B N Satpathy, Senior Advisor, Planning Commission, Government of India, inaugurated the Express Technology Sabha on June 6 at Park Hyatt Goa. Currently in its 14th edition, the event is an established platform sees around 100 senior Government IT leaders from across India sharing ideas, best practices and innovations on e-Governance.
“From the Planning Commission and Government of India perspective, the 12th five year plan is more ICT focused when compared to the 11th five year plan. While the 11th five year plan focused on electronics/IT hardware manufacturing, export of computer software services, growth of computer software services domestically, research & development (R&D) along with human resource development as the thrust areas, the 12th five year plan has added e-Government, e-Learning, e-Security and e-Inclusion as new thrust areas,” Satpathy said in his address to the audience.
Given the theme of 14th Express Technology Sabha, “e-Governance to e-Inclusion: deployment of IT for better governance”, Satpathy pointed out that in achieving the targets of the 12th five year plan, ICT can help deliver more inclusive growth by enhancing productivity and building human capabilities.
“IT could be a great instrument in addressing regional inequality in the country. Also, IT can play a significant role in lowering poverty, employment generation in the manufacturing and ancillary industry and services enabled by IT and ITeS,” Satpathy added.
Moreover, Satpathy stressed, “The 12th plan is committed to faster, inclusive and sustainable growth through IT and in the coming years IT will play a key role to take forward e-Governance to e-Inclusion in areas like agriculture, sustainability, employment, reducing poverty and taking services to the public in a more affordable way from anywhere.”
The panel discussions scheduled at Technology Sabha will be held on these topics: Data Center Security, Big Data: Actionable Insights, Denial of Service Attacks and Towards a Cyber Secure India.
Rajesh Aggarwal, IT Secretary, Government of Maharashtra, is also scheduled to deliver a keynote address at the event. Some of the key presentations at Technology Sabha include Role of Aadhaar in e-Inclusion, Use of IT for Delivery of Services & Safety to Citizens, and Policy Guidelines for IPv6, among others.
The event is supported by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, National e-Governance Plan, and Aadhaar.
Technology vendors Dell, Oracle and Check Point are the primary sponsors for the event.
