The document outlines the agenda for an awards conference focused on technology, education, and skills. The event will include keynote speeches from policymakers, tech talks, and motivational talks. There will also be an exhibition of stalls. The agenda covers focus areas like multi-disciplinary skills, aligning institutions for new skills, managing automation and COVID-19 disruptions, and women in technology. The event schedule provides timing for speeches, panel discussions on new technologies and skills, and the awards ceremony in the evening to recognize various achievements.

2. Features
Keynote by
Policymakers
Tech Talks
Motivational
Talks
Awards &
Recognitions
Stalls &
Exhibition
Awards Night
AWARD 2022
EXCELLENCE
ACADEMIC PARTNER
ICT ACADEMY
Focus Areas
Multi-disciplinary Skills for the Future
Aligning Institutions for New Age Skills
Winning the Double-disruption - Automation & COVID-19
Acceleration, Normalization and Remodelling Education and Skill Development
2022–The Year of Hybrid Everything
Women in Technology

3. PROGRAM AGENDA
0900 - 0905 Hours Tamil Thai Vazhthu & Lighting of Lamp/Theme video
0905 - 0910 Hours
Hari Balachandran, Chief Executive Officer, ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu
Welcome Address
0910 - 0920 Hours
Lakshmi Narayanan, Emeritus Vice Chairman, Cognizant and Chairman, ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu
Conference Keynote Address
0920 - 0940 Hours
0940 - 1000 Hours
Prof K K Aggarwal, Chairman, National Board of Accreditation
K V Ramani, Founder & Chancellor, Sai University and Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus, NASSCOM
Guest of Honour Address
Kumar Jayant IAS, Principal Secretary - Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Government of Tamil Nadu and Information
Technology and Digital Services Department (I/C)
Inaugural Address
1020 - 1040 Hours
Dr Velraj, Vice Chancellor, Anna University
Prof Dr S Gowri, Vice Chancellor, University of Madras
Special Address
1100 - 1115 Hours Automation Anywhere University Telecom Sector Skill Council Media & Entertainment Sector Skill Council
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Launch of Polytechnic Membership Launch of Placement Portal & MOU Exchange
MOU Exchange
1040 - 1100 Hours
Thiru T Mano Thangaraj, Hon'ble Minister for Information Technology, Government of Tamil Nadu
Chief Guest Address
1130 - 1150 Hours
Unconscious bias - The need for introspection
Srimathi Shivashankar, Corporate Vice President and Head Edtech Business, HCL Technologies
Inclusivity, skills and training in the post COVID workplace
Kirti Seth, Chief Executive Officer, SSC NASSCOM
Women in Technology
Networking Tea Break
1115 - 1130 Hours
1000 - 1010 Hours
1010 - 1020 Hours
1150 - 1210 Hours

4. 1300 - 1400 Hours Networking Lunch Break
1400 - 1500 Hours
Mahesh Ramachandran, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Tech Innovations
M Balasubramaniam, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Stratinfinity Inc.
Ashok Balasubramanian, Chief Executive Officer, Open Weaver Inc.
Rohit Garg, Vice President, RRD GO Creative
Moderator : Vishesh Rajaram, Managing Partner, Speciale Incept Advisors LLP
Panel Discussion on New Age Technologies
1730 - 1740 Hours Vote of thanks & closing of conference
Networking Tea
Deepankar Bhattacharyya, Head - India & ASEAN Education Experiences, Autodesk
Suresh Kalpathi, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Kalpathi Investments
Aligning Institutions for New Age Skills
1230 - 1245 Hours
1245 - 1300 Hours
Debapriya Nandan, Senior Director and Head - Public Sector Business Development, Oracle India Pvt. Ltd.
A Robert Jerard Ravi ITS, Chief Technology Officer, Department of Information Technology & Digital Services, Government of Tamil Nadu
Paramantapa Dasgupta, Principal Evangelist, Automation Anywhere University
Digitization and Future of Work - Post Pandemic
1500 - 1520 Hours
1520 - 1540 Hours
1540 - 1600 Hours
1615 - 1630 Hours
Future Skills & Talent Preparation
Tamil Nadu as a talent destination
Kewyn George, Council Member - Future IT & Emerging Technologies, Government of Tamil Nadu
Experiential learning will reshape the future of education
Maya Sreekumar, Vice President Human Resources, GenC Program, Cognizant
Adding extra to ordinary
Mike Murali, Chief Fun Officer, Capgemini India
Preparing talent for the distributed work world
Remadevi Thottathil, Chief Human Resources Officer, Bahwan CyberTek
1600 - 1615 Hours
1630 - 1645 Hours
1645 - 1700 Hours
1700 - 1730 Hours
Mridula Ramesh, Founder, Sundaram Climate Institute
Motivational Speaker

5. PROGRAM AGENDA
1940 - 1950 Hours Women Edupreneur Award
1930 - 1940 Hours Young Gen- Edupreneur Awards
Classical Dance
1920 - 1930 Hours
1855 - 1910 Hours Academic Partner Excellence Awards
1950 - 2010 Hours Establishments of COE in Colleges
1830 - 1835 Hours Awards Night Video
Power Seminar Contributor Awards
1910 - 1920 Hours
1800 - 1830 Hours Performance by Gokulnath, Founder, Gokulnath Unique Talent Academy
2010 - 2020 Hours Partner in Success Awards
2100 Hours Networking Dinner
2050 - 2100 Hours
Hari Balachandran, Chief Executive Officer, ICT Academy
Vote of Thanks & Closing
1835 - 1845 Hours
Thiru T Mano Thangaraj, Hon'ble Minister for Information Technology, Government of Tamil Nadu
Chief Guest Address
Ajay Yadav IAS, Managing Director, Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu
Special Guest
1845 - 1855 Hours
2020 - 2030 Hours Learnathon Awards - Mathworks
2030 - 2050 Hours Placement MOU