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12th National Workshop

on "Capacity Building for Small Business in Orissa through ICT" - April 2007

The Institute of Management & Information Science is organising a national workshop from 12th of April 2007 at Bhubaneswar on "Capacity Building for Small Business in Orissa through ICT," sponsored by AICTE, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.

National Workshop on

Sponsored by AICTE, Govt. of India

Introduction

Development essentially includes progress of the masses. This endorses the fact that technological development cannot be complete unless the masses are benefited by technological interventions. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is one such effective tool that can bring about drastic changes in the lives of people. For instance, ITC’s e-Chaupal has given the farmers an opportunity to lower transaction costs, receive competitive prices and generate higher income. India’s rural e-governance through State Wide Area Networks (SWAN) has shown ways to improve the reach, increase transparency and reduce processing costs for district and state administration. Similarly, business incubation projects are proving to be beneficial for young businesses throughout the nation. It facilitates support in the form of information, contacts and resources.

In Orissa, the ICT efforts for promoting Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and rural development are visible in ICT programmes such as GRAMSAT, Orissa State Portal, Secretariat LAN, Secretariat Training Facility, Unicode Oriya Project, Bhulekh, ORIS, and so on… But invariably all such efforts have emphasized public private partnership for capacity building. Capacity building, here, implies that a large number of people associated with the ICT programs have to be trained on utilization of ICT interventions for development. This calls for multiple exercises starting from a one-to-one interaction to workshops and seminars.

Venue: IDCOL AUDITORIUM (Near I.G. Park)

The details of the program can be obtained from the links provided below

Objectives

This Workshop has multiple objectives. The major ones have been listed below.

• The workshop aims at providing an ideal platform for A-Z support services for a wide spectrum of small business ventures in the state of Orissa.
• The workshop will lay emphasis on innovations and new business opportunity identification with the changing times.
• The thrust of the workshop is incubating small business entrepreneurs of Orissa.
  One of the major objectives of the workshop is to address the process of collecting & isseminating relevant information through the use of technology to every nook and corner of the state of Orissa.
• The workshop satisfies the need to customize as per the individual small business consulting needs.
• The workshop lays emphasis on integrating various agencies by developing a network of all concerned.
• The workshop uses computers, internet technology, telephone lines and other media to provide the right platform for interaction of various parties involved.
• The workshop aims to set up a state-of-the-art data centre to back all front-end operations.
• The workshop aims at developing effective monitoring mechanisms for each venture right from its inception till it attains operational efficiency.
  

Target Participants

• Entrepreneurs
• NGOs
• Students
• Academicians
• Technocrat

Technical Sessions

The workshop will witness four technical sessions along with inaugural and valedictory sessions. These sessions are:

• Technical Session One - Facilitation by Government Agencies for Rural ICT Applications: This session will witness people from policy making bodies deliberating on the workshop topic who include bureaucrats, government heads of offices etc.
• Technical Session Two - Facilitation by Non-Governmental Agencies for Rural ICT Applications: This session will have speakers coming from NGOs, Funding Agencies etc.
• Technical Session Three - Finance Support Agencies for Small Business: Here a host of dignitaries from the finance as well as micro-finance sector will deliberate on the topic.
• Technical Session Four - Technology for ICT Applications: Technology plays a vital role in all ICT applications. This session will host technocrats who will deliberate on the technical feasibility, requirements and infrastructural requirements for rural ICT applications.

Speakers

Inauguration Program

Workshop will be inaugurated by
Sj. Suryanarayan Patra
Cabinet Minister, Energy, IT & Culture, Govt. of Orissa

Keynote Address

Prof. Neeraj Kumar,
XIM Bhubaneswar

Technical Session 1

Facilitation by Govt. Agencies for Rural ICT Applications
Resource Persons

Mr. R.N.Dash
I.A.S., Commissioner-cum-DTE & T; Managing Director, IDCOL
Director, EP & M, Orissa

Mr. Vishal Dev
I.A.S., CEO, OCAC
Mr. Anirban Mukherjee
Consultant to Govt. of Karnataka

Technical Session 2

Technology for ICT Applications
Resource Persons

Mr. K.K. Swain
Centre Head,
TCS, Bhubaneswar

Mr. S. K. Mohapatra
DGM, IDCOL Software

Technical Session 3

Finance Support Agencies for Small Business
Resource Persons

Mr. V. Madhusudan Rao
DGM, SBI

Mr. Arindam Mishra
Dy. Chief Executive, ORMAS

Mr. Nagendra Acharya
Consultant, Madhyam Foundation

Technical Session 4

Facilitation by Non-Governmental Agencies for Rural ICT Applications
Resource Persons

Dr. V.P. Sharma
Director, MANAGE, Hyderabad

Mr. V. Prakash
ICT Consultant

Mr. Srijat Mishra
Managing Director, Kalinga Software