Wednesday, March 16, 2005

twincling executive team attends IT conclave

The twincling society Executive team attended My Hyderabad My Destiny IT Conclave, at Taj Krishna today.

The event was unique as captains of the IT industry and the government policy makers came together to review the progress and develop vision for the future development of IT in Hyderabad and AP.

The innauguration was done by Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, Hon'ble CM of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

The event started off with keynote speeches by CEO of Satyam, Dell, Philips Software and STPI.

The high note of the day was "Bangalore vs Hyderabad" debate which drew in a lot of people and there was a vigorous but thoroughly enjoyable discussion.

The executive team members interacted with the MD and CEO of various IT companies, discussed the opensource value proposition, the opportunities for joint interaction and also chalked out the future plan of action.

Panel discussions were undertaken about the infrastructure, HR and quality of manpower. The participants were executive members from CA, Cognizant, IT Sec, Microsoft and principals from the various institutes.

The President of twincling society, Mr. Sasidhar Kalagara interacted with Mr. Naidu, Mr. Mohanty (IT Secretary) and Mr. SubbaRao G. (State CIO) and explained the opensource vision at twincling society and the contributions that it is making.

The valedictory address was given by Mr. Chandra Babu Naidu, ex-CM and leader of the Opposition.

The event was well attended and media report on the event can be read at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1052927.cms

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