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Governance Now 6th PSU IT Forum


Governance Now is a premier publication on public policy and Governance from Sri Adhikari Brothers Group, is organising the 6th edition of its flagship India PSU IT Virtual Forum on 22nd December 2021. The platform is to witness deliberations from top-brass of the nation's PSUs on the theme of Innovation with Emerging Technologies. The deliberation will also discuss challenges, innovations and strategies for digital technologies in the public sector enterprises. The past five editions of the PSU IT Forums, Governance Now has not only been successful actively engaging IT experts in India’s top PSUs, community and technology solution providers for addressing the digital transformation needs.

Public Sector Enterprises transformation is extremely critical and highly instrumental for achieving the vision of New India 2025 and playing a vital role in giving a push to the growth of the Indian economy and also helping to recover from the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.

Innovation and technology are the main drivers of growth. India’s Digital Transformation mandate has enabled digitizing data and services or moving them to the cloud, but focusing more on new disruptive technologies which can transform their operations and business. PSUs are leading the way in digital transformation by leveraging disruptive digital technologies to become more competitive in the marketplace by leveraging their reach and data and also focusing on the need to become more efficient.

The forum is an effort to bring together the key stakeholders from government, CPSEs and IT industry experts on a single platform to discuss the digital transformation needed to remain competitive.

Key Discussion Areas:

  • Building Global & Business Competitiveness & Digital transformation of CPSEs for New India 2022
  • Role of Leveraging emerging technologies to realign business with the post Covid environment
  • Cybersecurity & Data and Network Security : Evolved in the Era of Digital Transformation
  • Creating Digital Public Enterprises through Technological Innovation
  • Digital Innovation - Roadmap of technologies for Power and Energy Sector

Key Participants / Who should participate in

  • CMDs of Various PSUs /PSEs
  • EDs of Various PSUs /PSEs
  • IT Heads of Central PSEs
  • IT Heads of State PSUs
  • Officials from Central & State PSUs
  • Technology Solutions/Services Provider
  • Industry Experts

Tech Focus:


Programme Schedule


11.00 am - 11.10 am

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11.10 am - 11.15 am

Welcome Address by Shri Kailashnath Adhikari, Managing Director, Governance Now, Sri Adhikari Brothers Group


11.15 am – 12.30 pm

Tech talk by Shri Sanjay Shintre, Head-Systems Engineering Government & PSU, Nutanix

Panel Discussion: Innovation in PSUs with emerging technologies to realign business (Oil & Gas Sector)


12.30 pm – 01.40 pm

Tech Talk: “Modernize Indian public sector with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange” by Shri Sudip Banerjee, Field CTO - APJ, Zscaler

Panel Discussion: Digital Innovation - Roadmap of technologies for Power and Energy Sector


01.40 pm – 02.50 pm

Tech Talk: "Cybersecurity for Digital & Cloud Adoption" by Ms Tavleen Oberoi, Senior Sales, Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Panel Discussion: Cyber security & Data and Network Security: Evolved in the Era of Digital Transformation


02.50 pm – 03.10 pm

Tech Talk: "Public Enterprise Digital Transformation is incomplete without Digital Infrastructure - Efficiency, Resiliency, and Sustainability" by Shri Mustapha Louni, Senior Vice President, Middle East, Africa & Greater India, Uptime Institute


03.10 pm - 04.10 pm

Panel Discussion: Emerging Technologies in Strengthening the Business Vision of CPSEs


04.10 pm – 05.00 pm

Tech Talk: "VMware’s guide to the Cloud Operating Model" by Shri Kokil Vira, Director - Solutions Engineering – Commercial and Partner Business, VMware India

Panel Discussion: Enabling next-generation business model Leveraging IT: Road-map for future (Oil & Gas Sector)


Closing Remarks by Governance Now



Key Speakers at 6th India PSU IT Forum 2021



11.15 am – 12.30 pm
Session 1 : Innovation in PSUs with emerging technologies to realign business (Oil & Gas Sector)


Shri Harishankar Prasad Singh
Executive Director - CIO
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd

Shri P Anil Kumar
Executive Director (Information Systems)
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd

Shri Alok Khanna
Executive Director (Strategic IS & IS)
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd

Shri Ritwik Rath
Chief General Manager (Digital Strategy)
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd

​Shri Debananda Bera
General Manager (BIS)
GAIL (India) Ltd

Shri Ganesh Iyer
Business Head (Government & PSU)
Nutanix India & SAARC

Shri Akshya Singhal(Moderator)
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP

