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Beauty of Visakhapatnam:
Visakhapatnam is a port city on the southeast coast of India. Visakhapatnam is also popularly known as ' The City of Destiny' ,
it is also referred as ' Goa of the East Coast.' It has an enchanting tale of beauty, enthusiasm, enterprise and workforce. The
city's journey from small fishing villages to a bustling port and now a booming industrial city is simply legendary. In fact, it
has been recognized as one of the fastest developing cities in Asia. It has not only been the anchor for some of the public
sector giants like Visakhapatnam Port Trust, NTPC, Hindustan Shipyard Ltd., Visakhapatnam Steel Plant etc., but also
witnessing the growth in the private sector in the areas of banking, insurance, IT & ITES.
GAYATRI VIDYA PARISHAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (Autonomous)MADHURAWADA, VISAKHAPATNAM – 530048
PH: 0891-2736622, MOBILE: 9248089033 / 9246926651Email: Website: tnp@gvpce.ac.in www.gvpce.ac.in
Honorary Patrons
Prof. P. SomarajuSecretaryGVP College of Engineering (A)
Prof. N.S.V.V.S.J. GandhiPrincipalGVP College of Engineering (A)
ConvenerProf. P. Venkat RaoDean – IR, FR, T&P & AlumniGVP College of Engineering (A)
Co - ConvenerSri. A. S. R. SekharAsst. Professor – Dept. of EEEGVP College of Engineering (A)
Organizing Committee
Mr. RVV Murali Krishna
Mr. S. Kanthi Kiran
Mr. P. Gurumurthy Patrudu
Mr. A. Prakash Rao
Mr. IVS Venugopal
Mr. S.M.K. Chaitanya
Mr. Y. Ramanjaneyulu
Ms. K. Santhosh KumariMr. S. Srinivas
Organised Jointly by
th on 14 December 2012Under TEQIP – II, S.C – 1.2
"The Future of Indian IT Industry 2013-2020-
Meeting The Industry Demand by Academia"
A Symposium On
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (Autonomous)
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (Autonomous)
About the College Gayatri Vidya Parishad (GVP) has been established
in 1988 as an educational trust by a group of
eminent educationists, academicians, industrialists
and those with a touch of human values to
empower the young generation with a high quality
technical education. The Engineering education by
the GVP Society was first initiated by establishing an
Engineering College in the year 1996 with the divine
blessings of Sadguru Sri K. Sivananda Murthy garu.
Prof. P.S. Rao, former Professor& Dean of Industrial
Consultancy and Sponsored Research, IIT Madras, a
renowned Structural Engineering Consultant in the
country, was the founder Principal and it is initially
started with four different branches in B.Tech
program with an initial intake of 200. Now the
college is functioning with 7 different branches in
B.Tech program and 12 PG (11 M.Tech + MCA)
programs with a total intake of 1098 students and
has been accredited by NBA of AICTE, NAAC with 'A'
grade with a CGPA of 3.47/4.00 Autonomous Status
recommended by UGC and conferred by JNTU-K in
the year 2009 and also ranked 14 by NPIU among
the col leges applied al l over India for
implementation of sub component 1.2 of TEQIP - II.
An MOU signed with Govt. of Andhra Pradesh in this
regard. 30 faculty are recognized by JNTUK as
Research Supervisors.
Government of India is all set to execute the 12th five Year plan (2012-17) and targeting a growth rate around 9 %. In this context, IT Industry and Higher Educational Institutes in India are at a critical juncture in terms of exploring available opportunities, facing global economic challenges, improving student's employability index, meeting student's aspirations and building sustainable institutions.
In response to this national cause, GVP College of Engineering(Autonomous) in collaboration with IBM is conducting a symposium with well-respected information technology industry veterans & influencers on “The future of Indian IT Industry 2013-2020 - Meeting the demand of Industry by Academia”. Major focus of this event is to discuss latest IT trends, expectations of the industry from young graduates, shaping the career of budding engineers to cater the future IT needs and technology vision for the institutions.
We wish to project a direction to Higher Education Institutes from IT leaders through this event.
Theme of the Symposium
Agenda of the Day
12.30PM – 1.30PM : Reporting and Registrations 2.15PM – 4.30PM : Speakers Presentation & Panel Discussion
1.30PM – 1.45PM : Welcome and Opening Remarks 4.30PM – 5.00PM : Question & Answer
1.45PM – 2.15PM : Introduction of Speakers 5.00PM – 5.10PM : Closing Remarks
Venue: Central Auditorium of GVP College of Engineering (Autonomous) Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam.
Senior leaders and CXOs of global IT companies are visiting to share their perspective on this important theme.
Dr. A.L. Rao President - Sri Sri University, Board Member - Trianz Consulting,Former COO - Wipro Ltd.
Shri. Subrahmanyam (Subbu) VempatiCEO, Indiverein,
Former Corporate and World Wide VP, Hewlett-Packard.
