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VARINDIA played host to the 15th Star
Nite Awards 2016 (SNA) DNA of Channel
that has during these years become a litmus
test for IT corporates for their marketing
policies, strategies and initiatives and for
deciding the top performers of the year
for their contribution in the field of ICT.
This year’s event was focused on the
theme: Digital & GST Impact on Business
Eco-system.
The evening commenced with the
lamp lighting ceremony and was graced
by the Chief Guest, Shri P.P Chaudhary,
Ho’ble Minister of State, Law & Justice,
Electronics & Information Technology,
Government of India. Other dignitaries
who joined in the celebrations are Dr.
Bibek Debroy, Member, NITI Aayog,
Government of India; Shri S. N. Tripathy,
IAS, A.S. and Development Commissioner,
MSME, Government of India; Shri
Vipin Tyagi, Executive Director, C-Dot,
Government of India; Shri. Savitur Prasad,
Addl. CGDA, Ministry of Defence, Govt.
of India; Mr. Amit Jain, President &
CEO- Prysm; Mr. Vishal Dhupar, Global
head (Business Development) – NVIDIA
Graphics; Mr. Jaijit Bhattacharya, Partner,
Infrastructure & Govt. services –KPMG;
Mr. K K Shetty, V.P. - Commscope India;
Mr. Krishnan Chatterjee, Head Marketing,
India Subcontinent - SAP INDIA; Mr.
Sudarshan R, Country Marketing Head,
India-DELL India Pvt. Ltd.; Mr. A L
Jagannath, Director, Marketing-VMware
Software India Pvt. Ltd.; Mr. Sandip
Dr. Bibek Debroy, Member, NITI
Aayog, Government of India
“There are major challenges facing the
education sector today. When we talk of
education, everybody tends to focus only
on higher education. But higher education
is only one side of the coin. Education
probably begins with school education.
It expands primary education, secondary
education, farther up vocational education
and even higher education. Today if you
look at school enrolment, across the
country whatever be the state that we
are talking about, we are getting children
into schools. The number of students who
have dropped out of school has dropped
phenomenally in spite of having problems
with drop-outs, retention and quality of
education. The education sector is up for
reform, but they do not happen only when
they are supply-driven.”
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Aurora, Director, Marketing – Intel India
Pvt. Ltd.; Mr. L K Pathak, VP -Marketing
&
Corp.
Communication-Sterlite
Technologies and Mr Deepak Kumar
Sahu, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief,
VARINDIA.
Mr Deepak Kumar Sahu, Publisher
and Editor-in-Chief, VARINDIA started
his keynote address by complementing
the Indian talents and the impact that
Indian entrepreneurs have had on Silicon
Valley. “India’s start-ups “will disrupt
the world” for sure. Experts predict that
India - comprising 15% of the world
population and with a growth rate of 7 to
8%, could be the second largest economy
by 2030. The Government’s commitment
for a digital economy as a major growth
enabler is among the top priorities for
the central and state government both
and the opportunity seems very much
promising.”
The Tech Talk Session saw eminent
speakers from the industry talk about
emerging technology and the way industry
is shaping up amidst its adoption. The idea
of this tech talk is that, in five minutes
elevator speech, a speaker needs to tell
the audience on the present and future
technologies that his respective company
is endorsing. There were a multitude of
topics capped, on which these leaders
shared their ideas and concepts with the
audience. The speakers who spoke during
this session were Mr. Amit Jain, President
Shri P.P Chaudhary, Ho’ble
Minister of State, Law & Justice,
Electronics & Information
Technology, Government of India
“We might not have been a witness
to Industrial Revolution, but our young
generation and even we would be able to
see the country taking a leap to Digital
India. The biggest challenge before India
today is that of infrastructure because our
83 crore population reside in rural India.
And today when there is a big Digital
Divide, our Honourable PM is trying his
best to bring India on the world map as a
digital country. Once we reach around 2,
50,000 gram panchayats getting connecting
through optical fibre or high speed internet
and giving wi-fi connectivity to villagers,
we would know that we have lived up to
our aim.”
& CEO- Prysm Inc.; Mr. Vishal Dhupar,
M.D, South Asia - NVIDIA India; Mr. K
K Shetty- V.P. - Commscope India; Mr.
Jaijit Bhattacharya, Partner, Infrastructure
& Govt. services –KPMG; Mr. Rohit
Oberoi, Director, marketing, Middle
East- Seclore Technology and Mr. Vijayraj
Rajit, Chairman- Qbitkloud.
Going with the tradition of this flagship
event, the gala awards ceremony which
always is the most-awaited attraction
of the evening took place amidst much
celebrations and grandeur. The biggest
names in the ICT industry have been
named winners in 45 different categories
that have been chosen on the basis of the
feedback recei ved from the VARs and
channel partners from Metros, A, B and C
class cities through an extensive electronic
voting system.
VARINDIA also took this opportunity
to recognize the 15 CMOs from the Indian
ICT industry. As another attraction
of the event, CMOs gave a 60 Seconds
elevator speech on their efforts, success
and sharing their experience how they
have transformed the business of their
respective organizations and later these
veterans came up on the stage and were
felicitated with a token of appreciation.
There was also a Lucky Draw contest
organized by Seclore, Epson, Seagate and
Fitbit in between the event where lucky
winners walked away with exciting prizes.
Shri S. N. Tripathy, IAS, A.S. and
Development Commissioner,
MSME, Government of India
“When we were talking about
bottlenecks to make India digital, we
were afraid of many things not falling
into place. Today the entire eco-system
is set – so how can Digital India be made
successful? What is it that we expect from
the government? We have used Digital in
the Dept. of MSME and one scheme where
we have used is a recent project that will
give sufficient scope to the players in that
industry. We have been promoting ICT
among micro & small enterprises, and
see in what ways they can use the digital
platform. We are sure of 2 things – we are
not going to support disruption but go for
neutralization.”