(Stanford Asia Technology Initiative Global
Entrepreneurship Conference)
Date: 27 August 2005,
Venue: Taj Mahal Palace & Towers, Mumbai
Time: 9:30 AM
Introduction: Samvit Kanoria, executive director, Stanford
ATI
Opening Remarks: Prof. Richard Dasher, Director,
US-ATMC and Executive Director, CIS (9:45 AM)
Morning Keynote: Rakesh Mohan, deputy governor,
Reserve Bank of India
Session I: Lessons from Experienced Practitioners/Entrepreneurs
Chairman: Farhad Forbes, director, Forbes Marshall
Group
The panelists comprise. Gurcharan Das, author and former
CEO, Procter & Gamble, India,. Neeraj Roy, founder,
hungama.com & indiafm.com,. Pravin Gandhi, co-founder,
Hinditron Ajit Balakrishnan, Founder, Rediffusion and
rediff.com
Session II: Venture Capitalists, Entrepreneurs, and Academics:
Insights, Advice, and Parallels
Panel I: Role of Academia and Academic Institutions
Chairman: Prof. Richard Dasher
The panelists comprise Dr. Swati Piramal, director, Strategic
Alliances and Communications, Nicholas Piramal, Prof.
Deepak Phatak, chair professor, School of Information
Technology, IIT Mumbai, Prof. J.B. Joshi, Director, University
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
Panel II: Venture Capitalists & Entrepreneurs
Chairman: Dr. Naushad Forbes, Stanford consulting professor,
science, technology and society
The panelists include Akhil Gupta, chairman, Blackstone
India, Avnish
Bajaj, founder, baazee.com & Chairman, eBay India,
Saurabh Srivastava, chairman, Indian Venture Capital Association
and Manish Kejriwal, managing director, Temasek India
Advisors
Closing Remarks: Dr. Naushad Forbes
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