Uttar Pradesh Annual Report 2009-10 - CII

s e c t o r a l s n a p s h o t
Roundtable Discussion on Role of ICT
for Developing Rural India
June 3, 2009: Noida
Mr Ramesh Suri, Chairman CII UP State council addressing the gathering
Mr Ramesh Suri, Chairman, CII Uttar Pradesh at a
Roundtable discussion on role of ICT in developing
Rural India said, “Common wisdom has it that the
modern information and communication technologies
(ICTs) such as telephony or the internet hold
unmatched opportunities for developing countries.
Academics, policymakers and entrepreneurs
frequently claim that ICTs represent one of the most
powerful tools in the struggle against poverty”.
Valuable insights were provided by Mr Neeraj
Aggarwal, Project Director for Affirmative Actions,
NIIT; Mr Sanjeev K Gupta , Government Programmes
Executive, IBM; Mr H N S Rao , Academic Head ICT,
EDUCOMP and Dr Vinay Sharma, IIT – Roorkee. The
session helped in spreading the word of Information
& Communication Technology and taught the rural
masses through IT & ICT tools.
EXCON - Road Show
October 26, 2009: Lucknow
Interactive Session on IT-BPO
Destination Lucknow
November 26, 2009: Lucknow
With an aim to share best practices and build
strategies for soliciting industrial investments in the IT
sector in the city, CII Uttar Pradesh State organized
an interactive session on `IT-BPO Destination
Mr Jayant Krishna, Vice Chairman, UP State Council, Prof Kripa Shankar,
Vice Chancellor-UPTU, Mr Anoop Mishra, Industrial & Infrastructure
Development Commissioner , Mr Chandra Prakash, Principal Secretary, I T
Lucknow’ at the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS`s)
Awadh Park Campus. The session furnished valuable
inputs by eminent bureaucrats and IT-BPO
representatives including Mr. Anoop Mishra,
Infrastructure & Industrial Development
Commissioner, Government of Uttar Pradesh,
Mr Chandra Prakash, Principal Secretary, Information
Technology, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Prof. Kripa
Shanker, Vice Chancellor, Uttar Pradesh Technical
University, Mr. Jayant Krishna, Vice Chairman, CII UP
State Council.
Dignitaries at EXCON 2009
As a run up to Excon 2009, India’s largest trade fair
on construction equipments & construction
technology a road show was held in Lucknow. CII
organized Excon 2009, in association with Indian
Earthmoving and Construction Industry Association
Ltd (IECIAL), at Bangalore.
Addressing the Road Show, Mr Kiron Chopra, Former
Chairman of CII Uttar Pradesh said, “There is
tremendous opportunity for Indian Companies to
showcase developments and create business
linkages with global companies given the fact that
Indian economy is still growing despite the global
slowdown”. Mr Tribhuwan Ram, Engineer-in Chief,
Public Works Department, Government of Uttar
Pradesh was the special guest for the event.
20 such road shows were held across the country.