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We are pleased to announce and bring to you a FOUR Days Mega Virtual Conclave that aims to focus on FOUR sectors – SME, BFSI, Digital India, SMART Cities under the umbrella of IGNITE 2021 – What Next. In the light of the Pandemic situation, it is pertinent to discuss, brainstorm and dialogue on our future course of actions as one global community. Additionally, over a period of time, we have come a long way in mobilizing these communities and we genuinely feel that there is a need for all of us as Stakeholders to create a roadmap for these sectors in concrete terms in the age of Technology, Information and Communications age for a progressive society.
IGNITE 2021 shall witness high powered and brainstorming sessions, represented by Policy makers, Government functionaries, Thought leaders, Corporate and Industry leaders, Think Tanks, Start-ups and Academia designed around: WHAT NEXT– SME | BFSI | Digital Transformation Asia | Smart Cities
The SME segment is a significant contributor to a country’s economy. For example, in India, SMEs employ 40% of the workforce, which is an estimated 80 million people...
Digital India is an umbrella programme that covers multiple Ministries and Departments to weavetogether a large number of ideas and thoughts into a single, comprehensive vision so that each of them can be implemented as part of a larger goal. While each individual element stands on its own, but is also part of the larger picture. Digital India is being implemented by the entire Government machineries with overall coordination being done by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
We’ve seen customers demand the ability to access all of their banking services through a channel of their choice. They want to have more personalised...
National Smart Cities Mission is an urban renewal and retrofitting program by the Government of India with the mission to develop smart cities across the country, making them citizen friendly and...
Dr Keshav Varma
Advisor – Minister of Urban Development, Government of
Uttar Pradesh
Saurabh Gaur
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology,
Government of India
Dr Neeta Verma
Director General,
National Informatics
Centre
Ministry of Electronics
and
Information
Technology
Rahul Kapoor
Director, Smart Cities Mission Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs, Government of India
Vikram Sahgal
Inspector General of Police, CRPF, Rajasthan
Jayesh Ranjan
Principal Secretary, Department of Industries & Commerce and
Information Technology, Electronics and Communication, Government of Telangana
Anir Chowdhury
Policy Advisor, a2i: Innovate for All, Government of Bangladesh
Md. Afzal Hossain Sarwar
Policy Specialist, Head – Future of Learning, a2i,
Information & Communications Technology Division, Dhaka, Government of
Bangladesh
Prem Narayan
DDG & Joint Secretary, UIDAI, Government of India
Navin Mittal
Commissioner, Collegiate & Technical Education,
Government of Telangana
Manoj Abraham
Additional Director General of Police Headquarter &
Nodal Officer, CyberDome, Kerala
Brijesh Singh
Special Inspector General of Police (Admin), Maharashtra State,Mumbai
Mugdha Sinha
Secretary, Department of Science & Technology and Art & Culture,
Government of Rajasthan
Ajay Chagti
Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Admin Reforms & OSD
to Chief Secretary, Government of Arunachal Pradesh
B Sundar
Special Secretary,
Department of
Electronics & IT
Government of
Andhra Pradesh
Ity Pandey
Chief Commercial
Manager,
Central Railways
Government of India
Manoj Mishra
Secretary, Department of Electronics& Information Technology,
Government of Odisha
Amit Kumar Sinha
Director Information Technology, Information Technology
Development Agency, Government of Uttarakhand
Mahendra Singh Tanwar Commissioner, Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation
B Sundar
Special Secretary,
Department of
Electronics & IT
Government of
Andhra Pradesh
Sameer Unhale
Joint Commissioner, Directorate of Municipal Administration,
Government of Maharashtra
Nitin Singh Bhadauria
District Magistrate, Almora, Government of Uttarakhand
Rema Rajeshwari Superintendent of Police, Mahabubnagar, Telangana
Prof Triveni Singh |
| R K Arora Officer on Special Duty, Global Centre for Counter Terrorism, Rajasthan Police Academy, Jaipur |
| Lalit Jain Director cum Special Secretary, Department of Rural Development and Panchayats, Government of Himachal Pradesh |
Dr Kajal
Special Secretary,
Department of Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Anirudh Saran Singh Secretary, Department of Information Technology and Communication, Government of Arunachal Pradesh
Sanyam Aggarwal
