Pan IIT 2006 Update!

Have you visited PanIIT 2006 web site lately? A lot of changes have taken place.

To start with, our web site now also gives details of various sessions that have been lined up for the event. It also gives the details of the speakers confirmed/invited. Those interested more in the networking with buddies and other IIT alumni can make use of the segment which has been dedicated to this aspect alone. A grand entertainment programme has been planned – you will have the opportunity to see some of the leading Bollywood personalities live in action. Full details of the programmes planned have been given on our web site. While you are at the web site, don’t forget to read the newsletters section at http://www.paniit2006.org/news/newsletters.htm.

The web site has section that allows on-line registration. Registration fees have been kept at a very low rate to permit maximum participation by alumni of all IIT’s. Moreover, a whopping discount is being offered if you book early. Details can be seen on the web site.

In co-ordination with leading travel agents, Cox & Kings, a number of rooms in the hotels close to the venue of the conference (Bandra Kurla Complex), in various price ranges, have been booked. Similarly, a special package deal has been worked out with Cidade de Goa Beach Resort in Goa so that the delegates can have a short holiday on the Goa beach before arriving in Mumbai for the conference. Full details of both these arrangements are covered on our web site.

You can register on the spot by paying through your credit card using a secure payment gateway. Alumni residing in India have additional choices of paying registration fees by cheque or demand draft or giving authority to debit the amount applicable to their credit card. Please see instructions on the web site.

Regards,

Prakash Khemani
Chairman – Marketing Committee
PanIIT 2006 Action Group
http://www.paniit2006.org

IIT Bombay Bay Area – Speaker Series 2006 [August 17th, 2006]

IIT Bombay Bay Area – Speaker Series 2006

August 17th, 2006

Topic: Gender Equality in Technology – Life In and After IIT

Speakers:
Dr. Vijaya Gallagher
Shalini Govil-Pai
Dipti Mathur

This panel discussion will be moderated by Lakshmi Pratury

Date: August, 17th, 2006
Time:
7:00PM to 7:30PM: Networking
7:30PM to 8:30PM: Panel Discussion
8:30PM to 9:00PM: Q&A and Networking
Place: Tibco Cafeteria,
Directions: http://tibco.com/company/directions_hq.jsp
Entrance fee: $10 (Refreshments will be served) [RSVP to balaji _at_ iitbombay.org ]

This event has been sponsored by TIBCO.

About the Participants:

Shalini Govil-Pai
Shalini Govil-Pai has over 15 years of experience, combining business and technical expertise in Computer Graphics & Imaging with a hands-on knowledge of launching successful Internet based products.
Shalini is a renowned authority in the field of Computer Graphics . She was technical director at Pixar Animation, where she was instrumental in the development of the block buster films, Toy Story, and A Bug’s Life. Shalini helped manage and develop Marionette, a tool for artists to easily animate, render and composite computer characters within video streams. The product received a scientific Academy Award. Shalini is an accomplished author with two books in Computer Graphics & Imaging, published by Springer-Verlag. Both have been widely adopted by major universities around the globe.

Shalini has a B.S in Computer Science from I.I.T., Bombay and a M.S. in Computer Science from the Pennsylvania State University.

Dr. Vijay Gallagher:
Vijaya brings over 22 years of experience in the field of satellite and mobile communication and communication based technologies. She is known for her numerous inventions in mobile communication field and has chaired International Mobile Satellite Conference in Pasadena. She has also published numerous papers on satellite, mobile and wireless communication. Vijaya has made significant contributions at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Ford Aerospace, Space Systems Loral and Global star.

Vijaya holds a B-tech in EE from IIT Bombay, and PhD from Caltech Pasadena, CA.

Dipti Mathur
Dipti is a co-founder and partner at Skyblaze Ventures. She works with several start-ups in the United States and India on issues relating to growth, marketing, business development and communications. Prior to joining Skyblaze, Dipti was the Practice Area Leader for the risk assessment group of McLaren/Hart, a consulting company based in Alameda, California, that she joined in 1994. In three years, she became the operational and management head, and business development lead in charge of the P&L for the risk assessment group. Dipti is the youngest person at that position to date at McLaren/Hart. Dipti’s expertise lies in the area of building teams, marketing and business development, and public communication.

Dipti holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the IIT, Kanpur, and a BS degree in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics from Presidency College, Calcutta University. Between 1990 and 1994, she was a post-doctoral fellow in cancer biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Lakshmi Pratury
Ms. Lakshmi Pratury, brings with her a varied and rich experience that spans for profit enterprises, venture capital and non profit organizations. Most recently, Lakshmi was a senior executive at the America India Foundation, AIF, in fund raising and in establishing a number of initiatives in the field. At AIF, she co-founded a program that brought digital education to over 80,000 children and 2000 teachers in India.. Prior to AIF Lakshmi was associated with the venture capital firm Global Catalyst Partners. At Global Catalyst Partners, she established relationships between GCP, the development community in India and key executives in India. Prior to GCP, Lakshmi was with Intel Corporation for twelve years and had various roles in marketing, marketing communication, advertising and evangelizing the developer community.

Lakshmi holds a Bachelors degree in Mathematics from Nizam College, India, an MBA from the Bajaj Institute, India and also attended IIT, Bombay. She has an MBA from Portland State University, with a minor in theater arts. Lakshmi has published articles, interviewed celebrities, contributed to radio shows and acted in local theater