m2m2iotpaper.com and Telecom Centres of Excellence, India the joint organizers of India m2m + iot Forum 2017 announced the final program for the two day forum on Sunday, 27 February 2017, with the Honorable Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Chairman, Telecom Commission, Mr J S Deepak, to deliver the Inaugural Address on ‘capitalizing connected world’, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India, on Monday, 6 March 2017.

The forum also announced its Chief Guest, Guests of Honor and Industry Speakers:

Chief Guest – Mr Manoj Sinha, the Honorable Minister of Communications, Government of India

Guests of Honor:

- Mr J S Deepak – Secretary, Department of Telecommunications and Chairman Telecom Commission
- Mr G K Upadhyay – Member (T), Department of Telecommunications
- Mr N Sivasailam – Additional Secretary (T), Department of Telecommunications
- Dr Sameer Sharma – Additional Secretary (Smart Cities), Ministry of Urban Development
- Mr D P De – Sr Deputy Director General, Telecommunication Engineering Centre
- H.E. Mr Tomasz Kozlowski, Ambassador, The European Union

The KEY SPEAKERs from the industry includes:

- Mr Amajit Gupta, Director, Amsantech Advisories
- Mr Anupam Srivastava, Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
- Dr Arvind Mishra, Vice President & Treasurer, FTTH Council Asia-Pacific
- Mr Ashutosh Mayank, Vice President, Lumis Partners
- Mr Asok Sud, Director General, Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India
- Mr Aurindam Bhattacharya, Group Leader, C-DoT
- Mr Bipin Pradeep Kumar, Co-Founder, Gaia Smart Cities
- Mr Deepraj Patkar, SW Architect & Group Engineering Manager, Samsung R&D Institute
- Mr Derick Jose, Co-Founder & CPO, Flutura Decision Sciences & Analytics
- Mr Dinesh Chand Sharma, Director, Standardization, Policy and Regulation, Seconded European Standardization Expert in India (SESEI)
- Mr Firoz Hussain, Senior Director Security, Delhivery
- Prof. Jagan Shah, Director – National Institute of Urban Affair (NIUA)
- Mr Joydeep Bose, EVP- Strategy & Corporate Business Development, Tejas Networks
- Dr Koustuv Dasgupta, Head, Conduent India Labs (erstwhile Xerox Research)
- Mr Klaus Pendl, First Counsellor – ICT, Delegation of the European Union to India
- Mr Manish Kumar, Sr VP - IT, Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System Ltd (DIMTS)
- Ms Pamela Kumar, Director General, Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI)
- Mr Pankaj Sharma, Sr. VP & Head Regulatory, Telenor
- Mr P K Purwar, CMD & Director, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
- Mr Pranshu Gupta, Founder & CEO, Trak n Tell
- Mr Rajan S Mathews, Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI)
- Mr Rajeev Mukherjee, CEO & Founder, Incubate Hub
- Dr Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar, President, Aeris Communications India
- Mr Sandeep Bhargava, EVP – Corp Affairs and Public Policy, Vodafone India
- Mr Satish Mittal, CTO, Vodafone Business Services
- Mrs Sapna Ahuja, Senior Vice President, MapmyIndia
- Prof S N Sarbadhikari, Project Director, Centre for Health Informatics (CHI), National Institute of Health and Family Welfare Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India
- Mr Sougata Mukherjea, Chief Technologist, IBM Global Technology Services
- Mr Sourabh Chatterjee, Senior Vice President, Head - Technology, Online Sales and Digital Marketing, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co Ltd
- Ms Swati Rangachari, Chief of Corporate Affairs, Sterlite Technologies Limited
- Mr Vaibhav Vijay, Head – Product Management, Teramatrix Technologies Private Limited
- Mr Vijay Kumar, CTO, esri India
- Mr Vipin Tyagi, Executive Director, Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and Member, Advisory Group, India m2m + iot Forum 2017
- Mr Vijay Madan, Chief Mentor-IT & Technology, Tata Teleservices Limited
- Mr Yogesh Dandeka, Senior Manager-Design, Tata Elxsi

The above dignitaries and the speakers list is the testimony of the fact that the forum has received an overwhelming response from the entire m2m + iot fraternity and has now attained the tag of the NATIONAL m2m + iot Forum of India.

The forum especially thank its esteemed Sponsors – Sterlite Technologies, Vodafone India, Aeris Communications, India, and its esteemed Exhibitors – 5C Network, CA Investment Technologies, Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), idatawave, Kirat Communications Pvt Ltd, Kratikal, Smart24x7, Stellapps Technologies Pvt Ltd.

The forum also expresses its sincere gratitude to the;

Government Partners – Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Centre for Health Informatics (CHI), Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC)

Forum Partners – European Telecom Standards Institute (ETSI), European Union (EU), oneM2M, Telecom Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI)

Institutional Partners – Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD), Karunya University, School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Delhi

Industry Alliance Partners – Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI), Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Connected Vehicles Trade Association (CVTA), FTTH Council Asia Pacific, India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF)

Analyst and Research Partners – ABI Research, Berg Insight, Mind Commerce, Park Associates

Knowledge Partners – Council, Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit Systems Ltd (DIMTS), India-EU ICT Standardization Collaboration, Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)

Startups Partners – AICTE IIT Delhi, AIISCCET IISC Bangalore, BITCOE IIT Kanpur, Electropreneur Park, IITCOE IIM Ahemedabad, Lumis Partners, RICET IIT IIT Roorkee, RICETCOE IIT Madras, Telecom Centres of Excellence, India, TICET IIT Bombay, VICET IIT Kharagpur

Online Media Partner – iUeMagazine

A brief agenda for the two-day program can be viewed at: https://www.m2m2iotforum.com/2017/program.php

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