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PanIIT, a leading technology summit of IIT alumnus, is hosting its 9th Global conference in Delhi from 29th October to 31st October this year. The theme of the two day summit is ‘Sustainable Transformation: Our New India’ and promises two days of learning and networking opportunities for all the participants.
The PanIIT 2010 Global Conference will bring together a diverse group of thought leaders from industry, academia, government and alumni of the prestigious IIT’s. Many eminent speakers and panelists will be participating in the conference and will share their views on challenges and opportunities in critical areas such as education, energy, climate change, public health and digital infrastructure.
The 2010 chapter of PanIIT will address the imperatives of emerging ‘New India’, where the speakers and delegates will deliberate on the various facets of growth and transformation and identify ways and means to ensure sustainable and equitable use of available human and natural resources in India.
The conference is open to participants regardless of their affiliation with IIT. Interested candidates can register online on Pan IIT’s official website www.paniit2010.org.
Some of the key speakers for this year’s event are:
Sam Pitroda, Tom Friedman, R.K. Pachauri, Nandan Nilekani, Gurcharan Das, Farooq Abdullah, Arun Majumdar, Pradeep Khosla and Romesh Wadhwani amongst others.
The Pan IIT is an umbrella organization, covering alumni of all seven IIT’s. It was formed in 2002 by some like-minded IIT alumni, with a vision of helping IITs and IIT Alumni achieve their full potential and to evolve a brand that would provide strong fraternity among IIT alumni. Over the years, PanIIT movement has developed and consolidated itself in many ways. It has now fully functional chapters in India, US, EU, Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore.
“Pan IIT conferences mean universally acknowledged leaders in various fields coming back to their Alma Mater- IIT and investing their expertise to contribute their bit to transform the world. Innovating, Inspiring, Transforming - that’s what Pan IIT does”, said Pradeep Gupta (Alumni Member Pan IIT)
“In keeping with PanIIT’s mission of providing networking opportunities for members of the IIT system and proactively contributing to nation building, the 2010 PanIIT Conclave will have plenary sessions with participants on diverse set of topics like entrepreneurship and knowledge creation, good governance and innovative financing” , said Mr. Arun Seth, Chairman, PanIIT
In the past, PanIIT has hosted several successful conferences throughout the globe, boasting of eminent speakers like Bill Clinton, Jeffrey Immelt, Dr. Manmohan Singh, APJ...
