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8th OITF sees a Resounding Success with Industry support Following the trail of the recently announced 20 Smart Cities in India, the 8th Odisha Information Technology Fair (OITF) dwelled upon this success by discussing how Bhubaneswar has geared up to emerge as a Smart city. The event saw participation from across verticals – government dignitaries, IT Heads, Corporate honchos, Distributor and the Reseller community from the state of Odisha and served as a platform to discuss some of the key vital issues concerning the IT landscape in the state. Shri Priyadarshi Mishra, MLA, Bhubaneswar, who graced the occasion as a Special Guest marked the beginning of the event by lighting the ceremonial lamp. He was joined by other dignitary guests present - Mr. R.N Palai, ITS, Spl. Secy. to Govt., IT department, GoO; Dr. Y.V.S. Lakshmi, HeadMarketing, C-DOT Bangalore; Mr. Praveen Kalugotla, Director-Product Sales- NetApp India; Mr. Dinkar Adlakha, V.P-Govt. & PSU- EMC India; Mr. Mohit Puri – Head Pre Sales, India & SAARC – Sophos Technologies; Mr. Sudipta Datta, Zonal Head – East, Business Development -Tally Solutions; Mr. Aishyakant Mohanty, M.D.- Tatwa Infotech; Mr. Aashish Sharma, National sales Manager, NVS&BIS-CANON India; Mr. Prashant Gupta, Sr. Consultant- Deloitte; Mr. Santosh Abraham, AVP-NASSCOM Foundation and Mr Deepak Ku. Sahu, Chief Editor – VARINDIA.
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O I TF has over the years ser v ed as a platform to discuss some of the ke y vital issues concerning the IT landscape in the state Mr. Deepak Sahu, Chief Editor – VARINDIA while addressing the guests remarked at the fabulous digital story that India is seeing. “Digital transformation is now a primary agenda for C-suite executives in India. It has been found that 74% companies surveyed in India are already on their way in digitally transforming their business, while 26% plan to embark on the transformation journey over the next 12-24 months. They are already experiencing an average of 8% revenue growth as a direct result of their digital transformation efforts, and they expect to reach nearly 14% by 2017.” In the corporate presentations section, corporates Canon, Cyberoam|Sophos, NetApp, EMC and Tally shared their vision of their respective companies on Smart Cities with the audience. Towards the end of the event, a panel discussion entitled ‘Readiness of Bhubaneswar to be the Smart City,’ was conducted that was chaired by Mr. Deepak Kumar Sahu, Chief
Editor-VARINDIA. VARINDIA in the past 8 years has been using this platform to aggressively talk on various subjects related to Cloud, security, Technology Orchestration and taking industry’s perspective on it. The discussion with the insights of the panellists threw light on how innovative Technologies can be used to make the city Smart and liveable. The panellists who participated in this discussion included Mr. Santosh Abraham, AVP-NASSCOM Foundation; Mr. Dinkar Adlakha,V.P-Govt. & PSU- EMC India; Mr. Prashant Gupta,Sr. consultant- Deloitte; Mr. R.N Palai, ITS, Spl. secy. to Govt., IT department, GoO; Dr. Y.V.S. Lakshmi, Head-Marketing, C-DOT Bangalore and Mr. Afroz Khan – Regional Sales Manager, NetApp-India. The Forum also took the opportunity to honour the real heroes who have shaped the IT market in the state of Odisha. Companies Ashirbad Computer & Services, Tristar Software and Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Tatwa Technologies Ltd., E Square Systems & Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Printlink Computer and Communication Pvt. Ltd, Info care Solutions Pvt. Ltd and CSM Technologies won the awards in the segments of Best VAR -Odisha, Best Software Services –Odisha, Best Technology Services, Best System Integrator, Best Distributor, Best Reseller –Odisha and Best IT consulting services - Odisha respectively.
