Venue : Convention Hall, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068
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9:30 am to 10:00 am
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Registration
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10:00 am to 10:45 am
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Opening Ceremony
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Welcome Address by: Prof. K.R Srivathsan, Pro VC, IGNOU
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Overview and Outline of the Workshop by Dr B.K. Murthy, HOD (HRD), Department of IT, Government of India
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Opening Remarks by Dr. C. Muralikrishna Kumar, Sr. Advisor (C&IT), Planning Commission
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Presided by: Prof. V.N Rajasesharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU
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Chief Guest: Shri N Ravi Shanker, Additional Secretary, Department of IT, Government of India
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Vote of Thanks by: Dr. V.S.P. Srivastav, Head(Computer Division, IGNOU
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10:45 am to 11:00 am
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Tea Break
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Session I
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
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IT Mass Literacy – Issues pertaining to Definitions, Standards & Levels
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Chairman: Shri L Balasubramanian, President – NIIT Skills Initiative
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Dr. V.S.P. Srivastav, Head, Computrt Division, IGNOU
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Ms. Rita Soni, CEO, NASSCOM
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Shri G. Raghavan, NIIT
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Shri P.N Sridharan, Head – Training and Development, CDAC - Chennai
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Ms. Shweta Khurana, Manager Education – K12 for Corporate Affairs Group, Intel India
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Session II
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
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Strategy & Approach for developing IT Mass Literacy Courses
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Chairman: Prof. K.R Srivathsan, Pro VC, IGNOU
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Dr. V.N Walivadekar, ED, DOEACC Socity
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Prof. Manohar Lal, Director(SOCIS), IGNOU
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Ms Shweta Khurana, Regional Manager South Asia, Intel
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Shri Naresh Ajwani, MD & CEO, Viom Networks
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Rep. of Yahoo
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Shri K. Chatterjee, Vice President, Career Development Centre, HCL Info Systems.
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1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
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Lunch
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Session III
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
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Delivery of IT Literacy Courses – Reaching The Masses, Identification of Stake Holders
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Shri M.K.Yadav, MD, AMTRON, ASSAM
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Shri Venkatesh Hariharan, Google India
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Shri Osama Manzar, Digital Empowerment Foundation
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Shri Anupam Saronwala, program Director, IBM Research India
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Shri Deepak Maheashwari, Director, Corporate Office, Microsoft India
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3:00 pm to 3:00 pm
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Tea Break
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Session IV
3:15 pm to 4:15 pm
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Implementation Strategy for IT Mass Literacy
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Chairman: Dr. Ajai Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of IT, Government of India
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Shri J.S.Raju, Joint Secretary, MHRD
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Dr. K. Subaramanian, Director(ACIIL), IGNOU
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Shri Shashi Bhusan, Associate Professor, SOCIS, IGNOU
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Ms. Bhavna Chopra, National Skill Development Corporation
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Shri Santosh Choubey, Chairman SRG Bhopal & AISECT Group
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4:15 pm to 4:45 pm
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Conclusion
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Prof. V N Rajasekharan Pillai, VC, IGNOU; Shri N.Ravi Shanker, Additional Secretary, Department of IT, Government of India; Chairmen of all Sessions
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