Stanford Asia Technology Institute today announced its most awaited India Global Entrepreneurship Conference 2005, which is aimed at promoting high-tech entrepreneurship in Asian countries.
New Delhi, India, August 16, 2005 – This event will be a forum for leaders of industry & academia in India and Silicon Valley to meet, share ideas and explore business opportunities through the Stanford Annual Conference and Alumni Social. Stanford ATI India Global Entrepreneurship Conference 2005 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 27th August 2005 at Hotel Taj, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai.
Commenting on the event, Mr. Samvit Prabhat Kanoria, Executive Director, Stanford ATI said, “India Global Entrepreneurship Conference is a unique event that will analyze the key components of Silicon Valley entrepreneurship and offer valuable insights to the participating Indian companies, organizations, entrepreneurs and academia. Stanford University, having produced many of the well-known technology entrepreneurs will bring through Stanford ATI an analysis of the concept of Silicon Valley in India. During this day-long event, we hope to be able to add tremendous value to the participants’ interests and assist them in realizing their entrepreneurial dreams through a practical guidance by renowned people from the industry.”
Added Mr. Chris Chan, Director, Stanford ATI, India Site, “ATI is a pan-Asia forum that links the continent to Silicon Valley and to Stanford in particular. We have previously held sites in Tokyo & Bangalore and currently operate in Shanghai, Singapore and Mumbai. We believe that our commitment to provide valuable contribution to the business issues of Asian community will only fortify in the times to come.”
Eminent professionals will address India Global Entrepreneurship Conference 2005 viz.:
Mr. Sunil Munjal, Former President, CII and CEO, Hero Corporate Service Limited
Mr. Akhil Gupta, Senior Managing Director/Chairman, Blackstone India
Mr. Pravin Gandhi, Director, Kale Consultants
Mr. Saurabh Srivastava, President TIE Delhi, Executive Chairman, Xansa India Limited
Mr. Gurcharan Das, Former CEO, P&G, Columnist, Times of India, Consultant to Industry & Indian Government and Venture Capitalist
Mr. Manish Kejriwal, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company
India Global Entrepreneurship Conference 2005 will cover the following tracks:
Track 1: Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs: Insights, Advice, and Parallels :: Understand the local ingredients required for implementing the Silicon Valley business model of venture capital funding in India.
Track 2:Lessons from Practitioners :: Industry stalwarts share experiences of their companies and explain the successes / failures of specific processes that they have implemented in their companies.
Add to this, in a special interactive session various ATI fellows in India will also share their experiences of Indian industry and business environment. Canali, Ramco System, CavinKare and ICICI Ventures are sponsoring India Global Entrepreneurship Conference 2005 this year.
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