BITSian Entrepreneurs
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Prior to MARGI, he has had over fifteen years experience in the design/development of algorithms
United States of co- for Image Processing, DSP applications and VLSI design, and was the principal architect of the ALICE
Srikant Acharya Margi Systems Co-Founder, President 3155 Kearney Street Fremont CA 94538 America 510.657.4430 510.657.4435 founder;President;USA S.A. JPEG/MPEG image compression system. His previous experi
In a bid to shore up its Indian presence, Caldera International has inducted Srikant Acharya as the
general manager responsible for managing the company's business in the Indian sub-continent. His
Srikant Acharya Caldera International General Manager GM S.A. responsibilities include consolidation and expansion of Ca
Srikant Acharya SCO Unix India Director India India;director S.A.
Mr. Addepalli has over 11 years of experience in developing networking products. He designed Intoto's
Sreenivasa Rao Sreenivasa Rao Addepalli gateway solutions including iGateway product family. He also architected Intoto's connectivity and
Addepalli Intoto Inc. CTO, Chief Architect 3160 de La Cruz Blvd; Ste #100 Santa Clara CA 95054 USA 408-844-0488 408-844-0480 CTO;USA info@intotoinc.com SMTP (info@intotoinc.com) S.R.A. networking solutions including IEEE-1394, VPN (IPSEC-I
Ahmed Afroz, Former Chief Executive Officer IP Unity Inc.
(May still be President of
Company. Replaced by Arun Sobti, not a BITS alum)
United States of +1 (408) 957-
Ahmed Afroz IP Unity Inc. former CEO 1575 McCandless Drive Milpitas CA 95035 America 0823 +1 (408) 957-0800 USA A.A. IP Unity is one of the most exciting and hot Int http://www.ipunity.com
Ramesh Anand – Co-Founder & COO
Ramesh is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the day to day operations on behalf of
United States of Global e-Connect clients. Ramesh will focus on ensuring quality of program execution and maintaining
Ramesh Anand Global e-Connect co-founder, COO PO Box 681157 Schaumburg IL 60168-1157 America 1.866.777.7 GEC (7432) co-founder;COO;USA R.A. customer satisfac http://www.global-econnect.com
Ms. Arora started her business as an independent information systems consultant in January
4085 CHAIN BRIDGE ROAD. United States of 1990 and under her leadership developed it into a fast growing international organization specializing in
Anita Arora Cornell Group Inc., The President, Founder SUITE 401 FAIRFAX VA 22030-4106 America (703) 934-0215 (703) 934-0214 Founder;President A.A. two areas - (1) privatization and corporatization and (
Srinivas is currently Chief Strategist and a member of the Board of Directors. Srinivas worked at ICICI
Srinivas Co-founder, Chief United States of Securities (a J.P.Morgan, ICICI joint venture) where he helped take a number of Indian software
Balasubramanian Infravio Inc. Stratagist 810 Winslow Street Redwood City CA 94063-1608 America 650.474.2610 650.381.3000 USA;co-founder S.B. companies public. He then worked with Credit Lyonnais S
Mr. Balu is responsible for the design and development of Elumens' 3D graphics pipeline on
1100 Crescent Green, United States of various computer architectures. He also oversees research and development of immersive applications
Suresh Balu Elumens Corporation Director, R&D/Graphics Suite 211 Cary NC 27511 America 919.816.8787 +91 9198168787 +91 8008421687 director S.B. for the VisionDome including User Interfaces, Virtual-Reality http://www.elumens.com
Madan has over 15 years experience in web-based technology and information systems,
Mountain United States of including conceiving, planning, designing, and managing technology products. Prior to starting Maaya
Madan Bellam Maaya Corp. Chairman, CEO 333 W. Evelyn Av. View CA 94041 America 650-230-0464 6502300454 CEO;USA;chairman M.B. in 1998, he founded and led MentorVision Inc., where leading-edge t http://www.maaya.com
Brij Bhushan Mindfire Solutions CTO CTO B.B.
Naveen Chaudhary is a Research Analyst at McDonald Investments, a KeyCorp subsidiary, in New York
Naveen United States of 800-485-0329 / 212-558- City. Mr. Chaudhary has an extensive research background in the Internet infrastructure segment of
Chaudhary Bondglobe Inc. Director 82 Wall Street Suite 600 New York 10005 America 212-558-6615 6058 director N.C. the technology industry. Prior to this, Mr. Chaudhary was http://www.bondglobe.com
Prior to founding Savera, Mr. Chetal was a Vice-President at Merrill Lynch, a Project Leader at Morgan
Pradeep Kumar United States of Stanley and a Senior Software Engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation. Mr. Chetal received a B.E.
Chetal Savera Systems Inc. Co-founder 150 Morris Avenue, Suite 300 Springfield NJ 07081 America 973 921 3155 973 921 3055 USA;co-founder P.K.C. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with Dist http://www.savera.com
Alok Choudhary received his B.E degree in Electrical Engineering from the Birla Institute of
Technology, Pilani, India in 1982, his M.S. In Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University
United States of Alok Choudhary of Massachusetts in 1986, and the Ph.D. In Electrical
Alok Choudhary AccelChip Inc. VP, Research & Technology 999 Plaza Drive, Suite 340 Schaumburg IL 60173 America (847) 995-9516 (847) 995-9517 USA;VP info@accelchip.com SMTP (info@accelchip.com) A.C.
Kunal has over 12 years technical experience covering all aspects of Internet product design,
Intercommercial Markets United States of development, and hosting. Prior to joining InterCommercial he was Web Services Manager for
Kunal Chaudhary Corp. CTO NewYork America CTO;USA K.C. ThomasNet Inc., a division of Thomas Publishing Company, where he m http://www.intercommercial.com
Bachelor of Science from BITS Pilani, India
Civica Office Commons United States of Master of Science from BITS Pilani, India
Sanjoy Chatterji Entomo Inc. Co-founder, CFO 225 108th Avenue NE, Suite 300 Bellevue WA 98004-5901 America 425.467.0441 425.467.0433 CFO;co-founder;USA S.C.
