Systems Continuum 2009 Held at SJMSOM, IIT Bombay

Systems Continuum 2009 Held at SJMSOM, IIT Bombay
Post-event Press-release

'Continuums' are a series of lectures held annually in the six major disciplines of management at Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management. The Systems Continuum 2009 was held on 15th March. The theme of the event was "IT - Driving the Next Generation Business Processes"

and was graced by the head-honchos of companies like Infosys, Yahoo, eBay, CA, Capgemini Consulting, IBM, MphasiS, Reliance Communications and Directi.

The event started with an inaugural speech by Prof. D. B. Phatak, Chair Professor, KReSIT, IIT Bombay. This was followed by the keynote address by Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan, CEO & MD, Infosys Technologies Ltd., who spoke about 'The Future of IT'. He spoke about the impact of IT saying that only 25% of the actual potential of IT has been explored till date. He also spoke about the impact of the Internet and how the Internet has extended into the real world. He shared his views on mobile computing, cloud computing, the Digital Home, and green computing. He stressed that India is at the center of IT, and IT is as exciting as ever, and we have many significant opportunities in this space which are as yet unexplored.

Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan, CEO & MD, Infosys Technologies Ltd. Speaking during Systems Continuum at SJMSOM

Dr. Jawahar Malhotra, CTO of Yahoo! India, shared his insights on 'Leveraging the Open Web'. He spoke about the Yahoo! Open strategy and beginning of the YOS momentum.

There was also a panel discussion moderated by Mr. Rajdeep Sahrawat, the VP of NASSCOM. The topic of the panel discussion was 'Managing IT in the Downturn'. The eminent panelists were Ms. Sunanda Ambardar Chak, Director, Marketing, CA, Mr. Meetul Patel, VP, Capgemini Consulting, Mr. Bhalchandra Joshi, VP, Reliance Communications and Dr. Jawahar Malhotra, CTO of Yahoo! India.

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* Contributed by -
Gunjan Gulati,
Member, Public Relations Team,
Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay.

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