“Smart City is all about giving power to the citizen with the help of Information Technology as a tool. It is all about proving opportunities and leading a better life. For Bhubaneswar to be a smart city, the physical infrastructure is already in place, we only have to work to take it to the next level.” Mr. Debashish Biswas Director- Deloitte
“There are different elements that go into making a Smart city – right from power, transportation, education, in a way providing all the smart services to the citizens. The Govt. of Odisha has started working on this almost a year back in a phased manner and Deloitte has been a part of this project.” Mr. Manish Sehgal Senior Manager – Deloitte “Bhubaneswar has been identified as the first smart city in the country. To be included in the first 20 cities is indeed a great honour. But we will have to ensure that we spend wisely (in this regard we have earmarked 200 crores to be spent every year) to make basic facilities available to citizens in Bhubaneswar.” Shri Priyadarshi Mishra MLA, Bhubaneswar
“The business atmosphere in Odisha is quite conducive for growth. This can be attributed to a good stable govt., and the impetus it is giving to the growth of technology in the state by way of new initiatives. This is one of the reasons why Bhubaneswar has emerged as a strong contender in the Smart city race.” Shri R.N Palai ITS, Spl. Secy. IT – GoO
“Canon works closely with the end customers as our goals and objectives are the same. e-governance being an important vertical for Canon, we would like to contribute through our Document Management products on this front. We understand that the objective of digitization is led by speed and Canon tries to meet that same speed.” Mr. Aashish Sharma National sales Manager, NVS&BIS - CANON India
“The vision for building a Smart city should be to identify and efficiently using the resources, integrating those resources and the services seamlessly, making an impact on everyone’s life. Going ahead with data growing multifold, big data and analytics will play a big role in building a Smart City.” Mr. Vidyasagar Nallapati Solutions Architect, Data Engineering and data Science-EMC India
“If we compare the current data with that of 2012, the number of data breaches has grown manifold. So at what rate is this cyber-crime increasing? The number has risen to 3 odd crores this year. Cyber criminals are indeed becoming more intelligent, giving security experts a tough time to crack them.” Mr. Mohit Puri Head Pre Sales, India & SAARC – Sophos Technologies
“The announcement of the first 20 cities is just the beginning. We are going to see more of these actions coming. Talking of Smart cities, there are many elements that come together. In a way, smart cities are made by providing what decision makers and citizens want, at their pace.” Mr. Praveen Kalugotla Director, Product Sales- NetApp India “For the last 2 decades, Tally has been bringing out innovations after innovations. The flagship product of Tally, which is Tally ERP 9 has been designed and conceptualised by our MD & co-founder Mr. Bharat Goenka. We have of late associated ourselves with many of the government initiatives.” Mr. Sudipta Datta Zonal Head – East, Business Development -Tally Solutions
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EVENT Panel Discussion on ÂReadiness of Bhubaneswar to be the Smart CityÊ Moderated by Mr. Deepak Kumar Sahu, Chief EditorVARINDIA, the industry-led platform aimed to leverage the collaborative efforts of Bhubaneswar’s corporates, citizens and local government to catalyse the transformation of the city into the most liveable city in India. Panellists from across industry verticals got together to give their insights on this topic. The few points that came out of the discussion are · Industry holds tremendous potential to help implement the vision From L to R: Mr. Santosh Abraham, AVP-NASSCOM Foundation; of making Bhubaneswar a Smart City in all means. It is an absolute Mr. Dinkar Adlakha,V.P-Govt. & PSU- EMC India; Mr. Prashant fact that collective action is essential for social transformation to Gupta,Sr. consultant- Deloitte; Mr. R.N Palai, ITS, Spl. secy. to be successful and sustained. Govt., IT department, GoO; Dr. Y.V.S. Lakshmi, Head-Marketing, · Collective action can achieve city-wide change not only on C-DOT Bangalore and Mr. Afroz Khan – Regional Sales Manager, account of the magnitude of resources but also because it brings NetApp-India diversity of thought and a multiplier effect due to the resonance between otherwise independent activities. · The panel also urged corporate houses to come forward, join this movement and contribute to it in order to make it more impactful and inclusive. Corporate support would be needed in many aspects like generating employee participation in the Digital Literacy campaign and making maximum households digitally literate and meet the goal of at least one individual per family to be digitally literate. This initiative is not about incremental-change but about redefining the very framework of social transformation. · Collaborative partnerships between the government and corporates are also a welcome development. Shortlisted as one of the 100 cities, Bhubaneswar is initiating a citywide process to create a new vision that is inclusive and reflects the needs and dreams of all its citizens. As an emerging information technology (IT) hub with a strong investment-ready climate, Bhubaneswar is ready to take up the most pressing challenges that the citizens face to turn them into transformational opportunities for the city. As of now, the first priority of Bhubaneswar Municipal Commission (BMC) however would be to provide reliable and quick transport.
