Tentative schedule

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

When: 20th September 2009, 2 PM till 10:00 PM

Panel Discussion:

“How can IITs increase their social relevance in today's India?” lead by Mr. Prashant Shukla (COO, CMC Ltd.) and Distinguished Panel.

Featured Lecture:

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

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 – President PanIIT Hyderabad Chapter

Volunteers:

Sanjay Gadhalay, Mahek Shah, Rajat Gupta, Aniket Baheti, Surya Putchala, Gaurav Nema, Abhilash Kondai, Nikhil, Rahul Garg and many more.

About Speakers:

Mr Prashant Shukla

Mr. Prashant Shukla is presently the Chief Operating Officer at CMC ltd. Prior to this he held the position of Product Unit Manager and Group Manager at Microsoft Corporation and Product Manager at Novell. He holds a B.Tech Degree from IIT Kanpur and MBA degree from Brigham Young University.

Mr. 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.

Mr. U. B. Desai

Professor Uday B. Desai of the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay has taken charge as the first Derctor of IIT Hyderabad. From 1979 to 1984, Dr. Desai was an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at Washington State University and an Associate Professor at the same place from 1984 to 1987. Since 1987, he has been a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He was Dean of Students at IIT Bombay from August 2000 to July 2002. He has held Visiting Associate Professor's positions at Arizona State University, Purdue University, EPFL, and Stanford University. From July 2002 to June 2004, he was the Director of HP-IITM R & D Laboratory. at IIT Madras.

Mr. V. Ramesh

Mr. V Ramesh is the President of the PanIIT Hyderabad Chapter. He holds B. Tech degree from IIT Madras and MBA from University of Toronto. He has over 10 years of work experience in North America. He is the Managing Director of Nile Limited, Hyderabad.

Event Sponsors:

Applabs Technologies

CMC Limited

ISB Hyderabad