Shri. Kalyan Banerjee Co - founder& Senior Vice President, Mind TreePro - Vice Chancellor, Centurion University.
Shri. Debasis Bandyopadhyay Global Head - Co-Innovation Network Tata Consultancy Services.
Shri. Vijayanand Vadrevu Head – IT Global Services Delivery, Novartis.
Shri. Winston S.K. AdamsAsst. Vice President - Corporate AffairsPhoenix IT Solutions Ltd.
Shri. Lawrence Mohan RajRegional Manager – South & WestIBM Academic Initiative, IBM India.
Founder
Eminent Speakers
Live Streaming: www.eliveevents.com/TheFutureofITIndustry
GAYATRI VIDYA PARISHAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (AUTONOMOUS)MADHURAWAD, VISAKHAPATNAM – 530048
PH: 0891-2736622, MOBILE: 9248089033 / 9246926651Email: Website: tnp@gvpce.ac.in www.gvpce.ac.in
Organised Jointly by
"The Future of Indian IT Industry 2013-2020-
Meeting The Industry Demand by Academia"
A Symposium On
th on 14 December 2012
Under TEQIP – II, S.C – 1.2
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (AUTONOMOUS)
Shri. Vijayanand Vadrevu Head – IT Global Services Delivery, Novartis.
Vijayanand Vadrevu is Global Head for IT Services of Novarits. Prior to this, Vijayanand was Chief Strategy Officer, Mahindra Satyam, a global
consulting and IT services provider. As a CSO & Senior Vice President , Strategic
Initiatives, he was assisting the CEO, in providing leadership on 'strategic initiatives' to
the company and would play a key role in scripting the growth plans of the
organization.
Vijanand has a vast experience in IT services industry with over 17 years with Wipro
Technologies. He was working as Vice President and Head for Life Sciences Vertical
solutions, responsible for Strategy, Sales and Delivery and was instrumental in
shaping it as one of the fastest growing Verticals.
He holds a Masters degree in Computer Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and has spent
more than six years in the U.S. in a number of client facing and practice building roles.
Shri. Winston S.K. AdamsAsst. Vice President - Corporate AffairsPhoenix IT Solutions Ltd.
Mr. Winston Adams is AVP – Corporate Affairs at Phoenix IT Solutions Limited,
Visakhapatnam. He holds a Bachelor degree in Commerce, a Diploma in Computer
Management and has done his MBA from RCM, Bhubaneswar. He has 20 years of
experience in Sales and Marketing, Human Resource Management, General
Administration, Process Management and Operations.
Prior to taking charge of Corporate Affairs Mr.Winston was heading Operations at
Phoenix IT Solutions and has been instrumental in fostering technological
partnerships with various MNC's across the globe. He has initiated for getting the
prestigious IBM Beacon Award 2012 for Smarter Industry: Best Industry Solutions for
Energy and Utilities and the ITsAP Best IT Product Award 2012. He feels sky is the limit
if we apply things right.
He is a managing committee member of VITA, an avid Cricket lover, he loves to spend
time with his family and reading books.
Shri. Lawrence Mohan RajRegional Manager – South & WestIBM Academic Initiative
Mr. Lawrence Mohanraj is Regional Manager - South & West, IBM Academic Initiative
at IBM India. In this role, his mandate is to create various industry-institution bridging
initiatives across various engineering colleges in South and West regions.
Prior to this, He was DGM, Consulting Services, IBM India. In last 29 years of his IT
experience, Lawrence worked on various areas like product management, solutions
and services in IT, software training, building a pool of IBM Skills & Capabilities from
the students of Engineering Colleges & Universities to make them that much more
Industry-ready and employable.
Dr. A.L. Rao President - Sri Sri UniversityBoard Member - Trianz ConsultingFormer COO - Wipro Ltd.
Dr. A.L.Rao is President of Sri Sri University Bhubaneswar, Orissa and board member
Trianz consulting. Prior to this, he was working as Chief Operating Officer of Wipro Ltd.
Dr. A. L. Rao joined Wipro's Information Technology business as a founder member in
1980 and contributed significantly towards building a R&D team. As Head of R&D, he
spearheaded the development and launch of Wipro range of computers in the Indian
market. From 1993 to 1996, he worked as Vice President (Technical) at Wipro Systems
he was instrumental in seeding and growing a number of business practices from
scratch. Testing Services, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing and e-Enabling are
some of them. As Group Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Wipro from
1996-1999, he implemented ISO 9000 compliant quality processes across the
Software Divisions of Infotech Group. He has also driven the SEI CMM initiative
enabling Wipro to become the first SEI CMM Level 5 Software Services Company in the
world.
In Oct 2000, Dr. Rao took over the leadership of Telecom and Internetworking
Solutions Division and steered the business through multifold growth to its present
preeminent position. From June 2005 to September 2008 he worked as the Chief
Operating Officer, with the responsibility for Product Engineering business(about one
Billion Dollar revenues), CIO & CTO functions,Admin & Facilities and Japan & China
Geographies sales & Operations.