Shri Sanjay Shintre
Head - Systems Engineering (Government & PSU)
Nutanix India


12.30 pm – 01.40 pm
Session 2: Digital Innovation - Roadmap of technologies for Power and Energy Sector


Shri K S Kalidas
Chief General Manager (IT)
NTPC Ltd

Shri Mukund Sharad Hejib
Senior General Manager ( ERP & IT)
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited

Shri R K P Singh
General Manager (ERP & IT)
Coal India Ltd

Shri Rakesh Sahay
General Manager (Systems)
Western Coalfields Ltd

Shri Abhishek Agarwal
Chief General Manager(IT)
Energy Efficiency Services Ltd

Shri Sudip Banerjee
Field CTO - APJ
Zscaler

Shri Jayant Sinha(Moderator)
Senior Principal Consultant Energy & Utilities
Capgemini


01.40 pm – 02.50 pm
Session 3: Cyber security & Data and Network Security: Evolved in the Era of Digital Transformation


Shri Susheel Kumar
Chief General Manager (BIS) & CISO
GAIL (India) Ltd

Shri Anand Shankar
Chief GM - Information Security
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd

Shri VC Angadi
Chief General Manager (DT)-CIO
BEML Ltd

Shri Vijay Devnath
General Manager (Infra & Security) & CISO
CRIS

Dr Yask
Chief Information Security Officer
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd

Shri Anirudh Gupta
General Manager (IT)
NHPC Ltd

Shri Kartik Shahani
Managing Director & Country Manager
Tenable India & SAARC

Shri Gaurav Jindal
Business Head - Government
Thales India

Ms Tavleen Oberoi
Senior Sales
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Shri Jaspreet Singh(Moderator)
Partner & National Leader – Client and Markets
Grant Thornton Bharat LLP


02.50 pm – 04.00 pm
Session 4: Emerging Technologies in Strengthening the Business Vision of CPSEs


Shri Prem Kumar Jha
CGM IT
Steel Authority of India Limited

Ms Ritu Narang
Senior General Manager (MIS)
CONCOR

Shri Rajeev Agarwal
Head -Corporate Quality, Customer Service and Flight Safety
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd

Shri Sudeesh V C
Group General Manager - IT
IRCTC Ltd

Shri Ajay Gupta
Group General Manager (IT)
Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd

Shri Chandra Kishore Prasad
Sr Professor & Head IT
IRISET

Shri Mustapha Louni
Senior Vice President, Middle East, Africa & Greater India
Uptime Institute

Shri Ashish Gangrade(Moderator)
Partner - Government & Public Sector Advisory
BDO India


04.00 pm – 05.00 pm
Session 5: Enabling next-generation business model Leveraging IT: Road-map for future (Oil & Gas Sector)


Shri Suresh Nambiar
Chief General Manager(IS)
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd

Shri Amal Krishna
Chief General Manager (IT)
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd


Ms. Vallithai S
Chief General Manager & HoD ITS
Engineers India Limited


Shri Saubhagya Behera
CIO & Chief General Manager
Indraprastha Gas Ltd

Shri Aman Thareja
Director, Commercial Sales
VMware India


Shri Kokil Vira
Director - Solutions Engineering – Commercial and Partner business
VMware India

Glimpses




Panel : Innovation in PSUs with emerging technologies to realign business at 6th India PSU IT Forum


Panel Discussion: Digital Innovation - Roadmap of technologies for Power and Energy Sector


Panel Discussion: Cyber security & Data and Network Security: Evolved in the Era of Digital Transformation


Panel Discussion: Emerging Technologies in Strengthening the Business Vision of CPSEs



Panel Discussion: Enabling next-generation business model Leveraging IT: Road-map for future (Oil & Gas Sector)


Shri Sanjay Shintre, Head-Systems Engineering Government & PSU, Nutanix India



Shri Sudip Banerjee, Field CTO, APJ, Zscaler


Shri Kokil Vira, Director - Solutions Engineering – Commercial and Partner business, VMware India


Shri Mustapha Louni, Senior Vice President, Middle East, Africa & Greater India, Uptime Institute


Ms Tavleen Oberoi, Senior Sales, Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Past PSU IT Forums


India PSU IT Virtual Forum 2020


20th August 2020


India PSU IT Forum 2019


02nd August 2019


​India PSU IT Forum 2018


16th May 2018


​India PSU IT Forum 2017


24th May 2017


​India PSU IT Forum 2016


18th May 2016

Participating PSUs



                                                                

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