March 14, Pasadena — India Opens the Door to New Opportunities.
Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. In 2007 India’s GDP crossed the trillion-dollar line; it is now among the Top 20 trading partners for the United States. According to the New York Times, the Harvard economist Kenneth S. Rogoff noted at the International Monetary Forum in Davos, Switzerland that India seems to be in line for economic growth in a time when few countries are. With a newly open economy and a powerful technology industry, India offers attractive global marketing opportunities for tech companies in California. In the program on March 14th, we will examine how these new trends will influence emerging companies in Southern California in 2010 and beyond.
See https://www.entforum.caltech.edu/

Global Markets:
India Opens the Door to New Opportunities

Saturday, March 14, 2009
at the California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Registration and Continental Breakfast:
8:00 a.m. Baxter Hall
Program:
9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Networking:
11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Cost:
$40 on-line registration fee  $50 at-the-door.  $10 for students with full-time student ID (must show at door); free to Caltech students. Registration closes at 5:00 pm, Thursday, March 12, 2009. There are no refunds for no-shows.

In 2007 India’s GDP crossed the trillion-dollar line; it is now among the Top 20 trading partners for the United States. According to the New York Times, the Harvard economist Kenneth S. Rogoff noted at the International Monetary Forum in Davos, Switzerland that India seems to be in line for economic growth in a time when few countries are. With a newly open economy and a powerful technology industry, India offers attractive global marketing opportunities for tech companies in California.

Signaling this change, technical and financial collaboration opportunities between the United States and India have increased rapidly over the past five years. India, the world’s largest democracy, offers an important growth market for American tech companies. Investment, intellectual property, R&D and innovation are starting to flow in both directions: almost every blue chip venture capital partnership including such titans as Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital now has an Indian operation. Equally important, Indian investors such as Baring have begun looking to the US for opportunities. In the program on March 14th, we will examine how these new trends will influence emerging companies in Southern California in 2010 and beyond.

Keynote Speaker

S. Sundaram
Baring PEP
www.bpep.com

With approximately $3.4 billion in funds under management, Baring Private Equity Partners invests via four regional fund groups in Russia, Asia, India and Spain.

Speakers

Kamran Sistanizadeh
Chief Technology Officer
Reliance Globalcom
www.flagtelecom.com

Reliance Globalcom spearheads the global telecom operations of Reliance Communications (www.rcom.co.in). With over 60 million customers, Reliance Communications is India’s leading integrated telecommunication company and the the flagship company of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG). Kamran was formerly the Co-Founder of Yipes Holdings Inc., a San Francisco-based leader in managed Ethernet, which was acquired by Reliance Communications in 2007.

Venkat Tadanki
CEO
Secova, Inc.
www.secova.com

Secova received investment from Baring, based in India. Venkat previously co-founded Daksh, which was sold to IBM in 2004.

Shekhar Chitnis
Noted Business Strategist and Entrepreneur

Shekhar has successfully assisted companies from Liquidmetal Technologies to Ford Motor Company expand their presence in India.

Kenneth Silverman

A U.S. media executive with over a decade of experience working with the media and entertainment industry in India.

Moderator and Producer

Gunjan Bagla
Managing Director
Amritt, Inc.
www.amritt.com

Gunjan advises large and emerging American companies on how to succeed in India. He also designed and taught the Business with India executive seminar at Caltech’s IRC.

Co-Producer

Stephanie Yanchinski
Founder and Partner
SCY Associates+
scyassociates@earthlink.net

A business development partnership specializing in strategic partnering and marketing communications for early stage technology companies.

Date

Saturday morning, March 14, 2009

Location

Registration and Continental Breakfast:
8:00 a.m. at Baxter Hall, Caltech
Program:
9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Networking:
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon at Baxter Hall, Caltech

Cost

$40 on-line registration fee.  $50 at-the-door.  $10 for students with full-time student ID (must show at door); free to Caltech students. Registrations are taken on-line up to 5:00 p.m., Thursday, March 12, 2009. There are no refunds for no-shows.

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Founding Sponsors

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Operating Sponsor

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