Research in India: Is the “R” in R&D for real?
12:30pm – 2:00pm, August 31, 2010
Panelists
Sanjoy Paul, Infosys, SET Labs
Ranjita Bhagwan, Microsoft Research India
Huzur Saran, IIT Delhi
Bhaskaran Raman, IIT Bombay
Harrick Vin, TCS-TRDDC
Manish Gupta, IBM Research
Moderator: Girija Narlikar, Bell Labs
Abstract
The Indian economy is experiencing rapid growth, especially in the IT, Telecom and Services space. In addition to research pursued at academic universities, in recent years a number of corporations, both local and multi-nationals have established R&D labs in India. This panel is aimed at people who are considering research career’s in India. The panel comprises several researchers who have moved back into research careers in various organizations in India. This will be an interactive session where panelists share their experience in pursuing a research career in India.