DPG Dialogues 2025

DPG Dialouges 2025

Convening Agenda

9:00 AM

Registration & Community Showcase
60 Min     Registration Area

10:00 AM

Opening Remarks
15 Min     Hall 1

Gaurav Goel

Founder and CEO


Samagra | Transforming Governance

10:15 AM

Keynote & Fireside Chat
30 Min     Hall 1

Dr. RS Sharma

Distinguished Visiting Professor, IIT Kanpur


Advisory Council Member, ONDC

10:45 AM

Code for GovTech Showcase
45 Min     Hall 1

Amay Dixit

Contributor


Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai

Ashwin Date

Co-Founder and CTO


Tekdi Technologies

Tanmay Deobhankar

Contributor


IIITDM Jabalpur

Manu Gupta

Co-Founder, Director


Aspiring Investments

Jiya Gupta

Contributor


Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

Sethuraman Venkatraman

President – Healthtech


Argusoft

11:45 AM

Buliding DPGs: From Standards to Scalable Solutions
45 Min     Hall 1

Sarath Kummamuru

Chief Digital Transformation Officer


Bharat Connect

Preeti Syal

National AI Consultant


ICMR – National Institute for Research in Digital Health and Data Science

Sujith Nair

CEO & Co-Founder


FIDE

Vibhor Jain

Acting CEO & COO


ONDC

Rahul Kulkarni
(Moderator)

Chief Technologist


Samagra | Transforming Governance

Buliding DPGs: Unlocking the Potential of Open Source
45 Min     Hall 2

Akhila Somanath

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer


Tech4Good Community

Aaditeshwar Seth

Professor | IIT Delhi


Co-Founder | Gram Vaani and CoRE stack

Venkatesh Hariharan
(Moderator)

India Representative


Open Invention Network

Pradipta Kundu

Product Strategy Lead


Center of Excellence in Human Centered Computing, IIIT Delhi

12:30 PM

Adopting DPGs: Cost of Adopting a DPG
45 Min     Hall 1

Debabrata Nayak

Chief Technology Officer


Digital India Corporation

Madhuchandra R

Chief Operating Officer


Centre for Open Societal Systems (COSS)

Ankit Goel
(Moderator)

Vice President


Samagra | Transforming Governance

Swetha Kolluri

Senior Program Officer


Gates Foundation

Adopting DPGs: Strategies for Getting a DPG Adopted
45 Min     Hall 2

Purvi Shah

Chief Operating Officer


Pratham Books

Lilianna Bagnoli

Director, Impact Lab


Dimagi

Kiran Anandampillai
(Moderator)

CEO & Founder


iDrishti

Ravi Trivedi

Chief Digital Officer


Digital Bharat Collaborative

1:15 PM

Lunch & Community Showcase

2:30 PM

Sustaining DPGs: Models for Funding Tech for Impact
45 Min     Hall 2

Kriti Mittal
(Moderator)

Associate Director


EGov Foundation

Sourav Das

Investments Associate


Co-Develop

Harish Doraiswamy

Director


Central Square Foundation

Manisha Saboo

Head


Infosys Foundation

Himani Baid

Partnerships and Fundraising Lead


Rocket Learning

Sustaining DPGs: Ecosystem Required for DPGs to Thrive
45 Min     Hall 1

Aarathi Ganesan
(Moderator)


Manager, Public Policy


The Quantum Hub (TQH)

Harsha Meenawat

Head – Energy and Development


WRI India

Chand Kaushil

Head, ICT Innovations and Solutions


United Nations

Ramesh Loganathan

Dean – Resource Generation, Alumni Affairs and Industry Relations


IIIT Hyderabad

3:30 PM

Driving Value at Population-Scale with Technology
60 Min     Hall 1

Kiran Gopal Vaska

Joint Secretary


National Health Authority(NHA)

Dr. Shruti Kohli

Deputy Director


DSIT, Govt of UK

Dr. Panneerselvam
Madanagopal

Director


Digital India Programme

Manisha Yadav
(Moderator)

Senior Manager


Samagra | Transforming Governance

Varun Aggarwal

Founder


Change Engine

4:30 PM

Release of the DPG State of the Community Report (SCoRe) 2025
15 Min     Hall 1

4:45 PM

Release of the Product Directory
15 Min     Hall 1

5:00 PM

Announcements
15 Min     Hall 1

5:15 PM

Closing Fireside Chat
30 Min     Hall 1

Sandeep Shukla

Director


IIIT Hyderabad

5:45 PM

Closing Remarks
15 Min     Hall 1

6:00 PM

onwards

High Tea & Community Showcase

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