CSI TechNext

09:00 – 09:30

Registration and Tea

09:30 – 10:00

Welcome Address and Opening Remark

Welcome Address by Mr. George Arakal, Chairman, CSI Mumbai Chapter
Opening Remarks by Mr. Ravikiran Mankikar, Vice Chairman CSI Mumbai Chapter
About TechNext India by Dr. Gupta Sureshchandra J. Hon. Head, CSI Mumbai Chapter

10:00 – 10:30

Inaugural Address by Chief Guest Dr. D. B. Phatak, IIT Bombay (Recipient of the Padma Shri Award)

10:30 – 11:00

Keynote Address by Dr. Uday Salunkhe, Group Director , Welingkar Institute of Management and Eisenhower Fellow 2012

11:00 – 11:30

Tea / Coffee Break

11:30 – 11:45

Address by Dr. Pradeep Pendse, Chairman, TechNext Award Jury

11:45 – 12:30

Panel discussion on Bridging the skill Gap on Analytics, ML, AI; Data scientists

Panel Moderator – Dr. Pradeep Pendse, Fellow - CSI and Dean-IT, Welingkar Institute

Panelists (Award Winners & Industry)

Ed Nair, Vice President- Content and Research, UiPath
Mukesh Jain, CTO, Capgemini India *
Dr. Anil Vaidya, Professor, Area Head- Information Management, SPJIMR
Awardee 1
Awardee 2

12:30 – 13:00

Part 1 of TechNext Award Distribution Ceremony

13:00 – 14:00

Networking Lunch Beak

14:00 – 14:45

Panel discussion on Emerging Technologies and Enterprise 4.0

Panel Moderator – Dr. Sasikumar M, Member – CSI Mumbai and Executive Director, C-DAC Mumbai

Panelists (Award Winners & Industry)

Dr. Uday Sawant, Head of Smart Devices, Digital Applications, L & T InfoTech
Keyur Desai, CIO & Head IS, Essar Group
Pankaj Mittal, Blockchain Evangelist. Audioghraph.io
Awardee 1
Awardee 2

14:45 – 15:15

Part 2 of TechNext Award Distribution Ceremony

15:15 – 15:45

Tea / Coffee Break

15:45 – 16:30

Panel discussion on Developing an Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Panel Moderator – Mr. Nitin Sawant, Partner, Deloitte India

Panelists (Award Winners & Industry)

Tito Idicula, Co-founder, Programming Hub - Entreprenuship
Omkar Pandharkame, Associate Director, ISME
Prasanna Lohar, Head of Innovation, DCB Bank Ltd. *
Awardee 1
Awardee 2

16:30 – 17:00

Part 3 of TechNext Award Distribution Ceremony

17:00 – 17:45

Panel discussion on Developing technology ecosystem for academics

Panel Moderator – Dr. Suresh Shan, Secretary-CSI Mumbai and CTO, Mahindra Finance

Panelists (Award Winners & Industry)

Abhay Karhade, Advisor-President SVKM and Chancellor, NMIMS University.
Gaurav Batra, Information Security and Compliance Expert, Mondelēz and Founder, Cyber Frat.
Vishal Mehrotra, Global Head, Opensource Technology Platform and Solutions, TCS.
Awardee 1.
Awardee 2.

17:00 – 17:45

Vote of thanks by Dr. Rajiv B. Desai, Treasurer, CSI Mumbai Chapter