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PanIIT India to host Global Virtual Technology Summit 2021 

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With an aim to initiate conversations around transformative and empowering technological solutions, PanIIT India is organising its flagship event– GLOBAL VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT 2021 on 17th-18th September. The Virtual Summit is expected to have more than 15000 delegates and over 100 eminent speakers bringing together the talent and expertise to create a perfect opportunity for sharing ideas, networking, and knowledge sharing. Registrations are currently open at https://piwot.paniit.org/register-now.php .

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With speakers like Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India; Neeraj Mittal, Principal Secretary, Information and Technology Department, Government of Tamil Nadu; Shailesh Lakhani, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital; Sriram Raghavan, Vice-President, IBM Research AI; James Robinson, co-author of “Why Nations Fail”, Paul Sheardmember of World Economic Forum's Global Future Council, Vasant Dhar, Professor, NYU Stern and Center for Data Science; and more, Global virtual Technology Summit is the ideal place to connect, network and build!

Sharing his thoughts on the event, Krishen K. Dhar, Chairman, PanIIT Alumni India said “PI-WOT will witness great minds setting imaginations ablaze. I invite you to join us in this inspiring journey to transform our future. We aim to bring people together – engineers, researchers, academics, inventors, investors, students, policymakers - to create opportunities to meet, make alliances and collaborations, and, who knows, the next big thing may emerge from some people who met at PIWOT! Wouldn't that be something?”

Comprising the pillars of conversation, application, and showcase, the Summit brings together technologists, innovators, researchers, start-ups, academics, investors, and policymakers – to understand the pivotal changes, knowing implications, and the applicability of these changes to overcome industrial challenges.

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The Virtual Global Summit will be held along with the Hackathon and Startups Showcase to explore emerging technology and developments on the themes- Magic of AI, Smart & Secure, Health is Wealth, Automate it all, Powering Cloud, and Going Virtual.

The 2-day event will have 100+ speakers from across sectors to understand the challenges of technological innovation from a business and social perspective and identifying best practices. The 24-hour brainstorming session, Hack of PI - Hackathon is a platform to exhibit, prime, and nurture young talents of the technology world, where the winners can win up to Rs 3,70,000 cash prize. At the Startup Showcasethe Startups will get the opportunity to present their ideas to global investors and IIT network and can avail Amazon Web Services (AWS) credits worth 10K USD, free hiring assessments access to hiring databases from eLitmus Evaluation Pvt Ltd., and get 2 hours pro bono legal from Khaitan & Khaitan (K&K).

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