What: The Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, invites industry delegates, entrepreneurs, professionals and MBA students to attend the Annual IT Management Seminar 2005, a platform for IT/ consulting gurus to share their experiences and learning.

When: August 20, 21

Venue: Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala [Images]

Event highlights

~ The following speakers will address the theme of the seminar -- IT India: Crossing the Chasm.

• Ajit Balakrishnan, founder & CEO, rediff.com, on entrepreneurship in e-business, current challenges and future perspectives.
• Aruna Jayanthi, VP and head of outsourcing, Cap Gemini, on the challenges faced by today's outsourcing vendors.
• Jessie Paul, chief marketing officer, Wipro [Get Quote] Technologies, on marketing of IT Solutions.
• Vinay Deshpande, CEO, Encore Technologies & Chairman, Simputer Trust, on new market development and marketing.
• Sriniketh Raman, senior manager, corporate development, Cognizant Technology Solutions, on the next big steps in offshore IT.
• Anjani Mandal, head, financial services division, TechSpan, on medium-sized niche services companies in the IT spectrum.
• K Ganesh, non-executive chairman, Marketics, ex-founder and CEO, CustomerAsset/ ICICI [Get Quote] One Source
• Sunil Chitale, senior VP and head, manufacturing SBU, Patni 
• Viswanathan Krishnamurthi, CIO, Yahoo! Bangalore

~ Encore Software [Get Quote] will give a free demonstration of Mobilis, the Simputer, and its various features.

~ A national level paper presentation competition is being conducted. The shortlisted teams will present their papers in front of a panel during AIMS.

For more details, contact http://intranet.iimk.ac.in/~abakus/

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