1000 - 1130 Hrs

Theme

Welcome & Introductory Remarks

Chief Guest Address 

Industry Address  

Consumer Focus Address

CASE STUDY 1 on PM-WANI
CASE STUDY 2 on PM-WANI

CASE STUDY 3 on PM-WANI

Keynote Address  

Vote of Thanks

Session 1: Inaugural Session

PM WANI – Driving Digital Transformation

• Mr. T.V. Ramachandran, President – Broadband India Forum

• Shri K. Rajaraman, IAS, Chairman, DCC & Secretary (T), DoT

• Launch of BIF Connectivity Accelerator Programme (Video)

• Mr. Rajiv Aggarwal, Head of Public Policy, India at Meta
  

• Mr. Osama Manzar,Founder-Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation
• Mr. Satyam Darmora,Co-Founder & CEO, i2e1
• Mr. Srinivas Gudipudi, Founder & CEO, MatreComm Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
• Dr. Satya N. Gupta, Chairman of Board, Bluetown India and BIMSTEC

• Dr. R.K. Upadhyay, ED, C-DoT (Special Guest of Honour)

• Mr. K. Manohar Raja, Chairman, BIF’s Wi-Fi Committee (ED, RailTel India) – Session Moderator

1130 – 1245 Hrs

Opening Remarks by Session Chair

Distinguished Speaker
Distinguished Speaker
Distinguished Speaker
Distinguished Speaker
Distinguished Speaker
Distinguished Speaker
Distinguished Speaker

Vote of Thanks

Session 2: “How to overcome the Challenges in acceleration of PM-WANI?
Session moderated by Mr. Debashish Bhattacharya, Sr. DDG, BIF

• Shri S.K. Singhal, DDG-DS, DoT (Session Chair)

• Mr. Bryan Tan,Director, Connectivity Ecosystems, Meta
• Mr. Samar Shailendra,Sr. Standards Architect, Intel
• Mr. Vivek Dua, General Manager, CFA, BSNL
• Mr. Sai Manapragada,Chairman & CEO, XiFi Networks
• Mr. K. Manohar Raja, ED, Railtel India  
• Mr. Rishikesh Ghare, Founder & CEO, Indio Networks Pvt. Ltd.
• Prof. Rekha Jain,Senior Visiting Professor, ICRIER

Q&A
Concluding remarks by Shri S.K. Singhal, DDG-DS, DoT

Mr. Debashish Bhattacharya, Sr. DDG, BIF