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Pune, March 17 The Baramati-based Vidya Pratishthan’s Institute of Information Technology (VIIT) and Intel, have jointly organised the 8th Baramati Initiative on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Development at the VIIT campus on March 24 and 25.

The event, which seeks to showcase how ICT can be employed to provide sustainable solutions to the needs of poor communities, will be inaugurated by Mr Daniel Stauffacher, Chairman of ICT4Peace Foundation, United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UNGAID).

Mr Sharad Pawar, Union Minister for Agriculture, will deliver the inaugural address. Mr Subhash Pani, Secretary (Planning Commission), Government of India and Mr Jainder Singh, Secretary (Department of Information Technology), Government of India, will give the keynote address.

Dr Amol Goje, Director, VIIT, said, “This year the conference will attempt to explore the avenues through which governments, NGOs, development agencies and corporations can work to successfully scale ICT initiatives to benefit the Indian population.” Over 135 delegates from all across the globe are participating in the event.

Mr R. Sivakumar, Managing Director (Marketing and Sales), South Asia, Intel said, “Under the Intel World Ahead Program, Intel is committed to work with governments and the industry across the globe to facilitate better health and education through technology. Conventions such as the Baramati Initiative on ICT not only create awareness on global technology trends but also foster an environment for interaction and collaboration between industry, government bodies, international experts, university circles and World Ahead alliance, to help enrich the quality of technological and intellectual human resource available for the rapidly proliferating technology economies.”

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