IIT Delhi and Sequoia Capital Host: Oppurtunities in India

An Exclusive IIT Alumni panel and lunch with the most eminent VC firm in the world

Program Details

Date	September 30, 2006
Venue	Hotel Crowne Plaza Cabana, Palo Alto
Address	4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306 (Map)
Time	11:00 - 14:00 (PST)
Tickets	Free (lunch is provided)

RSVP required. Please RSVP by sending an email to (priyankgarg) a.t (yahoo.com) to ensure we reserve space for you. Please only RSVP once :-)

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Join us for an exclusive panel and recruiting event hosted by Sequoia Capital India. Hear the Sequoia partners familiar with the business climate share their views on emerging trends and even potential recruitment opportunities in India.

The panel will cover the following topics:

• Developments in key sectors
• Internet
• Wireless
• Offshore Services
• Technology
• Moving back to India
• Entrepreneurial Opportunities
• Working at start-ups vs. large companies
• Technology vs. non-technology Opportunities
• Challenges of working in India
• Q&A

This is a "must-attend" event. As a budding or seasoned entrepreneur, you can learn about the opportunities in India. If you are a technical or business professional, this is your chance to explore employment options and a sneak preview into the land of today's opportunity - India.

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The Panel

Sumir Chadha, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital India - Sumir Chadha is a Managing Director with Sequoia Capital India. Sequoia Capital India has been formed with WestBridge Capital Partners which Sumir co-founded in 2000. Prior to founding WestBridge, Sumir was a member of the Principal Investment Area at Goldman Sachs & Co., where he led a number of successful software and services investments. Prior to that, Sumir worked at McKinsey & Co. in New York and New Delhi. Sumir is the co-founder and Chairman of the US-India Venture Capital Association (US-IVCA). Sumir received an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School and a BSE in Computer Science from Princeton University.

Mohit Bhatnagar, Operating Partner, Sequoia Capital India - Mohit is an Operating Partner with Sequoia Capital India. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, Mohit served as the Senior Vice President - Value Added Services (“VAS”) & Alliances at India's leading telecom company, Bharti Cellular Ltd. At Bharti, his group was responsible for significantly growing the VAS P&L by launching successful innovations in electronic recharging, mobile entertainment, interactive media, mobile email and mobile commerce. Prior to Bharti, Mohit co-founded Brightpod, a wireless solutions enterprise, by orchestrating a spin off from Ericsson. Earlier in his career he held senior leadership positions at Ericsson in Sales, Marketing and Strategy based in North America, Taiwan & Philippines. He received an MBA with distinction from UNC - Chapel Hill and an MSEE in Fiber Optics & Telecom from Virginia Tech.

Vas Bhandarkar, Successful Private Investor and Serial Entrepreneur - Vas Bhandarkar is a successful private investor and serial entrepreneur who focuses on business-to-consumer and mobile value-added-services companies. Among his other accomplishments Vas has bootstrapped-to-customer-acquisition Alma Enterprises a B2B services company, the now public Selectica a B2B2C company, and Unimobile a wireless value-added-services B2C company, currently a division of Verisign. He has successfully implemented B2B, B2B2C and B2C business models in executive roles, in marketing, business and channel development, online, offline and wirelessly. He was the founding VP of Marketing and Business Development at Selectica, the Chairman and CEO of Unimobile, and currently works as a private investor investing in early-to-mid-stage companies in the US-India corridor. His most recent investment is carwale.com which is a classified ad and research automobile site for consumers in India. Vas currently serves on the Board of Induslogic. Vas is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, and Colorado State University. His online bio is at vbhandarkar.blogspot.com.

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