Civica Office Commons United States of USA;co- Master of Science from BITS Pilani, India
Sunil Pande Entomo Inc. Co-founder, President 225 108th Avenue NE, Suite 300 Bellevue WA 98004-5901 America 425.467.0441 425.467.0433 founder;president S.P.
Ash Dave Silicon Planet Inc. President 5670 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 600 Los Angeles CA 90036 America 323-904-4450 800-285-9570 president info@siliconplanet.com SMTP (info@siliconplanet.com) A.D. Master of Science from University of Californ
Mr. Anil Gera has over 20 years experience in the areas of Application Systems, Product Marketing,
Business Development, Corporate Planning and Finance. Most recently, he was a Senior Manager in
Anil Gera e-Viapar President, CEO, Founder CEO;founder;president A.G. the E-Integration practice of KPMG Consulting. Prior to KPMG
Ajay directs Go2Call's VOIP technology and development process, delivering leading-edge VOIP
Director, VP (VOIP 990 Grove Street services to Go2Call customers and strategic partners worldwide. Ajay has more than 8 years of
Ajay Garg go2call.com Inc. Development) Suite 201 Evanston IL 60201 USA 847 864 4123 VP;director A.G. experience in the area of network product development and managem
Anil Gupta joined Evolve in March, 2000. Prior to that he served as VP, Marketing of Broadbase
United States of Software, Inc. He has also held positions at Niku, Baan and Oracle. He holds a BS in Engineering from
Anil Gupta Evolve Software Inc. VP, Marketing 1400 65th Street, Suite 100 Emeryville CA 94608 America 510.428.6999 510.428.6000 USA;VP A.G. BITS Pilani and an MBA from Santa Clara University. http://www.evolve.com
Anil Gupta Microtek Inc. Director director A.G.
Sandeep Gupta is Vice President Software Engineering and he is responsible for software teams both in
India & Fremont. Prior to joining iPolicy, he was the Divisional Manager in-charge of the switching
Sandeep Gupta Isoftware Networks VP, Software Engineering VP S.G. software division of the Center for the Development o
Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science in India
Founder, VP, Engineering & United States of
Prashant Gupta Liquid Price.com Inc. Operations Santa Clara California 95054 America USA;VP;founder P.G. Prashant Gupta has served as http://www.liquidprice.com
Ram Gupta recently joined PeopleSoft as executive vice president of Products & Technology.
People Soft, c/o Certive United States of Previously, Ram was vice president and general manager of Healtheon Corp., a healthcare transaction
Ram Gupta Inc. Executive VP, Advisor 600 Saginaw Drive Redwood City CA 94063 America 650.701.8701 650.701.8700 USA;VP R.G. network where he served on the executive team that successful
Nagesh Gupta, Founder, CEO (Interim) and VP of Engineering
Prior to founding Redwave Networks, Nagesh worked at Hewlett Packard and Caly Networks.
Founder, CEO (interim), VP, United States of Nagesh brings technology and management expertise from his prior companies. At Hewlett Packard,
Nagesh Gupta RedWave Networks Inc. engineering 3000 Orchard Pkwy. Suite 200 San Jose CA 95134 America (408) 232-2101 (408) 232-2100 CEO;VP;founder N.G. Nages http://www.redwave.com
Mr. Goyal brings over 20 years experience in all aspects of product development. Mr. Goyal has
United States of management experience in developing enterprise level software with millions of users and has led
Arvind Goyal Vaultus Inc. VP, engineering 632 Broadway New York NY 10012 America 212 624 4041 212 624 4040 USA;VP A.G. product teams on an International basis. Prior to Vaultus, M http://www.vaultus.com
Co-Founders - Praveen Kesava, Sandeep Arora and Renchy Thomas
United States of
Praveen Keshava Spark5, c/o Trac USA Inc. Co-founder 27 Worlds Fair Drive Somerset NJ 08873 America 732-469-9245 732-469-9800 co-founder P.K. http://www.spark5.com
Srikanth Gopalaswami, Vice President of Product Management
Srikanth United States of Srikanth has more than 15 years of global experience with a proven track record in developing
Gopalaswami POP2IT.com VP, product management 2 North First Street 4th Floor San Jose CA 95113 America 408-535-0974 408-535-0970 USA;VP S.G. businesses, markets, and products. He was previously VP Intl at Compton's NewMedia and at Thoms
Austin J. Noronha has a blend of entrepreneurial, business and product development experience,
having spent over 17 years in the professional digital video, imaging and graphics industries.
Truescope Technologies Mountain United States of
Austin J Noronha Inc., c/o Pixim Inc. Advisor 915 Linda Vista Ave., View CA 94043 America 650-934-0560 650-934-0550 advisor;USA A.J.N. He is the founder, President & CEO of TrueScope Te
Raju has extensive general management, product management and product development
Washingt United States of experience. He has defined and developed mobile, remote access, IP networking and server
Raju Gulabani Telesym Inc. CEO, Chairman 11911 NE 1st Street Bellevue on 98005 America 425-467-5875 425-467-9485 CEO;chairman R.G. communication products. He has held general and executive management positions at http://www.telesym.com
Bachelor of Science from Birla Institute of Technology and Science in India
Raj Jha e-Connections CTO Suite 800 Pasadena CA 91103 America 626-817-6023 626-817-6000 CTO;USA Raj.Jha@eConnections.com SMTP (Raj.Jha@eConnections.com) R.J. Master of Science from Kansas State Universit http://www.econnections.com
As a co-founder and Vice President of Engineering, Girish is responsible for establishing and
Co-founder, VP, United States of executing Sarvega's technology vision, including leading all aspects of product design and
Girish Juneja Sarvega Inc. engineering 745 McClintock Drive, Suite 230 Burr Ridge IL 60527 America 630-455-1338 630-455-6900 USA;VP;co-founder G.J. development and overseeing Sarvega's customer support activities. D
Amit Kapoor joined Certicom in 2000 as the Director of Product Development, with a specific focus on
VP, marketing & product United States of building and enhancing the company's PKI products. In 2001, Mr. Kapoor was appointed Vice President
Amit Kapoor Certicom Corporation management 25821 Industrial Blvd., Ste. 300 Hayward CA 94545 America 510.780.5401 510.780.5400 USA;VP A.K. of Product Management and Interim Director of Product http://www.certicom.com
As Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer for InvizibleHand, Shankar brings more than 10
1051 S. Rocketfeller Street, United States of years in software engineering and product development, involving leading technologies. Prior to
Shrikant Khadye Inviziblehand Inc. Co-founder, CTO Suite A Ontario CA 91761 America CTO;co-founder S.K. InvizibleHand, he held the position of strategic consultant at M http://www.inviziblehand.com
As Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Nikhil is responsible for leading
marketing efforts and business development efforts for the portfolio of current services offered by
VP, marketing & Business United States of Cymbal.
