Overview

Microsoft with its wide range of technology solutions empowers governments to drive e-governance, enable personalised digital experiences, and deliver trusted and secure services to citizens.

Microsoft India partnered with Elets Governance to delve deeper into the scope of entrenching its reach in the public sector. Elets Technomedia in association with Microsoft India organised “Future Ready Bharat – Digital Governance Summit”, a series of in-person deliberations for deep learning on the current outlook, challenges, and growth opportunities in accelerating digital transformation across key sectors.

Future Ready Bharat – Digital Governance Summit: Uttar Pradesh Edition

The series kicked off with the Future Ready Bharat – Digital Governance Summit on 20th September 2022 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The summit connected key decision-makers from government and industry leaders for the exchange of ideas and trends on the next-generation innovations for smart governance. Durga Shanker Mishra, Chief Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh was the Chief Guest at the summit.

Future Ready Bharat – Digital Governance Summit: Karnataka Edition

The Uttar Pradesh edition was followed by yet another successful conference in Bengaluru. Future Ready Bharat – Digital Governance Summit - Karnataka edition, held on 23rd September 2022, presented unique & exclusive insights into emerging technologies across the key sectors. Shri Araga Jnanendra, Hon’ble Home Minister of Karnatak graced the summit with his presence.

Focus Area

The summits witnessed insightful conversations on the trends and emerging requirements to empower digital governance.

Key Discussion Points:

Public Sector Modernisation: Making Services More Efficient, Accessible & Transparent
Urban Innovation: Technology building Smart & Sustainable Cities
Enabling the Workforce in the New Normal
New-age Technologies like Cloud, AI/ML, and Big Data Transforming Governance
Digital Governance: Trends, Challenges & Opportunities

& many more

Key Takeaways

* A stellar line-up of speakers

* Insightful knowledge sessions

* In-depth analysis of trends & best practices shaping e-governance

The powered-packed summit facilitated a platform for Microsoft and the government leaders to connect, communicate and exchange their ideas.

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India has emerged as the leader in the areas of Information Technology. To continue to maintain leadership in the domain, the country needs to master the digital space in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. These technologies have the potential to solve business problems, shape customer experience and also build new products and services & optimise cost.”

Shri Araga Jnanendra
Hon’ble Minister for Home Affairs, Government of Karnataka

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The Smart Cities Mission aims to improve the city infrastructure and ease of living. Smartness is all about doing more with less. We are leveraging technology to achieve it. Today, we are embracing new technologies such as IoT, AI across key sectors like health, education, and governance to enhance services and citizen experience.”

Durga Shanker Mishra,
Chief Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh

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Today, we are witnessing a simpler, agile, and scalable technology-led approach in the government sector. Moreover, the world is moving towards collaborative communication to engage and continuously learn with each other.”

Irina Ghose,
Chief Operating Officer, Microsoft India