Digital India Week 2023 (01/07/2023 to 07/07/2023) – All you need to know!

Digital India Week 2023 (1st-7th July): With the launch of the Digital India Programme on July 1, 2015, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India aimed to transform India into a knowledge economy and a digitally empowered society. Digital innovation, implementation, and inclusion are the pillars of India’s digital transformation. The state of India has pioneered innovative digital projects, brought transformational projects to the masses, and implemented various initiatives that have improved the lives of the rural poor, ensuring digital inclusion. As a result of this tremendous journey, India’s citizens are able to access digital information and services, as well as digitally deliver services, and be involved in digital inclusion, all thanks to sustainable, affordable and transformative technology.

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With new unicorns sprouting almost every week, India has the third-highest number of startups today. Digital India has contributed substantially to the nation’s resilient response to the pandemic. Through digital technologies, the Government has been able to reach remote areas of the country with ease. In the wake of the pandemic, India has become the world’s leading nation for its use of technology to create resilient economies and governments.

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Digital India Week 2023 – Catalyzing New India’s Techade

The 2023 Digital Indian week details will be out soon. The Digital India Week 2022 was inaugurated by Mr. Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on 4th July 2022. The 2022 Digital India Week is being observed from July 4 to July 9, 2022. The venue for the Digital India Week events is Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Digital India Week Theme 2023 

The theme of Digital India Week 2022 is “Catalyzing New India’s Techade“. With the help of the Digital India Mission, it is said that this decade of India will be the “Techade of India”. 

As a portmanteau of technology and decade, techade refers to a technologically driven decade. Right before Covid-19 disrupted the world, the concept gained traction. Considering some of humankind’s most daunting challenges, the pandemic has significantly increased the urgency and use of technology.

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Digital India Week 2022 Events & Schedule

On 4th, 5th and 6th July 2022 the vents will be held in a physical manner but on 7th, 8th and 9th July 2022 the events will be observed virtually. Check the list of events with the schedule that will take place in the Digital India Week 2022 Gandhinagar, Gujarat. 

Digital India Week Events 4th July 2022

The major events and sessions scheduled in DIW 2022 for 4 July 2022 are shared below.

Start Time	End Time	Programme Details
16:30 PM	–	Prime Minister arrives at Venue
16:30 PM	16:57 PM	Walkthrough of Mela and Interaction with Beneficiaries & Startups
16:58 PM	–	Prime Minister arrives on Dais
16:58 PM	17:00 PM	Welcome and Felicitation of PM on Dais
17:00 PM	17:03 PM	Welcome Speech by Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union MoS, Electronics and IT, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
17:03 PM	17:08 PM	Speech by Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister, Electronics and IT, Railways and Communications
17:08 PM	17:13 PM	Speech by Shri Bhupendra Patel, Chief Minister, Gujarat
17:13PM	17:28 PM	Launch of Key Initiatives under Digital India by screening of short films Indiastack.global myScheme MeriPehchaan Digital India Bhashini Digital India GENESIS Chips to Startup Program E-Book – Catalyzing New India’s Techade
17:28 PM	18:00 PM	Address by Prime Minister
18:00 PM	–	PM departs

Digital India Week Events 5th July 2022

The major events and sessions scheduled in DIW 2022 for 5 July 2022 are shared below.

