar, University of Philippines Open University *Bio-data Presentation*
	Ahmed M M Eisa, Sudan Telecentre Academy *Bio-data Presentation*
	George Varughese, President, Development Alternatives *Bio-data Presentation*