bhubaneswar internet is no longer a luxury but a necessity and every indian has to get free internet access said the product manager of apple inc siddharth rajhans he was speaking at techbhubaneswar a conclave of software professionals held in the city on sunday we are working towards bringing internet to every village using innovative satellite and apple airport express technologies we are hopeful of covering odisha soon said rajhans more than 750 software professionals from across the country participated in the event and discussed emerging technologies with nearly 50000 technical graduates from the state joining the it sector every year bhubaneswar has a huge potential to emerge as an it hub of eastern india said experts who participated in techbhubaneswar a firstofitskind event in the state the conclave allowed it professionals to form a strong tech community and share and upgrade their knowledge said ceo of mindfire solutions chinmoy panda hiring in it sector has been hit due to automation so learning new and emerging technologies is the only solution for survival he added the techies deliberated on emerging technologies like swift artificial intelligence ai big data internet of things iot robotics and cloud computing techbhubaneswar has also organized many online contests and activities to help participants interact with each other on various technology related issues technology conferences are a regular features in silicon valley and other metro cities to enable brainstorming and knowledgesharing among professionals despite having more than 10000 it professionals working in different companies in bhubaneswar there was hardly any such meeting point for them where they could interact about developments in the sector said brand manager of mindfire solutions debendra nandi among others founder and cto of test mile and talent reboot rahul verma director of engineering at amadeus hari bhasakr sankaranarayanan test analyst at infosys ankit srivastav director at getwings technologies prabhjot bakshi spoke on various technical sessions