NEW YORK, NY, April 20, 2013 (Press-News.org) Columbia Business School and the South Asia Business Association are proud to present the 9th Annual India Business Conference (CBS IBC) to be held at Columbia University's Morningside Campus in New York on April 27, 2013. The conference will feature top leaders including Mr. S.D. Shibulal, Co-Founder, CEO & Managing Director of Infosys, Mr. Arun Nanda, Director of Mahindra & Mahindra, Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati, Padma Vibhushan and University Professor at Columbia University, Mr. Jawed Usmani, Chief Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Government, Mr. Arun Kumar, Head of KPMG's US-India practice, Dr. Devyani Khobragade Acting Consul General of India in New York amongst other distinguished speakers.
This year's conference theme is be 'Growth - Looking Beyond Reforms', and the conference will bring together business leaders, policy makers, professionals, academics, and students from around the world to discuss India's future path from a country reliant on policies and reforms to one that will embrace change, technological advancement, and disruptive innovation to address key social, political and financial challenges ahead.
The forum, one of the leading India focused gathering in New York City, will be attended by senior industry leaders from Financial Services, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Consumer and Industrial Business, and Technology, and Education, and will look to address broad social and economic issues related to: Investing in India, Education & Empowerment, Mapping India's Competitive Strategy, and a Conversation on Trade Liberalization.
In conjunction with the panels, CBS IBC will host a 'Spotlight on Innovation' that will feature some innovative startups founded by Columbia University/Columbia Business School students and alumni. The Spotlight on Innovation will showcase creative business ideas and solutions and how those can be translated to address the needs of India and her citizens.
The Columbia India Business Conference is uniquely positioned as the premier India-focused conference in the New York region, is attended by over 300 people and has included renowned and influential keynote speakers and panelists such as Former Finance Minister Hon. Yashwant Sinha, Former Minister of State for External Affairs Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Nobel Laureate Dr. Joseph Stiglitz, Mrs. Meera Shankar (Indian Ambassador to the U.S), Mr. Charles Kaye (Co-President, Warburg Pincus), Mr. Deven Sharma (President, S&P), Mrs. Kiran Bedi (Social Activist and Former Director General at the Bureau of Police R&D), Mr. Bhavdeep Singh (Former CEO, Fortis Healthcare), Mr. Amit Burman (Vice Chairman, Dabur); sold-out audiences from across the U.S; and keen media attention from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Times of India, and other media outlets.
Founded in 1916 and located in New York City, Columbia Business School is consistently ranked among the top ten business schools in the world. We count many successful business leaders among our alumni, some of them being Warren Buffet '51 (Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway), Vikram Pandit '86 (CEO, Citigroup), James Gorman '87 (CEO, Morgan Stanley), Nand L. Khemka (Chairman, SUN Group/Khemka Group), and Benjamin M. Rosen (Chairman Emeritus, Compaq Computer Corporation), Henry Kravis '69 (Founder KKR Private Equity), Lionel Pincus '56 (Founder, Warburg Pincus LLC). The parent Columbia University has the highest number of Nobel Prize winners affiliated with it than any other institution in the world and has several notable alumni including the current President of USA, Barack Obama. Columbia is one of the most heterogeneous of leading business schools in professional background, international representation and individual demographics. Students come from various professional backgrounds ranging from non-profit organizations to fashion and media to finance. Upon graduation students enter various professions including Marketing, Consulting, Entrepreneurship and Finance.
For more information, visit the conference website: http://www.cbsibc.com
Register for the conference at: http://bit.ly/cbsibc2013
For inquires, email amannan13@gsb.columbia.edu or sgabula14@gsb.columbia.edu
9th Annual Columbia India Business Conference 2013: Growth - Looking Beyond Reforms
Columbia Business School's Annual Conference will be attended by senior industry leaders from Financial Services, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Consumer and Industrial Business, and Technology, and Education.
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