Deputy Commissioner, Pathankot and Municipal Commissioner, Pathankot
Dr. Shena Aggarwal |
Dr. Khushaal Yadav, Municipal Commissioner, Ajmer Municipal Corporation
Anjani Kumar Singh Commissioner, Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation
Dr Garima Mittal
Chief Executive Officer, Faridabad Smart City Limited
Gaurang Rathi
Chief Executive Officer, Varanasi Smart City Limited
Musharraf Ali Faruqui
District Collector, Nirmal District, Government of Telangana
Pamela Satpathy
Chief Executive Officer, Warangal Smart City Limited
Dr Kinny
Chairman, Pasighat Smart City Limited
Kabita Roy Das
DDG, & SIO, NIC, Government of Odisha
Munish Chandan
Head SeMT, Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of Haryana
Sunil Kalra
Head-SeMT, Department of Information Technology, Government of Bihar
Vikash Madduri
Senior Manager, Capacity Building & Knowledge Management, National Institute for Smart Government
Dr Shafqat Khan
OSD, Department of Health & Medical Education, UT of Jammu & Kashmir
Sanjay Gaden
Head SeMT, Department of Science & Technology, Government of Gujarat
Rishikesh Patankar
COO, Education, Skill & CSC Academy, CSCe-Governance Services India Limited
Dr Abhishek Roy
Head SeMT, Department of Personnell & Administrative Reforms & eGov
Henry Potsangbam
Head SeMT, Department of Information Technology, Government of Manipur
NSN Murty
Partner & Leader, Smart Cities, PwC
Renato De Castro
Smart City Expert, Salvador Smart City
Arpita Khare
Director (e-Governance), Centre for Good Governance
Mukesh Malhotra
Chief Executive Officer, Biharsharif Smart City Limited
Raj Cherubal
Chief Executive Officer, Chennai Smart City Limited
Sunil Kumar
Ex CEO, Bhagalpur Smart Cities Limited
Amit Kumar Sharma
Nodal Officer, Jhansi Smart City Limited
Dr Rohit Bansal
Advisor, Agra Smart City Limited
Nilkantha Poman
Joint Chief Executive Officer, Pimpri Chinchwad Smart City Ltd
Navin Rai
Additional Chief Town Planner -cum- Nodal officer, Namchi Smart City Limited, Govt. of Sikkim. Member (BoD-NSCL)
Sandeep Rawat
Consultant, Smart Cities
Amit Singh
Director, PwC
Sachin R. Seth
Digital & Fintech Leader – FS I National Leader Tech Transformation – Ernst & Young
Vishwa Nigam
Head Innovation, Equitas Small Finance Bank
Aabhinna Suresh Khare
EVP & Chief Digital Officer – Bajaj Capital
Suresh Shanmugam
Head – Innovation & Future Technologies Business Information Technology Solutions – Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services
Abhishek Chandra
CIO, IIFL Wealth & Asset Management
Prasanna Lohar
Head Technology – Digital | Innovation | Architecture – DCB Bank
Imran Tamboli
CTO, Simplifai
Patrick Kishore
Director – VIVIFI India Finance & Member of Fintech Association for Consumer Empowerment
Erik Leung
Co-Founder & COO, Simplifai
Pratekk Agarwal
Ex CBO – BharatPe, Angel Investor & Advisor
Kunal Bhatia
Partner Cybersecurity – EY
S V Sunder Krishnan
CRO – Reliance Nippon Life Insurance
Ajoy Nath Jha
CRO – IDBI Bank
Shailendra Kothavale
Chief Risk and Compliance Officer – Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance
Satyanarayana Gidugu
DGM Internal Audit, Bank of Baroda
Dhananjya Tambe
Former Deputy Managing Director & Chief Information Officer, State Bank of India
Ramasubramaniam R
Head IT, TTK Prestige Ltd
Abhay Bapna
Associate Vice President, Adani Wilmar Limited
Shivshant Kumar
Senior Director & Head HRIS, Jubilant Life Sciences Limited
Satish Rai
IT Head& Associate Director, Fresenius Medical Care
Ketan Karkhanis
Head of IT Services, Clariant
Vishal Kakkar
Head IT, Batra Hospital
Ramgopal Arora
Head IT, Gracure Pharmaceuticals Limited
Prashant Sharma
Head IT, Fresenius Kabi Oncology Limited
Rajesh Dattatraya Kulkarni
AGM – IT, Wirtgen India Private Limited
Joyjeet Bose
Sr. VP – SME Operations, TATA TELE Business Services
Naveen Sharma
Chairman, Athena Ventures
Anshuman Mihir
Founder & CEO, My Taxi India Private Limited
Henna Jain Tatia
Co – Founder, StuCred
Ajay Sethi
Managing Partner & President, ASA & Associates,
Milan Ganatra
CEO, EbixFinancial Technologies
Vikash Chandra
Founder, Bon – Cuisine
Deepak Gupta
Zonal GTM & Evangelization Manager, Tally Solutions Private Limited
Parna Ghosh
Vice President and Group CIO, Minda Industries Limited
Ravishankar Ramakrishnan
DGM – IT, Emcure Pharmaceuticals
Rishi Jagmohan
Vice President, Wockhardt Limited
Rajesh Kathuria
AVP – IT, Shemaroo Entertainment Limited
Hemant
Head IT, Shyam Steel Industries Limited
Jayesh Tank
Head IT, Harsha Engineers Limited
Syed Mohammad Saad
DGM – GVLA Business, Tally Solutions Private Limited
Mrinal Chakraborty
Group Executive Vice President – IT Operations & Head Technology, DTDC Express Ltd
Sai Pratyush
AVP Product Marketing – Enterprise, TATA TELE Business Services
S Sridhar
DGM – IT, Lucas Indian Service, Ltd.
