Shri Ravi Saxena speaks about Gujarat govt’s policy in making on IT and electronics

Ahmedabad, 2 December 2011

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will open the seventh edition e-India, the country’s largest conference on information and communication technologies (ICT), at Mahatma mandir in Gandhinagar on December 14. Shri Ravi Saxena, Additional Chief Secretary(ACS), Department of Science and Technology Gujarat, and General Program Chair announced this today at a press conference in Ahmedabad. This is the first time that this is being organised outside New Delhi or Hyderabad.

The three-day event is jointly organised by the Union Government’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Gujarat Government, in collaboration with Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd. The event is being co-organised by the Department of Information Technology, the Ministry of Communications and IT, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS). This is the first time that this is being organised outside New Delhi or Hyderabad, where the conference was organised four times and twice, respectively, during the last six years.

Mr Saxena also said the Gujarat Government’s new IT policy will be announced next year, in tandem with the Centre’s IT policy.

About 4,000 participants, including bureaucrats, corporate leaders and experts, are expected to participate in the event in which three major thematic sessions on e-governance, education and health will have about 50 sub-sessions with 400 speakers. An exhibition showcasing products and services and e-India awards will be other attractions.

About one million votes have already been polled recommending the awards in various categories.

Mr. Ravi Gupta, Programme Convener and CEO of Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd said, “this conference would be a unique platform of sharing knowledge, challenges, ideas and best practices among stakeholders driving ICT initiatives in the domain of Governance, Healthcare and Education. It would have thought provoking session, workshop, interactions etc. It would have three major tasks focusing on eGov, digital and eHealth under multiple thematic sessions.”

Mr. Sunil Kakkad, CMD-SIS and the platinum sponsor of the conference said, “this conference expects to bring together more than 4000 high level representatives from ICT industry, government, civil society , academia and private sector from India. As a company deals in hardware, system integration and Telecom equipments manufacturing, eINDIA is a platform for all the stakeholders in the ICT Community for knowledge sharing and learning. I look forward to participating in such enriching event.”