March 11-13, 2001  |  The Taj West End Hotel  |  Bangalore, India Organizing Sponsors Asia Society Dow Jones & Company Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Lead Corporate Benefactor American International Group, Inc. (AIG) Corporate Benefactor Warburg Pincus Corporate Contributors BPL Innovision Ford India Limited Corporate Supporters Bank of America Citibank, N.A. Goldman Sachs ICICI Limited Infosys Technologies Limited Silverline Technologies, Inc. Corporate Sponsors Global Internet Ventures Mahindra-British Telecom Rediff.com India Limited Satyam Computer Services Limited UBICS / The UB Group Cooperating Organizations Government of Karnataka Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India National Association of Software & Service Companies (NASSCOM) The American Chamber of Commerce in India The IndUS Entrepreneurs McKinsey & Company Additional Corporate Support Lucent Technologies Rabo India Finance Pvt. Ltd. Cisco Systems eAsiaFinance.com Cognizant Technology Solutions Organizing Sponsors Asia Society is America's leading nonprofit, non-partisan educational organization dedicated for over 40 years to forging closer links between Americans, Asians and Asian Americans. The Society presents a wide range of programs including art exhibitions, conferences, workshops, seminars, lectures, films, publications and performances throughout the U.S. and Asia. The Asia Society's Business Programs department organizes conferences, meetings, study missions and seminars which provide a leading forum for executives to meet the policy makers and business leaders who shape the Asia-Pacific business environment. These programs cover key economic and political developments in Asia, as well as the issues defining the climate of U.S.-Asia relations. The Society's headquarters is in New York City with regional centers in Hong Kong, Texas, California, Washington, D.C. and Melbourne, Australia and representative offices in San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai and Manila. The Asia Society's expanding family of websites include: www.asiasociety.org for information about the Society; www.askasia.org, a comprehensive website for K-12 Asian and Asian American studies; and www.asiasource.org, the Society's online service that is a gateway to the most up-to-date, reliable and valuable information and news on everything to do with Asia. Dow Jones & Company publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information, including comprehensive business and financial news on Asia for customers in Asia. In addition to The Asian Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal, and The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com, Dow Jones also publishes The Far Eastern Economic Review, Asia's leading magazine of business. Its electronic publishing businesses include not only WSJ.com but also Dow Jones Newswires and Factiva, a joint venture of Dow Jones and Reuters serving the corporate desktop market. Dow Jones also is 50% owner of CNBC Asia, Asia's only 24 hours business news channel, based in Singapore. The company has more than 280 reporters and editors based in 19 business centers throughout Asia, the largest Asia based news gathering staff of any global media company. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is a non-government, not for profit, industry-led and industry-managed organization. Founded over 100 years ago, CII is India's premier business association with a direct membership of 3800 companies from the private as well as public sectors and indirect membership of a large number of sectoral associations. With a number of departments involved in research, CII has become an advisory body to the Government of India on policies related to industry. Events organized by CII bring industrialists from all over the world to a common platform and help in opening new opportunities in the area of business. CII represents over 80% of India's organized industry. With 26 offices in India and 8 abroad and working relationships with 187 counterpart organizations in 87 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community. to top    Lead Corporate Benefactor Corporate Benefactor Corporate Contributor AIG is the leading U.S. based international insurance and financial services organization and the largest underwriter of commercial and industrial insurance in the United States. Its member companies write a wide range of commercial and personal insurance products through a variety of distribution channels in approximately 130 countries and jurisdictions throughout the world. AIG's global businesses also include financial services and asset management, including aircraft leasing, financial products, trading and market making, consumer finance, institutional, retail and direct investment fund asset management, real estate investment management, and retirement savings products. American International Group, Inc.'s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, as well as the stock exchanges in London, Paris, Switzerland and Tokyo. Warburg Pincus has been a leading firm in the private equity investment business since 1971. It currently manages $11 billion of private equity investments, with over $3 billion available for investment. The firm believes that its heritage of continuous, active, and successful involvement in this field, under the same senior management, is longer than that of any other global private equity partnership. The firm invests at all stages in the development of companies and considers investing in Information Technology