[In this Photo - From Left : Mr. Altaf Halde, Managing Director- Kaspersky Security, Mr. D.K. sahu, Publisher- VAR INDIA ,Mr. Himanshu Seth, Country Manager – PSG,HP India Sales Pvt. Ltd , Ms.Charru Malhotra, Associate Professor (e-Governance and ICT), Indian Institute of Public Administration, Prof. Raj Sekhar Pillai, Principal Secretary,Science & Technology-Govt. of Kerla,, Prof.S.V.Raghavan, Chief Architect & Chairman, Technical advisory committee, NKN, Ms. S.Mohini Ratna,Editor- VAR INDIA, Mr. Kamal Sharma, Group CIO & SBU Head, Mindlance India Pvt. Ltd. ]
Panel Discussion on "ICT in Education" was the most awaited phase of the afternoon session. Moderated by Mr. Sujit Panigrahi, Founder & CEO of Fitness 365, the panelist included Dr. DK Pandey, Principal, NC Jindal Public School, Praloy Kumar Dey, VP, Sales, Mindlance India (P) Ltd, Himanshu Seth, Country Manager- PSG, HP India Sales (P) Ltd., Tarun Malik, Director, Product Marketing & Strategy - Microsoft India, Altaf Halde, MD, Kaspersky Security, Ms Monali Handa, Director - Marketing, NComputing, Ms.Kirti Tripathi, Sr.Technology Integrator, Amity Group Schools.
ICT in Education
There was thought sharing by the honorable guests Professor SV Raghavan, Chief Architect & Chairman, Technical advisory committee, NKN, Prof. Raj Sekhar Pillai, Principal Secretary, Science & Technology, Govt. Of Kerala on the challenges of today's education sector. They emphasized ICT as an enabling tool and not a replacement to teachers. This was followed by Corporate Presentations from HP India, Mindlance, Epson, NComputing and Microsoft India, who talked about their offerings for ICT sector along with some success stories too.
In the Panel Discussion
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* Himanshu Seth, Country Manager - PSG, HP India Sales (P) Ltd. shared with the gathering various initiatives like Digital Library Solution, HP 'Lab in the Box' and education practices of HP not only for schools but colleges too.
* Praloy Kumar Dey, VP - Sales, Mindlance India (P) Ltd. talked about Quality Education anywhere anytime is the need of the hour. And, how Mindlance helps in creating Safe learning environment and facilities?
* Amit Sehgal, Head - Corporate Sales, Epson India speaking about the Digital Education and the manner Epson takes control over the Imaging and Printing needs of any educational institute environment.
* Monali Handa, Director - Marketing, NComputing sharing the benefits of PC virtualization in terms of power saving, CO2 emission and e-waste for the educational institutions and various deployment stories across the country.
* Alok Lall, Director - Product Marketing & Strategy, Microsoft India sharing how they are providing inclusive environment to the students with impairments to be a part of the mainstream.
The moderator, Sujit Panigrahi, Founder & CEO of Fitness 365 opened the floor by throwing questions to the panel like, Is ICT adding the desired value to the Education sector? Does ICT help in increasing the Productivity of students, teachers and institute as a whole? How ICT helps make Collaborative learning a beautiful experience? All agreed that ICT is not a threat for the existence of teachers. Only teachers can teach as they know the learners and technology is just a means that enables them to reach larger student base. With integration of ICT not only concepts can be taught better but it even smoothens the back office work of these institutes. And this time saved is used in other development and creative works.
