Day 1
30th August. 2024

PROGRAM SCHEDULE – Main Auditorium

09:00 – 09:30
Registration and Tea
09:30 – 10:00
  • Welcome Address by Dr. Mukesh D. Patil, Principal, RAIT
  • Opening Remarks by Dr. Suresh A. Shan, Chairman, CSI Mumbai Chapter
10:00 – 10:30
Inaugural Address by Chief Guest
Smt. Vidya Krishnan
Deputy Managing Director – Information Technology, State Bank of India
10:30 – 11:00
Keynote Address
Shri Shyam Jagannathan, IAS
Director General, Director General of Shipping, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Govt. of India *
11:00 – 11:30
   Tea / Coffee Break
11:30 – 11:45
Address by TechNext Award (2024) Jury
11:45 – 12:30
Topic :
Human Augmentation “Wearable Devices”
Moderator:
  • Pinaki Laskar, Director, FishEyeBox AI
Panelist:
  • Kiran Komatla, Group CTO, Restaurant Brand Asia
  • Venkataramanan K.B., CTO, PCR Insights
  • Vijay Jain, Scientist – E, CDAC Mumbai
12:30 – 13:00
Part 1 of TechNext Award Distribution Ceremony
13:00 – 14:00
Networking Lunch Beak
14:00 – 14:45
Panel Discussion: 2
“Industry-Academia Collaboration in IT Research and Innovation”
Moderator:
  • Khushbu Soni, Founder & Chief Editor, CIO News
Panel Members
  • Dr. Mahesh Juttiyavar, Global CIO, Mastek Ltd.
  • Prasanna Shivakamat, Group Head Learning & Development, Atos
14:45 – 15:15
Part 2 of TechNext Award Distribution Ceremony
15:15 – 15:45
   Tea / Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:30
Panel Discussion: 3
“Emerging IT Trends: Preparing Students for Industry 6.0 – time horizon futuristic ideas.”
Moderator:
  • Abhishek Srivastava, AVP - Industry 4.0, Aditya Birla Group Management Corporation Pvt Ltd.
Panel Members
  • Riaz Mulla, Head Leadership Learning & Talent Development, Tech Mahindra
  • Don Lewis, Head - Skill Development & Education, Mahindra Group
16:30 – 17:00
Part 3 of TechNext Award Distribution Ceremony
17:00 – 17:45
Panel Discussion: 4
“AI and ML in Education: Transforming Teaching and Learning.”
Moderator:
  • Sunil Agrawal, Global Delivery Head-Enterprise AI, LTIMindtree
Panel Members
  • Mahendra K Upadhyay, CIO, BARC India
  • Sudhir Kanvinde, CIO, The Supreme Industries Ltd
  • SLt Alice Gour, ALO (SA/Auth), Naval Pay Office, Indian Navy
17:45...
Closing of Day 1 and Vote of Thanks ACP Suresh Swami (retd), Vice Chairman, CSI Mumbai Chapter
Day 2
31st August. 2024

PROGRAM SCHEDULE – Main Auditorium

09:00 – 10:00
Registration and Tea
10:00 – 10:15
Welcome Address
10:15 – 10:45
Keynote Address
10:45 – 11:15
   Tea / Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:00
Topic :
Panel Discussion: 5
“Impact of India's New Education Policy on IT Education and Research – Open Source – white source impact using Enterprise Architect. EA.”
Moderator
  • Dr. Pallab Saha, General Manager (India), The Open Group
Panel Members
  • Muraleedharan Manningal, CEO, ICT Academy of Kerala
  • Nitin Sawant, Group Head - Architecture (Data & Analytics), London Stock Exchange Group
  • Sripriya Venkatesan, Chief Architect, Capgemini
12:00 – 12:45
Panel Discussion: 6
“Cybersecurity Education: Building Resilience in the Digital Age”
Moderator:
  • Commander Varun Gupta (retd), Associate Director-Risk Advisory & Cyber Security, PwC India
Panel Members
  • Commander Rishi Das, Director-Information Security, Indian Navy
  • Bhaskar Rao, CISO, The Bharat Co-operative Bank (Mumbai) Ltd.
  • Mihirr P Thaker, CISO, Allcargo
  • Prashant Deshpande, SVP-Shriram Finance Ltd & President, ISACA Mumbai Chapter
12:45 – 13:30
Panel Discussion: 7
“Additive manufacturing, Augmented Reality (AR) using IoT-IIOT”
Moderator:
  • Dr. Padmaja Joshi, Senior Director, CDAC
Panel Members
  • Anand Deodhar, Group CIO /HEAD IT, Force Motors Ltd.
  • Dr. Sanjay Joglekar, CTO, Mumbai Port Trust
  • Dhaval V Pandya, Corporate CIO, Piramal Enterprises Limited
  • Vipul Patel, CTO, Veia *
13:30 – 14:30
Networking Lunch Beak
14:30 – 15:00
Part 4 of TechNext Award Distribution Ceremony
15:00 – 15:45
Panel Discussion: 8
“Cybersecurity Education: Preparing the Next Generation of Cyber Warriors.”
Moderator:
  • Burgess Cooper, EY India Cybersecurity Partner & Deputy Leader, EY
Panel Members
  • Smith Gonsalves, Director & Principal Consultant, CyberSmithSECURE
  • Commander Akshay Chuloo, Info Security Team, WNC-HQ, Indian Navy
  • Amit Ghodekar, VP-Information Security, Axis Bank
  • Dimple Santwan, CISO, Saraswat Bank *
15:45 – 16:30
Panel Discussion: 9
“Robotics Horizontal and vertical system integration, Autonomous robots, Simulation & digital twin”
Moderator:
  • Dwarka Srinath, CDIO, Tata Power
Panel Members
  • Mahesh Patil, SVP – IT, Axis Bank
  • Avinash Haware, CGM-IT, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd (MSEDCL) *
  • Vivek Tiwari, CEO, Audix
16:30 – 17:00
   Tea / Coffee Break
17:00 – 17:45
Panel Discussion: 10
“Aligning IT Education with Industry 6.0: Skills and Competencies for the Future Workforce.”
Moderator:
  • Dr. Pradeep Pendse, Dean-IT & CTO, WeSchool
Panel Members
  • Milind Khamkar, Group CIO, SUPER-MAX
  • Dheepak Rajoo, CIO, Royal Sundaram General Insurance Co. Limited
  • Ketan Surati, Dy. VP, HDFC Bank *
17:45 – 18:00
Part 5 of TechNext Global Award Distribution Ceremony
18:00 – 18:30
Address by TechNext (2024) Award Jury
  • Dr. Pradeep Pendse – Member, Jury
  • Mr. Abdul Moid – Member, Jury
  • Dr. G. Sivakumar – Member, Jury
  • Dr. Padmaja Joshi – Member, Jury
  • Dr. Anuradha Bhatia – Member, Jury
  • Dr. Suresh Shan – Member, Jury
  • Dr. Ganesh Magar – Member, Jury
  • Dr. A. V. Vidhate – Member, Jury
18:00 ..
Closing and Vote of thanks RAIT & CSI
PARALLEL PROGRAMS SCHEDULE
Day – 1, 30th August. 2024
Time Topic / Activity Venue
10:00 – 17:30 Final selected ideas presentation from:-
a) Ideathon
Seminar Hall No. 1
10:00 – 17:30 Project and Product Demonstrations Exhibition Area
Day – 2, 31st August. 2024
Time Topic / Activity Venue
10:00 – 17:30 Final selected ideas presentation from:-
a) Ideathon
Seminar Hall No. 1
10:00 – 17:30 Project and Product Demonstrations Exhibition Area