TIECon Chennai - 18th January 

Its raining events in january so on one end there is Proto.in being organised in the City of Chennai on 18th and 19th of January and on the other end in the same city TIECon Chennai ‘08 is being organised on the 18th of January.

The theme for TiECon Chennai 2008 is “Succeeding Through Innovation”. The one day event will focus on inspiring and educating entrepreneurs as well as debating aspects that impact the entrepreneurial environment and the opportunities in the Indian market. Speakers would include prominent business personalities like  R Subramanian, MD,
Subhiksha Trading Services Ltd, Kunwer Sachdev, CEO, Su-Kam Power Systems Ltd, B. Soundararajan, MD,
Suguna Poultry Ltd, Shri. M Thiagarajan, MD, Paramount Airways, