eINDIA 2011 REPORT

Whats next? If we had a supercomputer that could dream the future, we would have told you about it at the eINDIA 2011

Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat inaugurating eINDIA 2011

Indias premier ICT event, which transpired in 14-16 December 2011, at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. While delivering the inaugural address, Shri Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat said, In my mind, the letter e stands for three things that should be in governance - easy, economic and effective. The state government has initiated recruitment process, bar coding of ration cards and computerisation of all the check posts on highways through e-Governance. With an eye on the present developments and on the innovations that we can expect in the future, a range of eminent leaders, thinkers, innovators and educationists, from India and other parts of the world, presented their cutting edge ideas on how advances in ICT will transform governance, healthcare services and education. eINDIA 2011 served as a vibrant platform for discussion and debate on the core issues that we, the people, face today. If India has to fulfil its dream of bringing more development in areas of governance, education and healthcare to all parts of the country, then more work has to be done on the technology front. At eINDIA 2011, optimistic predictions far outpaced negative

Speakers: 129 School Delegates: 459 College Delegates: 257 Participating Countries: 25 Sponsors: 26 Exhibitors: 47 Visitors: 5000 Nominees for eINDIA 2011 Awards: 149 Award Winners: 32 Hits on eINDIA Website: Above One Million (eINDIA.eletsonline.com)

ones. But the essence of what the speakers said was certainly not a wishful view that sees technology as a panacea. All the speakers presented views that were grounded in reality. Shri Narendra Modi struck a chord with people in all parts of the country when in the final lines of his inaugural speech, he said, I believe that IT+IT=IT. In other words, Indian talent + Information technology = India Tomorrow. Thus our Indian talent will build the future of India with the help of IT.

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Eminent Speakers @ eINDIA 2011

Shankar Aggarwal, Additional Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of IT, Government of India

ivan John Uy, Chairman of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology, Philippines

Varesh Sinha, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Government of India

Ashank Desai, Founder and Non-Executive Director, Mastek Ltd

Ajay Kumar, Joint Secretary, e-Infrastructure/e-Learning Group, Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India

Dr Ranjit Bannerji, CEO, Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority

P K Taneja, Principal Secretary and Commissioner, Public Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of Gujarat

Shiban Ganju, President of Atrimed Pharmaceuticals and Convener, iHIND

Nivedan Sahani, Vice President and Business Head, Tata Teleservices

Rajendra P Gupta, Chairman, Board of Directors, HIMSS Asia Pacific India

T S Y Aravindakshan, Lead, Public Sector Breadth, Microsoft

Jasvant Prajapati, COO, GVK EMRI

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Glimpses

SS Mantha, Chairman, AICTE addressing the session

Veena Raizada, Next Education with Manjula Shroff, DPS

Revathi Srinivasan, Ajoy Kumar Ray, Sandeep Sharma, Srikant Bansal

S Athi, B V S Prakash, RM Bhatt, Z H Khan, Brinda Ghosh, Ashwani Duggal, GR Sivakumar

Dr Sridhar Iyer, Prof PK Banik, RP Gupta, Akshai Aggarwal, Sudhir K Jain, Rupa Chauhan, Irina Ghose

Manish Sharma, Ncomputing with Sanjiv Sharma, S Chand

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Beas Dev Ralhan, Manish Sharma, David Zeldin, Sanjiv Sharma, KJ Brar, Khozem Merchant

Shri Narendra Modi taking eINDIA 2011 round with Dr Ravi Gupta, MP Narayanan

Engaged Participants

Shri Ravi Saxena addressing the audience

Peter Mozellius, MJ Xavier, Prafulla Agnihotri, Dr Hasmukh Adhia, Bhavesh Patel

Gathering at inauguration

Cultural flavour at eINDIA 2011 Awards Night

Nikhil Gupta, Peter Mozellius, Ceaser Disilva, Brinda Ghosh, Veera Gupta, Jayanthi Ravi, Dr Tarulata, Manoj Aggarwal, KS Muralidhar, Rohit V Katira

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eINDIA 2011 Award Winners

Hall of fame
OASIS receives the award for Best Government to Business Initiative of the Year in the Jury Choice Category ICDS-GMIS (Geo-Graphical Management & Monitoring Information System for ICDS) receives the award for Best Government to Citizens Initiative of the Year in the Jury Choice Category

e-Governance of Mineral Administration (Geology and Mining) receives the award for Best Government to Business Initiative of the Year in the Public Choice Category

AISECT Financial Inclusion Model for Rural India receives the award for Best ICT in Financial Inclusion Initiative of the Year in the Public Choice Category

Community Public Private Participation through Community Knowledge Centre Model receives the award for Best Telecentre Initiative of the Year in the Jury Choice Category

HORTNET receives the award for Best Government to Government Initiative of the Year in the Public Choice Category

Online Scholarship Management System receives the award for Best ICT-Enabled eGov Initiative of the Year in the Public Choice Category

eGov Strategies and ICT enabled Initiatives at Chief Ministers Office (IT), Gujarat receives the award for Best Government to Citizens Initiative of the Year in the Public Choice Category

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IKen Library receives the award for Best ICT Enabled Content for K-12 Education in the Jury Choice Category

Eureka.in receives the award for Best ICT Enabled Content for K-12 Education in the Public Choice Category

Integrated Housing Lottery Management System (IHLMS) receives the award for Best Urban ICT Initiative of the Year in the Jury Choice Category

TeachNext receives the award for Best Assessment Tool Providers in the Public Choice Category

Online Voting System receives the award for Best Urban ICT Initiative of the Year in the Public Choice Category

Extra Marks receives the Special Mention award for Best ICT Enabled Content for K-12 Education

Shodhganga receives the award for Best ICT Enabled Higher Education Institute of the Year in the Jury Choice Category

LK Singhania Education Centre, Gotan receives the award for Best ICT Enabled School of the Year in the Public Choice Category

Gulbarga University Library receives the award for Best ICT Enabled University of the Year in the Jury Choice Category

Lovely Professional University receives the award for Best ICT Enabled University of the Year in the Public Choice Category

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Xcelerate receives the award for Best Open and Distance Learning Practices in Higher Education in the Jury Choice Category

LearningWare receives the award for Best Technology Solutions for Education Institutes in the Jury Choice Category

Community Development Programme using ICT: JNV DAVANAGERE receives the award for Best Technology Solutions for Education Institutes in the Public Choice Category

AMR APARD eLearning Project receives the Special Mention award for Best ICT Enabled Skills Development Initiative of the Year

DigiClass receives the award for Best Use of Technology for Teaching/Learning Practices in Schools (Private Sector) in the Jury Choice Category

SevenHills Health City receives the award for Best ICT-enabled Hospital of the Year in the Jury Choice Category

108 Emergency Response Service receives the award for Best Civil Society Development Agency Initiative of the Year in the Jury Choice Category

Tripura Vision Centre Project receives the award for Best Govt Policy Initiative of the Year in the Jury Choice Category

3D Technology in Education receives the award for Best Use of Technology for Teaching/Learning Practice in Schools (General) in the Public Choice Category

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