Nikhil Khosla Cymbal Corporation development 1150 N. First St., Suite 201 San Jose CA 95112 America (408) 920-2561 (408) 920-2560 USA;VP N.K. Nikhil Khosla has more than twelve years experien http://www.cymbal.com
Surjeet Kohli is senior director of technology at Zebus, where he is primarily responsible for
NewJerse United States of infrastructure, back-end processes, and software architecture. Mr. Kohli has more than 10 years of
Surjeet Kohli Zebus Group Director Woodbridge y America USA;director info@zebus.com SMTP Surjeet Kohli (info@zebus.com) S.K. experience in the fields of software development, databas http://www.zebus.com
As Vice President Engineering, Arun oversees all product development activity at Ensim. He has over
United States of 877 -MY-ENSIM/408-745- 12 years of experience in the field of network software and hardware development. Prior to joining
N Arun Kumar Ensim Inc. VP, Engineering 1366 Borregas Avenue Sunnyvale CA 94089 America 408-745-3399 3300 USA;VP N.A.K. Ensim, Arun was Senior Director, Engineering, for 3Com's http://www.ensim.com
Director (technical Mr. Kumar has served as General Manager, Systems Design of our Indian subsidiary since April
marketing), GM (systems United States of Y N Kumar 2000. Since January 2000, he has also served as Director of Technical Marketing for Paxonet. Prior to http://www.paxonetcommunication
Y N Kumar PaxoNet Communications design) 4046 Clipper Court Fremont CA 94538 America (510) 770-2288 (510) 770-2277 x-200 GM;USA;director sales@paxonet.com SMTP (sales@paxonet.com) Y.N.K. this position, Mr. Kumar served as General Manager, Syste s.com
Kiran brings over 15 years of software technology and management experience to Apsora. He
United States of Kiran Kundargi has spent the majority of his career at Intel Corporation where his responsibilities included the
Kiran Kundargi Apsora Inc. Founder, CEO, CTO 650 Saratoga Avenue, Suite 242 San Jose CA 95129 America 408-996-2058 408-557-6837 CEO;CTO;founder kundargi@apsora.com SMTP (kundargi@apsora.com) K.K. management, development and release of a number of software http://www.apsora.com
Exemplary provides supply chain software that helps companies gain real-time control of their
Ravi 10001 North De Anza Blvd., United States of extended supply chains, bridging the gap between supply chain planning and “real-world” execution.
Krishnamurthy Exemplary Software Inc. Founder, CTO Suite 300 Cupertino CA 95014 America 408-861-9612 408-861-9611 CTO;USA;founder R.K. Exemplary enables customers to gain global visibility acros
An experienced entrepreneur, Venk Krishnan is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of GovXcel. Prior
United States of CEO;USA;chairman;found Venk Krishnan to founding GovXcel, Mr. Krishnan founded NuWare Technologies, a computer consulting firm that
Venk Krishnan Nuware Inc. Founder, Chairman, CEO 100 Wood Avenue Iselin NJ 08830 America (732) 744-9861 (732) 744-9811 er venk@govxcel.com SMTP (venk@govxcel.com) V.K. ranks # 102 on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing priv http://www.govxcel.com
Preetish currently works at BMC Software as Director of R&D Finance. He has a distinguished, ten
13111 Northwest Freeway, Suite United States of (800) 820-0028/(832) year career in various technology roles. He was a co-founder, part of the executive team and the Vice
Preetish Nijawan VP, Finance and R&D 400 Houston TX 77040 America (713) 895-7461 590-7400 USA;VP P.N. President of Operations at iVita Corp., an asset manag
Aeltus manages over $41 billion of assets, of which $22 billion are for institutional clients
Aeltus Equities (pension plan, foundation and endowment, and taxable). In addition, Aeltus is the subadviser for
Harish Kumar Management MD MD H.K. approximately $19 billion of assets in ING retail mutual fund
Soundari's Husband
HCL Technologies America
Shiv Kumar Inc. VP USA;VP S.K.
