[Ncsi-net] FW: K-Community of Bangalore Event !

[Nandhan Ravi]

Posted by K-community - KM Event.

-----Original Message-----
From: K-Community of Bangalore [mailto:coordinator at k-community.org]
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 4:05 PM
To: coordinator at k-community.org
Subject: K-Community of Bangalore Event !


Dear Friends,

The Knowledge Management Community of Bangalore will meet on the 4th
Wednesday of this month: August 23rd. The agenda for our gathering is as
follows:

6:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.: Networking/Introductions

6:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.: Welcome address by Host: Mr. Ashook Soota,
Chairman & MD, MindTree Consulting

6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.: Panel Discussion on the topic "Enabling
Innovation". Panelists: Mr. Vinay Deshpande, CEO of Encore Software,
Prof.
H.P.Khincha , IISc, Mr. Anand Adkoli, CEO of Liqwid Krystal

7:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.: Q&A and Conclusion
                      
Theme of the Panel Discussion:

Knowledge management can be viewed broadly as focusing on areas: 1)
Knowledge Creation and 2) Knowledge Sharing. Knowledge Creation is about
creating new knowledge and Innovation. The focus on Innovation gives KM
a forward looking creational role, as opposed to just focused on sharing
past learning's. Increasingly, it is realized that Innovation has to be
a core component of the overall Knowledge Management strategy of an
organization.

KM does not only act as a catalyst for creativity, but can also provide
means by which Innovation networks get built. This can range from
internal idea networks to external innovation networks including
partners, suppliers, and customers. According to Tom Peters, "Innovation
comes only from readily and seamlessly sharing information rather than
hoarding it". Increasingly collaboration is becoming a key enabler of
innovation.
>From a business perspective, innovative companies have experienced
profit growth several times the rate of non-innovative organizations.

The panel will like to dwell on how organizational and product
innovations are being successfully enabled, and what works/what doesn't.
The panelists have either researched or led innovations in their
respective products.

Speaker Background:

Vinay Deshpande, CEO of Encore Software
Vinay is an MSEE from Stanford University , USA with over 35 years of
experience in hardware / firmware development, and in R&D Management. He
has also been responsible for the development of a vast range of
electronics/IT products during his long IT career. Amongst the most
respected personalities in the Indian IT industry, he has numerous
associations, with the Government (including the Prime Minister's
Information Technology Task Force), and within private industry, in
India and overseas, and is an Adviser to Draper International, a
venture-capital firm.

Along with his colleagues Shashank and Mark, Vinay is one of the co-
developers of the Simputer, a low-cost, mobile computing device designed
to help bridge the Digital Divide. He is also a Founder-Trustee and
Managing Trustee of the Simputer Trust, a not-for-profit entity. To
recognize this achievement of developing the Simputer, the seven
founder- members of the Simputer Trust were jointly awarded the First
Dewang Mehta Award for Innovation in Information Technology, instituted
by the Government of India, in August 2002.

Prof. HP Khincha, IISc
Prof.(Dr.) H.P. Khincha is the head of the Electrical Engineering
Division at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore . He is the CEO
of Society of Instrument and Development (SID), the head of Knowledge
based services at the Institute and Coordinator, Quality Improvement
Program, Govt. of India. He has been visiting fellow to number of
universities abroad and have more than 150 international publications to
his credit

Anand Adkoli, CEO of Liqwid Krystal
Anand Adkoli is the Co-founder and CEO of Liqwid Krystal, a company that
focuses on enhancement technologies in eLearning. He oversees national
and global sales, marketing and customer care functions. Anand carries
with him a diverse combination of efficiencies in business strategy,
technical expertise & evangelism, He is the author of over 40 technical
papers, and has authored six books from Osborne/McGraw-Hill. He is the
Chief Architect for the Oracle Simulator product that has generated more
than $ 1million for Oracle.

Anand holds a Masters' Degree in Computer Science from Northern Illinois
University , U.S.A and a Master of Science in Industrial Management
Engineering from Montana State University , U.S.A

Panel moderator : P.C. BARUA. Director, SYNeRGY Management & Technical
Consultants and core group member, K-Community

Address of Hosting Organization:
MindTree Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
No. 42, 27 th Cross,
Banashankari 2 nd Stage.
Bangalore 560070
Phone: (080) 2671-1777

Directions and Contact Person:

Please click the link below to download the directions to the MindTree
Office at Banashankari. When you get there, you need to come to the
larger of the 2 buildings, on the ground floor, to a training room
called "MindSet." http://www.mindtree.com/bangalore.zip

Mr. Raj Datta [ rajd at mindtree.com ]
General Manager( Knowledge Management)
Phone: 2671-1777 x1603, 9845197530 (M )

Also, don't forget to register online in our website and circulate this
message among your KM colleagues ...

Sincere Regards,


Knowledge Management Community of Bangalore
URL: www.k-community.org
Bangalore, India



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