Metamorphoses: Talking Technology

 

 

 

Valedictory Session

 

Speaker: Prof. Arogyaswami J Paulraj, Padma Bhushan & Professor Emeritus (Research) of Engineering, Stanford University

 

 

 

Opening Remarks: Shri Shyam Saran, Life Turstee, IIC; Shri Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, Niti Aayog; and Smt Yamini Aiyar, President & Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research

 

 

 

Chair: Shri N. N. Vohra, President, IIC

 

 

 

We are at the dawn of new era in Information Technologies, driven by the recent breakthroughs in Machine Intelligence, and supported by impressive advances in Computing and Communications. This talk will outline the history of Information Technology and its likely evolution in the near future. And, more importantly, discuss the potential societal impact of these technologies. The talk will then survey India’s record in developing Information Technologies and the opportunities for the country to become a significant innovator in this vital domain

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Niti Aayog; and Centre for Policy Research)

Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP;  Shri Shivshankar Menon, former Foreign Secretary, National Security Advisor and High Commissioner to Pakistan; and Shri Prem Shankar Jha, senior journalist and columnist will discuss A State in Denial – Pakistan’s Misguided and Dangerous Crusade by B.G. Verghese (New Delhi: Rupa, 2016)

 

Moderator: Shri Shekhar Gupta, editor and columnist