IIT 2008 Global Alumni Conference - Galaxy of Speakers
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Galaxy of Speakers

In all previous PanIIT Global Conferences, the plenary sessions have been addressed by some of the most pre-eminent luminaries in various fields. Among those who have addressed the conferences in the past are Arun Sarin, Bob Dynes, Dr. Abdul Kalam, Hilary Clinton, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt, Jeff Immelt, Rajat Gupta, and Shashi Tharoor.

An equally impressive array of stars has been lined up for the 2008 Global Conference! Take a look below:

Theme: Inspire

Dr. Manmohan Singh Dr. Manmohan Singh
The Prime Minister of India

Live video link

Orkut Buyukkokten Orkut Buyukkokten
Product Manager, Google

Live video link

Raghuram Rajan Raghuram Rajan
Economist

Speaks on "India: Roadmap to Top 3"

Stephen Cohen Stephen Cohen
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy

Interviewed by Kishore Mahbubani

Kishore Mahbubani Kishore Mahbubani
Dean and Professor in the Practice of Public Policy

To interview Stephen Cohen

Arjun Malhotra Arjun Malhotra
CEO and Chairman, Headstrong

Moderator of Knowledge-Capture session

Dr. Sandhya Shekhar Dr. Sandhya Shekhar
CEO, IIT Madras Research Park

Panelist in "Research Ecosystem" session

Theme: Innovate

Bob McDonald Bob McDonald
COO, Procter & Gamble

Talk on Innovation Strategies

Prof. Surendra Prasad Prof. Surendra Prasad
Director - IITD

Panel with Pramod Rastogi, Dr. Vijay Kumar, Dr. Rajiv Grover and Dr. Subra Suresh

Pramod Rastogi Pramod Rastogi
Professor - EPFL

Panel with Prof. Surendra Prasad, Dr. Vijay Kumar, Dr. Rajiv Grover and Dr. Subra Suresh

Desh Deshpande Desh Deshpande
Founder, Center for Innovation, MIT

Keynote speaker in "Innovation Ecosystem" session

Vijayakumar Dr. Vijay Kumar
Senior Associate Dean, MIT

Panel with Pramod Rastogi, Prof. Surendra Prasad, Dr. Rajiv Grover and Dr. Subra Suresh

Dr. Rajiv Grover Dr. Rajiv Grover
Dean, U Memphis

Panel with Pramod Rastogi, Prof. Surendra Prasad, Dr. Vijay Kumar and Dr. Subra Suresh

Dr. Subra Suresh Dr. Subra Suresh
Dean, MIT

Panel with Pramod Rastogi, Prof. Surendra Prasad, Dr. Vijay Kumar and Dr. Rajiv Grover

Dr. R Chidambaram Dr. R Chidambaram
Chairman, IITM

Keynotes speaker in "Research" track

Bombay Jeyashree Bombay Jeyashree
Singer

Creative Arts session panelist

Anil Kumble Anil Kumble
Former India captain, cricket

Panelist

Vijay Amritraj Vijay Amritraj
Businessman, Former Tennis player

Panelist

Vasundhara Raje Vasundhara Raje
ex Chief Minister, Rajasthan

Panelist

Theme: Transform

Dr. Anil Kakodkar Dr. Anil Kakodkar
Chairman, BOG, IITB; Chairman, AEC

Panel discussion

Prof. MS Ananth Prof. MS Ananth
Director, IIT Madras

Panel discussion

Prof. Juzer Vasi Prof. Juzer Vasi
Director, IIT Bombay

Panel discussion

Prof. Gautam Barua Prof. Gautam Barua
Director, IIT Guwahati

Panel discussion

Prof. Sanjay Govind Dhande Prof. Sanjay Govind Dhande
Director, IIT Kanpur

Panel discussion

Prof. Damodar Acharya Prof. Damodar Acharya
Director, IIT Kharagpur

Panel discussion

Professor Dr. S C Saxena Prof. SC Saxena
Director, IIT Roorkee

Panel discussion

C K Prahalad C K Prahalad
University of Michigan

Panel with Mr. B. Muthuraman, Mr. S. Ramadorai
and Mr. Ravi Kant

B. Muthuraman B. Muthuraman
CEO, Tata Steel

Panel with C. K. Prahalad, Mr. S. Ramadorai
and Mr. Ravi Kant

S. Ramadorai S. Ramadorai
CEO and MD, Tata Consultancy Services

Panel with C. K. Prahalad, Mr. B. Muthuraman
and Mr. Ravi Kant

Ravi Kant Ravi Kant
Managing Director, Tata Motors

Panel with C. K. Prahalad, Mr. B. Muthuraman and
Mr. S. Ramadorai

Amartya Sen Amartya Sen
Nobel Laureate

Valedictory keynote address

Aruna Roy Aruna Roy
Author of RTI

Panelist

More information will be available here as we finalize the speaking arrangements.

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