22nd Infotech Forum 2024: Creating a Neural Network for Tech Evangelists

The 22nd edition of the VARINDIA INFOTECH FORUM 2024, a day-long, premier end-customer hybrid event recently concluded in New Delhi on 5th July. Now in its 22nd year, the forum has established itself as an ideal platform for enterprise-level decision-makers to discover and assess new technologies and strategic approaches aimed at fostering innovation in their businesses, facilitated by extensive day-long conversations and deliberations.

Centered around the theme "Emerging Technology Shaping India’s Future’, this meticulously curated event featured dynamic sessions including technical presentations, panel discussions, and insightful discourse on pivotal technology issues and crucial business networking opportunities.


Mrutyunjay Mahapatra Member Board of Directors and Chairman Audit Committee, RBIH	Dr. Gulshan Rai Former National Cyber Security Coordinator & Former DG, CERT-In	Rishi Mehta President & CEO- WAISL	Prof. Triveni Singh Chief Mentor- Future Crime Research Foundation	Dr. Pavan Duggal Chairman- international Commission On Cyber Security Law	Dr. Pronab Mohanty, IPS DGP (Cyber & ICT)- Govt. of Karnataka	Dr. Deepak Kumar Sahu Editor-in-chief, VARINDIA and Group Publications

Ritesh Bhatia Founder- V4web Cybersecurity	Navin Mehra Regional Leader- Cyber Security- Cisco India & SAARC	Anil Nama CIO- Cloud 4C & Ctrls	Amit Jain MD & CEO- Integrated Tech 9 labs	Rohit Sobti Head Emerging & White Space Bus.- North & East India, Nepal & Bhutan- Fortinet	Gaurav Bhatnagar Head Enterprise Business- Kaspersky	Yati Mago Soln. Cons. Lead- North and East Commercial Corporate- Hitachi Vantara

L - R: Sandeep Sengupta, Director- Indian School of Anti Hacking; Prince Joseph, Group CIO- SFO Technologies; Dr S.K. Meher, Head Health IT- AIIMS; Dinesh O Bareja, Cybersecurity GRC Specialist- Open Security Alliance; Prof. Triveni Singh, Chief Mentor- Future Crime Research Foundation; Dr. Deepak Kumar Sahu, Editor-in-chief- VARINDIA; Rishi Mehta, President & CEO- WAISL Limited; Anil Nama, CIO- Cloud 4C & CtrlS Datacenters; Air Commodore (Retd.) Niranjan Kumar Parhi, Chief Data Privacy Officer- Data Safeguard Inc; Pradeep Pandey, CDO- LIC of India; Prasath Rao, Country Director & Region Head- Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise; Sanjay Hasija, Sr. VP- Field Feet Consulting and S. Mohini Ratna, Editor- VARINDIA

Fireside Chat Session

Santanu Ghosh, Director Sales, APJC- AMD Pensando joined Dr. Deepak Kumar Sahu, Editor-in-chief- VARINDIA on the dais to discuss on how hyperscale fatigue is prompting a shift to on-premise data centers.

	The first panel discussion for the day was on the topic The evolving role of CIO: From Tech Steward to Business Strategist and it was moderated by Dr. Deepak Kumar Sahu, Editor-in-Chief, VARINDIA. The panellists who joined the discussion were Prince Joseph, Group CIO-SFO Technologies; Dr J P Dwivedi, CIO- Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital; Dr S.K. Meher, Head Health IT- AIIMS; Bharat B Anand, Global CIO- Contact Global; Mahi Gupta, Director (Privacy Strategy) - Data Safeguard Inc. and Pradeep Pandey, CDO- LIC of India.
The second panel discussion on the topic – Role of CTO on Growing Hyperscaler Fatigue was moderated by S Mohini Ratna, Editor- VARINDIA. The panellists joining the discussion were Vijay Sethi, Chairman- Mentorkart; Sourav Das, Group Chief of Digital & IT- Rupa & Company; Vinod Kumar Gupta, Director, Global Head- Cyber Security Operations & GRC Practices- TMF Group; Dr. Akansha Kumar, Chief Data Scientist- Jio Platforms Ltd; Sandeep Sengupta, Director- Indian School of Anti Hacking and Pankaj Mittal, Founder & CEO- Digizen Consulting.
	The third panel discussion session was on the topic - India's Digital Landscape: A deep dive into Data Protection Act and it was moderated by Gyana Swain, Consulting Editor- VARINDIA. The panellists- Air Commodore (Retd.) Niranjan Kumar Parhi, CDPO- Data Safeguard Inc.; Khushbu Jain, Advocate- Supreme Court of India; Shashank Jain, President(CIO/CISO)- Shree Financials; Siva Subramanian Loganathan, Head Of Technology- Moss Adams; Arvind Kumar, AVP- IT- PathKind Labs and Col. Inderjeet Singh, CEO- Cyber Sleuths presented their individual views on the recently enacted Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA).

The evening session started with the grand unveiling of the 13th edition of the Brand Book in the presence of the esteemed guests. Standing true to its principle of empowering technology through OEMs, IT corporates, technology evangelists, solution partners & VARs, the coffee table book provides a platform for these industry folks to share their knowledge and expertise with the wider IT community.

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