e-Revolution ’11 starts tomorrow

The two-day annual event,e-Revolution 2011 starting on September 23 will be based on the theme of small and medium business enterprise. The event will witness discussions on the growth of the Information Technology sector and the opportunities available. It would be inaugurated by the Governor of Punjab and UT Administrator Shivraj V. Patil.

Finance Secretary,V K Singh said that there are more than 2,500 SMEs in the city and a number of them are in the IT or IT-enabled sectors. They also contribute to 85 per cent of the city’s GDP,fuelling growth. Chandigarh and Punjab are building a supportive ecosystem to promote entrepreneurship. E-Revolution will help them in building strategic linkages with some of the big players as well as reach out to bigger domestic and overseas markets.

V K Singh highlighted reports for introducing e-governance at Municipal Corporation,Government Medical College and Hospital as well as other departments.

Rakesh Nangia,Senior Executive Director,Punjab Infotech,said that Punjab has floated prototyping fund to encourage innovation in this region,and major steps have been undertaken to encourage entrepreneurship by setting up incubation centres in nearly 50 engineering colleges in the state.