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An engineer by training, a practicing agriculturist and industrialist Mr Sanjay Dhotre has remained active in social and political life for last four decades. He has been public representative making his mark at all the important positions held in fields ranging from academics to agriculture to new age technology. He has keen interest to bring changes in the life of a common man by transforming agriculture in every possible way.

Positions Held Since May 2019 - Union Minister of State, Ministry of Education; Ministry of Communication; and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology 

 Awards Conferred:

        1. Maharashtra Government Industry Award for excellent performance 1987; and

        2. Late Shri Vasantrao Naik Memorial Award for outstanding work in agricultural sector;

Opening Remarks delivered by Mr. Malcolm Johnson, Deputy Secretary-General, ITU.

Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe is the present chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

He graduated from BVB College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli under Karnataka University with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and was a gold medalist. Thereafter, he obtained a Masters and Doctorate from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Prior to joining College of Engineering, Pune (CoEP), he was a member of faculty at IIT Guwahati for 11 years.[3] He was also a lecturer at NERIST, Itanagar.[1] He served as the director of CoEP from 2005–2015. Presently, he is the chairman of AICTE and Also Chairman BoG, NIT-Arunachal Pradesh.

Dr Antriksh Johri is the Director (IT & Projects) & CISO of C.B.S.E., M.H.R.D., Govt. of India. He currently spearheads multiple responsibilities including implementation of e-governance in the Board and enforcing ICT implementation in all areas of the organization. He has pioneered various revolutionary ICT initiatives/innovations such as e-Pareeksha (A complete IT enabled end-to-end examination system), Parinam Manjusha - Digital Academic Repository of CBSE, e-Affiliation System, Satellite Imagery based Decision Support Systems, Theory Evaluation Trend Analysis, Outlier System, OASIS, Online Encrypted Question Paper Delivery System, e-CBSE, CMTM,  Saaransh, On Screen Digital Marking, Computer Based Tests and DigiScoring, to name a few. ICT enabled systems implemented by him in CBSE have resulted in annual saving of nearly 100 crores of rupees of the Board, millions of reams of papers, lakhs of trees, gallons of water and carbon emission.

He has played an important role in transforming the examination system of the Board with the extensive use of technology. He is known for his uprightness, dedication, commitment and boldness. His works have been complimented as ‘model for other nations’ and ‘trend setter for many other countries’ at the World Electronics Forum’s conferences during CES 2015 and 2016, respectively, in USA. Recently, he was nominated by the Govt. of India in a high level delegation to New Zealand for CIO e-Governance Leadership programme.

His career reflects 31 years of accomplished experience at Senior level in MNC as well as in Govt of India, with more than 27 years in CBSE at various positions (Dy Secretary, Joint Secretary and Director), where he has been involved in most of the activities of the Board such as policy formulation, implementation of ICT systems, examination planning & management, academics, training, innovations, research, affiliation and administration.

Dr Antriksh Johri is Post Doctorate (DSc - Computer Science) in the field of IT Security and Doctorate (PhD - Computer Science) in the field of Cyber Security. Besides this he has also done Masters in Information Technology, Computer Application, Computer Science, Business Administration & IT Management and many other PG Diplomas. His research articles have also been published in various journals/magazines. He has always excelled in academics and has received medals, trophies and various scholarships including National Scholarship.

His vision for CBSE “Making Central Board of Secondary Education a state-of-the-art technology driven, e-governed and digitally empowered educational organization of international repute, having global outreach with maximum transparency, increased responsibility, greater accountability and high responsiveness in the successful functioning of all its domains such as academics, examinations, affiliation and administration.”

Dr (Mrs) Pankaj Mittal, Secretary General, Association of Indian Universities, is a Fulbright Scholar, & a topper in MSc & PhD in Agricultural Statistics having experience of about three decades in Higher Education in Policy Planning & Management of Higher Education. Dr Mittal was appointed by the Government of Haryana as the first regular Vice Chancellor of Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, the first rural women university of North India, in 2008, which imparts education to 7000 girls from KG till PhD level in a holistic manner. AIU is an official body representing 839 Universities in India.

Chancellor, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pune

Significant Positions and Memberships held at the Institutional Level
 Former Vice-Chancellor Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pune–411030 (2006-2016-17)
 Member, General Council National Assessment & Accreditation Council (2012-2015) and (2015-18)
 Member, Central CouncilPharmacy Council of India (PCI), New Delhi (2013-2018)
 Member, Governing Council, Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi (2015 - 2017)
 Member , Governing Body, (As Govt. Nominee) Government College of Engineering, Karad, Dist. Satara (2015 - 2021)
 Member, Governing Body, (As Govt. Nominee) Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli (2015 - 2021)
 Member, Court and Council, (Elected as a Representative of the AIU, New Delhi from Western Region) in the of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2016-2017)
 Member, Governing Body, (As UGC Nominee) Shri Vishnu College of Pharmacy, Vishnupur, Bhimavaram (2016-2022)
 Member of the Court, Nomination (as one of the 5 persons) of Rabindra Bharati University, in terms of Section 17(1) (c) (xix) of Rabindra Bharati University,Act 1981 (West Bengal Act XXXVI of 1981) as amended by West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Act 2011 wef 2016.

Sanjay has experience of over 30+ years in Telecom and IT, covering diverse areas of Indian telecom industry and presently working at Mavenir.

Mavenir is a trusted innovator and industry’s only 100% software, cloud-native end-to-end network provider for all G’s.