as a major focus area. Warburg Pincus is one of the largest investors in India, having invested over $340 million to date. The firm's Indian investments include Bharti TeleVentures Ltd., HDFC, Moser Baer, Venture Infotek Ltd., Apar Holding Corp. and Rediff.com. BPL Innovision Business Group is focused on wireless, Internet, broadband and technology solutions, and is forging several global partnerships and alliances in these businesses. BPL Innovision Business groups presence in the wireless, (BPL Mobile is India's largest Mobile phone service provider with over 600,000 subscribers., ) Internet (IP) and broadband sectors has given us a strong domain knowledge, expertise and market access. The domain knowledge has come through our ability in planning, installing, commissioning, maintaining and upgrading complex networks end to end. The Global Technologies Solutions business, through a pool of technical resources, leverages the key strengths of the group to provide services in the area of software development, testing & verification and technical support services. to top    Corporate Supporters Bank of America, with $685 billion in assets, is the largest bank in the US. The bank has been in India for more than 35 years and operates through branches in the four major cities. It has a varied client franchise consisting of leading Indian corporations, government enterprises and US, European and Asian multinationals. In India, the bank has the capability to deliver a complete and diverse suite of products ranging from M&A advising and capital raising to cash management and trade finance. Bank of America has an active technology practice in Asia and has helped a number of clients to access the U.S. capital markets. Citibank is a member company of Citigroup, the largest and the most diversified provider of financial services in the world. With its 99 year history in India, Citibank has come to be acknowledged as one of the leading international banks in the country with a track record of outstanding business milestones. It is a pioneer in consumer banking, being the first to introduce focused consumer lending programs, and in electronic banking, having made significant investments in technology. It is the largest issuer of credit cards in India, with over 1.4 million cardmembers. Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking and securities firm, providing a full range of investing, advisory, and financing services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base, which includes corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high net worth individuals. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is one of the oldest and largest investment banking firms. After more than a century as a private partnership, our firm became a public company in 1999. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is headquartered in New York and has 42 offices in 23 countries around the globe. to top    ICICI Limited, India's premier financial services provider was founded in 1955 as a development financial institution at the initiative of the World Bank, Government of India and representatives of Indian industry. Over the decades, ICICI has stretched the borders of its business to evolve into a diversified financial services group providing broad spectrum financial solutions to corporate and retail customers. The ICICI Group today operates as a virtual universal bank with a network of 29 subsidiaries into areas of infrastructure and corporate finance, commercial banking, investment banking, auto and home loans, e-brokering, IT, Insurance etc. At the end of fiscal 2000, ICICI had assets of about Rs. 650 billion and net profits of Rs. 12.06 billion. The American Depository Shares of ICICI are listed on the NYSE. (symbol: IC)(ICICI) Infosys has grown from a small start-up to become India's most respected software company. It is now a global IT consulting and service provider, providing end-to-end consulting for global corporations and emerging dot-com companies. The company has partnered with several Fortune 1000 companies in building their next generation information infrastructure for competitive advantage. The Infosys portfolio of services includes e-strategy consulting and solutions, large application development and enterprise integration services. Infosys also has product co-development initiatives with numerous communication and Internet infrastructure companies that are creating the building blocks for the digital economy. Silverline Technologies (NYSE:SLT; www.silverline.com) is an ISO 9001, SEI CMM Level 4, international software solutions provider with more than 12 years of industry experience and over 1600 IT professionals globally. Silverline provides IT solutions and outsourcing services with specific focus in eBusiness, CRM, Legacy Transformation, and Application Maintenance. While experienced in many business disciplines, Silverline brings exceptional skills to the key areas of telecommunications, banking, utilities, insurance, transportation, and retail. With facilities in the United States, India, Canada, the UK, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, and Egypt, Silverline provides solutions to Fortune 500 companies as well as major corporations throughout the world. to top    Corporate Sponsors Global Internet Ventures (www.givinc.com) is a global investment company focused on investing in early stage technology companies based in India, China, and the U.S. GIV was founded in May 2000 by successful technology entrepreneurs and investors Bill