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Events in India culminate in launch of Warwick Global Conference series
New Delhi was chosen to launch the Warwick Conference Series on Saturday 14 November 2009 and thanks to the sponsors, speakers and all attendees, the conference was a great success. The WBS Development & Alumni Relations Office (DARO) and alumni took the opportunity to host several networking events in India before the conference.
The event was organised by DARO on behalf of the University of Warwick and sponsored by Aircel. Taking place at the India Habitat Centre, the conference provided an opportunity for global business leaders, policy makers and academics to debate some of the critical issues affecting business, economic and social growth. Chaired by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nigel Thrift, the event began with lively and informative presentations from two of India's most respected politicians, Mr Sachin Pilot and Mr Arun Jaitley. Throughout the day a series of presentations by senior members of some of India's largest and most influential businesses, encouraged by input from Professors Mark Taylor and Bob Johnston, sparked lively debates which carried on late into the evening at a rooftop gala dinner at the India Habitat Centre. After dinner, Sir Richard Stagg, British High Commissioner, gave an insightful speech on the future of India's fast developing economy.
Photos for this event are available to view via flickr
MP4 footage of the speakers can be viewed via the 'Video' page on this site.
Video footage of speaker presentations can be viewed via the video page within the next couple of weeks
Warwick Entrepreneurship event
Sponsored by The Lalit Hotel, New Delhi and supported by TiE (The Global Network of Entrepreneurs), New Delhi, Warwick also hosted a Warwick Entrepreneurship Event providing an opportunity for local business leaders and entrepreneurs to listen to some of India's most experienced business people and to share thoughts and ideas with each other. Speakers included Miss Suri of Lalit Hospitality Group, Dhruv Batra of Batra Group, Shantanu Prakash of Educomp, Saurabh Srivastava of TiE and Vivek Agarwal of Liqvid.
Video footage of presentations and more photos will be available on the Warwick Global Conference Website within the next few weeks at http://www.wbs.ac.uk/events/2009/11/13/Warwick/Entrepreneurship/Event
CASE event - Alumni Volunteer Reception
The Development and Alumni Relations Team at WBS were approached by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) to lead an international volunteer's reception on Thursday 12 November at the American Embassy School in New Delhi.
Professor Bob Johnston gave a keynote presentation on the importance of international alumni to higher education and the benefits of active alumni to an institution. This was followed by a presentation by Alison Bond, supported by leaders of the Warwick Delhi Alumni Network, Manish Poddar and Harisharan Singh on managing a successful alumni association.
Kolkata and Chennai – Alumni set up events
In addition to the series of events in Delhi, informal alumni events were held in Kolkata and Chennai in November. The events, hosted by Alison Bond, Deputy Director DARO, marked the formal launch of Warwick alumni networks in the two regions. The establishment of these two groups brings the total number of alumni groups in India to five, with other groups in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore.
To join any of our international alumni groups or to find out more about one in your area visit http://www.wbs.ac.uk/alumni/networks.cfm and use the drop down box entitled ‘Global Network’ on the right hand side.