Education
Bachelor of Science from BITS Pilani, India
Director, Business United States of 866-884-6600 /408-548-
T. K. Lakshman Javera Technologies Inc. Development 924 Borregas Avenue Sunnyvale CA 94089 America 408-548-2350 2300 USA;director T.K.L. Master of Science from State University of New York at Buffalo
Panasas received $10 Million in financing led by Mohr, Davidow Ventures in September 2000. In
Panasas West Office United States of October 2001, Panasas secured $25.4 Million in additional funding led by Carlyle Venture Partners, an
Varun Mehta Panasas Inc. VP, Software 34790 Campus Drive Fremont CA 94555 America 510-608-4798 510-608-7790 USA;VP V.M. affiliate of The Carlyle Group, with Goldman Sachs and Mohr
Catamaran Vijay Mehra and Catamaran Communications are a perfect match because Vijay has over fifteen years
Communications Inc., c/o United States of of VLSI experience which enables him to get involved early on in product development and design,
Vijay Mehra Infenion Technologies VP, VLSI Engineering 2345 Harris Way San Jose CA 95131 America 408.965.2526 408.965.2525 USA;VP V.M. take the product into production, and deliver it to satisfie
Prior to founding Oberon, Viggy Mokkarala served as Director of Marketing at SpecialtyMD.com, a
Oberon Financial 477 East Evelyn Avenue United States of firm that provided an Internet-based, technology platform for medical device and procedure
Viggi Mokkarala Technology Inc. Founder, VP, marketing Suite B Sunnyvale CA 94086 America (408) 524-8877 (408) 524-8000 USA;VP;founder V.M. information to physicians worldwide. Prior to that, Mokkarala was http://www.oberonft.com
Ramana Y. Mulpury brings senior management experience in engineering, product management,
United States of architecture and implementation. He is responsible for MetricStream's technology, engineering and
Ramana Mulpury MetricStream Inc. President, Co-founder 2360 Walsh Avenue Santa Clara CA 95051 America 408.982.8741 408.982.8667 co-founder;president R.M. solution development. Ramana was most recently implementing state
Bridge-X Technologies is a young, dynamic and a fast-growth IT services company founded in
Sandeep 379 Princeton-Hightstown Road, United States of Sandeep Nalgundwar 2000 and headquartered in New Jersey, with global delivery capabilities. Besides North America, we
Nalgundwar Bridge-X Technologies Inc. Co-founder Building 3 Cranbury NJ 08512 America +1 (609) 371-7101 USA;co-founder snalgundwar@bridge-x.com SMTP (snalgundwar@bridge-x.com) S.N. also operate in Europe and Asia. The company is focused on pro
Ashok is an Information Technology consultant with more than 22 years of consulting
VP, engagement United States of experience. With his strong Information Engineering background, he specializes in formulating IT http://www.signaltreesolutions.co
Ashok Nangia Signal Tree Solutions Inc. management 133 Technology, Suite 200 Irvine CA 92618 America (949) 450-4601 (949) 450-4600 USA;VP A.N. strategies and plans to assist organizations in attaining their busines m
Vikram Natarajan joined Medfusion in January 1999 as one of the first members of the Medfusion
Vikram T North United States of Vikram T Natarajan team. Vikram's experience includes design, development and implementation of web-based systems.
Natarajan Medfusion Inc. Director, technical services Research Triangle Park Carolina America (919) 481-9433 (877) 599-5123 USA;director vikram@medfusion.net SMTP (vikram@medfusion.net) V.T.N. Vikram has designed Internet based systems for a national net http://www.medfusion.net
Former CEO, Intelligroup
A
graduate of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pillani, with a master‟s in computer
science from City University of New York, Ashok Pandey founded Intelligroup in 1987. He served as
Ashok Pandey Intelligroup Inc. Co-founder co-founder A.P. director, chairman of
Prior to this, Mr. Philip ran Imagine Technologies, Inc., a company focused on using proprietary imaging
United States of (212) 494-0383/(212) and workflow technologies to enable and outsource remote back office operations for the healthcare
Karun Philip Tranquil Money Inc. Chairman, CEO 29 West 34th Street, 9th floor New York NY 10001 America 656-1492 CEO;USA;chairman K.P. and financial services industries. Mr. Philip has a http://www.tranquilmoney.com
Mr. Maini was formerly a trader in the Global Asset Securitization group at Deutsche Bank. Earlier
United States of (212) 494-0383/(212) USA;co- at Morgan Stanley, Mr. Maini developed mathematical models for trading and traded fixed income
Harpal Maini Tranqul Money Inc. President, Co-founder 29 West 34th Street, 9th floor New York NY 10001 America 656-1492 founder;president H.M. securities. Mr. Maini has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from http://www.tranquilmoney.com
Krishna Pillai has over eleven years of experience in the Information Technology industry in the
United States of Krishna Pillai area of client server and distributed computing. He has been involved in all the stages of the software
Krishna Pillai HTT Print Inc. CTO 17 Bluxome Street San Francisco CA 94107 America 415-495-8936 415-216-4200 CTO;USA kpillai@httprint.com SMTP (kpillai@httprint.com) K.P. life cycle - from system design and architecture to http://www.httprint.com
Prashanth has successfully defined IT strategies and delivered mission critical applications for
Prashanth United States of the last 17 years to large-scale international organizations located in Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and
Palakurthi Reflexis Systems Inc. Chairman, CEO 1420 Providence Highway #266 Norwood MA 02062 America 781 278 9959 781 278 9919 CEO;USA;chairman P.P. the United States. He is also the founder-CEO of Te
Prasad is a founder of Instantis. He brings ten years of engineering experience to the company.
Founder, Director, United States of Prior to Instantis, as a Senior Staff Engineer at Sun, he was responsible for incorporating a transaction
A Prasad Instantis Inc. engineering 913 Hermosa Court Sunnyvale CA 94085 America (408) 732-8100 (408) 732-8800 USA;director;founder A.P. engine in the NetDynamics Application Server prod http://www.instantis.com
A key member of the executive team, Mano Puthukudy has over 11 years of experience in hard-
Windriver Systems, Director, software core OS kernel development which includes embedded RTOS work at WindRiver Systems & Microtec. http://www.teamf1.com/managem
Mano Puthukudy Microtec engineering USA;director M.P. Earlier he worked on mainframe & fault tolerant UNIX & networking f ent.htm
Ravi is a founder of Speed to Market. Before this, he was the chief architect at Thru-Put Technologies
where he created industry-leading software. He has over 12 years of enterprise software
experience.
Ravi United States of
Radhakrishnan Speed ToMarket Inc. CTO 2 North First Street San Jose CA 95113 America 408.271.6570 408.271.1712 CTO;USA R.R. Ravi holds a B.S. in engineering from Birla Insti http://www.speedtomarket.com
Mr. Reddy is Founder and Chairman of Sierra Atlantic Inc. (US) and Sierra Optimal Limited (India) which
United States of CEO;Chairman;Founder;U he founded in 1993. Sierra also has offices in Singapore and United Kingdom. Sierra is a software
Raju Reddy Sierra Atlantic Inc. Founder, Chairman, CEO 34770 Campus Drive Fremont CA 94555 America (510) 742-4101 (510) 742-4100 SA R.R. company which does extensive outsource work and emplo http://www.sierraatlantic.com
S S Reddy
S S Reddy Advantecs Inc. ssreddy@advantecs.com SMTP (ssreddy@advantecs.com) S.S.R.
