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10th Convocation of Jamsetji TataNational Virtual Academy
&
9th Convention of Grameen Gyan Abhiyan – Rural Knowledge Movement
(Mission 2007: Every Village a Knowledge Centre)
Role of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) in Achieving Sustainable Development
Goals and Zero Hunger Challenge
2-3 February 2015
Venue: Chennai
Draft Agenda
Day I- 2 February 2015
10:00
Registration
11:00 – 13:00
Welcome Address & Purpose of the Convocation and Convention –
Dr. Ajay Parida, Executive Director, MSSRF
Launch of Fisher Friend Mobile Application
A brief overview: Ms. Nancy J Anabel, Director, IEC,MSSRF
Remarks
Ms. Shawn Covell, Vice President, QUALCOMM
Mr. V. Rajanna, Vice President & Regional Head, Tata Consultancy Services,
Hyderabad
Launch of FFMA &
Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of
Special Remarks
India
Induction of National and International NVA fellows 2015
A brief overview: Dr. Basheerhamad Shadrach, Asia Coordinator, Alliance for
Affordable World Wide Web Foundation, Wasington, USA
Convocation Address & Prof. M S Swaminathan, Founder Chairman & Chairman, GGA, MSSRF
Induction of NVA
Fellowship and
Inaugural Address
Vote of Thanks
13:00-14:00
Mr. J. Srinath, Principal Scientist, MSSRF
Lunch Break
14:00- 16:00
ICT and Agriculture for Sustainable Development
Chair
Dr. Purvi Mehta-Bhatt, Senior Advisor & Head-Agriculture (SA), BILL &
MELINDA GATES Foundation , New Delhi
Panelists
Dr V.K. Bhatia, Senior Director, Media Lab Asia, New Delhi
Dr. K. Narayana Gowda, Former Vice Chancellor, University of Agricultural
Sciences,Bengaluru
Dr. Dileepkumar Guntuku, Global Leader, Knowledge Sharing and Innovation,
Director, Center of Excellence in ICT Innovations for Agriculture,Coordinator for
ICRISAT South-South Initiative, Hyderabad
Dr. Sai Baskar, WALAMTARI, Hyderabad
Ms. Stella, Director,Agromet Advisory Service Unit, Regional Meterological
Centre,IMD,Chennai
Dr. G.D.Satish Kumar, Senior Scientist, Directorate of Oilseeds Research,
Rajendranagar
16:00- 16:30
Health Break
16:30 – 18:00
Role of ICT in Food, Health and Nutrition Security
Chair
Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Director, National Institute of Tuberculosis,
Chennai
Panelists
Dr. Julian Parr, Director: Asia, International Potato Center (CIP), New Delhi
Dr. K.Ganapathy, President, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation.
President Elect, Telemedicine Society of India, Chennai
Shri.M.Nagarajan, IAS, District Development Officer, Sabarkantha
Mr. Chandra Mouli, HoD, IT, Shankara Nethralaya, Chennai
Ms. R . V .Bhavani, Project Manager,LANSA, MSSRF, Chennai
Day II - 3rd Feb 2015
09:30- 11:00
Role of ICT and Rural Entreprenurship (Make in India)
Chair
Dr. Dinesh Tyagi,CEO,CSC e-Governance Services India Limited, New Delhi
Panelists
Dr. Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya, Chief Executive Officer, Ekgoan Technologies,
New Delhi
Dr.Chetan Sharma,Founder,Datamation Foundation Charitable Trust, New
Delhi
Mr. Sulax Shah, Director, Akash Ganga,Ahmadabad
Mr. Sunil Jain, Vice President, Reuters Market Light,Mumbai
Dr. Uma Swaminathan, Managing Director, RUDI, SEWA, Gujarat
Shri Santanu Sengupta, Director, Corporate Affairs & Finance, ACMFI- African
Centre for Mobile Financial Inclusion,Kolkatta
11:00 -11:30
Health Break
11:30- 13:00
ICT and Innovation
Chair
Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Ex Officio Principal Secretary,
Department of Science and Technology,Kerala
Panelists
Dr. T. Srinivasa Kumar, Head, Advisory Services and Satellite Oceanography
Group (ASG), Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS),
Hyderabad
Mr Gopi Ramasamy, Deputy Director-South Asia,CABI, New Delhi
Dr . V. Geethalakshmi, Professor, agro climate research centre, TNAU,
Coimbatore
Mr. Anand Babu, Agri mobile apps- Jayalaxmi agrotech, Bengaluru
Dr Leena Ajay Dhande,Associate Professor,Department of
Pediatrics,Indira Gandhi Govt Medical College,Nagpur
Ms. Hitaki,Telenor, Myanmar
13:00-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00-16:30
Open Discussion on Sustaining the GGA & Concluding Session:
Way forward: Prioritizing the focus
Chair
Dr. Ajay K. Parida, Executive Director, MSSRF
Lead speakers
Shri Santanu Sengupta,Director, Corporate Affairs & Finance, ACMFIAfrican Centre for Mobile Financial Inclusion,c
Dr.Chetan Sharma,Founder,Datamation Foundation Charitable Trust,
New Delhi
Concluding Remarks
Mr Dillip Pattanaik, Team Leader, IRMA-India (ICT for D of OSVSWA)
Bhubaneswar
Prof. M S Swaminathan, Founder Chairman, MSSRF & Chairman,
GGA
Vote of Thanks
Ms. Nancy J Anabel, Director, IEC