Melton, Dr. Jeong Kim and Jeff Tonkel. GIV has a global footprint with offices in Northern Virginia, Silicon Valley, Bangalore, India and Beijing, China. GIV's experienced management team provides entrepreneurs with a global platform for creating, developing, launching, and growing international technology businesses. GIV's platform is designed to facilitate market entry in Asia and the United States by providing access to strategic partners, customers, technology, information, and capital markets. Mahindra - British Telecom Ltd., a joint venture between Mahindra & Mahindra and BT plc. is an ISO 9001 & SEI CMM Level 3 certified organization. With 14 marketing offices and 6 software development centres spread across the globe, MBT's business expertise spans Telecom, Software Engineering, Internet Technology, E-Business and Mobility Computing. The company has a resource base of over 2500 qualified software professionals and has an impressive global customer network. Rated as one of the top three System Integration and Consulting companies in India by the Gartner Group, the company registered an income of Rs.2403.23 million rupees in the FY 1999-00. Rediff.com India Limited (Nasdaq: REDF) was founded in 1996 and is one of India's leading portals focusing on India and the global Indian community. It is also one of India's first Nasdaq listed companies. Rediff.com consists of interest specific channels, features, local language editions, search capabilities and offerings including e-mail, chat and instant messaging. Rediff.com's US edition, focuses on Indians living in the USA. Rediff.com Marketplace, India's pioneering online shopping platform launched in 1998, comprises 120 shops offering products across 54 categories. It is also among the first in India to offer services through WAP and has won numerous awards for its quality, content and search engine capabilities.     Satyam Computer Services Ltd. is an end-to-end IT solutions provider offering a range of expertise that includes Software Development Services, Engineering Services (CAD/CAM/CAE), Systems Integration, ERP Solutions, Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management, Product Development, Electronic Commerce, and Consulting. Satyam is an SEI CMM Level 5 company. Our emphasis is on acquiring an in-depth knowledge of a customer's context and needs, and designing solutions that are fine-tuned to these needs. Satyam has become one of India's fastest growing IT companies, with a presence in 35 countries and a customer base of over 300 Fortune 500 and multinational companies and unique onsite, offshore & offsite delivery systems.   to top    Cooperating Organizations National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) NASSCOM is the apex body and Chamber of Commerce for the IT software and service industry in India. Its mission is to act as a catalyst for the growth of the infotech industry. The American Chamber of Commerce in India AMCHAM's principle objective is to promote activities that would encourage and stimulate investment by US companies in India. AMCHAM enjoys a very close relationship with US Embassy officials and receives tremendous support in fulfilling its objectives. AMCHAM is linked with other American Chambers worldwide through its relationship with the US Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. India Business Council in Washington, D.C. and the Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers (APCAC) in Hong Kong. McKinsey & Company is an international management consulting firm serving corporate and, to a lesser extent, government institutions. Founded in the United States in 1926, McKinsey now has 79 offices in 40 countries, including developing countries and Eastern Europe. Although each office reflects management practices of its own country, all share a common philosophy, draw on a common base of experience and skills, and adhere to a common set of standards with respect to professional responsibility, quality of work, caliber of staff, and problem solving approaches. to top    Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India. Over the last decade, the Indian Information Technology (IT) Industry, particularly the software sector, has grown in leaps and bounds. Industry revenues in this sector have grown more than tenfold from a mere US$.57 billion in 1988-89 to US$5.7 billion in 1999-2000. As a result, India has been acknowledged the world over as an important base for the growth and development of the IT industry. In order to give a concerted and focused approach to developing this sector further, the Government of India has set up a new Ministry of Information Technology (MIT) to be the nodal institutional mechanism for facilitating all the initiatives in the Central Government, the State Governments, Academia and the private sector for sound growth of Information Technology in the country. The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE) TiE is a high-minded organization of enterprising individuals who share mutual respect and meritocracy as their core values. TiE has established three objectives. First, to foster entrepreneurship and to nurture entrepreneurs. Second, to network and to facilitate networking among members. Third, to help members integrate with the mainstream community. TiE is an organization chartered by entrepreneurs, corporate executives and senior professionals with roots or interests in the Indus region, with the explicit goal of benefiting all entrepreneurs, would-be entrepreneurs and professionals with an interest in entrepreneurship. Government