Manish Krishnan Advantecs Inc. CEO CEO M.K.
Bhooma is our Biotechnology Analyst. She spearheads our biotechnology practice. In addition,
she is also the Head Editor of our Web site.
United States of Bhooma has a Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honors) degree and a Master of Science (Honors) degree
Bhooma V Rajan G. Gargiulo & Co., Inc. Executive VP, Head Editor One Exchange Place, Suite 301 Jersey City NJ 07302 America 201-432-3627 201-432-2522 editor;USA;VP B.V.R. in Biological Scien
Jamuna manages project deliveries, quality processes, human resources, allocations and training. She
United States of +1 (508) 485 joined Trigent from TCS where she was a Delivery Center Head managing a group of 450 people in the
Jamuna Ravi Trigent Software Inc. VP, Head, Operations 11 Main Street Southborough MA 01772 America 6602 +1 (508) 481 1600 USA;VP;Woman J.R. Banking and Financial Services division. In her 17+ yea http://www.trigent.com
Lara Networks Inc., c/o With more than 18 years of industry experience Mr. Pendharkar joins Lara to provide expertise
Cypress Semiconductors United States of and direction in all of Lara's product developments. Prior to joining Lara, Mr. Pendharkar served as
Vivek Pendharkar Inc. VP, engineering 110 Nortech Parkway San Jose CA 95134-2307 America 408-942-2099 408-942-2000 USA;VP V.P. director of engineering at Intel Corporation, which he jo http://www.laranetworks.com
Rajan brings over 17 years of experience in the embedded system industry to NetContinuum. He
United States of has been responsible for the design and development of real-time, multi-tasking, multiprocessor
N Rajan Net Continuum Inc. Director, Platform Software 1705 Wyatt Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 America 408-986-8997 408-986-8995 USA;director N.R. operating systems used in telecommunication and data communicat
Senior VP, Business Bala Srinivasa brings expertise in customer relationship management, supply chain management,
Development & Product United States of +1 (973) 581- procurement, e-commerce and process industries to Vistaar Technologies. Bala ensures that the
Bala Srinivasa Vistaar Inc. Management 200 Lanidex Plaza Parsippany NJ 07054 America 6310 +1 (973) 581-6300 USA;VP B.S. company's vision and strategy are reflected in product development http://www.vistaar.com
Krishnan Sastry brings more than 10 years of technology and management experience to Abilizer. Prior
VP, Product Development & 744 Alabama Street United States of to joining Abilizer, Sastry was a management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, a Solutions
Krishnan Sastry Deployment Level 2 San Francisco CA 94110 America (415) 282-2004 (415) 216-0100 USA;VP K.S. Center Manager for Unisys Corporation, and was a techn http://www.abilizer.com
Arvind graduated from The Anderson School at UCLA with an MBA in Marketing and
Value Communications 1590 S. Milwaukee Ave Suite United States of Entrepreneurship. Arvind worked at Kraft Foods, Inc. for six years where he held a variety of senior
Arvind Singh Corporation CEO 223 Libertyville IL 60048 America CEO;USA A.S. marketing positions with responsibility for strategic planning, P&L targ
Kishore Somnath H1B Jobs & Power Sabre Founder, CEO CEO;founder K.S.
Manish Sood is the Founder of Salient Software, Inc., and has been Chief Executive Officer
10700 Richmond Ave. United States of since its inception in 1997. Manish has 10 years of experience in the information technology industry.
Manish Sood Salient Software Inc. Founder, CEO Suite 100 Houston TX 77042 America 713-952-1685 713-952-2400 CEO;USA;founder M.S. Before founding Salient, he held various senior software http://www.salientsoftware.com
Bharti Subramanian
Bharti Subramanian joined Austin Ventures in 2001 and focuses on the firm‟s communications and
Bharti United States of (bsubramanian@austinventures. semiconductor investments. Subramanian joined Austin Ventures from Nortel Networks, where she
Subramanian Austin Ventures Senior Associate 2001 N. Lamar St., Suite 400 Dallas Texas 75201 America 214.561.6600 USA;woman bsubramanian@austinventures.com SMTP com) B.S. served as the director of product line management for OPTera Pa
Dr. Tadikonda has over 13 years of experience in developing medical imaging, drug discovery and
United States of development informatics, and healthcare information technology solutions. Dr. Tadikonda is responsible
Satish Tadikonda Tribosys Inc. Principal 215 First Street Cambridge MA 02142 America (617) 252-0600 Principal;USA S.T. for Business Development and Sales at Tribiosys. Befo http://www.tribiosys.com
Prasad has over 10 years of product development and consulting experience delivering solutions
Prasad United States of to a variety of industries. In recent years, his focus is on delivering large enterprise applications. Prior
Thammineni jPeople LLC Founder, President 52 SilverHill Lane, Suite #23 Natick MA 01760 America USA;founder;president P.T. to founding jPeople, Prasad was the Chief Techno http://www.jpeople.com
Rajesh Chelapurath joined Burnham Securities, Inc. in June 1998, after Graduating with an MBA
Rajesh in Finance from Tulane University, New Orleans. Before entering the business school, he worked for
Chelapurath Burnham Securities Associate MD MD;USA R.C. two years with Larsen & Toubro Limited, Bombay as a Marketi
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MaraMehra LLC
Norstar Aluminium Molds
Ravi Mehra Inc. MD MD R.M.
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Veer Vasisht Invera Inc. CEO CEO;USA V.V.
