Indian Institute of Management Bangalore inaugurated the PGSEM batch of 2010, the 13th batch of this prestigious executive general management education programme offered exclusively to professionals in the IT sector in India. The PGSEM course endeavors to provide the most current executive general management education to middle and senior professionals from the software and information technology industry who seek to pursue a career in management. The programme aims to transform professionals with strong technical knowledge to business leaders possessing equally strong management knowledge and a global perspective. IIMB is proud to have partnered with the Indian software and information technology industry on its journey towards becoming a dominant force in the global market.
Mr. Harsh Manglik, Chairman of NASSCOM Executive Committee, was the chief guest for the event and delivered the keynote address. He congratulated the incoming batch of students wishing them a successful journey and presented his views on India, Indian IT industry and the very critical need for next generation leaders in shaping the future of emerging India. Mr. Manglik said that India has the youngest population with around 600 million below the age of 24, surging forward towards rapid economic growth. "Inclusion in economic growth and creating conditions for a stable society are the key challenges ahead for our nation and the IT industry is expected to provide the right solutions such as TeleMedicine, Remote Learning and Diagnostics," he added. Last year the Indian IT industry grew to about USD 50 billion and is expected to generate total revenue of USD 175 billion according to a conservative estimate in a NASSCOM and McKinsey report. Mr. Manglik highlighted that about 80% of this growth will come from Engineering Services, Telecom, Health and Medical technologies.
Professor Pankaj Chandra, Director IIMB welcomed the new batch of students and spoke about the challenging and exciting journey during the PGSEM course and stressed the importance of building on their strong domain knowledge and expertise to become good decision makers.
The PGSEM student community that is acclaimed for creating entrepreneurs showcased their new ventures in an interactive session with Mr. Manglik. The ventures presented were:
Adaptive Marketing (www.adaptivemarketing.in)
Adaptive Marketing creates next generation product management and marketing professionals, critical catalysts for the fast growing IT product ecosystem in India.
"Enabling aspiring, new and existing PM/PMMs with pragmatic methodologies and field tested best practices, is critical as MNCs in India look at augmenting their technical execution with business focus and as Indian products go global.." said Vishwanathan who decided to cofound the venture with other industry veterans.
vRideAlong
vRideAlong aims to provide a convenient, reliable and secure ride-sharing solution for multiple avenues.
Parashar Shah, co-founder said, "Access to information anytime and anywhere and finding the best ride share partner is our motto. We want to make ridesharing convenient to people even with flexible work schedules. We want to help organizations reduce parking problems and carbon footprint."
Dhonuk (www.dhonuk.com)
Dhonuk was formed as part of a cultural entrepreneurship initiative by a group of IIM Bangalore students and an artist. In essence Dhonuk is a unique online art ecosystem with an in-built social network that enables art content from member artists to be showcased and made saleable. It also provides art lovers and art connoisseurs the unique experience of interacting with artists, buying readymade artwork or getting customized artwork created at affordable rates from young and budding artists in easily useable formats.
MeshLabs (www.meshlabsinc.com)
"We develop innovative enterprise software products to solve complex information management, research, business intelligence, and regulatory compliance problems across several industries" said Shantanu co-founder, Meshlabs. Incubated at NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore, the company builds advanced solutions using emerging trends in text analytics, semantics, natural language processing, business intelligence, and enterprise social computing.
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore inaugurated the PGSEM batch of 2010, the 13th batch of this prestigious executive general management education programme offered exclusively to professionals in the IT sector in India. The PGSEM course endeavors to provide the most current executive general management education to middle and senior professionals from the software and information technology industry who seek to pursue a career in management. The programme aims to transform professionals with strong technical knowledge to business leaders possessing equally strong management knowledge and a global perspective. IIMB is proud to have partnered with the Indian software and information technology industry on its journey towards becoming a dominant force in the global market.
Mr. Harsh Manglik, Chairman of NASSCOM Executive Committee, was the chief guest for the event and delivered the keynote address. He congratulated the incoming batch of students wishing them a successful journey and presented his views on India, Indian IT industry and the very critical need for next generation leaders in shaping the future of emerging India. Mr. Manglik said that India has the youngest population with around 600 million below the age of 24, surging forward towards rapid economic growth. "Inclusion in economic growth and creating conditions for a stable society are the key challenges ahead for our nation and the IT industry is expected to provide the right solutions such as TeleMedicine, Remote Learning and Diagnostics," he added. Last year the Indian IT industry grew to about USD 50 billion and is expected to generate total revenue of USD 175 billion according to a conservative estimate in a NASSCOM and McKinsey report. Mr. Manglik highlighted that about 80% of this growth will come from Engineering Services, Telecom, Health and Medical technologies.
Professor Pankaj Chandra, Director IIMB welcomed the new batch of students and spoke about the challenging and exciting journey during the PGSEM course and stressed the importance of building on their strong domain knowledge and expertise to become good decision makers.
The PGSEM student community that is acclaimed for creating entrepreneurs showcased their new ventures in an interactive session with Mr. Manglik. The ventures presented were:
Adaptive Marketing (www.adaptivemarketing.in)
Adaptive Marketing creates next generation product management and marketing professionals, critical catalysts for the fast growing IT product ecosystem in India.
"Enabling aspiring, new and existing PM/PMMs with pragmatic methodologies and field tested best practices, is critical as MNCs in India look at augmenting their technical execution with business focus and as Indian products go global.." said Vishwanathan who decided to cofound the venture with other industry veterans.
vRideAlong
vRideAlong aims to provide a convenient, reliable and secure ride-sharing solution for multiple avenues.
Parashar Shah, co-founder said, "Access to information anytime and anywhere and finding the best ride share partner is our motto. We want to make ridesharing convenient to people even with flexible work schedules. We want to help organizations reduce parking problems and carbon footprint."
Dhonuk (www.dhonuk.com)
Dhonuk was formed as part of a cultural entrepreneurship initiative by a group of IIM Bangalore students and an artist. In essence Dhonuk is a unique online art ecosystem with an in-built social network that enables art content from member artists to be showcased and made saleable. It also provides art lovers and art connoisseurs the unique experience of interacting with artists, buying readymade artwork or getting customized artwork created at affordable rates from young and budding artists in easily useable formats.
MeshLabs (www.meshlabsinc.com)
"We develop innovative enterprise software products to solve complex information management, research, business intelligence, and regulatory compliance problems across several industries" said Shantanu co-founder, Meshlabs. Incubated at NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore, the company builds advanced solutions using emerging trends in text analytics, semantics, natural language processing, business intelligence, and enterprise social computing.