6:00-6:30PM : Registration, Snacks & Networking 6:30-7:30PM : NIT PowerConnect:Network with purpose ses sions Parallel Sessions: Entrepreneurship: Lead: Umakanth Uppalapati, CEO of DosaBawarchi Topic: How to run a Restaurant business successfully? Cloud Computing: Lead: Shashank Tiwari, Author and CEO fo Treasury of Ideas Topic: Wading through the NoSQL hype Preview: Apart from being a new and promising technology domain, NoSQL is the new buzzword in town and therefore it attracts as much FUD (Fear, Un-certainity and Doubt) as favor. This session separates the wheat from the chaff and explains the relevance and importance of NoSQL in the technology stack. The session tersely explains the fundamental types of NoSQL products: document databases, column databases and key-value stores, and explains the concepts of scalability and transactional integrity as they apply to the domain. Post a brief presentation the session opens up for discussion, where you are welcome to bring all your questions to the table. Career Development: Lead : Dilip Saraf, Career Coach Topic: Career Management for All Seasons Preview: Managing your career in good times is as difficult as it is in managing it in bad. Why? In good times there are more opportunities, but there are also more people competing for those opportunities because they are willing to take more risk ?in such times. In Bad times there are "fewer" opportunities, but then there are also fewer people competing for them because of the risk involved in change So, What is the right course of action for an engineering professional? The answer to this question is simple: Always find an opportunity, in good time and bad, and explore ways to position yourself to own that opportunity. You can change the calculus of available opportunties by going after what you personally see as not happening in any company that interests you and make that work for you in ways that serves you and your career. When you get on this bandwagon how many opportunities are available and what the state of the economy or even the company is do not matter that much. Come to this interactive session led by Dilip Sarad, LinkedIn's #1 Career & Life Coach to learn about how to put your career in the high gear and how to keep it there regardless of the economic conditions. Also, to get the most out of this season bring your own career challenges and successes to share them with others and to get some free guidance. Clean Tech / Green Tech: Lead: Anand Kammannavar, Associate Investment Manager, Applied Ventures, Applied Materials Topic: Smart Buildings, the Smart Grid and Engaging People for Change Preview: The talk will highlight opportunities for professionals from the traditional IT (software and hardware) sector in the broader cleantech space like Solar, Smart-Grid, LED, Energy efficiency, focusing on the areas of overlap, interesting startups and how to position yourself for transitioning into this exciting sector. www.appliedventures.com Enterprise Software: Lead: Bala Sahejpal, IT Director, Juniper Networks Topic: Upcoming Trends in Business Intelligence Startup: Lead: Biren Gandhi, Ex Studio CTO, Zynga Topic: Startup: To be or not to be Preview: Joining a startup is a very crucial career decision. It might be rewarding, and it might not be so most of the times. What are the ingredients for joining a successful startup - both from identifying the winners as well as getting qualified for? What is the recipe for success or failure with startup careers? What it takes to have a fulfilling experience irrespective of financial rewards? Share your ideas, ask questions and learn about including startups in your career success ladder. Remaining Tables will have open discussion 7:30 - 8:30PM : Panel Discussion Topic: Snakes and Ladders - How to climb the Corporate Ladder Panel Members: - Paul Chen - Umakanth Uppalapati - Shashank Tiwari - Dilip Saraf - Piyush Malik - Biren Gandhi - Sridhar Muppalla (Moderator) 8:30-9:30PM: Dinner & Networking Event Fee : $15(preregister on or before Jan 11) $20(register at the event) Full Event Details Including Lead Bios, Click Here PLEASE FORWARD EVENT INFO TO NIT ALUMNI Sridhar Muppalla NIT Brand Ambassador email id: sridhar89 AT hotmail DOT com