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Events

Software Export Awards 2006

Six regional IT companies received the Software Exports Award instituted by the Software Technologies Parks of India (STPI) at the curtain raiser evening of e-Revolution 2006. Lalit Sharma, Advisor to the Administrator, UT, gave away the awards. Awards were given in Software Development and IT/ITES categories. Infosys Technologies topped in their export performance in software development category followed by Quark and Second Foundation. Dell International Services India topped in their export performance in IT/ITES category followed by IDS Infotech and Universal Cyber Infoway

E Revolution 2006

After the resounding success of the last year e-Revolution event, the edition of e-Revolution 2006 was organized in Chandigarh from July20-21, 2006 with objective of showcasing Chandigarh as an excellent Tier II IT destination to the Industry. The e-revolution 2006 curtain raiser evening opened on July 19,2006 with presentation of the Software Exports Awards by Mr. Lalit Sharma, Advisor to the Administrator, UT. Six regional IT companies received the Software Export Award instituted by the Software Technologies and Dell International topped in their export performance in software development&& IT/ITES categories respectively.

Gen. (retd) S.F. Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM, Governor of Punjab & Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, inaugurated the e-Revolution 2006. E-revolution 2006 started with keynoted of Mr. Kiran Karnik. He Complimented the Chandigarh Administration for the successful initiative of promoting the region as IT destination. He called upon the administration to set up a regional center for training and research in cyber crime.

Gen. (Retd) S.F. Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM, Governor of Punjab & Administrator, UT Chandigarh in his inaugural speech called upon the IT professionals to partner with the government in taking the benefits of the technology to the common man. Mr. S.K. Sandhu, Secretary IT and Finance, UT Chandigarh said that Chandigarh Capital Region as a whole is being developed in an integrated manner which spans education, human resource development and connectivity. Mr. T.V.Mohan Das, Pai, Member of the Board and Director, Human Resources, Infosys Technologies made a passionate appeal to bring about radical changes in the education system to take care of the resource crunch in all streams of industrial segments.

The eminent speakers who spoke on the first day were Mr. Pradep Gupta, CMB Cyber Media, Mr. Sujit Bakshi, President Corporate Affairs- Tech Mahindra, Mr. Srinivas Polysetty, Innovation Head-CSC India, Mr. Ravi Bapana, Executive Director, Centre for IT & Network Economy- Hydrabad, Naukri.com, Mr. Pratap Aggarwal, CEO-IDS Infotech & Mr. Sameer Jain, CEO-Net Solutions. The delegates were mix of CEOs, IT professionals& Government Officers. After the day’s proceedings a High Tea at Punjab Bhawan with Gen. (Retd) S.F.Rodrigues. PVSM, VSM, Governor of Punjab & Administrator, UT, Chandigarh was organized for the delegates & CEOs, followed by networking dinner at Taj. On the second day, ie…July 21,2006 the inaugural session was chaired by Mr. Lalit Sharma, Advisor to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh who spoke on good governance. Mrs. Naina Kidwai, CEO and Country Head-HSBC India, Dr, N.Vijayaditya, Director- National Informatics Centre, Mr. B.R. Bajaj, Mr. N.S.KALSI, Secretary IT Punjab and Mr. Anurag Rastogi also spoke. The other eminent speakers who spoke on the second day were Dr. Jaya Menon, Director IT Innovation, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Mr. Niraj Prakash, General Manager, Solutions & Technologies-Oracle India, Mr. Vijay Shekhar, Country Manager India & SAARC, Cissco, Mr. J. Satyanarayan, CEO-National Institute for smart governance, Dr. Rajendra Gupta, Lead Solution Architect, IMB India, Mrs. Usha R. Nair, Deputy General Manager- State Bank of India, Mr. Anil Awasthi, Head Public Services, SAP. Mr. Rohit Anand, Senior Consultant with PWC.

The mega international IT Event culminated with Governor of Haryana. Dr. A.R. Kidwai setting the agenda for the IT professionals.