Practices for Smart Governance

Key Content

• Framework for SMART governance
• SMART governance approach to decision making
• Is India missing the sustainability bus?
• Social media and governance
• Infrastructure and governance
• A level governance framework for SMEs
• State of governance in states
• State of governance at the centre
• Best practices in governance
• Role of technology in SMART governance
  • Government cloud
  • Big data information management
  • Government applications store
  • Real-time cyber security
  • Business intelligence for performance management
  • Mobile devices and services delivery
  • Transition to IPv6
  • Smart city, safe city

33rd Skoch Summit: Curtain raiser

• Welcome and Opening Remarks: Mr Sameer Kochhar, Chairman, Skoch Group & Dr Deepak B Phatak, IIT-B, Mumbai & Director, Skoch Development Foundation
• Mr Sam Pitroda,Adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations
• Mr Karan Bajwa, Managing Director, Microsoft Corporation (India)
• Mr J Satyanarayana, Secretary, Department of Electronics and IT
• MSMEs and Governance: Mr Madhav Lal, Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
• Financial Inclusion, Panchayati Raj & Rural Development: Ms Aruna Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh
• Summation & Vote of Thanks: Dr Alok Bharadwaj, Executive Vice President, Canon India

Imperatives for SMART Governance at the Center

• Dr Rajarshi Bhattacharya, Secretary – SE&L, Ministry of Human Resource Development
• Mr J Satyanarayana, Secretary, Department of Electronics and IT
• Ms Zohra Chatterji,Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
• Dr Prajapati Trivedi, Chairman (NA, CWC) Secretary (Performance Mgt) & Chairman (NA, CWC), Cabinet Secretariat
• Mr Arun Rajamani Sivaramakrishnan,

Imperatives for SMART Governance at States

Chaired by: Mr T K A Nair, Adviser to Prime Minister of India

Panelists:

• Mr Ashok Kumar Sinha, Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar
• Mr S J Haider, Additional Chief Secretary-Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat
• Mr Arvind Kumar Pandey, Additional Chief Secretary & Member Board of Revenue, Government of Jharkhand
• Dr P S Meena, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra
• Ms Ajita Bajpai Pande, Additional Chief Secretary (Technical Education & Skill Development), Government of Madhya Pradesh
• Mr Vikas Aggarwal, Head – Industry Solutions & Market Development, Public Sector, Microsoft India

An Agenda for India’s Growth: Essays in Honour of P Chidambaram

Introduction: Dr Gursharan Dhanjal, Editor & COO, Skoch Group

Speakers:

• Dr C Rangarajan, Hon’ble Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
• Mr Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express
• Mr Arun Maira, Hon’ble Member, Planning Commission
• Mr Wajahat Habibullah, Hon’ble Chairman, National Commission for Minorities
• Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
• Dr Surjit S Bhalla, Chairman, Oxus Research & Investments

• Special Address: Mr P Chidambaram, Hon’ble Finance Minister

• Vote of Thanks: Mr Rituraj Kapila, Academic Foundation

Skoch Awards 2013

Skoch Smart Governance Awards & Skoch Digital Inclusion Awards

Guest of Honour: Mr Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India