Panel Discussion and Lecture

Where: Indian School of Business (ISB) Gachibowli Hyderabad.

When: 20th September 2009

Panel Discussion:

“How do we increase the no of IITs without compromising quality and diluting the brand?" lead by Mr. Prashant Shukla (COO, CMC Ltd.) and Distinguished Panel.

Panelists: Mr. AK Goel, Special Chief Secretary to Govt. of AP, Energy Dept
Mr. AM Kannan, Director, Admissions and Financial Aid, ISB
Mr. BVR Mohan Krishna Reddy, CMD Infotech Enterprises
Mrs. Madhu Chadda, Moviemaker and Counsellor
Mr. Sashi Reddi, Founder, APPLabs
Dr. Uday B Desai, Director, IIT Hyderabad

Profiles of Panelists

Mr Prashant Shukla
B.Tech from IIT Kanpur, 1987
MBA from Brigham Young University, 1996

Mr. Prashant Shukla is presently the Chief Operating Officer at CMC ltd. Prior to this, Prashant was a Vice President at Tata Consultancy Services. Prior to this he held the positions of Product Unit Manager and Group Manager at Microsoft Corporation and Product Manager at Novell. Prashant brings two decades of industry experience over a career that spans leadership roles in marketing, sales and development in United States and in India.

Mr. Ashok Kumar Goel
B.Tech(Elec) from IIT KGP
M.Tech from IIT Kanpur
IAS 1978

Mr. AK Goel is the Special Chief Secretary to the Gvernment of AP, Energy Department. He is also the CMD of APGENCO. Prior to this he was the Special chief Secretary in the Planning Department.

Mr. AM Kannan
B.Tech(Elec) from IIT KGP, 1977
MBA from IIM Bangalore

Mr. A.M. Kannan is currently the Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at ISB. Kannan has over 22 Years of Industry experience in the area of Operations having worked in companies like BHEL, HUL and Tetra Pak. He has been in the field of education since 2002.


Mr. BVR Mohan Reddy
M.Tech(Industrial Engg) from IIT Kanpur
MS from University of Michigan

Mr. B. V. R. Mohan Reddy is the Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Infotech Enterprises Limited, Hyderabad. He began his career with DCM Group, then moved to MICO BOSCH, HCL and then to OMC computers as Managing director. Mr. Mohan Reddy is acknowledged to have pioneered the CAD/CAM culture in India. He then founded Infotech Enterprises in 1991 as a Technology Services and Solutions company.

Mrs. Madhu Chadda
B.Tech(Mech) IIT Kanpur, 1979
M.Tech (CS) Osmania University, 1983

Mrs Madhu began her career in IT and worked with TCS, Computer Point etc. According to her, she enjoys working with people and not machines. She began her career in Social service sector as Director, Sahaya in 1992. She then founded Roshni, a non profit organization that helps prevent Suicide and provides counseling and support to depressed people. She desires to do socially relevant cinema. She is currently doing a documentary film on IIT Gandhinagar.

Mr. Sashi Reddi
B.Tech (CS) from IIT Delhi
MS (CS) NewYork University
PhD Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

Mr. Sashi Reddi is the founder and executive chairman of AppLabs, the world's largest software testing and quality management company. He is also the Founder & Chairman of FXLabs, a leading developer and publisher of games for all platforms, including PC, console, online, and handhelds.

Mr. U. B. Desai
B.Tech(Electrical) from IIT Kanpur, 1974
MS from SUNY Buffalo
PhD from Johns Hopkins University

Professor Uday B. Desai of the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay has taken charge as the first Director of IIT Hyderabad. He was Dean of Students Affairs at IIT Bombay from 2000 to 2002. He has held Visiting Associate Professor's positions at Arizona State University, Purdue University, EPFL, and Stanford University. From 2002 to 2004, he was the Director of HP-IITM R & D Laboratory at IIT Madras.


Featured Lecture:

“How can IITians contribute to Indian society today?” by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan (MLA Kukatpally Constituency).


Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan

Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, widely known as JP, is currently an MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly) from Kukatpally constituency in Andhra Pradesh and the president of Lok Satta (party). He is also a former Indian public administrator, a social reformer and a columnist. He is well known for his role in bringing electoral reforms and for his columns on democracy in leading Indian daily newspapers.

About PanIIT and Hyderabad Chapter:

The PanIIT organization was formed as an umbrella organization, covering alumni of all 7 IIT’s, to evolve a brand that would provide strong fraternity among IIT alumni. In 2002, some like-minded alumni belonging to all IIT's came together and formed a PanIIT Board. The Pan IIT Board had hosted the San Jose (Jan 2003) and Bangalore (Feb 2003) events, which were highly successful. PanIIT Hyderabad is a local Chapter of this global organization. Our objective is to connect all the local alumni in the Hyderabad-Secunderabad-Cyberabad Area.

The Vision of PanIIT is to help IITs and IIT Alumni achieve their full potential and be counted among the best in the world.

Chapter President: Mr. V. Ramesh

Mr. V Ramesh is the President of the PanIIT Hyderabad Chapter. He holds a B. Tech degree from IIT Madras and MBA from University of Toronto. He is the Managing Director of Nile Limited, Hyderabad.

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Event Sponsors:

Applabs Technologies



CMC Limited



ISB Hyderabad