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Key Speakers at NASSCOM 2008
 
Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, Former President of India
 
Government Luminaries

A. Raja, Hon’ble Minister for Communications and IT  
H. E. Dr S. M. Krishna, Governor of Maharashtra
Shri Kamal Nath, Hon’ble Minister for Commerce and Industry
Shri Sachin Pilot, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
 
Global CIOs

Ajit Naidu, Merrill Lynch
Anthony Abbattista, Allstate Insurance Company
Bob Willett, Best Buy Company, Inc. 
Darryl West, Lloyds TSB 
Drew Martin, Sony US 
Gail F Farnsley, Cummins Inc.
Jai Menon, Bharti Airtel 
Ken Brame, AutoZone 
Paul Coby, British Airways 
Phiroz P Darukhanawala, British Petroleum
Robert Greenberg, NISSAN 
Sandeep Chouhan, Barclays Bank 
Shaun J Coyne, Toyota Financial Services Corporation 
Suren Gupta, Wells Fargo
 
Academicians & Thought Leaders

James Canton, Institute for Global Futures  
Kevin Freiberg, San Diego Consulting Group, Inc. 
Prof Krishna G Palepu, Harvard Business School
Prof Tarun Khanna, Harvard Business School
 
Global Analyst & Consultants

Adil Zainulbhai, Mckinsey & Company 
Arun Maira, Boston Consulting Group
Bruce Richardson, AMR Research
David Mitchell, Ovum 
Dennis McGuire, TPI 
Edward E. V. Franco, Global HR and M&A Specialist, Hewitt Associates 
Euan Davis, Forrester Research, Inc. 
Kurt Potter, Gartner 
Mark Mayo, TPI
Peter Bendor Samuel, Everest 
Pradeep Udhas, KPMG
Robert Parker, IDC
 
CXOs & Key decision makers

Anand G Mahindra, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd
Arjun Malhotra, Headstrong
Arun Seth, BT
Arvind Thakur, NIIT
Ash Bhardwaj, Aricent 
Ashank Desai, Mastek
Atul Nishar, Hexaware
Azim Premji, Wipro
B Ramalinga Raju, Satyam Computer Services Ltd
Bernard O’ Driscoll, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development 
Christoph Kollatz, Siemens
David Levin, United Business Media
David Wan, Harvard Business School Publishing
Deepak Ghaisas, i-flex
Dominick Cavuoto, Collabera
Francois Enaud, Steria
Ganesh Natarajan, Zensar 
Ginni Rometty, IBM 
Harish Mehta, Onward
Harsh Manglik, Accenture 
Hubert Tardieu, ATOS ORIGIN 
Jerry Rao, EDS 
Jim Champy, Perot Systems  
John Hall, Vertex 
Kamal Mansharamani, Birlasoft
Kevin Taylor, BT
Lakshmi Narayanan, Cognizant 
Leonard Brody, Now Public
M R Rangaswami, Sandhill  
Nandan Nilekani, Infosys 
Peter Altabef, Perot Systems 
Peter Cheese, Accenture
Philippe De Geyter, Deutsche Leasing, Germany
Pramod Bhasin, Genpact
Prof Rishikesha T. Krishnan, IIMB
Qi Lu, Yahoo 
Rajendra S Pawar, NIIT Technologies Ltd 
Rajiv Bajaj, Bajaj Auto Ltd 
Ranu Vohra, Avendus 
S Ramadorai, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd 
Sandeep Arora, Accenture
Sanjay Vig, Orange Business Services
Sanjiv Puri, ITC Infotech
Shereen Bhan, CNBC TV18
Stephen Lund, Nova Scotia Business Inc 
Steve Rohleder, Accenture 
Surinder Singh, Fidelity Enterprise Services
Vijay Kumar Magapu, Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited
Vineet Nayar, HCL
Vinod Kumar, VSNL
Warren Harris, INCAT-Tata Technologies
Wim Elfrink, Cisco

* Indicative list of confirmed speakers
Sponsor Activity
  • Avendus CEO Forum -    "Indian IT: Buy Or Sell?"
  • Launch of "OUTSMART",
        a new book by Jim Champy

  • NASSCOM2007 Presentations
      Track A-Global     LeadershipConclave
            Prof. Deepak Malhotra, Harvard Business School
            Terry S. Kline, General Motors Corporation
      Track B - Global Sourcing       Conclave
            Bob Welch, IDC
            Paul Schmidt, TPI
            Richard Collins, Golden Rule Insurance
            Steve Ham, Senior Writer, BusinessWeek, NY
      Track C - Engineering          Services
            Sudhakar Kolli, Caterpillar
            John Hagel, Management Consultant