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BRIDGE 2023
51st EDITION - Coimbatore

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 51st 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

Participants

Academia

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

Government

Policymakers, Senior Officials

Corporate

Corporate CXOs,Senior Management Members, Tech Experts

Chief Guest

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Dr Palanivel Thiaga Rajan

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

Guests of Honour

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Thiru. J. Kumaragurubaran IAS

Secretary - Information Technology and
Digital Services Department
Government of Tamil Nadu

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Arun Jain

Founder of Polaris Group
CMD of Intellect Design Arena Ltd

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Shankar Vanavarayar

Chairman
CII Tamil Nadu

Speakers


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Lakshmi Narayanan

Director, ICT Academy &
Emeritus Vice Chairman, Cognizant

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HARI BALACHANDRAN

Chief Executive Officer
ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu

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Dr. Anbu Rathinavel

Chief Design Officer
Intellect Design Arena & Head and Co-founder
School of Design Thinking

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Rajendran Dandapani

Business Solutions Evangelist
Zoho Corporation

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Vivek Ganesh

Regional Vice President
MongoDB India

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Purushothaman K

Head Government Affairs (states)
Cognizant

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Dr. Madana Kumar

Vice President & Global Head
Leadership Development
UST Global

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Eva James

Vice President - Information Technology
Global Service Delivery and Global Hubs
Renault Nissan Technology

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Anand Pujari

Education Account Manager
Autodesk

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Sunil Dahiya

Executive Vice President
Wadhwani Foundation

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Sairam Veeraswamy

Senior Director
Advanced Technology Group
VMware

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Dr. Lavanam Amballa

National Head - Campus Hiring
Wipro Limited

Sponsors & Partners


Supported by

Gold Partners

Associate Partners

Academic Partners

Industry Partner

Technology 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.

BRIDGE in Numbers

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7
States Covered
1900
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Institutions Participated
304
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ICT Academy Awardees
25000
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Venue Participants
40
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YouTube views
420
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Sponsors
50
Editions
767
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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