Prior to Wipro, he worked in Electronic Corporation of India Ltd. from 1973 - 1980 and
was associated with the development of Operating Systems and Compilers for ECIL
computers. Dr. Rao has delivered the keynote speech at the 2nd World Congress on
Software Quality in Japan in 2000. He has been elected a Fellow of the Indian National
Academy of Engineering for distinguished contribution to Computer Science &
Engineering. Dr. Rao did his MSc. and PhD from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam,
India.
Shri. Subrahmanyam (Subbu) VempatiFounder , IndivereinFormer Corporate & World Wide VP, Hewlett-Packard.
CEO
Subbu Vempati is the Founder and CEO of Indiverein. Indiverein focuses on helping
promising companies cross the proverbial growth chasm.
Prior to founding Indiverein, Subbu was a Corporate and worldwide VP in Hewlett-
Packard managing a global Alliances business of about $8B. Prior to that, at HP,
Subbu had managed their largest product team, and addressed emerging markets
enabling a billion dollar business. Subbu had championed and led establishing of
HP Labs in India, and co-led the establishment of HP Software Centre in China.
Subbu is a Harvard alumnus. He is an engineering graduate of the Regional
Engineering College, University of Madras. His interest areas are growth,
entrepreneurship and innovation-oriented work, and innovative business models.
Shri. Kalyan Banerjee Co - founder & Senior Vice President, Mind TreePro - Vice Chancellor, Centurion University.
Kalyan Banerjee is co-founder and head of Learning at MindTree. Kalyan's
responsibilities include Leadership coaching and teaching Systematic Innovation at
MindTree. He is also Pro Vice Chancellor, Centurion University, Bhubaneswar. As a Pro
Vice Chancellor, he oversees strategic initiatives at Centurion University and
responsible for making teaching more effective. Currently he is on sabbatical leave at
Mindtree. He is actively involved in corporate education from 1994.
As part of MindTree, Kalyan's first responsibilities included setting up its Knowledge
Management function, and later the Culture and Competence Initiative. Kalyan was
instrumental in defining a learning culture, introducing communities to foster a learn
and share ecosystem, and building programs for holistic learning. The next five years,
Kalyan worked for MindTree's R&D Services business.
As part of MindTree's R&D Services Business, Kalyan has headed its Technology
Practices, the Communications Group and the Consumer Appliances group at
different times.
Kalyan is interested in teaching, and in academic interactions. His current interests lie
in systematic innovation and problem solving, mentoring, and leadership coaching.
He likes to explore new ways of teaching that make it fun and attractive for the learner.
“Effective Thinking”, and “Appreciating Conflicts” are two of his favorite topics for
coaching. Conceiving practical courses of industry relevance, and bridging the gap
between industry and academics are his passion. He mentors teachers & students and
loves to teach “core programming” to the enthusiastic students. Kalyan believes in
multi-dimensional and holistic growth of the individual as a responsible part of
society.
Prior to MindTree, Kalyan worked in Wipro's R&D for thirteen years. Kalyan's technical
career was in operating systems spanning different flavours of UNIX kernel. He worked
in Wipro's best-selling UNIX systems in the '80s and early '90s, and later as a UNIX
expert for clients like Intel, Univel, and Tandem. Kalyan has received awards for best
faculty, for his papers on conflicts and in innovation.
He graduated in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi and has a Masters in computer
science from IIT Kanpur.
Shri. Debasis Bandyopadhyay Global Co-Innovation Network Tata Consultancy Services.
Head –
Debasis Bandyopadhyay joined TCS in the late eighties and since then has taken
initiative in building many business around new technologies for TCS. He took charge
of the TCS infrastructure and gave it the current shape to accommodate a fast growing
organization. Debasis has always been a forerunner in nurturing emerging
technologies and creating new market space for TCS business.
He started his career in Indian Explosive Limited (IEL), Kanpur, India a sister concern of
Imperial Chemical Industry, Bellingham, UK as an Instrumentation Engineer and then
joined M.N. Dastur & Co. (P) Ltd. an engineering consulting organization in Kolkata,
He is instrumental in tracking emerging technologies for TCS business. He initiated
many new practices in TCS around emerging technologies. Currently as a Vice
President of the organization he leads Co-Innovation Network (COIN), a collaborative
research initiative in TCS CTO organization A Bachelor of Technology in Instrumentation and Electronics Engineering from
Jadavpur University in 1977 and Bachelor of Science in Physics, Debasis has been an
active member of the TCS family since last 25 years and is still driving to a greater
thresholds of achievements.
SPEAKERS PROFILES
th on 14 December 2012
Under TEQIP – II, S.C – 1.2
"The Future of Indian IT Industry 2013-2020-
Meeting The Industry Demand by Academia"
A Symposium On
Organised Jointly by
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (Autonomous)