Panel to discuss entrepreneurial facets of technology ventures in India

September 18, 2006 by Teresa Riordan (permalink)   

Three entrepreneurs and a venture capitalist specializing in technology companies in India will speak on October 25 at a panel jointly sponsored by Princeton University's Center for Innovation in Engineering Education (CIEE) and the Jumpstart New Jersey Angel Network.

The panel, titled "Creating New Ventures in India: Experiences, Opportunities, and Challenges," will be moderated by venture capitalist and entrepreneur and professor, Ed Zschau, who has developed and teaches the highly successful course on high-tech entrepreneurship at Princeton.

The panelists are:

  • Randolph Altschuler and Joseph Sigelman, co-presidents of Office Tiger, a company specializing in business process outsourcing services
  • Bharat Desai, co-founder of Syntel, a global information technology services company
  • Sumir Chadha, senior managing director of Sequoia Capital India

"We would like to get beyond the clichés about outsourcing and bring an understanding of what's really happening from entrepreneurs who are directly involved," said Bob Monsour, CIEE's associate director for external affairs. "The panel discussion will cover all facets of the entrepreneurial experience in India."

The panel discussion will be from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. and will be followed by a reception. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the auditorium of the Friend Center at the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

The panel is part of a Technology Entrepreneurship Series sponsored by Princeton's Center for Innovation in Engineering Education (CIEE) in collaboration with the Jumpstart New Jersey Angel Network. Other sponsors are Morgan Lewis Counselors at Law, Amper, Politziner & Mattia, the New Jersey Technology Council, the Princeton Entrepreneurs Network, the Princeton Entrepreneurship Club, the Bendheim Center for Finance, and Princeton University.

The next event in the series will be an Innovation Forum in early 2007 that will feature Princeton scientists and engineers discussing their early-stage entrepreneurial ventures.