Electronics & IT Department will hold the Odisha Fintech Festival in 2023, with assistance from NPCI and iServeU Technology Pvt Ltd as a sponsor. The event will bring together the best minds in the field to talk about the newest developments in the banking and fintech sectors.
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About
The purpose of the Odisha Fintech Festival is to lay out a plan for the development of the fintech sector in that state. As part of this plan, the fintech ecosystem’s potential and problems will be identified, and strategies will be developed to use cooperating organisations and government resources to address those challenges and draw in new fintech businesses to the area.
The ultimate objective is to promote the expansion and growth of the fintech business in Odisha, which would then result in the creation of jobs, economic expansion, and enhanced financial sector innovation.
Partners
- Electronics & IT Department Odisha
- National Payments Corporation of India
- Odisha Computer Application Centre
Honorable Chief Guest
- Ms. Praveena Rai, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
- Shri Naveen Patnaik, Honorable Chief Minister, Odisha
- Shri Tusharkanti Behera, State Minister of Electronics and IT (Odisha)
Keynote Speakers
- Shri Pradeep Kumar Jena, Chief Secretary (Govt. of Odisha)
- Shri Manoj Kumar Mishra, Principal Secretary IT (Govt. of Odisha)
- Shri Vishal Kumar Dev, Principal Secretary Finance (Govt. of Odisha)
- Shri Suvendu Pati, CGM of FinTech Department at RBI Central Office
Agenda
| Time | TOPIC | SPEAKERS |
| 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Inauguration & Speeches from Key Speakers | Welcome Note by Shri Manoj Kumar Mishra – Principal Secretary, E & IT Dept. – Odisha Address by Smt. Praveena Rai – Chief Operating Officer, NPCI Address by Shri Suvendu Pati – Chief General Manager, RBI – Fintechs Address by Shri Vishal Kumar Dev, Principal Secretary Finance Department – Odisha Address by Shri Pradeep Kumar Jena, Chief Secretary – Odisha Address by Shri Tusharkanti Behera, Hon’ble Minister E&IT – Odisha Inaugural Speech by Honourable Chief Minister – Odisha |
| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Product Launches | UPI 123PAY by Misscallpay for TPWODL and Mission Shakti Agent Collecting Model by BBPS Virtual Bill Payments by AU Small Finance Bank UPI Payments Stack by iServeU |
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | MoU Signing | Praveena Rai, (COO at NPCI) Debiprasad Sarangi, (CEO at iServeU) Abhay Sharma, (CBO at Paytm) |
11:20 AM – 11:50 AM | Panel Discussion 2 – Voice Tech – The power to unlock the real value of Bharat | Participants: Mitesh Thakker (Founder & CEO – Misscallpay), Vivek Singh (Co-Founder – Tonetag), Vishwa Nath Jha (Founder & CEO – Saarthi.ai) + Moderator (Moumita Chakraborty – Head Solutions, Kaleidofin) |
| 12:30 PM – 12:55 PM | Fireside Chat – Transforming Rural India via UPI for PPIs | Participants: Sanjeev Kumar(CEO –Spice Money) |
| 01:20PM – 02:20PM | Lunch Break | |
02:20 PM – 02:50 PM | Panel Discussion 3 – Accelerating Access to Finance for SMEs | Participants: Dillip Rout (Chief Collection Officer – Lendingkart), Yogesh Patwari (Director & Head – Enterprise Platforms & Structured Trade Finance – Credable), Tashwinder Singh (CEO – Niyogin), Dibyajyoti Patnaik (Director – Annapurna Finance) + Moderator (Aditi Trivedi – Incharge, NBBL) |
02:55 PM – 03:25 PM | Panel Discussion 4 – Fintech & Bank Collaborations in East India | Participants: Samir Garud (VP & Head, Banking & Enterprise Products – Paynearby), Rageshree Tungar (VP, Sales – Pinelabs), Vimlesh Kumar Pandey (DGM – DBD, UCO Bank), Prakash Lal (SVP, Fino Payment Bank) + Moderator (Sanjib Parida – CTO, iServeU) |
| 03:30 PM – 04:00 PM | Masterclass 2 – Driving Innovations through NPCI’s API Accelerator Platform | Presenter: Oshin Kumar (Senior Associate, Innovation Products – NPCI) |
04:00 PM – 04:30 PM | Tea Break | |
| 04:30 PM – 05:00 PM | Panel Discussion 5 – Growth of Fintechs in India | Participants: Dr. Omkar Rai (Chairman – Startup Odisha), Himanshu Acharya (Head – Mitsubishi Corp.), Subhashree Mohanty (Head -Prepaid, Wibmo A Naspers Company), Rajeev Varma (MD & Head, FIG and GIB – Edelweiss Financial Services) + Moderator (Debasis Panigrahi, Founder – Mridyaa Ventures) |
05:00 PM – 05:30 PM | Closing Speech | Speech by Shri Manas Kumar Panda MD OCAC – Odisha |
Participants
- Slice
- Saarthi.ai
- TPWODL
- Paytm
- AU Small Finance Bank
- UCO Bank
- Kaleidofin
- Pin Labs
- Pay Nearby
- PNB
- MISSCALLPAY
- Spice Money
- HookoluPay
- Lendingkart
- GOQii
- TRANSCORP
- PhonePe
- ToneTag
- CREDABLE
- Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd
- Tide
- GRAMePAY