New Delhi, April 28: Rai Foundation jointly with The Institution of Electronics & Communication and Computer Society of India organized the Seminar “Innovation in Information & Communication Technology.” In the welcome note Assistant Director Rai Foundation Mr. Viney Kakkar said, “the technology is changing by every minute and creativity and innovation are buzz words as far as information & communication technology (ICT) is concerned.” Dr. Vikram Kumar, Director National Physical Laboratory, emphasized that no innovation was possible without knowledge. Mr. Kumar also threw light on gray areas of existing high-end technology.

Executive Directory Rai Foundation Ms. Nymph Kaul said, “The technology has added enormous speed to every day activities of the common man.” Mr. Satya N. Gupta, Chief Regulatory Advisor-BT Global Services SAARC Region, made the presentation “Next Generation Networks.” Major General L. Teheliani explained the cause and effect of the rapid changes in the ICT technology. He also shared his wide experience with the armed forces, which he said were always ready to innovate.

Mr Prashant Sharma of IBM spoke of the advantage of Opensource Initiative of his group. He further added that the technology had the unique ability to reduce costs while providing innovation. IBM has offered skill-building resources for a broad range of emerging open source projects, providing access to hundreds of technical articles, tutorials, forums and blogs.

Mr. Kakkar in his vote of thanks said, “there is a need to inject technology at every stage of education to make students tech-savvy.” The point of agreement at the seminar was that with developments in technology taking place literally by the minute, the youth had to change their attitudes to adapt to these changes – and creativity can bring the spark of innovation to the world.