7th eIndia conference 2011 event
"Information Technology (IT) + Indian Talent (IT) = India Tomorrow (IT)" Honourable CM Shri. Narendra Modi 7th eIndia 2011 conference provided a unique platform for sharing of knowledge, challenges, ideas and best practices amongst the various stakeholders driving ICT initiatives in the domain of Governance, Healthcare and Education. Bureaucrats, technocrats, academicians, industry personnel and civil society members along with ICT experts, practitioners, business leaders and stake holders was benefited through thought provoking sessions, workshops, one on one interactions etc. The three day conference had three major tracks focusing on eGov, digital learning & eHealth under which there would be multiple thematic sessions. eAgriculture, Telecentre Forum and Municipal IT was also covered as separate tracks/thematic sessions. The seventh edition of eIndia, the country's largest conference on information and communication technologies (ICT), was held in Gandhinagar at Mahatma mandir from December 14th to 16th 2011. It was one of the largest ICT event, its organizers include the state department of science and technology, Union ministry of communications and IT, AllIndia Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) and Elets Techno media Pvt Ltd. Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2013
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Honourable Chief Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 7th edition of 'eIndia' at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, countries largest information and communication technology (ICT) conference on 14th December 2011. Addressing various stakeholders, bureaucrats, technocrats and academicians CM said "Earlier, when people use to talk about information technology, the only places that used to come into their mind were Bangalore and Hyderabad. Now, according to the NASSCOM reports, Surat and Ahmedabad are positioning themselves on the top of list and the cities are luring people with IT background." He further added that the letter 'e' takes care of easy, economic and effective governance. With the help of egovernance, a lot of transparency can be achieved and it is also effective and economic and he also suggested a new concept of 'Mobile Governance' (MGovernance) for greater application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for larger good on the lines of 'eGovernance' and 'Good Governance' Prominent among those spoke on the occasion included Union Government's Additional Secretary Shankar Agrawal, Gujarat's Additional Chief Secretary (S&T) Ravi Saxena and President of Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd Dr. M P Narayanan. eINDIA 2011 hosted a prolific range of exhibits featuring innovative ICT based products & solutions in the domain of Governance, Healthcare and Education. The Exhibition attracted more than 1000 companies, government bodies and educational institutes. The Exhibition was running in parallel with the Conference was providing a showcase of technology and solutions. About 4,000 participants, including bureaucrats, corporate leaders and experts, participated in the event in which three major thematic sessions on egovernance, education and health had about 50 sub sessions with 400 speakers. Nearly one million votes were polled recommending the awards in various categories.
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