Archive for October, 2009

Keynote with Glen Tullman (CEO, Allscripts)

An Oxford Alum and current CEO of Allscripts, Glen Tullman starts with identifying the problems in the current healthcare industry. Technology, he says, is necessary but not the sufficient requirement for having an efficient healthcare system. Technology is needed but there are several other issues which seek solution. “How to improve quality of care” “How to [...]

Globalization - Business Leaders Panel

B. Muthuraman, Managing Director, Tata Steel Rich Lavin, Group President, Caterpillar Subodh Bhargava, Chairman, Tata Telecom Sanjay Khosla, EVP and President, Intl., Kraft Foods Moderated by Mohanbir Sawhney, Professor, Kellogg School of Business Mr Khosla emphasizing on innovation in global markets by giving examples of Oreo cookies citing making changes to its product in the Chinese local market to become [...]

Keynote by US President Bill Clinton at PanIIT 2009

Today is the BIG day for PanIIT 2009. Everyone is anxiously waiting for the Keynote by 42nd President of USA, Mr. Bill Clinton. Although Mr Clinton needs NO introduction, it is everyone’s pleasure at PanIIT 2009 to hear about Mr Clinton’s Contribution. Elected President of the United States in 1992, and again in 1996, President Clinton [...]

Innovation at America - Keynote a PanIIT 2009 by Aneesh Chopra (CTO of US Govt)

An eventful first day is followed by better weather and even bigger audience. The day kicks off with Mr. Sudhakar Shenoy introducing our keynote speaker Mr. Aneesh Chopra, CTO, US government. He is the first person to hold any such position and has been doing a commendable job since inception of his task. He starts with [...]

Entrepreneurship is the Key to World’s Economy - Carl J. Schramm (Kaufmann Foundation)

An eventful first day of the three day PAN IIT 2009 conference enters into the evening session. Large audience seated in a huge ballroom is enlightened by Dr. Carl Schramm. Founder of the Kauffman foundation, Dr. Schramm is a highly respected personality in the entrepreneur community. Entrepreneurial capital he says is the biggest contributor in [...]

Ms. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, LIVE at The Leaders In India 2009 On Her Entrepreneurial Journey

So, we have Ms. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw post lunch at The Leaders In India 2009. I have always admired Kiran as a woman entrepreneur. She has proven words with actions! My respects Mam Talkign about the Global Biotech sector Kiran says that it is a business size of over 90 billion dollars globally. Each [...]

Day Two of Leaders In India with Steve Tappin and Mr. Adi Godrej

So here I am Live blogging the Day two of Leaders In India 2009, with the first keynote being delivered by Mr. Adi Godrej. I am sure this is going to be a great learning session with immense value for all present. Our group has a fairly long history, we are 112 years old, Our sales turnover [...]

Innovation & Entrepreneurship - Identifying New Business Opportunities (Panel Discussion at PanIIT 2009)

Moderator: Desh Deshpande Chairman of Sycamore Networks, Tejas Networks, A123 Systems, Sandstone Capital and HiveFire Panelists: Prof. Scott Meadow Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship, Chicago Booth School of Business Ali Shadman Partner, JK&B Capital PM Pai Venture Partner, NEA Prabha Sinha Founder & Co-Chairman, ZS Associates One of the many panel discussions running parallely, this one focuses on “Identifying new business opportunities”. This discussion [...]

Social Networking for Success at PanIIT 2009

Christopher S. Rollyson (Consultant and Marketing Executive), the moderator of this very interesting and relevant session welcomed the audience. He started his talk by saying that Social Networks are causing disruption in the way the business is done today. The key reason behind this disruption is the fundamental nature of Social Networks - “relationship” [...]

Invention is the key to Jump the Queue in a Competitive World - Keynote by Nathan Myhrvold (CEO, Intellectual Ventures & Founder of Microsoft Research)

The opening of PAN IIT 2009 had set the theme up for coming three days and clearly the focus is on Education, Invention and Innovation. Following the opening ceremony, the conference moves on to the second keynote speaker Dr. Nathan Myhrvold, introduced by Mr. Umang Gupta, a leading entrepreneur. “Invention-road to prosperity” is what Dr. [...]