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14 MARCH 2023
CHENNAI TRADE CENTRE

Building Human Capital for a Trillion-Dollar Digital Economy

Today, Tamil Nadu is nearly a 300-billion-dollar economy. The State should register double-digit growth every year until 2030 through a multi-pronged strategy if it has to grow three-fold to reach a trillion-dollar economy. The State's economic growth depends on the quality of our human capital. When human capital increases in areas such as science, education, and management, it leads to increases in innovation, social well-being, equality, increased productivity, and improved rates of economic participation, all of which contribute to economic growth. Building Tamil Nadu's human capital is a holistic effort that should accelerate more and better investments in people for greater equity and sustained economic growth.

ICT Academy BRIDGE returns for the grand 50th edition on the theme 'Building Human Capital for a Trillion Dollar Digital Economy.' The mega industry-institute interaction event is the convergence of policymakers, industry leaders, and academicians with the aim to tap Tamil Nadu's vast human capital to achieve its target of a $1 trillion economy by 2030. The conference offers an in-depth approach to understanding crucial human development issues, including skills and knowledge that affect economic viability. The event features an exceptional line-up of speakers from government, industry, and academia sharing strategic perspectives and unparalleled insights into the latest human capital development practices across the globe that helps to uncover what it takes to covert Tamil Nadu's human capital into economic success.

Focus Areas

Human capital at the center of TN's economic development strategy

Aligning institutions to emerging technologies

Future skills and talent development

Ensuring sustainable business growth and job creation

Best practices in the teaching-learning process

Event Format

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Participants

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    Academia

    Chairmen, Secretaries, Principals, Training & Placement Directors, Department Heads & Faculty Members

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    Government

    Policymakers, Senior Officials & Bureaucrats

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    Corporate

    CXOs, Industry Experts & HR Leaders

Chief Guest

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Thiru M.K. Stalin

Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Guests of Honour

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Thiru T. Mano Thangaraj

Hon'ble Minister for Information Technology & Digital Services, Government of Tamil Nadu

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Dr.J.Jeyaranjan

Vice Chairman, State Planning Commission
Government of Tamil Nadu

Speakers

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J. Kumaragurubaran, IAS

Secretary to Government Information Technology
and Digital Services Department
Government of Tamil Nadu
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Prof. (Dr.) T G Sitharam

Chairman
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
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Josh Foulger

Chairman
ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu
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Kirti Seth

Chief Executive Officer
SSC NASSCOM
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Dr. R. Velraj

Vice Chancellor
Anna University
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Hari Balachandran

Chief Executive Officer
ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu
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Sreekanth K Arimanithaya

Global Talent and Enablement Services Leader
EY Global Delivery Services
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Deepankar Bhattacharyya

Head - India & ASEAN Education Experiences
Autodesk
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Arvind Thothadri

Vice President
Automation Anywhere
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Suresh Venugopal

President
CMT India
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Lydian Nadaswaram

Composer, Arranger, Singer
and Multi-instrumentalist
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K Sudeep

Global Head - Human Resources
Tata Consultancy Services Limited.
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P Kartikeyan

Head - Materials Management, Nokia Solutions & Networks
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Anand Ramachandran

Game designer, Founder, CEO, Bigfatphoenix Interactive Pvt Ltd.
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Sujith Kumar

AVP & HR Business Leader
Infosys
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Joel Vasanth

Vice President
BNP Paribas GSO
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Dr. S. Vaidhyasubramaniam

Vice Chancellor
SASTRA University

Sponsors & Partners

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Associate Partners

Technology Partner

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Ecosystem Partner

Country Partner

Exhibitors

About Bridge

BRIDGE a flagship conference of ICT Academy aims to bridge the industry-academia gap. BRIDGE is a confluence of Educators, Researchers, Corporate, Solution Providers, NGOs and Policy Makers to find possible solutions and answers to some of the most challenging, critical and relevant questions we face in the journey towards transforming India. The conference serves as a platform in providing a strategic view on the trends that shape the educational ecosystem. The conference engages various stakeholders to seize opportunities to transform from theories to practice and become indispensable in the new digital world. Started in the year 2011, the conference has been receiving an overwhelming response from all the stakeholders of the knowledge ecosystem. Having reached multiple cities in India, BRIDGE has emerged to be the high impact industry-institute interaction event of India completing 49 editions.

BRIDGE in Numbers

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7
States Covered
1900
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Institutions Participated
300
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ICT Academy Awardees
24000
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Venue Participants
30
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YouTube views
400
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Sponsors
49
Editions
750
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Speakers

Contact Us

ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu

Module No. E6-03, Sixth Floor, Block E
IIT Madras Research Park
Kanagam Road, Taramani,
Chennai 600 113
Tamil Nadu, India

Contact mail: contact@ictacademy.in

Phone: T +91 44 4290 6800