Speaking at the Seminar, R Chandrashekhar, President, Nasscom said, "Disruptive technology, social media, mobility, cloud and Internet of Things etc will be needed to build solution at a price point which makes sense in India." He shared the example of how price point facilitated the mobile revolution in India.

Highlighting the opportunities to collaborate, he said, "There are 27 German companies in India in the IT sector. All of these companies are doing cutting edge work in India. Therefore, as India aims at Make in India and Germany at Industry 4.0; utilising the huge base of German companies is a great opportunity to move forward." He further added that Nasscom will be launching a German Council consisting of all German companies in India next week.

Germany can learn from India's large scale projects

Applauding India's e-governance efforts, Franz-Josef Schuermann, Country Head-Germany, Infosys said, "Germany can learn from some of India's large scale projects for the people." Referring to Government of India's programmes for its citizens he said, "India is moving in supersonic speed in implementation of many of the programmes and India is leap frogging when compared to Germany in areas of mobile payment, e- governance and in the scale of UID."

During the panel discussions, Rakesh Garg, Chairman, Telecom Commission and Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India spoke about the relevance of the National Knowledge Network. He said, "It has connected 1038 research laboratories and other institutions of higher learning through a broadband network."

He further added that the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) launched by the Government of India will become the backbone of the Digital India programme. NOFN is the world's largest rural broadband connectivity project through optical fibre. "The objective is to ensure that every citizen is digitally literate. The Government of India is targeting one person in each family," he said.

Investment Opportunities in Rajasthan and UP

Further during the day, CII organised a seminar on "Investment Opportunities in Rajasthan" highlighting investment opportunities in auto, ceramics, energy, IT and electronics in the State. Gajendra Singh, Minister of Industries, Government of Rajasthan addressed the Seminar and Abhay Kumar, Commissioner, Industries, Government of Rajasthan.

The day concluded with with a seminar showcasing "Investment Opportunities in Uttar Pradesh" organised by FICCI. The Seminar saw key people from the industry and Government of Rajasthan including Alok Ranjan, Chief Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh and Mahesh Kumar Gupta, Principal Secretary, Infrastructure and Industrial Development Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh.

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