The country is poised to the next phase of growth. The strong digital infrastructure and digital India hold potential for the socio-economic growth of the country. According to the reports, the potential economic value of $1 Trillion in 2025 comes from the new digital ecosystem in diverse sectors including e-governance, healthcare, jobs and skills, agriculture and various other areas.

The objective of third edition of Governance Now Digital Transformation Summit was to focus on roadmaps, partnerships and collaborations among the center and state governments, private sector, industry associations, consulting firms, and academia which are critical to achieving these digital goals. In this Summit, special focus was also on reskilling and upskilling the government practitioners for the digital transformation process.

One day event was comprised of Inaugural sessions, plenary Panel Discussions and Industry presentations.

Inaugural Session was planned on theme “Tapping the Trillion Dollar Digital Opportunity”. In this session, Shri Kunal Kumar, Joint Secretary and Mission Director (Smart Cities), Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Government of India ,Shri Puneet Chawla, Chairman & Managing Director, RailTel Corporation of India Ltd ,Shri Sarvesh Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Broadband Network Limited, Dr Neeta Verma, Director General, Shri Gopalakrishnan S, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India, Shri Subhash Chandra Garg, Former Economic Affairs and Power Secretary, Government of India , Shri Rajeev Mehta, Vice President, Vodafone Idea Ltd were present . In this session, experts has discussed on Digital Transformation Roadmaps,  E-governance of the Future, Unlocking the transformative power of digital technologies, Interdependence complexities between departments and governments, Tapping the potential of billions of screens of opportunity and digitally workforce transformation for digital India.

After Inaugural session, Shri Dhruv Singla, Major Accounts Manager, Fortinet and Dr Mohan Chandrasekaran, Founder & CEO, AdStringO Software Pvt Ltd presented Industry presentation on “Security Transformation in Today’s Digital World”.

Three Plenary Panel Discussion were also planned on following themes:

1. Panel Session 1: Digital Transformation Accelerator for Governments

In this session, eminent experts Shri NSN Murty, Partner & Leader - Smart Cities, PwC IndiaDr. Dinesh Kumar Tyagi, CEO, CSCSPV & Chief Investigator, CSC e-Governance Services India Limited Smt S Radha Chauhan, Principal Secretary, Department of Vocational Education & Skill Development, Department of Technical Education, Govt of Uttar Pradesh Shri Ajay Chagti, Special Secretary (IT), Department of Information Technology, Government of NCT of Delhi Shri Vipin Tyagi, Executive Director, Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) Shri M K Yadava, Managing Director, Assam Electronics Development Corporation Ltd Shri Nikhil Kumar, Country Head, HERE Technologies were present. In this panel Discussion experts shared their experience and knowledge on “

1. Panel Session 2: Cybersecurity challenges and sensitive public data protection

In this session,Shri Sambit Sinha, Partner Cyber Security moderator the session and he has discussed on cyber security and its importance todays era with other panelists Ernst & Young Dr Muktesh Chandra, Special Commissioner of Police ( Operations ), Delhi Police Dr. Prashun Gupta, Deputy Director(CCTNS & NCTC), National Crime Records Bureau (MHA) Shri Golok Kumar Simli, Principal Consultant & Chief Technology Officer Passport Seva, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India Shri Munish Chandan, Head - SeMT and CISO, Department of Electronics and Information Technology Government of Haryana Shri Avneesh Vats, Head – IT, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL).

1. Panel Session 3: Digital Transformation in States.

In this session, Shri Arpan Bansal, Global Head –Government Practice - Center of Excellence & Delivery, Newgen, Dr. Ajay S. Singh, Chief Controller of Account, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, Shri G T Venkateswar Rao, Commissioner, Electronic Service Delivery, IT, E & C Department, Government of Telangana, Dr Sundar Balakrishna, Director, Electronic Service Delivery (Mee Seva), Department of IT, Electronics & Communication, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Sarvesh Singhal, Special Secretary (IT), Department of Information Technology, Government of Jharkhand, Shri Ramkumar S, Deputy Commissioner, South West Garo Hills District, Government of Meghalaya. Panelist of this session focused on  Changing Digital Services Landscape, Process Automation and e-Services and  Ensuring Sovereignty, Safety and Security of Digital Communications.

Event was concluded with the Digital Transformation Awards Ceremony 2019. In this ceremony, Shri Kailashnath Adhikari, Managing Director, Governance Now, Sri Adhikari Brothers Group, Shri S N Tripathi, Director, Indian Institute of Public Administration, Shri Vinit Goenka, Member, Governing Council of CRIS; Member - IT Task Force, Ministry of Road, Transport & Highways and Shipping, Government of India Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Member, Rajya Sabha facilitated  the Award Winners.

It was overall nice learning experience.