NRI Global Summit Honors Indian Achievers

Milpitas, California, United States

"Father of the Pentium" Vinod Dham, philanthropist Vijay Amritraj, and Silicon Valley entrepreneur B.V. Jagadeesh are among recipients of the NRI Institute Achievement Award, the globally recognized New Delhi-based nonprofit announced on Wednesday.

The awards ceremony is part of the NRI Global Summit 2009 where some of Silicon Valley’s biggest entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and academics are coming together on Saturday, October 24 to debate emerging trends and network. The summit is being held at the India Community Center in Milpitas, California.

Vinod (Vin) Dham spent 16 years at Intel where gained fame as the "Father of the Pentium" microprocessor. After Intel, Vinod joined microprocessor start up NexGen and engineered the group’s merger with Advanced Micro Devices. He also served as president and CEO of Silicon Spice Inc. that was acquired by Broadcom Corporation. In 1999, Vinod was named as one of the top 100 most influential Asian Americans of the decade and in 2000 he was appointed to the U.S. President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Currently, Vinod is at the helm of NEA-IndoUS Ventures.

"It’s an honor to be receiving this recognition," Dham, who receives the Lifetime Achievement Award, said.

Joining Dham as awardee is former Wimbledon player and philanthropist Vijay Amritraj, who also served as a "United Nations Messenger of Peace" in 2006. The Vijay Amritraj Foundation, established after the tennis star’s stint with the U.N., supports numerous charitable causes in India.

Silicon Valley veteran B.V. Jagadeesh, CEO of 3LeafSystems, receives the award for entrepreneurial success. Prior to 3LeafSystems, Jagadeesh was at the helm at Netscaler, which was acquired by Citrix in an over $325 million deal. Jagadeesh’s first venture was as co-founder of Exodus Communication, which pioneered the concept of Internet data centers and grew from a two-man company to an over 3000 people operation in just six years.

Other awardees include, America’s Got Talent stars Ishaara; dance pioneer Giju; teenage entrepreneur Anika Iyer; Venture Director at Clearstone Ventures Vish Mishra; founder-chairman Sankara Eye Foundation, Murali Krishnamurthy; and danseuses Neena & Veena.

"We are honored to have with us such a renowned line up of Non Resident Indians and people of Indian origin. Their achievements make us proud," Jagmohan Singh, the New Delhi-based National Secretary General of the NRI Institute, said.

The summit, themed India-U.S.: Upturn in a Downturn, highlights the significant economic, political and commercial trends affecting the India-U.S. ties.

Hosted by Emmy award-winning NBC Anchor Raj Mathai, the summit speakers include Dr. Shan Nair, co-founder, Nair & Co., Subrah Iyer, founder of WebEx, Anurag Bhargava, chairman and managing partner, IREO and awardees Vinod Dham, B.V. Jagadeesh, and Vish Mishra.

Also joining the various panels are Saad Khan, partner, CMEA Capital; Prashant Shah, managing director, Hummer Winbald Venture Partners; Gautam Godhwani, co-founder, Simply Hired; Vikash Verma, president & CEO, Stoke, Inc.; Gunjan Bagla, managing director, Amritt Ventures & Author of "Doing Business in 21st Century India"; Sunil Vemuri, co-founder, reQall, Inc.; Sandip Roy, editor and host of KALW’s "New America Now"; Aniruddha Joshi, executive director, Hirco PLC; Abrar A. Hussain, senior counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Sumit Rai, co-founder & CEO, Mobclix; Sunil Verma, co-founder & CEO, Abhi India; Rafiq Dossani, Stanford University Fellow & Author of "India Arriving"; Dr. Usha C. V. Haley, Harvard University fellow & advisor to U.S. Congress on Asia; Matt Shocklee, CEO, GSOS & U.S. Ambassador for the IAOP; Harjiv Singh, co-founder, Gutenberg Communications; Vikram Amar, associate dean of Academic Affairs, UC Davis School of Law; Farhana Huq, Founder and CEO, C.E.O. Women; Ash Kalra, Councilmember, City of San Jose; Arijit Sengupta, CEO, BeyondCore, Inc.; Michael DiPaula-Coyle, Director, Policy Advocacy, U.S.-India Business Council; Rajesh Setty, President, Suggestica, Inc; and Bhaskar Menon, CEO & President, e4e.

Nair & Co. is the presenting sponsor for the summit. The award-winning company provides businesses with an integrated solution in the HR, finance, tax, compliance and legal arenas making a company’s move overseas less risky, stress free and more strategic. In 2009, Nair & Co. was named among the top 100 outsourcing services providers in the world by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).

Other sponsors include Ireo Management Pvt. Ltd, the first and the largest Private Equity Fund dedicated to the Indian real estate sector, Business Wire, Dharma Estate Wines, Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, and Sikara & Co.

The NRI Global Summit affiliate partners are Churchill Club, Global Emerging Technology Institute (GETI), Harvard University Bay Area, India Community Center (ICC), Indian Business and Professional Women (IBPW), International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP), Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE), South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) , South Asian MBA Association (SAMBAA), TiE-Boston, U.S. Chamber of Commerce U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), Vokkaligara Parishat of America (VPA).

For more information please email info@NriGlobalSummit.com or visit www.NriGlobalSummit.com.

Source:Business Wire (Business Wire India)

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