EMERGEOUT Conclave - Second Edition
Interview with Krishnakumar Natarajan, Chair – NASSCOM EMERGE Forum
To mark the 2nd anniversary of EMERGE newsletter, the editorial team interviewed N Krishnakumar (KK), CEO & MD, MindTree Ltd and Chairman, NASSCOM’s EMERGE forum. In a freewheeling conversation, he looks back at how the “EMERGE” brand was built, talks about some of the important initiatives launched and also articulates his ideas on the road ahead.
Lesson For Managers – From Emergeout Conclave 2009
The just concluded Emergeout Conclave 2009 held by NASSCOM in Chennai was a real learning experience. The lessons learnt were undoubtedly valuable. One speaker gave a very interesting comment that most business leaders give a thumbs down to our politicians, but could if they tried to, learn a couple of lessons which could be applied in their everyday work life.
EoC2 – a Roaring Success
Just back from the EoC2 (Emerge out Conclave 2) meet. This time it was in Chennai (the first one was held in Delhi last year) and I could feel a lot more energy and enthusiasm. Chennai NASSCOM unit rocks for sure.
I had a great day. The whole event was blogged and hence I will not reinvent the wheel and cover some of the aspects what I saw or perceived.
M&A in IT Companies a Complexity
M&A is the buzz word in the current economic scenario; however, experts say that fundamentally the process of M&A is more of any art than science.
In an experts session Acquire or Get Acquired at Emerge-out, Nasscom Chennai, Kami Narayanan, Co-CEO, PreMedia Global said that any parent company before acquiring another company should ask two important questions 1: Will the acquisition bring new capabilities to the parent organization? 2: Will the acquisition help the parent company s economy to scale up?
The Valedictory session by Phaneesh Murthy, CEO – iGATE at NASSCOM EMERGEOUT Conclave ut conclave
The final session of the EmergeOut Conclave was Valedictory session . The speaker for the session was Mr.Phaneesh Murthy, CEO of iGate and who needs no further introduction. Mr. Gowri Shankar Subramaniam , CEO of Aspire systems was the chairperson.
Mr Gowri spoke about the gloom which existed today punctuated with statistics and opened the stage for Phaneesh to take over.
The unConference session at Emergeout Conclave
I had heard and read a lot about (un)conference but this was the first time i actually attended one. And I loved it. Unlike a conference or a speech or a panel discussion , an unconference is a place where audience runs the show and the moderators just guide the flow of content, which actually comes from the audience itself. The concept of unconference works by moderators giving the general theme and some basic ideas on it and then throwing open the topic to audience so that a discussion can take place and all can learn from it. In a sense its a peer-to-peer learning model! The role of moderators is to prevent conflict and to manage time so that all ideas can be covered.
Workshop on How Indian products can create a sustainable go to market strategy
The post lunch session of the EmergeOut Conclave 2009 began with a workshop on how the Indian product companies can use and create a sustainable “go to market” strategy. The moderator for the session was Mr. Dorai Thodla, CEO of iMorph. The moderator briefed about the unanswered questions which exists in the mind of marketers today, whether to make Product or Services , Whether to adopt inbound marketing or outbound marketing and so on, and set up the session.
Develop Domain Expertise to Penetrate SMEs Abroad
In the present global economy, the total IT investment by companies outside the Fortune 500 companies is higher than the cumulative IT investment of the fortune 500.
With economic crisis looming large, fall of large firms in the developed world, IT companies in India are looking to serve midsize companies abroad. Contextually, these mid-size companies also want to tap the Indian IT talent including start-up Indian IT companies.
Acquire or get Acquired: An M&A deep drive
The post lunch session was about how M&As (Mergers and Acquitions) would help emerging companies.The eminent speakers of this session were Vivek Gupta,Partner,BMR advisors, Vivek Agarwal,CEO,liqvid elearning services pvt ltd and Kami Narayanan,Co-CEO, Premedia Global.The moderator for the session was Anil Bakht,MD & CEO,Eastern software systems.
Mentorship program
Excerpts from the post session chat with Manjunath M Gowda, CEO & MD, S7 Software , who also moderated the Strategy session in the Emergeout Conclave 2009.
Mentorship program of NASSCOM has helped many emerging companies to cross the chasm and become profitable companies. One of the first companies which got mentored, S7 Software has now become a proficient player in the migration services.