Start Time	End Time	Theme	Role	Speaker Name
09:00 AM	10:00 AM	Registrations
10:00 AM	11:00 AM	Inaugural Session – Digital India Accelerating the Start-up Ecosystem in India and Expanding it to Tier II/III towns through next generation programs and schemes under a single hub	Special Address	Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Communication and Electronic & Information Technology Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar – Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & Information Technology
11:00 AM	11:30 AM	Break
11:30 AM	11:40 AM	Keynote Address: Digital India’s Opportunity in Accelerated Digital World	Speaker	Sudhir Sethi, Chiratae
11:40 AM	12:30 PM	Panel Discussion: India’s Vibrant Start-up Ecosystem – Continuing its growth	Panel	Sudhir Sethi – Chiratae
			Panel	Vineeth Rao, Founder & CEO, Dealshare
			Panel	Sameer Nigam, Phone Pe
			Panel	Varun Khaitan, Urban Company
			Panel	Rajiv Gupta, PolicyBazaar
			Panel	Prem Barthasarathy, Pontaq Ventures India LLP
12:30 PM	12:40 PM	Keynote Address: Re-imagining Future with Deep Tech Start-ups	Speaker	Parag Naik, CEO, Saankhya Labs
12:40 PM	13:30 PM	Panel Discussion: Building Technologies for India & World	Panel	Rohan Verma, MapMyIndia
			Panel	Sanjay Nekkanti, Dhruva Space
			Panel	Sandeep Aggarwal, Droom Technology
			Panel	Atul Batra, Manthan Systems
			Panel	Aprameya Radhakrishna, Koo
13:30 PM	14:30 PM	Lunch
14:30 PM	14:40 PM	Keynote Address: Talent & Opportunities – expanding technology Sector in Tier II & Tier III cities	Speaker	Anil Sharma, TCS
14:40 PM	15:30 PM	Panel Discussion: Catalyzing Startup Ecosystem in Tier II & III cities	Moderator	Vipul Patel, Partner – Seed Investing CIIE
			Panel	Parminder Singh Kakria, Wipro
			Panel	Arvind Kumar, DG, STPI
			Panel	Harshil Mathur, Razorpay
			Panel	Dhruba Jyoti Deka, Brahmaputra Fable
			Panel	Souvik Sengupta, Infra.Market
15:30 PM	15:40 PM	Corporate Program Recognitions	Launch	Corporates and MeitY Team
15:40 PM	16:30 PM	Panel Discussion: Corporates and Start-ups	Panel	Aastha Grover, Startup India
			Panel	Amey Mashelkar, Jio GenNext
			Panel	Rajiv Aggarwal, Meta
			Panel	Paul Ravindranath, Google
			Panel	Sudip Goswami, DELL Technologies
16:30 PM	17:00 PM	Break
17:00 PM	18:00 PM	Valedictory Session	Felicitation and Special Address	Announcement/Felicitation Special Addresses Vote of Thanks

Digital India Week Events 6th July 2022

The major events and sessions scheduled in DIW 2022 for 6 July 2022 are shared below.

