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January 2019 Issue

Mr. Junya Yoshizaki delivering speech Shri Debashis Sen, IAS giving memento to Mr. Shri Debashis Sen, IAS giving a live portrait to
Junya Yoshizaki Mr. Junya Yoshizaki

Mr. Saurav Kumar Tomar delivering speech Shri Debashis Sen, IAS giving memento to Mr. Shri Debashis Sen, IAS giving a live portrait to
Saurav Kumar Tomar Mr. Saurav Kumar Tomar

Dr. Amit Mitra, Hon’ble Minister in Charge, Finance, Information Technology and Electronics, Industry Commerce &
Enterprises, Micro Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles, Government of West Bengal joined the conference. Shri
Debashis Sen, IAS, felicitated Dr. Amit Mitra, Hon’ble Minister in traditional fashion in presence of all eminent speakers
on the dais.

Dr. Amit Mitra, Hon’ble Minister expressed his concern
over Blockchain and how it can be good for the society,
for economy and for the common people, keeping in
mind that a significant proportion of India lives in rural
sector, in villages, who don’t have access to internet.
Human beings cannot become slave of technology.
Technology will have to become a slave of human beings
which is the origin of the intension of discovering newer
technologies. He spoke at length about he is both
sceptical about the practical use case of blockchain, but
also equally hopeful about the change that it can bring
in the world. Dr. Amit Mitra, Hon’ble Minister delivering speech

Dr. Amit Mitra, Hon’ble Minister released the first ever birth certificate based on Blockchain. Dr. Amit Mitra, Hon’ble
Minister released a co-branded ‘thought leadership paper’ by PWC and Webel and a white paper on Blockchain
prepared by E&Y.

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