SKOCH Summit
1445 - 1530
STATE OF DIGITAL GOVERNANCE
Moderator: Dr Gursharan Dhanjal, Vice Chairman, SKOCH Group
Mr Akhil Arora, Principal Secretary, Information Technology & Communication (IT&C), Government of Rajasthan
Mr Ashish Kumar Singh, Commissioner, Excise Department, Government of Odisha
Mr Abhishek Sharma, Chief Executive officer, Jammu & Kashmir e-Governance Agency
Dr Jatinder Kaur Arora, Executive Director, Punjab State Council for Science & Technology
Mr Amit Kumar Sinha, Director, Information Technology Development Agency, Uttarakhand
Dr Gursharan Dhanjal
Vice Chairman, SKOCH Group
Dr Gursharan Dhanjal, MA, M.Phil, PhD from Delhi University, an expert in development economics. He is Vice Chairman, SKOCH Group. He is also Editor of INCLUSION—a quarterly publication that focuses on inclusive growth related areas. He has led various research projects, impact assessments and field studies in MSMEs, women empowerment, entitlements, rights, sanitation, social inclusion, health, financial inclusion, e-governance and ICT for development that included traversing across the country, collecting citizen voices for over two decades now. A prolific writer, Dr Dhanjal has contributed over 200 columns in leading national dailies including The Hindustan Times, The Times of India, The Financial Express and The Pioneer. He has published research papers in several journals of repute in addition to authoring following widely acclaimed books: Tarapur: The Politics of Nuclear Age; and, Infrastructure and Governance. He was member of the Working Group on ICT in Higher Education constituted by Planning Commission for the 12th Five Year Plan.
Mr Akhil Arora
Principal Secretary, Information Technology & Communication (IT&C), Government of Rajasthan
Mr Ashish Kumar Singh
Commissioner, Excise Department, Government of Odisha
Mr Abhishek Sharma
Chief Executive officer, Jammu & Kashmir e-Governance Agency
Dr Jatinder Kaur Arora
Executive Director, Punjab State Council for Science & Technology
Mr Amit Kumar Sinha
Director, Information Technology Development Agency, Uttarakhand
1605 - 1650
STATE OF DIGITAL GOVERNANCE - AGRICULTURE
Moderator: Dr Gursharan Dhanjal, Vice Chairman, SKOCH Group
Dr Sumita Misra, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture, Government of Haryana
Mr M Raghunandan Rao, Secretary Agriculture, Government of Telangana
Dr Venkatesh Mahadevapur Venkataramanaiah, Commissioner, Watershed Development, Government of Karnataka
Dr Arjun Singh Saini, Director General Horticulture, Department of Horticulture, Government of Haryana
Dr L Prashanthi, Director of Research, Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh
Mr Dilip Maruti Zende, Director, Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra
Dr Gursharan Dhanjal
Vice Chairman, SKOCH Group
Dr Gursharan Dhanjal, MA, M.Phil, PhD from Delhi University, an expert in development economics. He is Vice Chairman, SKOCH Group. He is also Editor of INCLUSION—a quarterly publication that focuses on inclusive growth related areas. He has led various research projects, impact assessments and field studies in MSMEs, women empowerment, entitlements, rights, sanitation, social inclusion, health, financial inclusion, e-governance and ICT for development that included traversing across the country, collecting citizen voices for over two decades now. A prolific writer, Dr Dhanjal has contributed over 200 columns in leading national dailies including The Hindustan Times, The Times of India, The Financial Express and The Pioneer. He has published research papers in several journals of repute in addition to authoring following widely acclaimed books: Tarapur: The Politics of Nuclear Age; and, Infrastructure and Governance. He was member of the Working Group on ICT in Higher Education constituted by Planning Commission for the 12th Five Year Plan.
Dr Sumita Misra
Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture, Government of Haryana
Mr M Raghunandan Rao
Secretary Agriculture, Government of Telangana
Dr Venkatesh Mahadevapur Venkataramanaiah
Commissioner
Watershed Development, Government of Karnataka
Dr Venkatesh Mahadevapur Venkataramanaiah
Commissioner, Watershed Development, Government of Karnataka
Dr Arjun Singh Saini
Director General - Horticulture, Department of Horticulture, Government of Haryana
Dr L Prashanthi
Director of Research, Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh