ELECTRONICS & IT EXPOSITION ELITEX 2003 TO BE HELD ON APRIL 28, 2003

EVENT TO FOCUS ON " MOVING UP THE VALUE CHAIN"

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The two day exposition ELITEX-2003 to disseminate information on technologies and products developed in the areas of IT is being organised from April 28, 2003. The theme of Elitex-2003 is "Moving up the Value Chain : India – A Global Destination for R&D". Organised by the Department of Information Technology, Elitex provides a unique opportunity for industry to pick a product/technology for commercial exploitation; for R&D institutes and academics to forge industry tie-ups; experience sharing with other experts and interaction with commercial attaches and delegates of other countries. The exhibition will focus on technologies/know-how developed and services offered at various institutions in the country. The participating institutions will get an opportunity to highlight their activities and technologies/services that can be offered to the industry and public at large.

The event will be inaugurated by the Union Minister for Communications, Information Technology and Disinvestment, Shri Arun Shourie. The Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government, Dr. R. Chidambram will be the key speaker on the occasion. The Scope of Elitex-2003 has been enlarged to include official participation from European countries besides the Central and West Asia, Gulf, Latin America and SAARC countries. The member countries of Asia Electronics Info-Communications Union (AEIU) are also expected to participate. The official delegations of these countries will focus on the opportunities and tie-up possibilities with India, in a separate session during the seminar.

Apart from crucial policy issues in the IT sector, the Seminars during the exposition will cover the state-of-the-art technologies. It will also focus on presentations from different States of India. The State Governments are also being requested to exhibit their available e-governance facilities and the status of IT industry in their respective States.

Some of the key sessions include: Emerging growth areas, R&D led success stories, enhanching e-readiness, innovation to enhance digital unite, human resource development initiatives and global IP protection and partnership. The Conference will witness large scale participation from eminent personalities in both the corporate and government IT sector. Some of the key speakers include: Prof. D.B. Phatak, IIT, Bombay, Shri Rahul Mullick, WIPRO Infotech, Dr. K.N. Gupta, Chairman, CCA, Shri S. Devarajan, VP&Head, CISCO, Dr. Manoj Kumar, IBM Research Centre, Shri Vinay L. Deshpande, Chairman, Encore, Shri Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM, Shri Prithipal Singh, CMD, BSNL, Shri Anil Sinha, SPO, PCT, WIPO, Shri Deependra Moitra, Infosys besides senior officials from the Department of Information Technology.

Elitex-2003 will also showcase products, technologies, services developed by various institutes. Some of the leading participants include: Centre for Development of Advanced Computing(C-DAC), Ernet, Software Technology Parks of India(STPI), Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research(SAMEER), Centre for Development of Telematics(C-DOT), DOEACC, Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology(C-MET) and CMC. Key technological products being showcased include: tools related to computer development, e-learning and Media Lab Asia initiatives in this regard, environment management in electronics, professional and strategic electronics, IPR promotion, industrial applications, health and biotech applications, e-commerce and information security, centre for e-Governance initiatives and tools related to knowledge based enterprises.

Department of Information Technology has been funding Research Design and Development Projects in the areas of Electronics and Information Technology at various institutions and industry. To disseminate information about indigenous R&D among potential users and the industry, and also to promote interaction between industry and R&D institutions, Elitex (Electronics&IT Exposition) is being organised since 1999.