Award Winners at 8th OITF Awards 2016
The BEST VAR, ODISHA Ashirbad Computer & Services
Best Reseller, Odisha- Info care Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
The BEST Software Services, ODISHA - Tristar Software and Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Best System Integrator, E Square Systems & Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Best Technology Services Tatwa Technologies Ltd.
Best Distributor, Printlink Computer and Communication Pvt. Ltd
Networking Session
Networking in progress
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Best IT consulting services, CSM Technologies
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6th VARINDIA Cup 2016 – Driving Sportsmanship in IT The 8th OITF also saw the winners of the 6th VARINDIA CUP 2016 getting felicitated by Special Guest Shri Priyadarshi Mishra, Hon’ble MLA, Bhubaneswar, amidst loud cheers and applause. The 6th VARINDIA IT Cup Cricket Tournament, a Corporate Cricket League, was organized successfully on 17th, 23rd & 24th January, 2016 (at Infosys Cricket Ground), with the semi-final and final matches being held on 26th January, 2016 (at Sahid Sporting Ground, Sahid Nagar) in Bhubaneswar. This cricketing event has been a very popular event among IT corporates ever since its inception six years back. During these six years, VARINDIA Cup has had the
participation of IT cricket enthusiasts from over 24 different companies. This year, 16 IT corporates including Infosys, Wipro, TCS, MindTree, Exilant, Aabsys, Auroin, CSM, Tatwa, Mindfire, T-Cube, Suyog, Process Map, OCAC, STPI and IT Association of Odisha (ITAO) – participated in the tournament. Infosys won this year’s 6th VARINDIA CUP Champion trophy, while MindTree was announced as the Runners-up. Sujaya Moukhapadhaya of Infosys was adjudged the Man of the Final Match and the Man of the Tournament award went to Bikashraj Swain of MindTree.
Champion's Trophy The true vision behind organizing the VARINDIA IT Cup Cricket Tournament is to unleash the hidden talent of every hardworking employee, who otherwise spends maximum hours sitting in 4 x 4 cubicles 24x7. The ultimate mission to start this tournament is to bring the corporate world in touch, where they can know each other and take a break from the monotonous life by experiencing the real spirit of the game. These friendly matches are held during the weekends and holidays, without disturbing the daily routine and work schedule of the participating companies. The aim is to take these matches on to the national level by counting on the participation from companies from other parts of India. Man of the Match (Knockout matches) • Vivek Singh – TCS
VIPs Oberving the Cricket match
• Padmalochan Puhan – Exilant • Kanhucharan Sahu – AuroIn • Ardhandu – CSM Technologies • Bikash Swain – MindTree
• Saurav Rout – STPI • Shamdeep – Infosys • Jeevan – Wipro
Man of the Match (Quarter Finals) • Rajesh Pani – Infosys • Prakash Behera – Exilant • Arun Dhaya Singh – STPI • Sumit Kumar Singh – MindTree
Champions Trophy of 6th VARINDIA IT Cup goes to INFOSYS- Bhubnaeswar
Final match of 6th VAR INDIA Cricket Cup at Sahid Sporting Ground, Sahid Nagar
Man of the Match (Semi-Final Match) • Shamadeep – Infosys • Sumit Singh – MindTree Man of the Match (Final Match) Sujaya Moukhapadhaya – Infosys Man of the Tournament Bikashraj Swain – MindTree
Final match between Mindtree and Infosys
Cheer leaders performing at the Match
Names of Officials/Umpires Bibhuti Bhusan Satapathy Gyanendra Kumar Parida Satyabrata Mohapatra Manas Kumar Beura
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