TAA Bangalore

Had the biggest gathering of 75+ alumni in the last 15 months (including several IIT M alumni who were very impressed by the gathering and tempo).Arjun Malhotra was at his magical best and was greeted by great applause on several occasions. The Q&A session proved to be equally entertaining one. Thanks to sponsors CGI (Tarun) & UB (Deb) and our Communication partners (SMS, Email – KK-Capillary, Mailer Design – Soumyajit-Adwize) in making this event a big success. We had a very passionate Senior Alumnus S M Murmu (GM, Maruti Udyog and Social entrepreneur)  from Delhi joinng us and appreciating the tempo abounding in Bangalore.

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Technology Alumni Association, Bangalore Chapter invites you for a talk by Mr. Arjun Malhotra - The story of an Early Startup. Mr. Arjun Malhotra, winner of the Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Award, has a long string of entrepreneurial successes. He co-founded the HCL group in 1975, taking it from a six-person “garage operation” to one of India’s largest Information Technology corporations. The first leading Indian entrepreneur to relocate to USA, Mr. Malhotra took over HCL’s US operation in 1989 and grew it to nearly $100 million annual revenues. In 1992, he ran the HCL-HP joint venture in India, and in 1996 he set up and ran the joint venture with Deluxe Corporation. He consolidated and grew HCL operations in Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand. 

Mr. Arjun Malhotra graduated from IITKGP with a B.Tech.degree in Electronics & Electrical Communication (1970,RP) and received the Dr. B.C. Roy Gold Medal.He is also a Member of the Board of Governors for IIT KGP Foundation.

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Dear KGPians,

In continuation in the series of talks we had from Dr. Harish Hande, Manaswini and Dr.Sridhar Mitta, since April this year, this month we have invited an illustrious alumnus, Mr. Anal Jain to share his views on “Microfinance- A solution to poverty in India?”

Going by the initial responses got so far, this is going to be one of the biggest gatherings for a monthly meet. We know for sure that many of our distinguished alumni and old timers are turning up for this month’s event. Please turn up in large numbers and make the event a success!

Venue: Indiranagar Club 9th Main, 4th Cross, HAL II Stage. Click here for Google maps link.
Date: 12th September 2009 (Saturday)
Agenda:

• 6.00 PM- Registration
• 6.15 PM – “Microfinance- A solution to poverty in India?” – Talk on Mr. Anal Jain
• Followed by- “Hungry Bangalore” – Sponsor Time
• Followed by – Music: East meets West, program by Ustad Kadar Khan Sponsored by Joe Fernandes
• Followed by Dinner and networking

About Mr. Anal Jain

Mr. Anal Jain has over 25 years experience in top management positions in major international and Indian IT firms. Among his key accomplishments are – leading Wipro Infotech’s marketing to IT Industry’s leading status, building and leading IBM’s business in India after their re-entry into the country, and starting and leading Sun Microsystems business in India. His passion for promoting entrepreneurship in Indian business has seen him as a Managing Director of MicroVentures (a Microfinance organization), Mentor at NASSCOM, Charter Member of TiE, and Board Member of Entrepreneurship Development Foundation promoted by Sasha in Kolkata.

Logistics:

• RSVP: If you are planning to make it to the event, do drop a confirmatory email to webmaster at iitkgpblr dot org or simply reply to this mail.
• Carpool:We have some of our alumni who graciously offered for Car pooling. Contact
  • Kimi (9845433372,Hebbal);
  • Dev (9845005686,Whitefield);
  • Ravi (9901840840, Whitefield)
  • Pawan (9886443480,JP Nagar).

  Please feel free to contact them if you are anywhere nearby. If you are planning to be there for the meet and willing to offer your car for pooling, please contact Ravi (9901840840) / Ramjee.

• Entry Fee: There is a nominal event fee of Rs.75 for Annual / Life Members and Rs. 100 for non Members. For any queries please feel to contact Ramjee (email: iit at ramjeeganti dot com, 9342509088).
• Sponsors: Hungry Bangalore

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It’s about 8 weeks since that memorable meet with Dr.Harish Hande(NH, 1990). About 25 of us who got to share some rare insights from Dr. Harish and of course had great time meeting each other. The past 8 weeks, I am sure were eventful both at work and home. Now is the time to catch up, with old buddies, the new ones from old days and spare a thought to the cause of Social Responsibility through one of our alumni Manaswini(SN,2001).

We are meeting on 27th of June at Koramangala Club, Bangalore at 5Pm. The agenda for the evening is as follows:

Date: 27th June 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 5:00 Pm
Venue: Koramangala Club, Bangalore

Agenda:

• Presentation on “Service – A social responsibility or the business I seek? & proposed projects. – 30 min.
• Open platform to share experiences or opinions related to CSR – 30 mins
• Wrap up and moving forward plan – 15 mins
• Snacks / cool drinks & networking (Beer on chargeable basis)

To give you a brief on the Speaker, Manaswini(SN,2001) is a very active member of the Bangalore TAA chapter. She is also very actively involved in various community activities both as a representative of her employer and on a personal level. She is one glaring example of managing the corporate life and the social life in a balanced manner. She will present to us on how we as a corporate or individuals can integrate business operations with socio-economic development of various stake holders and the communities.

The following is what Manaswini has to say about CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility).

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an initiative by corporate world to integrate business operations with socio-economic development of various stake holders and the communities. 

A broad term “Service” is the appropriate domain that represents my topic of interest for this session. It enables a collaborative support platform intended in reducing the supply demand gaps to achieve sustainable community development & step towards good governance. It typically ranges from providing infrastructural aid to support growth of marginalized section of the society; & conversely generating Innovative business models & new business avenues.

Hence, the paradigm of “Service” or CSR merges different dynamics; such as humane & ethical approach, with corporate governance & best business models. There is an inherent responsibility of every capable human being to contribute his/her worth to make their life blissful; who are deprived of bare essentials.

The quote aptly describes this inherent responsibility:-

“Do not believe that you can by means of service- reform or reshape the world. You may or may not; that does not matter. The real value of service, its most visible result, is that it reforms you, reshapes you. Do service as a spiritual discipline; then you will be humble and happy. “

So, what are you waiting for, block your calendars on 27th June, 5:00Pm.

Be there else you are missing a lot!

There is a nominal fee of 75Rs for Annual and Life Members and 100Rs for non Members. More details about membership can be found at the event.

For all those who want to come but are put off by Bangalore Traffic, we have car pooling offered by some of our alumni. Please feel free to contact Ravi (9901840840), Dev (9845005686), Kimi (9845433372). If any other alumni are interesting in car pooling please contact me (Ramjee, 09342509088) or Ravi (9901840840)

The above event on 27th June is sponsored by our alumni Raghunandan & Seshamani Varadu of ERG India.

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