Sandeep Jamdagni
Head IT, Ashiana Housing
Tushar
Head – IT, Prasanna Purple Mobility Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Vivek
Senior Manager – IT, Max Healthcare
Saurabh Gugnani
Head IT, PeopleStrong Technologies Ltd
Bhupendra Renjen
CEO, Global Nexus
The SME segment is a significant contributor to the economy of any country. The Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Sector is the backbone of India Economy. The sector contributes about 29% towards GDP through its National and International trade generating employment for about 110 million people. The major advantage of the sector is its employment potential at low capital cost.
Indian MSME sector has seen many challenges in the past pertaining to the unpleasant scenario presented by the pandemic that impacted and severed the businesses more adversely. The impact has been felt in majorly three areas: a) on the repayment capacity of SME units, b) on new manufacturing, and c) on the workers’ income.
The Government of India has put in massive efforts towards strengthening the sector and it is resurging steadily with new vigour. Announcing ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’, Honourable Prime Minister, ShriNarendraModi declared a financial package of INR 20 Lac Crore, equivalent to 10% of the Indian GDP. The financial package shall play a seminal role in rehabilitation and revival of pandemic-hit India’s economy paving the way for long-term sustainability and profitability of MSMEs.
India currently is working to achieve higher economic growth. Job creation through innovative initiatives is today’s priority. Ministry of MSME is tirelessly striving to encourage entrepreneurship by providing improved access to financial services, global market, training facilities and much more. The goal is not only to increase entrepreneurship but to indirectly reduce unemployment and achieve economic growth in the long run.
The BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) industry is all geared up for a major transformation. The pioneering trends, that we have witnessed in recent time, in banking and finance – from omnichannel banking to AI and Blockchain-powered financial services – that focus on revolutionizing BFSI processes by placing customers at the heart of their present and future strategies.
Additionally, we have also experienced that the customers demand the ability to access all of their banking services through a channel of their choice. They want to have more personalised information on their financial affairs – whether it is insight into their cashflow and performance, or extra insights into their core banking services.
The Indian BFSI (Banking-Financial Service-Insurance) sector moves ahead with its vision to become an economic behemoth in the next few years, the average level of prosperity among its populace and the degree of equitable distribution of wealth will, to a large extent, be determined by the scale of inclusive growth achieved.
The two key components that form the core digital movement are a) digitization and b) digitalization. While Digitizing entails transforming into digital format anything which is currently manual or paper-based, Digitalizing is a whole new way of thinking creating a paradigm shift. These revolutionary processes enable banks to explore and experiment with disruptive technologies and business processes such as AI, Blockchain, Robotic Process Automation, and Cyber Security to design best-in-class BFSI services.
Customer expectations of technology continue to evolve – and for those in the financial services sector that means action has become an imperative. Although digitalization promises robust security and cost-efficiency, its true potential lies in delivering “value” to customers. A Bank’s ability to manifest opportunities out of the disruptive environment based on Technology and external partnerships to create customer value will determine its success in the future. In response to the evolving forces of customer expectations, regulatory requirements, technology, demographics, new competitors and shifting economics, much of the landscape is changing significantly.
The entry barriers to traditional Banks have been disrupted with new specialized entrants and emerging business models blurring the lines between business and technology. The traditional approach to creating value in Banking through growth and efficiency and advantages realized through acquisition, new markets and product offerings seem short lived.
Digital India was launched by our Honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on July 1, 2015 with a vision to Transform India into a Digitally Empowered Society & Knowledge Economy by
Digital India is an umbrella programme that covers multiple Ministries and Departments to weave together a large number of ideas and thoughts into a single, comprehensive vision so that each of them can be implemented as part of a larger goal. While each individual element stands on its own, but is also part of the larger picture. Digital India is being implemented by the entire Government machineries with overall coordination being done by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
Digital India aims to provide the much-needed thrust to the nine pillars of growth areas, namely
Broadband Highways| Universal Access to Mobile Connectivity| Public Internet Access Programme |e-Governance: Reforming Government through Technology| e-Kranti – Electronic Delivery of Services | Information for All |Electronics Manufacturing| IT for Jobs | Early Harvest Programmes
National Smart Cities Mission is an urban renewal and retrofitting program by the Government of India with the mission to develop smart cities across the country, making them citizen friendly and sustainable. The Union Ministry of Urban Development is responsible for implementing the mission in collaboration with the state governments of the respective cities. The mission initially included 100 cities, with the deadline for completion of the projects set between 2019 and 2023.
The objective is to promote sustainable and inclusive cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and application of ‘Smart’ Solutions.
Digital Transformation – The Way Forward
Leveraging Digital India Initiatives through Technology based Solutions for Governance & Public Service Deliveries
When Innovation Redefines Governance: New Governance for the New World Order
Transformation of Smart Cities by Leveraging Digital Technologies for being Responsive, Connected & Sustainable
Technology Transforming Urban Mobility& Connectivity – Managing diverse set of Transportation needs of the city
Safety & Security – Key Aspects of Smart Cities
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