Team Voice&Data thanks all the eminent speakers, delegates & partners for making
21st edition Telecom Leadership Forum a stellar success.

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Voice&Data congratulates the winners of the “Voice&Data Jury Awards for 2021”

Telecom Person of the Year

Anshu Prakash

Former Chairman, DCC & Former Secretary, Telecom

Lifetime Achievement Award

Ashok Jhunjhunwala

Institute Professor, IIT Madras, India, President, IITM Research Park, IITM Incubation Cell and RTBI

Pathbreaker of the Year

CoWin Platform
[under the leadership of
Dr. R S Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority]

Team Voice&Data also congratulates the winners of the Voice&Data Excellence Award 2021 in various categories.

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Conference Highlights

  • 1045+ Attendees
  • 49+Speakers
  • 26+ Sessions
  • 3 Jury Awards
  • 30 Excellence Awards
  • 9820+ Social engagements
  • 2 Parallel Tracks [Technology & Strategy]
  • Fireside Chat
  • Networking Lounges
  • Virtual Booth
  • Live Chat with Experts
  • Live Polls & Feedback

Overview

The world’s digital connections are about to become broader and faster, creating a platform for every industry to innovate and boost productivity. While 5G networks promise ultra-high speeds, low latency, and greater reliability, the 5G revolution is only one part of the story.

Today consumers power the internet, with online video accounting for most of the data traffic. They will likely continue to drive demand growth, particularly as improved connectivity makes it possible to deliver instant downloads of ultra-high-definition movies in seconds, along with more sophisticated, immersive gaming and virtual reality experiences.

Voice&Data is organising its 21st Telecom Leadership Forum, full day conference where-in the visionaries, industry leaders, policy makers & influencers will deliberate on the current telecom challenges, telecom infrastructure, 4G & 5G, policy hurdles, spectrum sale, investment challenges, ARPU, wire to wireless, fiberization policy, rural penetrations, edge computing, data security, India’s dream of becoming global powerhouse.

Key Focus Points

10:00 – 10:30 AM Telecom reforms & new paradigms
10:30 – 11:30 AM Re-architecting Datacentre & Cloud Infrastructure with 5G How Enterprises are leveraging 5G
11:30 – 12:30 PM Internet of Things IOT - The Business case Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Cybersecurity -- in the network
12:30 – 01:30 PM Higher Revenue Stream (ing) -- OTT for profits Space Race and Ground Realities
01:30 – 02:30 PM Multilingual Internet - Bhasha Internet 4.0 Industry Enablers
02:30 – 03:15 PM Gaming & AR with 5G Open RAN & Journey of enterprise Networks
03:30 – 04:30 PM Voice, Data & Meta - the next decade

Agenda

Time Sessions
09:30 – 10:14 AM

Welcome Note

  • Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, CyberMedia Group

Telecom reforms & new paradigms

  • Anshu Prakash, Former Chairman, DCC & Former Secretary, Telecom
  • In conversation with Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, CyberMedia Group
10:14 – 12:21 PM

Leader’s Keynote: High Performance and Adaptive Computing leadership

  • Manik Kapoor, Enterprise sales leader: Telecom, AMD
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Leader’s Keynote: Surviving in rapid technological change

  • Harjit Singh, CEO - Tata Teleservices Ltd
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Leader’s Keynote: AtmaNirbhar India - Manufacturing locally

  • Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay, Executive Director, C-DoT
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Leader’s Keynote: 5G for a better tomorrow

  • Balaji P, Chief Regulatory and Corporate Affairs Officer, Vodafone Idea Ltd
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Leader’s Keynote: Internet for the Future

  • Anand Bhaskar, Managing Director, Global Service Provider Business, Cisco India & SAARC
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Leader’s Keynote: A Key to unlock India's potential

  • Hari Om Rai, Chairman & MD, Lava International Limited
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Leader’s Keynote: AtmaNirbhar India - Manufacturing locally

  • R K Bhatnagar, DG, Voice
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Leader’s Keynote: Next Gen Telecom - Scripting growth through digital

  • Lt Gen Dr. S P Kochhar, DG, COAI
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12:21 – 12:46 PM

Fireside Chat: “Next Gen Telecom - Scripting Growth through Digital”.

