NRI Global Summit 2009 To Attract Over 250 Indian Business Leaders
MILPITAS, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Industry leaders from across the globe and some of Silicon Valley’s top entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and academics are coming together for the NRI Global Summit 2009 on Saturday, October 24 in California, the summit organizers announced on Tuesday.
Presented by the NRI Institute, a globally recognized New Delhi-based NGO that connects the global nonresident Indian (NRI) community and award winning service provider Nair & Co., the summit is themed India-U.S.: Upturn in a Downturn, and highlights the significant economic, political and commercial trends affecting the India-U.S. ties.
The event runs from 1:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at the Indian Community Center in Milpitas, California and includes an evening awards ceremony for recognizing eminent Indian leaders and an impressive entertainment lineup with performances by America’s Got Talent stars Ishaara and dance pioneer Giju.
NEA-IndoUS Ventures’ Vinod Dham, famed as the “Father of the Pentium” microprocessor, is the opening keynote speaker, while Subrah Iyer, founder and CEO of WebEx, will deliver the keynote fire side chat.
B.V. Jagadeesh, CEO of 3leafSystems is also joining the summit as a speaker in the panel titled “Technology: The New Verticals” where Silicon Valley visionaries debate up-coming technology trends and predict the new arenas of innovation.
“We are honored to have as part of the summit such a renowned line up of nonresident Indians (NRI). Many of these people are travelling from Europe, Middle East and Asia to be a part of the summit,” Jagmohan Singh, the New Delhi-based National Secretary General NRI Institute, said.
Saad Khan, partner, CMEA capital leads and Prashant Shah, managing director, Hummer Winbald Venture Partners bring the venture capital flavor to the summit with their panel titled “Where Is the Money Going? Venture Capital Reinvented” while IREO’s Anugra Bhargava debates why India-U.S. partnership is critical for the global economy in the economy panel.
The summit is hosted by Raj Mathai, Emmy award NBC Anchor and speakers include Dr. Shan Nair, Co-founder, Nair & Co., Gautam Godhwani, CEO & Co-founder, Simply Hired, Vikash Verma, President & CEO, Stoke, Inc., Prashant Shah, Managing Director, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Saad Khan, Partner, CMEA Capital, Gunjan Bagla, Managing Director, Amritt Ventures & Author of “Doing Business in 21st Century India,” Sunil Vemuri, Co-founder & CPO, reQall, Inc., and Sandip Roy, Editor and host of KALW’s “New America Now.”
Joining the above are Aniruddha Joshi, Executive Director, Hirco PLC, Abrar A. Hussain, Senior Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Sumit Rai, Co-founder & CEO, Mobclix, Sunil Verma, Co-founder & CEO, Abhi India, Rafiq Dossani, Stanford University Fellow & Author of “India Arriving,” Matt Shocklee, CEO, GSOS & U.S. Ambassador for the IAOP, Harjiv Singh, Co-founder & CEO, Gutenberg Communications, and Vikram Amar, Assoc. Dean of Academic Affairs, UC Davis School of Law.
Nair & Co. is the presenting sponsor for the summit. The award-winning company provides businesses with an integrated solution in the HR, finance, tax, compliance and legal arenas making a company’s move overseas less risky, stress free and more strategic. In 2009, Nair & Co. was named among the top 100 outsourcing services providers in the world by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).
Other sponsors include Ireo Management Pvt. Ltd, the first and the largest Private Equity Fund dedicated to the Indian real estate sector, Business Wire, Dharma Estate Wines, Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, Turmeric and Sikara & Co.
The NRI Global Summit 2009 affiliate partners are Churchill Club, Global Emerging Technology Institute (GETI), Harvard University Bay Area, India Community Center (ICC), Indian Business and Professional Women (IBPW), International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP), Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE), South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) , South Asian MBA Association (SAMBAA), TiE-Boston, U.S. Chamber of Commerce U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), Vokkaligara Parishat of America (VPA).
For more information please email info@NriGlobalSummit.com or visit www.NriGlobalSummit.com
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