Suresh Venkataramani
(suresh@newbreak.com) /
'info@newbreak.com / 'Suresh Suresh Venkataramani has 8 years of distributed systems development experience from top
Suresh 500 Summer Street United States of Venkataramani investment banks on Wall Street. Mr. Venkataramani has designed and implemented real time http://www.newbreak.com/index.h
Venkataramani Suite 303 Stamford CT 06901 America (203) 355 1512 (203) 355 1510 USA suresh@newbreak.com SMTP (info@newbreak.com) S.V. distributed applications for Bankers Trust, Merrill Lynch and most recentl tml
Venkat Sharma, General Partner - Quan Ventures, Founder of Acorn Information Service
Quan Management LLC, Connecti United States of Prior to serving as US Manager and Director of the General Partner, Mr. Sharma worked for
Venkat Sharma Quan Ventures General Partner 25 Wimbledon Lane, Easton cut 06612 America Founder;USA V.S. twenty-four years in the information technology field, including systems
Lalit Ahuja is the Managing Director of NDS Limited - India, a part of News Corporation Inc., a US$36B
NDS India Ltd., c/o News Global Media Conglomerate and also Executive Liaison of STAR Group Limited. NDS Group plc is a
Lalit Ahuja Corporation Inc. MD India;MD;woman L.A. leading supplier of open conditional access software, int
Mr. S. N. Zindal, is the Director General of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), an
Software Technology Parks autonomous body under the Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India, set-up with an
S N Zindal of India (STPI) Director General Director;India S.N.Z. objective to implement the STP scheme, manage infrastructure fa
Ravikanth Konteti is a senior banker responsible for Global Investor Services business for JP Morgan
JPMorgan, Global Investor Chase, India. Ravi a Management graduate from BITS, Pilani with 15+ years of experience in the Global http://www.csltech.co.in/aboutus.
Ravikanth Konteti Services Senior Banker India R.K. Financial Services Industry. His experience includes htm
Vinod Sujan has more than 10 years experience managing hardware and software design, product
development, testing, and program management for complex technology implementations. Vinod most
Vinod Sujan Thin Wireless Networks Board of Directors Board of Directors V.S. recently spent 3 years as CEO of iDiamond, where he managed a vari
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Mirchandani Search Asia Pasific 2, Phoenix House, 462 SB Road, Mumbai tra 400013 India 7731 (5660-7724) 64724 m SMTP D.M.
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Rajendra Kumar #99-100, Prestige Towers, Karnatak 4001/ +91 (-
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Gave the first lecture for CEL on 10th September 2003 when he came here for recruitment.
Karnatak Also gave a lecture on Software Architecture.
KRVS AnswerPal CEO Richmond Road, Bangalore a India BITS;Entrepreneur;VIP krcs@answerpal.com SMTP KRVS (krcs@answerpal.com) K. http://www.anserpal.com
Dr. Vinod Agarwal is the founder, president and CEO of LogicVision, Inc., a leading provider of
United States of embedded test solutions. Under his leadership, embedded test and built-in self-test have transitioned
Vinod Agarwal Logic Vision Inc. CEO 101 Metro Drive, Third Floor San Jose California 95110 America BITS;CEO;USA V.A. from being a curiosity to an emerging industry with pro http://www.logicvision.com
Samir has been the chairman, chief executive officer and founder of NetObjects since its inception
in November 1995. An industry veteran, Arora has more than 17 years of experience in information http://www.redherring.com/mag/is
Samir Arora NetObjects Inc. Founder BITS;CEO;USA S.A. design, technology development, and marketing, as well as sue50/profile.html
Dr. Inderpal Bhandari, the founder and CEO of Virtual Gold, Inc., is an internationally recognized
280 N. Central Park Ave, Suite United States of expert in data mining, the art of using computer programs to discover knowledge from large amounts
Inderpal Bhandari Virtual Gold Inc. Founder, CEO 235 Hartsdale NY 10530 America BITS;CEO;USA I.B. of data. Under his leadership, Virtual Gold developed it http://www.virtualgold.com
Narpat Bhandari was born in Sojat, India. He is chairman and CEO of Vasona Systems, Inc., a
1999 S. Bascom Avenue, Suite United States of startup electronics firm in Santa Clara, California, that specializes in design automation and virtual
Narpat Bhandari Vasona Systems Inc. Chairman, CEO 810 Campbell CA 95008 America BITS;CEO;USA N.B. systems. He also serves as an adviser and/or Board member
New York Indian American Gautam Chanda, CEO of Accordion Networks, a telecommunications
United States of provider for cyber-buildings of today and tomorrow, does not remember when he last saw the inside of http://www.accordionnetworks.co
Gautam Chanda Accordion Neworks CEO, President 6170 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont CA 94538 America BITS;CEO;USA G.C. his health club, or played tennis, his favorite sport. Kolkata- m
Mukesh Chatter brings with him more than 18 years' experience in the architecture, design and
development of state-of-the-art networking equipment and supercomputers and has several patents
United States of in these areas.
Mukesh Chatter Axiowave Networks Inc. Co-founder, President, CEO 200 Nickerson Road Marlborough MA 01752 America BITS;CEO;USA M.C. Prior to founding Axiowave he was the Founde http://www.axiowave.com
Founder, Chairman, Ajay co-founded Pinnacle Systems (NASD: PNSY) in 1986 at the age of 29. Chopra is currently the
President, Dot Media Mountain United States of president of the Company‟s Professional .(dot) Media Division where he originally served as general
Ajay Chopra Pinnacle Systems Inc. Division 280 North Bernardo Avenue View California 94043 America BITS;Founder;USA A.C. manager and vice-president starting in 1997. Chopra has b http://www.pinnaclesys.com
Kiran Deshpande Mahindra British Telecom Former CEO BITS K.D.
