Events
India Inc Events
- Aventis Business School invited alumni to interact with Vikas Pota
- Singapore’s leading MBA school - SP Jain School of Management welcomes Vikas Pota
- Gujarat Electronics & Software Industry Association (GESIA) flags off book in Amdavad City
- Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) invites Vikas Pota to lecture MBA students
- Confederation of Indian Industry hosts book launch in Mumbai
- HSBC Private Bank hosts reception with high net worth clients
- British Council hosts a panel discussion in Delhi
- Reliance TimeOut in Gurgaon organises a book launch in their showcase store in India
- India Inc: The UK Launch Party
- TiE hosts: Spotlight on Indian Entrepreneurship - Vikas Pota interviews Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
- Press meet with Baba Kalyani
- HSBC Private Bank hosts.. In conversation with Vikas Pota
Aventis Business School invited alumni to interact with Vikas Pota
On 1st March 2010, New York State University’s affiliate partner in Singapore invited Vikas Pota to interact with its alumni comprising 40 C-level executives and entrepreneurs on India Inc going global.
Singapore’s leading MBA school - SP Jain School of Management welcomes Vikas Pota
An overview of trends being seen in Indian commerce was presented to MBA students in Singapore on 1st March 2010.
Gujarat Electronics & Software Industry Association (GESIA) flags off book in Amdavad City
As a result of Gujarat’s entrepreneurial track record, Vikas Pota was invited to launch his book by Nirav Shah, President of GESIA in the presence of senior bureaucrats and entrepreneurs. Ravi Saxena - Secretary for Science & Technology, Sushil Handa - Claris Life Science, Uday Mahurkar - India Today magazine participated in a panel discussion moderated by Vikas Pota.
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) invites Vikas Pota to lecture MBA students
MBA students from the entrepreneurship cell of NMIMS, one of India’s leading business schools, requested Vikas Pota to conduct a lecture to an eager group of students.
Confederation of Indian Industry hosts book launch in Mumbai
India’s apex industry body invited Vikas Pota to deliver a keynote speech to an audience comprising the international diplomatic community at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on 26th February 2010.
HSBC Private Bank hosts reception with high net worth clients
Vikas Pota was invited to meet and address affluent clients of HSBC Private Bank in Mumbai on 25th February 2010.
British Council hosts a panel discussion in Delhi
On 24th February 2010, the British Council in New Delhi hosted Vikas Pota’s book launch in Delhi. The event comprised a panel discussion comprising: Siddhartha Vardarajan - Strategic Affairs Editor of The Hindu; Saurabh Srivastava - Chairman of Computer Associates (India); Rajesh Shah - former President of Confederation of Indian Industry.
Reliance TimeOut in Gurgaon organises a book launch in their showcase store in India
On 23rd February 2010, Reliance TimeOut, a Anil Ambani company, invited Vikas Pota to interact with their guests and customers regarding the book and the lessons to be learnt.
India Inc: The UK Launch Party
What a great evening, with over 250 guests, the book was launched at the Taj St. James Hotel in London on 21st February 2010. Speeches were delivered by Stephen Pound MP and Dixit Joshi, MD & Head of European & Asian Equities at Barclays Capital. With Government Ministers, Captains of Industry, leading opinion formers, and India watchers, the event proved to be a great celebration.
- See Vikas Pota's photos from the India Inc UK Launch Party
- See Mark Kobayashi-Hillary's photos from the UK launch party
- Watch Mark Kobayashi-Hillary's videos from the UK launch party
- Read the review, see photos and watch the videos from the launch party at RedHotCurry.com
TiE hosts: Spotlight on Indian Entrepreneurship - Vikas Pota interviews Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
On 11th February 2010, The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) - a global network dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship hosted an event in London, in which Vikas Pota interviewed Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairman of Biocon Technologies - also popularly known as the woman who gave birth to the biotech industry in India. The event was attended by 150 leading entrepreneurs seeking to learn from Kiran’s experiences.
Press meet with Baba Kalyani
On 26th January 2010, en-route to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Baba Kalyani - Chairman of Bharat Forge interacted with media representatives to publicise the book. Journalists from China, India, France, US and the UK quizzed him on big picture issues ranging from the competitive threat of China, India's position on climate change, the financial crisis and the auto slowdown, and his views on the state of the manufacturing sector globally.
Video of the press meet with Baba Kalyani (20 mins)
HSBC Private Bank hosts.. In conversation with Vikas Pota
To coincide with the launch of India Inc, HSBC Private Bank hosted an exclusive event in the evening of 26th January 2010, in which Vikas Pota interviewed Baba Kalyani, Chairman of Bharat Forge, with participation from the audience. Unlike the press conference that morning, the evening's proceedings focused on Mr Kalyani's personal, entrepreneurial, journey - which has taken his business from being a low tech, manpower heavy metal bashing business to being an innovative, tech-savvy engineering firm that supplies components for, almost, every single vehicle in North America & Europe.