Delhi plays host to World’s Second Largest SmartCards Exposition
- 3 day 15th Edition of International SmartCards Expo 2013 starts on 16thOctober at Pragati Maidan
- SmartCards Expo – Hailed as the harbinger of SmartCards Revolution in India
New Delhi : The 15th edition of SmartCards Expo 2013 with its co-located events – e-Security Expo 2013, RFidIndia Expo 2013, BiometricsIndia Expo 2013, e-PaymentsIndia Expo 2013 and India Mobile Forum 2013 is being organized at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, from October 16th to 18th, 2013.
SmartCards Expo 2013 is the No. 1 Smart Card Exposition in Asia and No. 2 in the World with around 175 exhibitors from 20 countries and over 6000 national and international visitors are expected to attend the Exposition over the three day period. SmartCards Expo 2013 is being organized by Electronics Today, India’s First Techno-Economic Electronics Journal and has seen continuous increase in the number of participants and stature of the Exposition.
SmartCards Expo has been hailed by many Industry Experts as the harbinger of SmartCard technology and its applications in India. India has seen promising growth in Smart Card technology applications during recent years. Starting on a humble note with Pilot Projects in the 1990s and passing through a phase of mini projects, Smart Card applications in India have now proliferated into multiple large projects.
Apart from SIM card for Mobile phones, introduced in 1995, government of India has launched a number of large socio-economic projects based on smart card in recent years. These include: Driving License and Vehicle Registration, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), Public Distribution System (PDS), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Direct Cash Transfer for food subsidy, Metro Rail applications, Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme, to name a few.
Major projects like Population Register/National ID card, if and when implemented on a full scale, would be the largest project on Earth. Projects like Voter ID Card, PAN Card, initiated, funded and implemented by the Central Government but currently not on Smart cards, can also be easily integrated on a Multiapplication smart card. Apart from these, there are a number of Financial and Banking applications being introduced on smart card.
A number of projects based on RFID and Biometrics technologies like Unique Identification, Tolling, Automotive RFID applications, Number plates and many others introduced recently, have potential to become huge projects.
SmartCards Expo 2013 will have special Focus on Smart Card technology and applications. The following two International Conferences are being organised during the show:
· International Conference on Smart Card Manufacturing in India – Prospects & Challenges, on October 17, 2013, which will be Inaugurated by Mr. J. Satyanarayana, Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, who will also formally Inaugurate the Exposition.
· International Conference on Multi-applications ID Card – Opportunities and Challenges,on October 18, 2013, which will be inaugurated by Mr. Anil Swarup, Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
Speaking on the eve of the exposition, Mr.S Swarn, Editor in Chief, Electronics Today said “The presence of such a huge attendance, by Indian and International participants alike, at the Exposition confirms that there is an exponential boom in the Smart Card, RFID and Biometrics industry in India. Applications of these technologies are currently proliferating into newer socio economic spheres. Recent studies show that India has emerged as the world’s biggest market of biometric applications. E-Payments & Mobile payments are the current buzzwords proving the most effective vehicle for Financial Inclusion. We thank our partners, sponsors and exhibitors and hope they return to join us in our next edition.”
SmartCards Expo is being sponsored by the DEPARTMENT OF electronics and Information Technology, Government of India and supported by national and International Industry Associations.
About Electronics Today
Launched in 1968 by Mr. S Swarn, the founding Editor-in-Chief and the CEO, Electronics Today is India's first Techno-Economics Electronics Monthly Journal. Electronics Today is devoted to electronics and IT hardware, components, raw materials and production technologies.Electronics Today contains, a regular Pull- out-SmartCards Today, which brings out the latest news and developments in Smart Cards, RFID, biometrics, e-Security and Mobile communications technologies and industries.
Smart Cards Expo
Ever since its launch in 1999, SmartCards Expo has further accelerated the spread of Smart Card Revolution in India, initiated by Electronics Today since 1997. SmartCards Expo has emerged as No.1 smart card exhibition in Asia and No. 2 in the world. About 175 exhibitors from 20 countries are exhibiting their products and solutions in SmartCards Expo 2013, co-located with e-Security Expo 2013, RFidIndia Expo 2013, BiometricsIndia Expo 2013, e-PaymentsIndia Expo 2013 and India Mobile Forum 2013. The 15th Edition of SmartCards Expo 2013 will be held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, on October 16-18, 2013.
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