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October 10, 2009

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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 [...]
October 9, 2009

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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” [...]
October 9, 2009

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The weather might not be warm in Chicago but the PanIIT 2009 conference opened with a warm welcome by none other than the conference chair Ray Mehra. On behalf of over 175,000 IIT Alumni worldwide, Ray welcomed more than 2500 delegates comprising of industry thought leaders, academicians, entrepreneurs and students. Ray welcomed distinguished guests including [...]
August 28, 2009

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Dr. Anand Deshpande (MD & CEO, Persistent) started the session by welcoming the audience for the last session. As always, it’s difficult to keep the audience on their seats for the last session. Yet, the hall was jam packed. Without taking any time, Dr Anand handed over to Dr Jai Menon (Directory - Tech [...]
August 28, 2009

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A session immediately after the tea or coffee doesn’t need too much of awakening introductions. Moreover the title “Small is BIG” was interesting enough to fill the hall to its capacity.
Rajdeep Sehrawat (VP, NASSCOM), the moderator of the session started by sharing that the sessions so far have been about technology, future of the SaaS [...]
June 18, 2009

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With the goal of creating a better understanding of search and its role in marketing, the SEMPO delegation, which consists of Jeffrey Pruitt (SEMPO Chairperson), Bill Hunt (SEMPO Board of Director), Motoko Hunt, (Chairperson of SEMPO Asia), and Paula Hunter (Director of Operations for SEMPO) travelled to Singapore, Beijing; Mumbai from June 9 - 15, [...]
May 29, 2009

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Given the current economy, online promotion is becoming increasing relevant for any kind of product or service. Occasions such as a conference or an event, which in the current market situation are struggling to acquire paid delegates & sponsors, are even better candidates for online promotion. In the last 6 months, I’ve seen 3 [...]
February 11, 2009

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E Summit 2009 was a unique initiative by The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay which served as a common platform for aspiring, budding and successful entrepreneurs to interact and help build successful enterprises. It brought exclusive Mentoring Sessions for aspiring entrepreneurs and it was our (for myself and my partner, Kapil Nakra) pleasure to be the [...]
February 6, 2009

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E- Summit is a unique initiative by The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay which serves as a common platform for aspiring, budding and successful entrepreneurs to interact and help build successful enterprises.
E-Summit 09, as an integral part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of IIT Bombay has an overlying theme of Empowering entrepreneurs. It will [...]
January 30, 2009

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‘Key Takeaways of the Event’ – I thought this was the role we played as a blogging partner :). But it’s always good to have multiple perspectives and I would like to thank one of the best known Indian Internet Entrepreneurs, Sanjeev Bikhachandani (Founder & CEO, Naukri.com) for adding further value to the event by [...]