Events at Alumni

Events at ISB

London Alumni Meet
Saturday, October 13, 2007

Following the WMBA event in London on October 13, an alumni get-together will be held at the Bombay Palace, 50 Connaught Street London W2 2AA.

Even if you are unable to attend the WMBA event, do try and join Associate Dean Savita Mahajan and other alumni for dinner. If you think you might be able to make it, please email Indira_Vemuru@isb.edu or Smita_Hopper@isb.edu, so that we can keep you informed in case of any updates.

New York City Alumni Picnic
Sunday, October 14, 2007

Let’s get together. And before it gets cold, let’s enjoy the outdoors. Let’s meet at Battery Park City Park for a picnic and lunch. Bring along spouses, kids, families and friends. 

A headcount will be needed in order to get food, as well as vegetarian or non-vegetarian preferences. So get back to
Pooja Maheswari  (’05) or Ravi Gupta (’03) to confirm.

Hyderabad Alumni Meet
Friday, October 19, 2007
1830 hrs

All Hyderabad-based and Hyderabad-visiting alumni are invited to a talk by Professor Charles Dhanaraj on Global Strategic Management, followed by dinner on October 19, 2007.

An Associate Professor of Management at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA, Professor Dhanaraj is currently at the ISB as a Visiting Scholar. While at the ISB he is also scheduled to teach two elective courses in strategy. His research interests include global strategy Implementation & review, strategic alliances, managing strategic change and technology management.

A graduate of IIT Chennai, he completed a Masters degree in engineering before going on to a MBA at the Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada, and thence to a PhD at the University of Western Ontario.

If you would like to attend Professor Dhanaraj’s talk and the subsequent dinner, please email Smita_Hopper@isb.edu

Solstice
December 22 – 23, 2007

Solstice – the ISB Alumni Reunion is scheduled for Dec 22 – 23 this year. This will be the fifth year reunion for the Class of 2003. Mrinalini Shastry, Arjun Srinivasan, Kapil Jain, Suryanarayan Shastry and Prashanth Dhawan have volunteered to be on the Class of 2003 volunteer team that will work with the current class on the Solstice events.

Registration will be opening soon, so block your dates and watch this space for updates!

ISB Annual Pharma Summit
Wednesday, October 17, 2007

The Healthcare Club at the ISB is hosting the ISB Pharma Summit on October 17, 2007. The theme for this year is “Indian Pharma: Coming of AGE“ where AGE stands for Access-Growth-Economics. This day long Summit will focus exclusively on the Indian Pharmaceutical industry. There are three sessions planned for the day, each specifically for “Access”, “Growth” and “Economics”.

Some of the expected speakers are Vikas Bhadoria - Associate Partner Life sciences, McKinsey, Anil Matai - CEO, Pharmaceuticals Division Novartis India Ltd., Viraj Gandhi - CEO, Medicine Shoppe, Dr Ajit Dangi - Director General, OPPI, Kewal Handa - MD Pfizer, Ranga Iyer - MD Wyeth, Utkarsh Palnitkar - Partner, Ernst & Young and Sanjeev Dani - Senior Vice President & Regional Director, Asia , Ranbaxy.

For more information on the agenda and other speakers, visit: http://www.isb.edu/pharmasummit2007/index.html

Social Responsibility Conclave
Saturday, October 20, 2007 
1000 – 1730 hrs

Education has been a prime focus area and a constitutional directive for development in post-independence India. Yet illiteracy remains endemic at different levels and education and awareness levels are low among people. Interplay of cultural and economic factors makes the issue largely intractable and includes concerns about scale, accessibility and quality of education. In India where a sizeable part of the population lives below the poverty line, there is a need for increased adoption and much wider alliance for broadening the base of education.

The Social Responsibility Conclave, organised by the Net Impact Club, is a congregation of thought leaders from various sections of the society- including NGOs, business schools, industry, academia, and politics.

