India Mobile Congress 2017 (IMC 2017) is the first-ever global mobile, internet and technology event in India. The event is organized by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and K AND D Communications Ltd. The event will kick-off on September 27 and will go on until September 29. The IMC 2017 event will be held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. COAI also announced Google India as the Title Sponsor of the India Mobile Congress 2017.
Speaking on the occasion, Rajan S. Mathews, Director General, COAI said, "We are excited and all geared up for the launch of India Mobile Congress. #1MC2017 will be the marquee event of the country. We are sure that the deliberations will inform global policy and over the years, all stakeholders will look forward to this event for launches and releases of new technologies. Along with Google India and the British High Commission, the Government of India along with the Department of Telecommunication, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Skill Development and entrepreneurship are supporting this as an annual event."
"The event is truly multistakeholder and features a leadership summit, conclave, exhibition and awards. Officials and senior decision makers from both the Government as well as the industry will be present and tech companies will be displaying the best that this ecosystem has to offer, making this an enriching experience for both the consumer and the industry," he further added.
There will be people like Hon'ble Minister Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister, MOC, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law & Justice and Electronics and Information Technology, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Defence, Smt. Aruna Sundarajan, Secretary, DOT, Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, MeitY in order to deliver a special address at the event. Also, corporate leaders like Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder & Chairman, Bharti Enterprises, Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries Limited, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group, Vittorio Colao, CEO, Vodafone Group Plc will be delivering a special address.
The three-day event will be having a total of 21 sessions which will be based on themes such as, "Digital India", "Internet Governance", "Smart Network: The future of networking", "Digital Identity for Digital World", "Women in Tech", "Emerging Technologies in a 5G Future", “Cloud & Virtualization", "Digital Infrastructure towards the Digital Economy” and many others. The sessions will be followed by two startup pitches.
