
IT Action Plan (Part II - Hardware)
Annexure-I
No. IT-TF/6/98
Government of India
Planning Commission
New Delhi, Dated 6th August 1998
Subject: Constitution of a Panel on
Information Technology (IT) Hardware
Pursuant to the decision taken in the preparatory meeting of the
National Task Force on Information Technology and Software Development, held on 25 July
1998 at Bangalore and with the approval of the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission &
Chairperson of the National Task Force on Information Technology and Software Development,
a Panel on the Development, Manufacture and Export of IT Hardware has been constituted
with the following composition:
Official Members:
1. Finance Secretary or his representative
2. Commerce Secretary or his representative
3. Secretary, Department of Electronics or his representative
4. Chairman, CBEC
5. Chairman, CBDT
6. Maj. Gen. Davinder Kumar, Army HQ.
Member Coordinator:
Dr. N. Seshagiri
Member Convener,
National Task Force on
IT & Software Development
Industry Members:
1. Shri Ajay Chowdhary,
CEO, HCL Info Systems Ltd.
2. Shri Gopal Srinivasan,
Director, TVS Electronics Limited
3. Shri Inderdeep Singh,
President, ELCINA
4. Shri Manu M. Parpia,
President, Manufacturers' Association for
Information Technology (MAIT)
5. Shri Om Wadhwa,
Chairman, JV Electronics Limited
6. Shri Ram N. Agarwal,
President Designate, MAIT
7. Dr. Rao C. Kasarabada,
Chairman & Managing Director, ECIL
Special Invitees:
1. Shri. Atul Vijayakar,
Country Manager, INTEL, Bangalore
2. Prof. B. Nag,
Former Secretary, Department of Electronics &
Director, IIT Mumbai
3. Dr. Mukesh Aghi,
Tata IBM Systems Limited
4. Shri N.L. Tandon,
Chairman & Managing Director,
Tandon Group of Companies,
SEEPZ, Mumbai
5. Shri Nalin Kohli,
Vice President,
Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council
6. Shri Nandan Bhattacharya,
Managing Director,
West Bengal Electronics Development Corporation Ltd
7. Shri N. Vittal,
Chairman, Public Enterprises Selection Board
8. Shri Piyush Singhal,
Chairman &Managing Director,
Lipi Data Systems Limited, Mumbai.
9. Shri P.K. Sandell,
President,
Telecom Industries Service Association of India (TISA)
10. Shri Raj Saraf,
Chairman, Zenith Computers Limited
11. Shri V.K. Kapur,
Computer Peripherals Manufacturers' Association
Terms of reference:
To prepare an Action Plan for Information Technology (IT) Hardware
Industry along with Policy instruments to make India a major IT power with an export
target of $ 10 billion for development, manufacture and exports by the year 2008.
(K.G. Nair)
Director (Adm.),
Secretariat for the National Task Force
on Information Technology and Software Development
C/o. National Informatics Centre
To
All Members of the Panel
Copy for information to:
1. All Members of the Task Force
2. PS to Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh
3. Prof. M.G.K. Menon,
Co-Chairperson of the Task Force
4. PS to Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
(K.G. Nair)
Director (Adm.),
Secretariat for the National Task Force
on Information Technology and Software Development
C/o. National Informatics Centre

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