of Karnataka. Karnataka, the most progressive state of India, is surging ahead rapidly on the path of economic revival. Enterprise has been a way of life here for centuries. Many major public sector companies have their base in Bangalore, the state capital, resulting in a spurt of economic growth. The state is a global player in information technology with over 300 high-tech export-oriented software companies. Karnataka is the science capital of India and Bangalore the knowledge capital, with major research and scientific institutions located here.The state is the emerging capital of multinational corporations in Asia with more than 150 multinational corporations operating from here. Karnataka is home to about 130 Fortune 500 companies. to top    Additional Corporate Support eAsiaFinance (eAF) offers a comprehensive range of wealth management products and services (including brokerage and financial planning) to leading banks in Asia, using the Internet as a communication and delivery channel in conjunction with the banks' existing "bricks and clicks" network. eAF's partner financial institutions can thereby access global and local best-of-breed products with execution for local and global securities, targeted at "mass affluent" clients. eAF links the online technology and business know-how of its shareholders - Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, the leading Internet-centric European bank; Tata Consultancy Services, Asia's largest IT services firm; Compass, the investment vehicle of McKinsey, the world-leading strategy consultant and Ankar Capital, a wealth management advisory services boutique. More than any other single institution, Bell Labs has helped weave the technological fabric of modern society. Today Bell Labs is a global R&D community that functions as the innovation engine for Lucent Technologies to sustain its technological leadership as a over $33 billion supplier of things that make communications work. Lucent Technologies R&D in India today comprises 1000+ professionals (some of the world's best and the cream of India's intellectual resources) supporting Lucent's leading edge telecommunication products and technologies through leading edge work in emerging technologies in broadband and mobile Internet. Rabo India Finance Private Limited, a sub-sidiary of Rabobank Nederland, provides corporate and investment banking solutions catering predominantly to the TMIT (technology, media, Internet and telecoms) and the life sciences (including biotechnology) sectors. Rabo India Finance provides the entire spectrum of fund- and fee- based financial service products, leveraging Rabobank's worldwide network, including its technology bank - Rabo Securities, based in the Netherlands. These services include corporate finance (M&A, JV advisory services and corporate restructurings), strategic and private equity investment, structured finance, project finance and corpo-rate banking. For further information, please contact Ronil Sujan, Director, on 203-4567 extension 226. to top    Cisco Systems's Indian operations were established in 1995, and today Cisco operates from offices in New Delhi,Mumbai,Bangalore, Chennai and Calcutta. In addition, Cisco has large global software R&D lab - Cisco Global Development Center - in Bangalore that employs about 500 employees. India is now the second fastest growing market for Cisco in the world and the company is now the number one provider of data communications solutions to Internet Service Providers, banks, financial institutions, manufacturing companies and other large enterprise customers in the country. Cisco Systems is a global and local leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco's networking solutions connect people, computing devices and computer networks, allowing people to access or transfer information without regard to differences in time, place or type of computer system.  UBICS, Inc., a United States public company listed on Nasdaq, provides information technology services to large and mid-sized organizations. With clients around the globe, UBICS renders a wide range of professional services in such areas as client/server design and development, enterprise resource planning package implementation and customization, applications maintenance programming, and database and systems administration. With the 2000 inception of UB Interactive and acquisition of Cobalt Creative, UBICS provides creative web site design, e-commerce applications development, digital media, corporate identity, and web strategy solutions for business-to-business customers across the United States. Part of the $2 billion UB Group, which includes various businesses in over 20 countries, UBICS is backed by the strength and support of a global powerhouse. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is a leading e-business and applications outsourcer, providing software development and application management services for Fortune 1000 companies. Cognizant's core competencies include legacy and client/server systems, web-centric applications, data warehousing and component based development. The healthcare, financial, insurance, telecom and information-driven sectors of industry are all areas in which Cognizant's proven on-site/offshore methodology are highly effective. Cognizant is ISO 9001 certified and has been assessed at Level 5 of the Capability Maturity Model by the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. For more information, visit Cognizant on the web at http://www.cognizant.com. to top    Site designed by