Raj Gollamudi was most recently a principal and head of the Internet Infrastructure Software
601 Second Avenue South, United States of research group at the San Francisco investment banking firm of Thomas Weisel Partners. Previously he
Raj Gollamudi Blue Stream Ventures Partner Suite 4350 Minneapolis MN 55402 America (650) 289-0263 (650) 470-8240 BITS;USA R.G. was a Principal and Senior Research Analyst at Dain Rausche
25 years ago as a computer maintenance company, with two colleagues. Today employing almost
United States of 2500 people world-wide, the managing director of the premier system integration company tells
Ramesh D Grover CMS COmputers Ltd. Founder, CEO America BITS;Founder;USA R.D.G. Sudipta Dev about his vision of creating an IT power house. 1947 t
For the four years prior to founding Cradle in July 1999, Gupta was vice president of corporate
3130 West Warren Avenue United States of planning for Cirrus Logic Corporation. He was corporate sponsor for several key partnerships (including
Satish C Gupta Cradle Technologies Inc. CEO, President, Co-founder Second Floor Fremont CA 94538 America S.C.G. Microsoft and JVC) and was the executive champion for http://www.cradle.com
Since 1978, he has traversed the entire gamut of Systems Software, Application Software and
99 Park Avenue United States of Project Management. Starting his career as a trainee programmer, Rajesh was employed as a
Rajesh Hukku i-flex Solutions Inc. Chairman, MD Suite 1530 New York 10016 America Chairman;USA R.H. Software Developer and Designer with India's largest software exporte http://www.iflexsolutions.com
Navindra Jain has on the Board of Directors of LogicVision (NASD: LGVN) since 1992 and has
United States of been Chairman of the Board since January 1996. In 1982, Dr. Jain co-founded Excelan Inc., a
Navindra Jain Logic Vision Inc. Chairman of Board 101 Metro Drive, Third Floor San Jose California 95110 America Chairman;USA N.J. manufacturer of networking products, and was its Vice President of En http://www.logicvision.com
Prem Jain has been responsible for growing his Enterprise WAN Business Unit in Cisco to a multi-
Vice President, GM, United States of billion operation. Prior to that he was VP of Engineering and one of the founding members of Crescendo
Prem Jain Cisco Systems Inc. Enterprise WAN 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose CA 95134 America GM;USA P.J. Communications, which was acquired by Cisco in 1993 in http://www.cisco.com
Raj Koneru was the Chief Executive Officer of SeraNova since its formation in September 1999, as
a unit of Intelligroup, Inc., and co-founder of Oxford Systems, Inc., a systems integration company
270 Davidson Avenue United States of that merged with Intelligroup in 1994.
Raj Koneru Icallpoint Founder, Chairman Suite 300 Somerset NJ 08873 America Chairman;Founder;USA R.K. He served as t http://www.icallpoint.com
Prior to joining Greylock, BC served as Vice President of Product Management and Chief
United States of Technology Officer at Open Market, a leading vendor of Content Management and Delivery solutions.
BC Krishna Greylock Venture Capital Entrepreneur-in-residence 880 Winter Street Waltham MA 02451 America Entrepreneur;USA K. BC was responsible for overall technology and product strategy, and
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Shri Virendra Kumar, aged 58 years, is a Mechanical Engineer from BITS, Pilani and an MBA from
University of Delhi. He joined BHEL in 1966. Shri Virendra Kumar has made significant contributions in a
Virendra Kumar BHEL Board of Directors Board of Directors V.K. wide range of areas including marketing and sales, in
Former head of StanChart Private Equity and former head of ANZ Grindlays Corporate and
Investment Banking in India.
Rajiv Maliwal Sabre Capital R.M.
Prior to founding TECHNOMETRICA, Mayur was a market research analyst with AT&T and a
690 Kinderkamack Road, Suite United States of biostatistician with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. His contributions in the
Raghavan Mayur Technometrica Inc. President, Founder 102 Oradell NJ 07649 America Chairman;USA R.M. medical area have appeared in leading journals such as Lancet and http://www.technometrica.com
Dinesh Mirchandani is President of Boyden India and a Partner of Boyden World Corporation since
Dinesh President, Board of Board of 1994. He was elected to the Global Board of Directors of Boyden in 2000. He has handled several CEO-
Mirchandani Boyden World Corporation Directors Directors;India;President D.M. level searches in the technology, consumer goods, manufac
Sharad Mehrotra, President and CEO, Fabric7 Systems, Inc., & Founder, Procket Networks
Dr. Sharad Mehrotra has spent the last 20 years in the computer, semiconductor, and networking
Sharad Mehrotra Fabric7 Systems Inc. President, CEO CEO;President;USA S.M. industries, and in academia. Prior to founding Fabric7 Systems,
r. Gulu Mirchandani is the Chairman & Managing Director of MIRC Electronics Limited – manufacturers
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Mirc Electronics Ltd. of the prestigious and leading brand of Colour Televisions in India „ONIDA‟.He is also a member of the
Gulu Mirchandani (Onida) Chairman, CEO CEO;Chairman;India G.M. Board of Directors of „KEC International Limited‟
Diaz Nesamoney is Founder, President and CEO of Celequest. Mr. Nesamoney brings over 15 years
of experience in the enterprise software industry to Celequest. Prior to founding Celequest, Mr.
Diaz Nesamoney Celequest Inc. Founder, CEO CEO;Founder;USA D.N. Nesamoney was President and Chief Operating Officer at Informa http://www.celequest.com
Punita saw a great new opportunity in marrying the collaborative power of the Internet with the
United States of CEO;Chairman;President; efficiencies of the offshore delivery model to seamlessly extend complex business operations.
Punita Pandey netCustomer Inc. Chairman, President, CEO 2005 Hamilton Avenue San Jose CA 95125 America USA P.P. Leveraging over 16 years of experience in software development, http://www.netcustomer.com
Prior to joining Global Catalyst Partners, Vijay worked at CISCO as VP, Business Development for
Redwood United States of the Service Provider Line of Business (SPLOB). Prior to this he was Vice-President and GM within the
Vijay Parikh Global Catalyst Partners Managing Principal 255 Shoreline Drive Suite520 Shores CA 94065 America USA V.P. Public Carrier IP Group (PCIPG) at Cisco Systems. Duri http://www.gc-partners.com
Pankaj Patel, is the new vice president and general manager of Cisco‟s Cable Systems Unit. Patel joins
United States of Cisco from Redback Networks Inc., where he served as senior vice president of engineering. Prior to
Pankaj Patel Cisco Systems Inc. VP, Cable Systems Unit 250 Holger Way San Jose CA 95134-1300 America USA;Vice-President P.P. that, Patel was senior vice president of engineeri http://www.cisco.com
Vivek Paul, Vice Chairman of Wipro Ltd. And President and CEO, Wipro Technologies, Inc.
