Global Markets:
India Opens the Door to New Opportunities
Saturday, March 14, 2009
at the California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
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.
Speakers
Venkat Tadanki
CEO
Secova, Inc.
www.secova.com
Secova received investment from Barings, based in India. Venkat previously co-founded Daksh, which was sold to IBM in 2004.
John Howard
VP Business Development
Distributed World Power
www.dwpower.com
John is a technology entrepreneur and Caltech graduate. DWP addresses the energy needs of off-grid households in emerging markets, and is currently leading its operations in India.
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 and acknowledged guru with over a decade of experience working with the media and entertainment industry in India.
Moderator
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.
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Date
Saturday morning, March 14, 2009
Registration and Continental Breakfast:
8:00 a.m. Baxter Lecture 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
Location
Baxter Lecture Hall
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Directions/Maps: Directions to the Forum; Caltech’s Interactive Map
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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Caltech Industrial Relations Center |
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MIT Alumni Association |
OPERATING SPONSOR
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Caltech Office of Technology Transfer |
