Towards the completion of 3rd year for Digital India flagship Programme, Government of India has proposed various new technology measures such as use of blockchain technology to encourage digital payments and curb the use of cryptocurrencies, setting up of a national programme to encourage AI and providing easy internet access to villages, internet in schools, last mile connectivity, Smart Cities and MyGov.
Besides this, the state government have also come up with various new innovative ideas like Chief Minister’s Dashboard, echallan, digital healthcare, mobile applications for health workers, digital payments & technology in schools.
In the financial year 2018-19, Government of India proposed a slew of measures to hasten India’s movement to a digital economy. As many as 250,000 villages got optical fibre connectivity under Bharat Net program, wherein 100,000 gram panchayats have been connected with high-speed optic fibre network in the first phase of BharatNet, said Jaitley, Government plans work towards connecting another 150,000 villages under Bharat Net initiative.
BW Businessworld is organising Digital India Summit & Awards 2018 in May 2018 in New Delhi. The Summit will comprise of three components vis-à-vis Conference, Expo & Awards.
May, 2018 | New Delhi
Digital India: Leveraging New IT Solutions for Smarter & Connected India
IT for eGovernance Services across the country
IOT, Cloud, Blockchain for Digital Empowerment
Safety and Security through Digital means
Technology Transforming Healthcare Sector
Smart Villages with 'Smart Cities & Digital Villages'
Attend high-ranking meetings with the Who’s Who in the sector to strengthen the Digital India movement.
Learn and explore smart technologies that help make intelligent, informed decisions and choices for smart cities and Digital India.
A daylong conference will provide an excellent opportunity to interact with policy makers, decision makers, stakeholders and corporate.
Get an insight into the broader governance, IT priorities and initiatives.
Forge and diversify partnership with governments, business and other organizations.
Get an expert face to face opinion on specific issues, challenges and technology briefs from experts
Minister for I&T, Panchayati Raj & Rural Development, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh
CEO, NITI Aayog,
Government of India
Partner & Leader – Smart Cities, PWC India
President,
BW Businessworld
Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
Vice President – Digital Government, SAP India
Director General,
National Informatics Centre, NIC,
Govt. of India
Member-Governing Council, CRIS, Ministry of Railways & Member-IT Taskforce, Ministries of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways
CTO, Passsport Seva,
Ministry of External Affairs,
Govt. of India
Special Chief Secretary & IT Advisor to Chief Minister,
Govt. of Andhra Pradesh
Principal Secretary - Department of IT,
Govt. of Telangana
Principal Secretary – Rural Development,
Govt. of Gujarat
Principal Secretary ( Health ),
Govt. of Andhra Pradesh
Special Secretary - IT,
Govt. of NCT Delhi
Seceretary – IT,
Govt. of Rajasthan
Director,
DBT Mission Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India
GM, Capacity Building, National eGovernance Division (NeGD)
Director – IT, Kerala State Information Technology Mission
Director General,
Education & Research Network (ERNET)
Managing Director,
Uttar Pradesh Medical Supplies Corporation
Joint Resident Commissioner, Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir
Chief Information & Technology Officer, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
CEO,
Ahmedabad Smart City Limited
Additional Municipal Commissioner & CEO SPV, Nagpur Smart Cities Limited
Partner & Leader,
PWC
Chairman & Managing Director, BT & BT Management Consultancy Pvt. Ltd
State Radio Officer,
UP100
Founder, Women Empowerment, Safety & Security Foundation
Director – Digital Cities, Cybersecurity & Healthcare (Public Sector) DellEMC India
Managing Director, Public Sector & Services,
Cisco India & SAARC
Vice President – Digital Government, SAP India
Head Emerging Business Initiatives, Havells India Ltd