Start Time	End Time	Programme Details
10:00 AM	10:05 AM	Welcome address by Additional Secretary, MeitY
10:05 AM	10:15 AM	Special address by Secretary, MeitY
10:15 AM	10:25 AM	Launch of IT initiatives by Hon’ble Minister of IT, Govt. of Gujarat
10:25 AM	10:40 AM	Address by Hon’ble Minister of IT, Govt. of Gujarat
10:40 AM	10:45 AM	Vote of Thanks by Secretary (IT), Gujarat
10:45 AM	11:00 AM	Tea Break
Panel Discussion on Public Digital Platforms and Citizen-Centric Public Services
Start Time End Time Session Role Speaker Name 11:00 AM 12:00 PM Creating a Digital Governance Ecosystem through Public Digital Platforms & Innovations in CitizenCentric Public Service Delivery Moderator: Dr. Rajendra Kumar, Additional Secretary, MeitY Speaker Shri J. Satyanarayana, Adviser, WEF Speaker Shri Dinesh Tyagi, Managing Director, CSC-SPV Speaker Shri Saurabh Gaur, Principal Secretary (IT &C), Government of Andhra Pradesh Speaker Shri Sameer Vishnoi, Special Secretary & CEO, CHIPs, Government of Chhattisgarh Moderator Shri Kumar Vineet, Special Secretary (IT&E), Government of Uttar Pradesh Speaker Shri Amit k Sinha ,IPS Director ITDA, Director ITDA, Government of Uttarakhand
Panel Discussion on Aadhaar – Enabling Ease of living
Start Time End Time Session Role Speaker Name 12:00 PM 01:00 PM Aadhaar for States –Enabling Ease of Living Moderator: Shri Amod Kumar, DDG, UIDAI Speaker Shri Santosh Kumar Mall, IAS,Principal Secretary (IT), Government of Bihar Speaker Shri V. Ponnuraj, IAS, Secretary, DPAR, Government of Karnataka Speaker Shri Amit Rathore, IAS, Principal Secretary (S&T),Government of Madhya Pradesh Speaker Ms. Sowjanya, IAS, Secretary(IT), Government of Uttarakhand Speaker Shri Vijay Nehra, IAS – Secretary(DST), Government of Gujarat 01:00 PM 02:00 PM Lunch Break
Panel Discussion on Metaverse & Web 3.0
Start Time End Time Session Role Speaker Name 02:00 PM 03:00 PM Metaverse & Web 3.0 Chair and Moderator:Dr. Rajendra Kumar, Additional Secretary, MeitY Speaker Shri Rajiv Aggarwal, Head of Public Policy, Meta Speaker Shri Srinivasa Reddy, VP, Mixed Reality, Microsoft India Speaker Shri Kanishka Agiwal, Head Service Lines, India and South Asia, AWS Speaker Prof. Manindra Agrawal, IIT Kanpur
Panel Discussion on 5G and the future of Internet in India’s Techade
Start Time End Time Session Role Speaker Name 03:00 PM 04:00 PM 5G and future of Internet in India’s Techade Moderator: Shri Abhishek. Partner, EY, TMT Sector Speaker Shri R K Pathak, Deputy Director General, DOT Speaker Shri Jishnu Aravindakshan, Principal Architect, CTO Office, Tejas Networks Speaker Dr. Dhivagar Bhaskaran, Principal Engineer, CeWIT Asia, AWS Speaker Shri Aayush Bhatnagar, Sr VP Reliance Jio 04:00 PM 04:15 PM Tea Break
Digital Government : Presentations on Impactful and Scalable Projects by States
Start Time End Time Session Role Speaker Name 04:15 PM 05:15 PM Presentations on Impactful and Scalable Projects by State Government Moderator: Shri Abhishek Singh, President & CEO, NeGD, MeitY Speaker Shri Ramakrishna Chitturi, Joint Secretary (Planning), Government of Meghalaya Speaker Shri Praveen Volvotkar, Director IT, Government of Goa Speaker Shri Sachin Gusia, Director (ICT & eGovernace) & MD (GIL), Government of Gujarat Speaker Shri Abhijit Agarwal, Director(IT), Government of Madhya Pradesh

Digital India Week Events 7th July 2022 (Virtual)

The major events and sessions scheduled in DIW 2022 for 7 July 2022 are shared below.

