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eAgriculture India 2010 Agenda
4-6 August 2010, Hyderabad International Convention Centre, India

DAY II - 5 August 2010

Session I

9.30 am – 11.00 am

eAgriculture Policy: Perspective to Practice

	Chair: Gireesh Kumar Sanghi, MP, Rajya Sabha, Hyderabad
	Co- Chair: S Sivakumar, Chief Executive Agri businesses, ITC Ltd, Secunderabad
	Michael Riggs, Knowledge and Information Management Officer, FAO, Rome
	Dr. Rathan Kelkar, Director, Kerala IT Mission
	Dr. Abdul Samad, Dean, Bombay Veterinary College, Mumbai
	Dr. L. B. Hugar Dean (Agri.), College of Agriculture, UAS Raichur, Karnataka
	Dr. R. Saravanan, Associate Professor, CAU, Meghalaya
	L. P. Semwal, Director, Shri Jagadamba Samiti , Uttaranchal

11.00am – 11.30am

Tea / Coffee Break

Session II

11.30 am – 1.00 pm

Role of ICT in Education, Research and Extension

	Chair: Dr. T P Trivedi, Project Director- Directorate of Information and Publications of Agriculture (DIPA), ICAR, Delhi
	Dr. D Rama Rao, Principal Scientist, NAARM, Hyderabad
	Dr. Sapna Narula, Asst Professor, TERI University, Delhi
	Dr. VP Sharma, Director, MANAGE, Hyderabad
	Dr. K Nagasree, Scientist -Sr.Sc (Agril.Extension), CRIDA, Hyderabad
	Wali Khan, Principal Information Officer, Agriculture Information Service Department, Ministry of Agriculture
	Dr.D.Thammi Raju M.V.Sc.,Ph.D, Associate Professor and Univ. Head Dept.of Veterinary & AH Extension, College of Veterinary Science Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Hyderabad

1.00 - 2.00

Lunch

Session III

2.00 – 3.30 pm

Technology Challenges and Opportunities for Rural Communities

	Ajith Kumar R, Chief Coordinator- Agri Informatics, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Kerala
	Ahmed Mahmoud Eisa, Chairman, GDCO, Sudan
	Dr. C. Kathiresan, Project Manager (InDG), C-DAC, Hyderabad
	Dr. N. Chattopadhyay, Scientist – Agricultural Meteorology Division, India Meteorological Department, Pune
	Dr. K Nagasree, Scientist -Sr.Sc (Agril.Extension), CRIDA, Hyderabad
	Dr. Arun Pande, Head, TCS Innovation Lab, Mumbai
	Sherif El Tokali, Poverty Reduction, MDGs & Private Sector Team Leader, UNDP, Cairo, Egypt

3.30 – 4.00 pm

Tea / Coffee Break