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Venue : FICCI, Federation House Tansen Marg,
New Delhi - 110001
Time : 09:30 AM onwards
Day & Date : Friday, 7th November 2008

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Proposed Programme
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM Registration
10:00 AM - 10:05 AM

Opening Address by Mr. Rajan Kohli, Deputy Secretary General, FICCI
10:05 AM - 10:15 AM Special Address by Dr. A.K. Chakravarti, Group Coordinator, Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Key Note Address by Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Session I : Needs & Challenges for Digital Preservation

Chair : Dr. Shalini R. Urs, University of Mysore & Member of the Steering Committee of the Working Group on National Digital Preservation Programme

Case Study I: Problems faced in implementing Digital PreservationDownload PDF-Mr. N.S. Mani, Microphotographist, National Archives of India

Case Study II: Digital Preservation of Records in Archaeological Survey of India: Problems and ChallengesDownload PDF- Dr. S. B Ota, Director, National Mission on Monuments and Atiquities, Archaeological Survey of India

Panel discussion with additional expert panelists
-- Major General S. K. Pathak, Deputy Surveyor General, Survey of India
-- Ms. VV Lakshmi, SAARC Documentation Centre, National Institute of
Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR)
-- Mr. Vijay Garg, Research Staff Member, IBM India Research LabDownload PDF

Summing up by Chair

Question and Answer
11:45 AM - 12:00 Noon Tea / Coffee Break
12:00 Noon - 01:15 PM Session II : Processes & Technologies for Digital Preservation

Chair: Dr. Gautam Bose, Deputy Director- General, National Informatics Center

Case Study I: Digitization of Sound ArchivesDownload PDF: Ms. Indira Mathur, Deputy Director, All India Radio

Case Study II: Digital Library of IndiaDownload PDF: Dr. V. N. Shukla , Director-Special Application, CDAC Noida

Panel discussion with additional expert panelists
-- Dr. P Anandan, MD, Microsoft Research India
-- Ms. Kamalini Dutt, Director (Archives), Doordarshan
-- Mr. J Srikanth, Head-Storage Business, Kores India Ltd
-- Speaker from Redhat

Summing up by Chair

Question and Answer
01:15 PM - 02:30 PM Lunch
02:30 PM - 03:45 PM Session III : Viability and Sustainability of Digital Preservation in India

Chair : Ms. Kalpana Dasgupta, Former Director, Central Secretariat Library, Ministry of Culture

Case Study I: Imperatives for the survival of digital preservation in Indian museumsDownload PDF-Dr. Dinesh S. Katre, Group Head, Human-Centred Design and Computing, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing

Case Study II: Documentation of Cultural Heritage in IndiaDownload PDF- Mr. Pratapanand Jha, Director, Cultural Informatics Lab, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts

Panel discussion with additional expert panelists
-- Prof. Subhashis Banerjee, IIT-Delhi
-- Mr. Vijay Kapur, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Corporation
(India) Pvt. Ltd.
-- Mr. Ashish Banerjee, Sun Microsystems India Pvt. Ltd.

Summing up by Chair

Question and Answer
03:45 PM - 04:00 PM Tea / Coffee Break
04:00 PM - 05:15 PM Session IV : Governance, Legal & Regulatory Framework

Chair: Dr. A.K. Chakravarti, Group Coordinator, Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India

Presentation on Digital Preservation of Forensic Data-Emerging issues and ChallengesDownload PDF- Dr. M. S. Rao, Director-cum-Chief Forensic Scientist, Directorate of Forensic Science

Case Study : Legal Issues in e-Preservation and e-AccessDownload PDF- Dr. A. L. Moorthy, Director, Defence Scientific Information and
Documentation Centre (DESIDOC)

Panel discussion with additional expert panelists
-- Dr. Mukulita Vijayawargiya, Deputy Legislative Counsel, Legislative
Department, Ministry of Law and Justice
-- Mr. Praveen Dalal, Managing Partner, Perry4Law

Summing up by Chair

Question and Answer
05:15 PM - 05:25 PM

Closing Remarks by Mr. Rajan Kohli, Deputy Secretary General, FICCI


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