• Through the Conclave, the Club aims to target the following objectives: -
  Provide a platform for exchange of views/perspectives by bringing various stakeholders of the educational sector on a single platform
• Influence business leaders of tomorrow – the students of participating business schools – to the issues concerning spread of education
• Conceive feasible, self-sustaining models for action to promote education at various levels in the country

Ram Mynampati: Future of Services Outsourcing to India – The Innovation Angle
Friday, October 26, 2007 
1900 – 2000 hrs

Ram Mynampati, President & Member of the Board, Satyam Computer Services Ltd. ,Chairman, Citisoft, Inc
Ram Mynampati provides business leadership, technology direction, and strategic vision to expand Satyam’s commercial frontiers in the Americas. His techno-managerial opportunity scaling skills have enabled Satyam enter, consolidate, expand, and grow exponentially by finding custom-tailored solutions to seamlessly serve government, retail, transportation, insurance, banking, financial services, and health care segments. He is currently spearheading emerging business initiatives to imprint Satyam’s footprints firmly in Canada and Latin America.

IKSHAA – the Marketing Summit
Saturday, October 27, 2007

The theme for this year’s IKSHAA, organised by the Marketing Club, is “Beyond Rich India. Lower Income Segments – A Marketing Opportunity”

Block your dates and keep an eye out for more information that we will send you soon.

TiE – ISB Connect
November 14 – 16, 2007

The TiE-ISB Connect is a joint initiative of TiE, Hyderabad Chapter and the Wadhwani Centre for Entrepreneurship Development at the ISB, Hyderabad. It is a forum that brings together early stage venture capitalists, start up and growth stage entrepreneurs and academicians, on a common platform to interact and help build successful enterprises.

This year we have significantly up-scaled the scope and magnitude of the event, with discussion tracks on diverse sectors including The Mobile Convergence, Life sciences and Health Care Security and Biometrics, Retail Industry ,Real Estate and Infrastructure & New Media and Entertainment.

Each track will have a keynote address by a successful entrepreneur, a review of global trends in the sector by an analyst, and a panel discussion by venture capitalists and successful entrepreneurs on sector opportunities. Entrepreneurs seeking opportunities in these sectors may attend the event as delegates. The entrepreneur community can also benefit from two specific opportunities:

• NEA-IUV Business Plan Showcase (November 14) – Presenting your project to potential investors.

• Jumpstart your venture (November 14) – Workshop preparing the aspiring entrepreneur for an exciting journey

Write to Tie_isbconnect07@isb.edu to register for the Jumpstart workshop

ISB Leadership Summit
Saturday December 1, 2007

The theme for the ISB Leadership Summit this year is “India – Fostering Sustainable, Inclusive Growth”.

Block your dates and watch this space for updates.

Capital Markets Conference
Saturday, December 8, 2007

Save the date and watch this space for more updates on the Finance Clubs flagship event.

International Symposium of Information Systems (ISIS2007)
December 21 – 23, 2007

The Centre for Information Technology and the Networked Economy (CITNE) at ISB is hosting the second International Symposium of Information Systems (ISIS2007). This symposium will bring together leading academic researchers and industry thought leaders to confer and debate current unpublished work on research topics that are relevant and rigorous.

The meeting will open with a high-powered industry day comprising a series of panel discussions. Each panel focuses on issues of emerging importance, is moderated by a leading academic and is made up of 3-4 CXO level industry captains. The subsequent two days will focus on current academic research. The programme format consists of a series of paper presentations followed by discussant comments. Extended breaks and compelling social activities between and after sessions add to the significant networking opportunities in a collegial setting.

Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) Asia Round
March 8 – 10, 2008

The finals of the Asia Round of the Global Social Venture Competition will be held at the ISB in March 2008. The GSVC awards prizes to the business plans that show the highest, most integrated financial and social returns. The programme is made possible through the corporate sponsorship of Helios and Matheson.

All competing ventures must have an active team member who is a current MBA student or who has graduated less than two years ago.

The last date for submitting an executive summary of your business plan is November 15, 2007. For further details and information, visit: http://www.isb.edu/wced/GSVC_AsiaRound.Shtml

For more information on ISIS2007, please visit: http://www.isb.edu/SeminarsConference/ISIS2007/index.Shtml