Start Time	End Time	Theme	Role	Speaker Name
Inaugural Session
10:00 AM	11:00 AM	Context Setting for Digital India Programme and Digital India Knowledge Exchange	Speaker	Mr. Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Secretary, MeitY, Government of India Mr. Abhishek Singh, President & CEO, NeGD Mr. Rajesh Gera, DG, NIC
Building Aadhaar
11:00 AM	12:30 PM	Laying Foundation of Aadhaar	Speaker	Dr. R. S. Sharma, Founding CEO, UIDAI
11:00 AM	12:30 PM	Current State of Aadhaar	Speaker & Moderator	Dr. Saurabh Garg, CEO, UIDAI
11:00 AM	12:30 PM	Technology Architecture and Use of emerging tech	Speaker	Dr Pramod Varma, ex-Chief Architect & Advisor, UIDAI
11:00 AM	12:30 PM	e-KYC and e-Sign	Speaker	Mr. Suresh Sethi, MD & CEO, Protean eGov Technologies Ltd
11:00 AM	12:30 PM	Open Q&A Session	–	–
Building Unified Payment Interface (UPI) – Leading Digital Payment Ecosystem in India (Parallel)
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	India’s payment revolution and UPI International Availability	Speaker	Mr. Dilip Asbe, MD & CEO, NPCI
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	Regulatory Support to Payment Ecosystem	Speaker	Mr. Sudhanshu Prasad, General Manager, RBI
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	Innovations on top of UPI	Speaker	Mr. Sajith Sivanandan, Business Head, Payments and NBU, Google Asia Pacific
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	Digital Payment Division	Moderator	Mr. Amit Agrawal, Additional Secretary, MeitY
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	Open Q&A Session with NPCI team	–	–
Technology Stack for Education (Parallel)
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	National Digital Education Architecture	Speaker & Moderator	Mr. Rajnish Kumar, Director (Digital Education), Dept of School Education & Literacy
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	DIKSHA – Learning Platform	Speaker	Dr. Amarendra P. Behera, Jt. Director – NCERT
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	Vidya Samiksha Kendra	Speaker	Mr. Vijay Kiran Anand, Director-general of school education (DGSE)
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	National Academic Depository and Academic Bank of Credits	Speakers	Dr. Vineet Joshi, Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	Open Questions & Answers	–	–
Paperless governance and Data empowerment
03:30 PM	05:00 PM	API Setu: Building Blocks for Innovation	Speaker & Moderator	Mr. Abhishek Singh, P&CEO, NeGD
03:30 PM	05:00 PM	DigiLocker: Providing document anywhere anytime	Speaker	Mr. Amit Jain, Addl. Director, NeGD
03:30 PM	05:00 PM	Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture (DEPA)	Speaker	Ms. Anna Roy, Sr. Advisor – Niti Aayog
03:30 PM	05:00 PM	Open-Source Protocol	Speaker	Mr. Siddharth Shetty, lead DEPA open source protocol depa.global
03:30 PM	05:00 PM	Open Q&A Session	–	–

Digital India Week Events 8th July 2022 (Virtual)

The major events and sessions scheduled in DIW 2022 for 8 July 2022 are shared below.

Start Time	End Time	Theme	Role	Speakers
Health Stack – Enabling Universal Healthcare
10:00 AM	12:00 PM	Current Landscape of Technology in Healthcare	Speaker & Moderator	Mr. Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, MoHFW
10:00 AM	12:00 PM	Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)	Speaker	Dr Praveen Gedam, Additional CEO, NHA & Mission Director, ABDM
10:00 AM	12:00 PM	CO-WIN & Unified Health Interface	Speaker	Dr. R. S. Sharma, CEO – NHA
10:00 AM	12:00 PM	Aarogya Setu	Speaker	Dr. Seema Khanna, DDG, NIC
10:00 AM	12:00 PM	E-Sanjeevani	Speaker	Dr. S. P. Sood, Head-Health Informatics Group – CDAC
10:00 AM	12:00 PM	Open Q&A Session
AgriStack (Parallel)
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	FRUITS	Speaker	Mr. Rajeev Chawla, Chief Knowledge Officer & Advisor to M/o Agriculture
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	E-NAM	Speaker	Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi, Addl. Secretary, M/o Agriculture
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	Soil Health Card	Speaker & Moderator	Dr. Ranjna Nagpal, DDG – NIC
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	M4AGRI	Speaker	Dr. Vinay Thakur, Senior Director, DIC
Technology Stack for Skilling (Parallel)
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	Skill India	Speaker	Mr. Hemang Jani, Secretary, Capacity Building Commission
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	Atal Tinkering Lab	Speaker	Dr. Chintan Vaishnav, Mission Director – AIM (Niti Aayog)
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	FutureSkills Prime	Speaker	Ms. Kirti Seth, CEO NASSCOM – Future Skills
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	Digital Literacy	Speaker & Moderator	Dr. Jaideep Kumar Mishra, AS – HRD, MeitY
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	Open Questions & Answer
Digital Inclusion and connecting unconnected
03:30 PM	05:00 PM	MyGov	Speaker	Mr. Abhishek Singh, CEO, MyGov
03:30 PM	05:00 PM	Common Services Centres	Speaker	Mr. Sanjay Kumar Rakesh, CEO, CSC
03:30 PM	05:00 PM	UMANG	Speaker	Mr. Anil Agarwal, Addl. Director, NeGD
03:30 PM	05:00 PM	mSeva AppStore	Speaker	Dr. Padmaja Joshi, Sr. Director, CDAC
03:30 PM	05:00 PM	Open Questions & Answers	Speaker & Moderator	Mr. Sushil Pal, JS (e-Gov),MeitY

