Courses & Events
Tech Startups in India
Thursday, Oct 23, 2014
04:15 pm - 05:30 pm
Technology Startups in India: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Sridhar Jagannathan, Ph.D., Operating Partner & Group CTO, IndusAge Advisors
In our session on Oct. 23rd, Dr. Sridhar Jagannathan will focus his presentation on the state of technology startups in India and their global significance. Using suitable frameworks and cases, he will discuss the evolutionary trajectory of startups in India, identify parameters for success and failure, and draw perspectives on the future.
Dr. Sridhar Jagannathan is an Operating Partner and Group CTO at IndusAge Global Capital Managers, LLC. Prior to that, he was the Chief Innovation Officer and EVP at Persistent Systems, and the Head of the Persistent Venture Fund for early stage technology startups. Earlier, Sridhar was VP of Technology Strategy and Partnerships at Intuit, responsible for technology strategy, partnerships and M&A. He was also the Managing Director for Symantec’s India Development Center for consumer products where he created new models of engineering partnerships. Early on in his career, Sridhar was VP of Technology for Softbank Emerging Markets, a $200M fund focused on early stage investments in emerging markets. Sridhar actively mentors entrepreneurs and participates in early stage startups. He was a Technology Advisor to the IFC, the private funding arm of the World Bank. He is the Founder of MOVE India Foundation, a non-profit entity to enable massive, rapid scaling of vocational skills. Sridhar received his Ph.D. in Engineering from U.C. Berkeley and is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Please join us on Thursday, October 23rd for our fourth session of the quarter on “New Trends in Startup Company Acceleration: Toward the Rise of the Global Startup.”
Immediately following the session, we’ll have a short-networking reception from 5:30 – 6:15PM.
This session is presented by the US-Asia Technology Management Center with support from the Stanford Silicon Valley – New Japan Project and The Miner Foundation.
Stanford University | Gates Building, Room B1 Hewlett Packard Auditorium 353 Serra Mall • Stanford, CA Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 • 4:15-5:30PM