Piyush Goyal & Rajiv Pratap Rudy to Address One Globe 2015

Piyush goyal & rajiv pratap rudy to address one globe 2015 By : INVC Team Published On : 4 Mar, 2015 09:02 AM IST

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Over 50 leading experts including MPs Anurag Thakur & Meenakshi Lekhi, DIPP Secretary Amitabh Kant, Former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit along with partners Knowledge@Wharton, USIBC, Brookings India, MAIT, Cisco and others to deliberate on how we can Make India a Smart & Digital knowledge economy

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Coal, Power & Renewable EnergyPiyush Goyal will inaugurate the 4th annual One Globe 2015 knowledge conference on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 in New Delhi. Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) & Parliamentary Affairs will be the keynote speaker at the conference. Sheila Dikshit, Former Chief Minister of Delhi and former Governor of Kerala, will deliver a keynote on Day 2 of the conference on the theme of women and economic development. Other distinguished speakers include Amitabh Kant, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) & Chairman, Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation; Dr. Bibek Debroy, Fulltime Member, NITI Aayog; Dr. Ajay Gondane, Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India; Onno Rühl, India Country Director, World Bank; Anurag Thakur, Member of Parliament and National President, Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM); Meenakshi Lekhi, Member of Parliament and National Spokesperson, BJP; Jerry Hultin, Chairman, Global Advisory Board, Smart Cities Expo World Congress, Barcelona & Senior Presidential Fellow New York University;Dr. Subir Gokarn, Research Director, Brookings India, and former RBI deputy governor. Dr. Surya Dhungel, Advisor to President of Nepal, and Sajjad Ashraf,Former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Singapore & Adjunct Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy will also be speaking at the event. One Globe is India's leading conference that brings together global thought leaders to explore the intersection of technology, innovation, smart cities, skills, regional collaboration, and education. One Globe 2015 will focus on the potential of the government’s ambitious initiatives like Make in India, Digital India and Smart Cities for building a 21st century knowledge economy in India and South Asia. Cisco, the $47.14 billion global networking solutions giant which has worked on converting more than 80 smart cities across the world, is the lead partner for the two-day event. Harjiv Singh, Convener, One Globe 2015 conference and founder and CEO of Salwan Media, says, “Cisco’s live projects across the world have shown that smart cities can help save 20% energy and 50% water, reduce crime rate by 20% and traffic by 30% & also help in reducing education & healthcare costs. We are delighted to have Cisco partnering with us for this year’s conference which is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever before. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for Make In India, Smart Cities and Digital India is of exceptional value not just to India and South Asia but to the entire world. We are already witnessing a surge of interest in South Asia’s biggest country from foreign investors and enterprises from all corners. Digital revolution is an imperative to building smart cities which are connected. After proving its mettle in services, India now has the opportunity to also establish itself as the world’s manufacturing hub. As an annual event, we will discuss the most impactful trends in India’s ongoing transformation into a 21st century knowledge economy.”

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