Digital India Week Events 9th July 2022 (Virtual)

The major events and sessions scheduled in DIW 2022 for 9 July 2022 are shared below.

Start Time	End Time	Theme	Role	Speaker Name
Urban Stack
10:00 AM	12:00 PM	Smart Cities Mission & Integrated control and command centre	Speaker & Moderator	Mr. Kunal Kumar, Jt. Secy & Mission Director, SMART Cities Mission
10:00 AM	12:00 PM	Intelligent Transport System	Speaker	Mr. Amit Kumar Ghosh, Addl. Secy – MoRTH
10:00 AM	12:00 PM	Indian Urban Data Exchange (IUDX)	Speaker	Dr. Inder Gopal, CEO – IUDX
10:00 AM	12:00 PM	Unified Logistics Interface Platform	Speaker	Mr. Anant Swaroop, Jt. Secy, M/o Comm. & Industry – Logistics
10:00 AM	12:00 PM	Open Questions & Answers	–	–
Technology Stack for e-Commerce
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	Government E-Marketplace	Speaker & Moderator	Mr. Prashant Kumar Singh, CEO – GEM
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN)	Speaker	Mr. Pankaj Dikshit, SVP(IT), GSTN
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	E-Way Bill and E-Invoice	Speaker	Mr. D P Nagendra Kumar, Special Secretary and Member (GST), CBIC
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)	Speaker	Mr. T. Koshy, CEO, ONDC
01:30 PM	03:00 PM	Open Questions & Answers	–	–
Valedictory Session – Future Roadmap
04:00 PM	05:00 PM	–	Speaker	Mr. Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Secretary, MeitY, Government of India
04:00 PM	05:00 PM	–	Speaker	Dr. Rajendra Kumar, AS, MeitY
04:00 PM	05:00 PM	–	Speaker	Mr. Abhishek Singh, President & CEO, NeGD
04:00 PM	05:00 PM	–	Speaker	Mr. Rajesh Gera, DG, NIC

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What is India Stack Knowledge Exchange?

A major initiative that could be shared globally is India’s success in implementing Digital Transformation projects at the population scale, given its G20 presidency in December 2022, and its hosting of the G20 Summit in 2023. Additionally, India has been requested to contribute to the Global Digital Public Goods repository on a consistent basis. It is time for the world to adopt the lessons learned from India Stack. On July 07 – 09, 2022, the DIW 2022 will include a three-day orientation program entitled “India Stack Knowledge Exchange: Showcasing India Stack and India’s Digital Products & Services”.

Participants in this virtual event will be able to share their experiences of implementing pioneering digital transformation projects that have permeated across the urban and rural landscapes of the country. Ultimately, this platform would help establish an India Stack Knowledge Exchange that would serve as a collaborative platform and mechanism to replicate some of the digital initiatives.

How to Register for Digital India Week 2023?

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History of Digital India Week

On 1st July 2015, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi inaugurated Digital India Week at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. 

It was July 01, 1991 when C-DAC launched India’s first supercomputer, PARAM 8000. Consequently, this marks a significant milestone in the history of Indian Advanced Computing.

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