event report
The sixth edition of India’s largest ICT expo and conference, was held from 4-6 August 2010 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC). The event was hosted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and organised by Elets Technomedia and CSDMS, along with the Department of IT (GoI), Ministry of Panchayati Raj (GoI), Ministry of Labour & Employment (GoI), UIDAI, Directorate General of Employment & Training, NeGP, and IGNOU. The three-day event was attended by over 5,000 stakeholders from across the development and government sector, including elected members of state Assemblies and the Parliament, senior level bureaucrats, policy makers, academia, NGOs and industry associations.
Prof VN Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University
R Reghunathan, Former Chief Secretary, Delhi & Advisor, NKC
Subhash C Khuntia, Joint Secretary, Department of School Education, India
C R Biswal, Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Andhra Pradesh
The chief guest Dr K Rosaiah, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, lighting the lamp at the inauguration of eIndia2010. Standing L-R: K Ratna Prabha, PS, IT , GoAP; Dr Asraf Abdel Wahab, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Administrative Development, Egypt; Lt. Gen. (Retd) Bhopinder Singh, Lt Governor, Andaman & Nicobar; R Chandrashekhar, Secretary, DIT, GoI; Komathireddy Venkat Reddy, Minister, IT & Communications, GoAP
D Sridhar Babu, Minister, Higher Education, Andhra Pradesh and J Krishna Rao, Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, Legal Metrology & Consumer Affairs, Andhra Pradesh talking to the exhibitors
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Dr Rajneesh Arora, Vice Chancellor, Punjab Technical University
Prof V K Pathak, Vice Chancellor, Uttarakhand Open University
(L-R) D Sridhar Babu, Minister, Higher Education, AP & Nadendla Manohar, Dy Speaker, AP Legislative Assembly
(L-R) Dr M P Narayanan & J Krishna Rao, Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, Legal Metrology & Consumer Affairs, AP
A Raja, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Government of India
Agatha Sangma, Minister of State for Rural Development, Government of India Agatha Sangma, Minister of State for Rural Development, Government of India along with Dr M P Narayanan, President, CSDMS (centre) and Dr Ravi Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, Elets Technomedia (left) launching the special issue of eGov magazine.
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Odissi dance performance by members of Smitalay
eIndia Award winners along with Dr M P Narayanan, President, CSDMS and Dr Ravi Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, Elets Technomedia digital LEARNING
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