  • Akhil Gupta, Vice Chairman, Bharti Enterprises
  • In Conversation with Manoranjan ‘Mao’ Mohapatra, Chief Executive Officer, Comviva
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Strategy Technology
12:46 – 01:29 PM 12:00 – 12:46 PM

Fireside Chat: Network architecture needed for 5G rollout in India

  • Jagbir Singh, CTO, Vodafone Idea Ltd
  • In conversation with Ibrahim Ahmad, Consulting Editor, CyberMedia Group
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Re-architecting Datacentre & Cloud Infrastructure with 5G

  • Sudhir Kunder, Country Director, DE-CIX Interwire India
  • Dr. Sayed Peerzade, Executive Vice President & Chief Cloud Officer, Yotta Infrastructure
  • Vinay Jain, Director, Regional Sales –Service Provider Architectures, Cisco India
  • Himanshu Gupta, Country Manager – Telecom Media & Entertainment, HPE India
  • Moderated by Sunil Rajguru, Editor, Dataquest & PCQuest
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01:29 – 02:04 PM 12:46 – 01:37 PM

Fireside Chat: Enterprises of Tomorrow

  • Prateek Pashine, President - Enterprise Business, Jio
  • In conversation with Gajendra Upadhyay, Editor, Voice&Data
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Cybersecurity - in the network

  • Venkat Krishnapur, VP of Engineering & Managing Director, Trellix India
  • Mathan Babu Kasilingam, CISO, Vodafone Idea Ltd
  • Priya Kanduri, CTO & VP - Cyber Security Services, Happiest Minds Technologies
  • Abhish Kulkarni, Practice Manager Advisory & Professional Services (AI, Data Analytics),HPE India
  • Vishak Raman, Director, Security Business, Cisco India & SAARC
  • Moderated by Anil Chopra, VP - Research & Consulting, CyberMedia Research
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02:05 – 02:45 PM 01:38 – 02:20 PM

Multilingual Internet - Bhasha Internet

  • Mahesh Kulkarni,Formerly Sr. Director, Corporate R&D, C-DAC
  • Akshat Joshi, Founder, ThinkTrans
  • Nakul Kundra, Chairman & Founder, Devnagri
  • Moderated by Gajendra Upadhyay, Editor, Voice&Data
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Keynote Address: Space Race and Ground Realities

  • Rahul Vatts, Chief Regulatory Officer, Bharti Airtel
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Space Race and Ground Realities

  • LT Gen Anil Bhat, DG, ISpA
  • Anil Prakash, DG, SIA-India
  • Moderated by Gajendra Upadhyay, Editor, Voice&Data
Watch on Demand
02:46 – 02:53 PM 02:20 – 02:34 PM

Industry Keynote:Fibre to home - future to the home

  • Yugal Kishore Sharma, CEO, ONE Broadband, Hinduja Group
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Industry Keynote: It's time we recognise India's 5G dream- with Make in India.

  • Digvijay Sharma, Sr Director Sales, Ciena Communications, India
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02:53 – 04:05 PM 02:34 – 03:17 PM

Wifi -6: Impact and industry approach & IoT

  • Rakesh Upadhyay, CTO, ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT LTD
  • Suryanarayan CS, Country Category Manager at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
  • Vikas Gupta, VP - IOT Strategic & Smart Connectivity – Enterprise, Vodafone India Ltd
  • Moderated by Amitabh Singhal, Co-Founder/Former President-ISPAI & Founder/Former CEO - NIXI
Watch on Demand

Industry 4.0 Enablers

  • Deepak Sanghi, Sr VP & IP Optical Networks, Airtel
  • Pravir Dahiya, Sr. VP – Network Operations, Tata Teleservices Ltd
  • Rajiv Arora, Global Head of IT Global Hub, Siemens
  • Moderated by Sukanta Dey, Director, Sdela Consulting
Watch on Demand
03:17 – 04:12 PM

Open RAN and the journey of Enterprise Networks

  • K S Rao, Chief Corporate Officer, STL
  • Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay, Executive Director, C-DoT
  • Arun Karna, MD & CEO, AT&T India
  • Rohit Chaudhari, Field CTO, Telco Vertical, HPE India
  • Moderated by Faisal Kawoosa, Founder & Chief Analyst, TechArc
Watch on Demand
04:12 – 05:10 PM

Future of 5G & Future with 5G

  • Sandeep Gupta EVP, Chief Architect-Network, Airtel
  • Bharat B Bhatia, President, ITU-APT Foundation of India
  • Moderated by Prabhu Ram, Head, Industry Intelligence Group, CyberMedia Research
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04:06–04:19PM

Voice&Data Leadership Awards

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04:19 – 04:55 PM

Session Keynote: Ayushman and the Digital Health

  • Dr. R S Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority
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Session Keynote: Telecom in India – Some Turning Points

  • Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Institute Professor, IIT Madras, India, President, IITM Research Park, IITM Incubation Cell and RTBI
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04:55 – 05:21 PM

Voice&Data Jury Awards & Acceptance Speech

Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Institute Professor, IIT Madras, India, President, IITM Research Park, IITM Incubation Cell and RTBI
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Pathbreaker of the Year

  • CoWin Platform [ Received by Dr. R S Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority ]
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Telecom Person of the Year

  • Anshu Prakash, Former Chairman, DCC & Former Secretary, Telecom
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05:21 - 05:25PM

Thank you note & Closing Remarks

Gajendra Upadhyay, Editor, Voice&Data

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