Moderator : Moe Chiba, Section Chief & Programme Specialist for Culture Unit, UNESCO Chair Person: Ms Laila Tyabji – Founder, Dastkar Methodology Moderator will introduce the session panelists & format of the session Presentation by the Chairperson, Ms Laila Tyabji 5 mins presentations by some of the participants Moderator will start the topic where some key…
Chair: Abhishek Singh, Executive Director (IT/Engg.), Food Corporation of India Moderator: Rajen Varada, CEO, Open Knowledge Community Panelists: Mr. Ramesh Gaur Dr. Ranganayakulu Bodavala, Founder Director, Thrive Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd. Presentations of Finalists for category on Digital solutions for Inclusion & Accessibility Gift of New Abilities, Dr. A G Ramakrishnan, Professor, MILE Laboratory Department…
Panelist: Dr. Ravina Aggarwal, Program Officer for Media Rights and Access, Ford Foundation Dr. Mahesh Uppal, Director, Com First (India) Rajan Mathews, Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director & Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research, International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Ashish Sanyal, Former Sr. Director, DeitY, Govt of India; Independent…
Panelist: Shubhranshu Choudhary, Founder, CGNet Swara Pushpendra pal singh, HOD, Journalism Department, Makhanlal Chaturvedi National Communication & Journalism University Moderator : Prasanto Kumar Roy, Advisor & Eminent Journalist, CyberMedia Focus Discuss the best digital initiatives in the Education, Learning & Empowerment and News & Journalism sector. Highlight the effect of digitization for increased outreach of…
ABOUT MDIFF: Digital Empowerment Foundation has decided to stretch the envelope within Manthan Awards. We are embarking on a brand new journey, ‘Manthan Digital Inclusion Film Festival’. Films are a potent medium. They have the potential to bring change, transform and provide perspective. ‘Manthan Digital Inclusion Film Festival’, is about communal participation, engaging, learning, awareness…
Mr. P Balakiran | District-Kannur Mr. P Balakiran divided ICT initiatives in to two parts: 1. Citizen centric initiatives 2. e- Government office system issues The state of Kerala is lack of sand- so illegal sand mining and sand marketing has increased a lot. He says that with this initiative being eSand/ Nirman which is…
Focus: The objective of this discussion is to generate momentum about the .NGO and .ONG domain which will be launched by PIR in collaboration with DEF early 2015. Format: Round table discussion with the eNGO active participants, PIR team and DEF team Dave Stewart, VP – Sales & Marketing, Public Interest Registry Osama Manzar, Founder-…
Panelist: Ravina Aggarwal, Program Officer, Ford Foundation Dr. Y. Suresh Reddy, Director – SRF Foundation Moderator: Francesca Feruglio, Director, Programs & Operations & Co-founder, Nazdeek Presentations-Community Broadcasting Offeradda.com – Next Generation Offers, Sagar Shah, CEO & Founder, Digital Webwise Yaadon Ka Idiot Box with Neelesh Misra, Content Project Private Limited, Gaurav Gupta, Head-Corp Comm and…
Panelist: Amir Ullah Khan , Senior Policy Advisor, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Abhishek Singh, Executive Director(IT/Engg.), Food Corporation of India Moderator: Ashis Sanyal, Independent eGov and ICT4D Consultant Focus To share the most innovative practices used to bring better governance and bring sustainability in Agriculture and Ecology How digitization helps avoid arbitrary goals and…
Panelists: Archana Sahay, Corporate Responsibility – APJC, Cisco Systems Soumya Sarkar, National Editor, Mint Dr. Ranganayakulu Bodvala, Founder & Director, Thrive Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd. Moderator Mahesh Venkateswaran, Principal, Innovation & Engagement, NSDC Focus: Share and discuss the best practices implied for Business growth and more number of Science and Technology innovations Discuss how digitization…
“India cannot wait for access. We need to do it here and now” Aruna Sundararajan- Adminstrator, USO Fund, DoT, Ministry of Communications and IT, GOI Welcome Note by : Osama Manzar, Chairman, Manthan Award Asia Pacific & Founder Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation Smt. Aruna Sundararajan, Administrator, USO Fund, DoT, Ministry of Comm. & IT Sukumar…