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January 2019 Issue

University of Leuven Belgium, Prof. Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan, Dr. Bimal Roy, ISI Kolkata, Mr. Samar Jha,
Chairman of Webel, Mr. Ambarish Dasgupta, Principal Advisor DIT&E, Mr. Rajarshi Mitra, IAS, Jt. Secretary P & AR & e-
Governance, Mr. Gary Nuttall, Managing Director of Distlytics United Kingdom, Ms. Rosine Kadamani, Co-Founder of
Blockchain Academy Brazil, Mr. Mikhail Stronchinskiy, Russia country representative, Mr. Sreeram Ananthasayanam
from PwC India, Mr. Dilip Krishnaswamy – VP New Tech Initiatives in Reliance Jio Infocomm, Mr. Pavan Adipuram –
Founder and CEO of ChitMonks and Mr. Kamal Agarwala from Nasscom. Shri Prodip Mukhopadhyay, CEO, Webel
Informatics Ltd and Shri Somnath Chatterjee, CEO - Webel Technology Ltd felicitated the distinguished dignitaries in
traditional fashion.

Ms. Rosine Kadamani, Co-Founder of Blockchain Academy Brazil illuminated the inaugural lamp electronically in
presence of Shri Debashis Sen, IAS, Addl. Chief Secretary, Dept. of IT&E and other dignitaries.

Dignitaries of the inaugural session on dais Ms. Rosine Kadamani lighting the inaugural lamp

Shri Debashis Sen, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of IT&E, Govt. of West Bengal delivered the Welcome
Address and shared his insights to set the tone for the 2-day, Global Blockchain Congress – Consensus 2018.

He said that Bengal is encouraging all kinds of emerging
technologies in the fields of Artificial Intelligence,
Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Robotics, 3D
Printing, Animation and many other areas which require
absolute modern skill, knowledge and talent. Blockchain
is foremost among them and Bengal is for Blockchain.
Govt of West Bengal decided to form a Centre of
Excellence on Blockchain. He also revealed the first ever
birth certificate based on blockchain, issued the day
before (18th December 2018), by handing over a copy

of the certificate to the minister.
Shri Debashis Sen, IAS, delivering speech

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