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The session that followed was the ‘Call for Projects’
demonstration wherein 6 teams were selected to
present their product/solution to the audience. These 6
were selected out of a total of about 70 project
submissions. The names of the teams who presented
their solutions to the public were - Intelizest Consulting
Private Limited, Hashprix, TERI, Infimonk, OUM
Technology Solutions, Cyber Peace Centre of Excellence.
The competition consisted of 2 categories – Jury’s
awards and People Awards. To participate in the ‘people
awards’ category, the participants were encouraged to
vote for their favourite teams on the website and help Participants of ‘Call for Projects’
them win a Kindle each.

The day ended with a panel discussion on the topic - Transforming India using Blockchain. The distinguished panel
members of the discussion were:
1. Prof. Dhiren Patel – Director, VJTI
2. Mr. Ram Kiran Dhulipala – Strategy and Operations Officer, Director General’s Office at ICRISAT
3. Mr. Subbu Jois – Founder, Aurigraph.IO
4. Mr. Prasanna Lohar – Head Innovation and Architecture, DCB Bank
5. Mr. Pavan Adipuram – Founder and CEO, ChitMonks
6. Mr. Dilip Krishnaswamy – VP New Tech Initiatives, Reliance Jio Infocomm

Mr. Thampy Koshy, Partner, E&Y India moderated the
panel discussion around various facets of the Indian
economy where Blockchain could have a major impact.
Discussions centred around implementation of
Blockchain in Agriculture, Banking, Telecom in India, ISO
regulations pertaining to Blockchain and the current
throughput of the Blockchain systems around the world.
The panel also took a few questions that were raised by
the audience.

 Eminent panellists on the dais

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