Prior to assignment at Mavenir, Sanjay held position of Managing Director – India and VP for Asia pacific at cutting edge technology provider company, Vanu, Inc. (Company founded by Dr.Vanu Bose son of Dr. Amar Bose of Bose corporation, out of research at MIT on Software Defined Radio).

Sanjay spent over 14 years of his career in different roles and responsibilities at Motorola, Inc. His last role at Motorola was head of business for Govt. accounts in India.

Sanjay is an accomplished leader and engaged at “C” level across the industry since 2004. Sanjay held the position of Secretary General, TEMA (Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association) from 2008 to 2010.

He has earned his B.E in Electronics and Telecommunications from National Institute of Technology, Srinagar.

Awarded President's National Merit Scholarship (On the basis of High School Merit in India)

Sanjay’s specialties include B2B business, Telecom, IT and managing an organization. His major accomplishments are as follows: -

·         Secured multimillion contracts from VI and Airtel for Suite of product and services at Mavenir.
·         In less than two years, Sanjay has built a brand for Mavenir in this region with CSP’s Enterprises, Industries, relevant policy and decision makers in Telecom and IT in Indian subcontinent.
·         Setup supply chain for local development and manufacturing of products to boost “Make in India “policy of GOI for Telecom and IT.
·         Secured a multimillion-dollar BSNL contract by establishing strategic alliance with local Indian partner for Radio access network at Vanu,Inc.
·         Signed and delivered on multimillion-dollar contracts from Vodafone and Tata Docomo for Small cell and Green solution for Radio access network in both rural and urban market at Vanu, Inc.
·         Worked with industry on initiatives of NFAP and Telecom policy 2012 to give impetus to local manufacturing as Secretary TEMA.
·         Secured the first 3G network contract in India from MTNL at Motorola
·         Contributed to setting up Public Paging networks for 27 cities and 18 provinces in India at Motorola
·         Contributed to setting up Electronic Exchanges in major Airforce bases in North India at Escorts Ltd.

Dr .Manpreet Singh Manna, born on 14th March, 1971 at Patiala, Punjab (India), graduated in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Mysore University, Mysore in the year 1993. He did his Master of Engineering in Power & Machines from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala and Ph.D. from S.L.I.E.T. (A Centrally Funded Deemed University), Longowal, Punjab. Starting his teaching profession as Lecturer from Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology (S.L.I.E.T.) in the year 1997, he attained the position of Director, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) under Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, New Delhi on deputation from 2014 to 2018. During his 4 years tenure in AICTE he also worked as Director of “SWAYAM MOOCs” project and Prime Minister Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS). SWAYAM is the world’s largest MOOCs Platform developed by MHRD, Government of India for providing unique educational opportunities to the citizens of India for expanding their horizons of knowledge for a life-long learning, free of cost. Dr. Manna was given this important assignment to complete the SWAYAM Platform within a time bound manner and he with his persistent efforts and the able guidance of his Seniors at MHRD and AICTE, completed the development of “SWAYAM PLATFORM” for hosting the online courses (MOOCs) within a record time and declared the same go-live for public well before the stipulated target and for which Dr. Manna received the “COMMENDATION AWARD” from, The Hon’ble President of India during the Launch of the “SWAYAM PLATFORM” on 9thJuly, 2017 for his pioneering and outstanding contribution towards development of the Platform. Dr. Manna’s contribution towards Prime Minister Special Scholarship Scheme has also been appreciated for providing Scholarships to the meritorious Students of Jammu & Kashmir in the reputed Institutions throughout the Country.

Presently, I am working as Vice Chancellor, Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota Rajasthan. I am also  an Emeritus Professor Department of E.A.F.M. University of Rajasthan Jaipur. Myself served and serving on several UGC/ AICTE/ ICSSR/ NAAC/ CEC and other committees as an expert. I have published nearly 36 Research Papers in various Journals of repute at National and International Level and also guided 33 candidates for Ph D and M Phil Degree which was well received by the academic and corporate community besides authoring 9 Books.

I had been awarded scrolls of honors for exceptional services rendered in the field of education from several agencies. I had delivered several presentations at National and International Conferences / Seminar in the form of Invited / plenary / keynote address/ Chairperson and Chief Guest also.  I had visited countries like Switzerland/ UAE/ China/USA/ CANADA/Bhutan and Oman to get academic, research experiences and exposure. Since last nearly four decades of experience in teaching and research and also held varied Universities Administrative Position at my alma-matter University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. State Government University, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat- Patan had gotten NAAC A grade in 2nd Cycle accreditation when I was serving as Vice Chancellor for the period of three years (2013- 2016).

The universities in 21st Century facing a rapidly evolving set of technologies challenges. To assist us in a better understanding those challenges and ways of responding to them actively shares ideas and experiences with other Universities, I firmly believe in supportive learning and teaching with integrated tools and spaces that enhance the effectiveness of our learners and teachers. I do believe in supporting research with an infrastructure that makes it easy for researcher to collaborate inside and outside the universities and improved researchers’ ability to create innovative knowledge and disseminate information.

Known as Telecom Father Figure, being in the field for last 49 years. The only person in the world Inaugurating & Ribbon Cutting World’s largest Consumer Electronic Show CES Las Vegas, USA for continuous ten years.

President, CMAI association of India, www.cmai.asia, having 48,500 members & 74 MOU partners worldwide; Chairman Emeritus, Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association of India www.tematelecom.in; Vice Chairman International Telecom Union APT India; Member Governing Board Telecom Equipment & Services Export Promotion Council (Govt. of India), Director National Fertilizers Ltd. Associated with several industry associations.