Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Minister of State for Rural Development, Government of India, Shri Surjya Narayan Patro, Minister Of Energy, IT & Culture, Government of Orissa (from left to right) inaugurating the event by lighting the lamp

Deepak Ku Sahu, President & Director, VARIndia, welcoming the guests

Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Minister of State for Rural Development, Government of India, giving an inaugural speach on how IT can help bridge digital divide

Shri Surjya Narayan Patro, Minister Of Energy, IT & Culture Government of Orissa, giving a perspective on the State's liberal policy and infrastructure for setting up IT development centres

Shri Arun Kumar Rath, IAS, Secretary, School Education & Literacy Government of India, speaking about the need of primary schools and block-level Ideal schools for higher-secondary education

Shri Siddharth, IAS, Secretary (IT), Govt. of West Bengal, speaking about how the state of West Bengal is racing ahead with IT & ITeS initiatives

Mr. R. Sivakumar, Managing Director, Intel (South Asia), giving inaugural presentation on Intel's initiative to make the rural-urbal connectivity

Mr. Yugal Sharma, Regional Director ( India & South Asia) Polycom India Pvt. Ltd., giving presentation through video conferencing from Mumbai

Mr. Satish Kushal, Country Manager- Govt. & Education, IBM India Pvt. Ltd, giving presentation

Mr. Alok Bhardwaj, Sr. V.P. of Canon India Pvt. Ltd., giving presentation

Mr. Vineet Sood, Head of Strategic Relations , Symantec, giving a perspective on the company's eGovernance innitiative

Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Minister of State for Rural Development Government of India, giving away the award of VARIndia Most Trusted Company to Intel

Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Minister of State for Rural Development Government of India, giving away the award of VARIndia Most Trusted Company to HP

Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Minister of State for Rural Development Government of India, giving away the award of VARIndia Most Trusted Company to UTStarcom Inc.

Shri Surjya Narayan Patro, Minister Of Energy, IT & Culture, Government of Orissa , giving away the award of VARIndia Brand of Excellance to Microsoft

Shri Surjya Narayan Patro, Minister Of Energy, IT & Culture, Government of Orissa , giving away the award of VARIndia Brand of Excellance to IBM

Shri Surjya Narayan Patro, Minister Of Energy, IT & Culture, Government of Orissa , giving away the award of VARIndia Brand of Excellance to Polycom (UK)

Sanjeev Mahapatra, Publisher, VARIndia, giving vote of thanks

a view of the panel discussion

Along with the moderator Mr. Debasish Choudhury, CTO & Customer Solutions, Telinovation India, panelists at VARIndia IT Forum 2008 panel discussion (from the left to right in the picture) Shri. Sivakumar Ramamurthy, Managing Director, Intel (South Asia) Intel India Pvt. Ltd, Dr. C. Murlikrishna Kumar, Adviser (Communication & Information Division), Planning Commission of India Shri J.P.S. Chawla, Chief Controller of Accounts, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, Shri Siddharth, IAS, Secretary (IT), Kolkata, Shri. R.Karuppiah, IIS, Director-QA, DGS&D, Mr. Satish Kushal, Country Manager- Govt. & Education, IBM India Pvt. Ltd. Ms. Sujaya Krishnan, Director, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, Shri Alok Chaturvedi, C.M. (UTS), CRIS, Shri Vineet Sood, Head of Strategic Relations, Symantec Software solutions Pvt. Ltd., Shri. Ravi Pani, CFO, Experts - Finance, Realestate & Insurance. Shri. Himanshu Sahu, Asst. Director- Business Development, UT Starcom India Telecom Pvt. Ltd.

Shri Sidharth,IAS, Secretary-IT, Govt. of West Bengal along with R. Sivakumar, Managing Director, Intel (South Asia) in the picture

Mr. Asoke K Laha, President & MD, Interra IT, watching the proceeding with interest

a rear view of the audiance

At the reception

Intel stall

Canon stall

Zyxel stall

TVS-E Stall

IBM Stall