Annual IT Management Summit 'AIMS 2007' of IIM-K Focuses on Pervasiveness of Internet

Annual IT Management Summit 'AIMS 2007' of IIM-K Focuses on Pervasiveness of Internet
Post-event Press-release

Mr. Romal Shetty, who heads KPMG's Telecom Division addressed the audience on the telecom industry in India. He spoke on how the industry in India thrives purely on huge numbers and, hence, can afford to offer services at a lower rate to its customers.

He predicted that one can expect more billion dollar companies to emerge from India in the near future. Mr. Sanjai K., Director, ERP, SAP Labs, conducted an enlightening workshop on careers in ERP. Mr. Pashupathy Gopalan, Vice President, Cypress Semiconductors, who conducted a workshop on Strategic Marketing spoke about how the semiconductor industry is the key driver of innovation in the electronics industry, and the importance of and difficulty in predicting future trends in an industry as dynamic as this. Mr. Sandeep Shrivastav, Director of Search at Yahoo! India, speaking about the challenges and emerging trends of transactional and non-transactional online services, highlighted the importance of understanding the users' behavior, intent, location and profile in an increasingly dynamic environment. Mr. Lil Mohan, the MD of the WiMax Divison at Intel, delivered an inspiring talk encouraging entrepreneurship and learnings form his own experiences as an entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley. Mr. Alok Mittal, Executiv Direcor, Canaan Partners, interaced with the sudents on the topic of innovation. He also spoke about issues concerning talent management and entrepreneurship.

Apart from this, BrainStorm, a panel discussion on 'A Nation Online: How the Internet is Changing Our Everyday Lives', featured the CEO of BharatMatrimony, Mr. Murugavel Janakiraman, the Co-Promoter and COO of Naukri.com, Mr. Hitesh Oberoi, and the MD of the WiMax Division at Intel, Mr. Lil Mohan. The discussion was moderated by star blogger and Founder-Director of f5ive Technologies, Mr. Kiruba Shankar.

Panel Discussion 'BrainStorm' Held During AIMS 2007

AIMS 2007 was sponsored by Cognizant - Platinum Partner, IAMAI - Associate Partner, and Bharat Matrimony - Website Partner. NASSCOM was the Knowledge Partner, CITI the Hospitality Partner, Yahoo! the Quiz Partner, and Business Line the Print Media Partner.

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IIM Kozhikode.

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