1995 El Camino Real United States of
Vivek Paul was named Asia‟s 25 Movers & Shakers by ZDNET in March 2001, alongside Shiv Nadir (HCL)
Vivek Paul Wipro Technologies Inc. President, CEO Suite 200 Santa Clara CA 95050 America CEO;President;USA V.P. and R Ramaraj (Satyam), the only other Indians to be named. He http://www.wipro.com
Lara Networks Inc. Jayan has over 18 years of extensive experience in the field of research, design and development
Jayan (acquired by Cypress United States of of large, multi-processor computer system, complex ASICs and SOCs targeted towards networking and
Ramankutty Semiconductor) Vice President 110 Nortech Parkway San Jose CA 95134-2307 America USA;Vice-President J.R. telecommunication markets. Jayan was formerly the VP of Co http://www.laranetworks.com
Raju is Founder and Chairman of Sierra Atlantic Inc. (US) and Sierra Optimal Limited (India) which
United States of CEO;Chairman;Founder;U he founded in 1993. Sierra also has offices in Singapore and United Kingdom. Sierra is a software
Raju Reddy Sierra Atlantic, Inc. Founder, Chairman, CEO 34770 Campus Drive Fremont CA 94555 America SA R.R. company which does extensive outsource work and employs http://www.sierraatlantic.com
Manoj Saxena is CEO and Chairman of Webify Solutions Inc. Most recently Manoj was Senior Vice
United States of President, Marketing and Business Development for Commerce One (NASDAQ: CMRC). His
Manoj Saxena Chairman, CEO 3925 West Braker Lane Austin TX 78759 America CEO;Chairman;USA M.S. responsibilities at Commerce One included defining and executing Commerce O http://www.webifyinc.com
Shailesh is Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at Redback Networks (NASDAQ:
Vice-President, Strategy United States of RBAK), responsible for developing Redback's strategy and driving its implementation through
Shailesh Shukla Redback Networks Inc. and Business Development 250 Holger Way San Jose CA 95134-1300 America USA;Vice-President S.S. Partnerships, Mergers and Acquisitions and Investments. Since being http://www.redback.com
Anil K. Singhal co-founded NetScout in June of 1984 and has served as NetScout's President, Chief
United States of CEO;Founder;President;U Executive Officer, Treasurer and Director since January 2001. Prior to this, Anil had served as
Anil Singhal Netscout Systems Inc. Founder, President, CEO 310 Littleton Road Westford MA 01886-4105 America SA A.S. Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Treasure http://www.netscout.com
Shivan is is based in the company's corporate offices in Johnston, R.I. Subramaniam has served in
Shivam 1301 Atwood Avenue United States of his current position since the 1999 merger that formed FM Global. Prior to that, he was president and
Subramaniam FM Global Inc. Chairman, CEO PO Box 7500 Johnston R.I. 02919 America CEO;Chairman;USA S.S. chief executive officer of legacy Allendale Insuranc http://www.fmglobal.com
STG is a publicly traded company in India that is focused on education and training in the
Software Technology United States of CEO;Chairman;Founder;U emerging technologies, primarily software. The company has strategic alliances with MS, Oracle, Sun,
Yogesh Vaidya Group International Ltd. Founder, Chairman, CEO San Jose CA America SA Y.V. IBM, Lotus, Sylvan Prometric. The company trains around 60-80 http://www.stg.com
With a solid data-based marketing and e-commerce background, he has been instrumental in the
development and implementation of Yaga's revenue-generating business model. Prior to his present
Vijay United States of position, he was chief strategy officer of NBC Internet.
Vaidyanathan Yaga Inc. CTO, Founder 950 Tower Lane, Suite 900 Foster City CA 94404 America
United States of CTO;Founder;USA V.V. Fr http://www.yaga.com
Arjun Valluri Intelligroup Inc. Chairman of Board, CEO 499 Thornall Street Edison NJ 08837 America CEO;Chairman;USA A.V. http://www.intelligroup.com
Devendra Verma is a General Partner at Redwood Venture Partners (RVP). Prior to joining RVP, he
was a senior Vice President at Loral Space and Communication, one of the world‟s leading satellite and
Devendra Verma Redwood Venture Partners Partner USA D.V. satellite-based communication services provider. At Lo http://www.redwoodvp.com
Mr. Krishnamurthy has served as the President, CEO and Director of the Company since September
Balaji 1999. Prior to joining Planar, he served as Vice President and General Manager for various business
Krishnamurthy President, CEO Planar Systems Inc. CEO;President;USA B.K. units of Tektronix where his 15 year tenure from August, 198
He was selected personally by the Late Shri G D Birla to join Birla group in March, 1966. He worked
Nirmal Chandra CEO, Member, Board of with the Birlas for 17 years in companies like Hindalco, Mysore Cement, Grasim and Bihar Alloy Steels.
Mathur Jindal Strips Ltd. Directors Board of Directors;CEO N.C.M. He was invited by industrialist Shri O P Jindal
He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from BITS, Pilani. He started his career with Bharat
Electronics Ltd, Bangalore, a leading manufacturer of radar equipment for the armed forces in India. In
Rakesh Kalra Eicher Motors Ltd. MD India;MD R.K. 1980, he joined Eicher Tractors Ltd in the Materials
Vinod is based in Chandigarh. Vinod has worked mostly in metros. Before joining Spice, the leading
cellular service provider of Punjab, Karnataka Calcutta, Vinod spent some 17 years with the Godrej
Vinod Sawhney Spice Telecom Ltd. MD India;MD V.S. group. He was instrumental in setting up the Mohali ref
Narendra Saxena, CEO, Xansa (Formerly IIS Infotech Ltd (Education Solutions Division)
Saxena was earlier working with STG as managing director, of which he was one of the founders.
Narendra Saxena Xansa CEO CEO;India N.S. He brings to IIS Infotech over 34 years of rich and varied experience
Chairman & CEO, PostX, Founder, Elxsi and NextGen
Thampy founded and served as President and CEO of NexGen, the developer of the first
CEO;Chairman;Founder;U alternative to Intel Pentium microprocessors, from its inception in 1986 until 1991, and as Chairman of
Thomas Thampy Post X Chairman, CEO SA T.T. its Board o
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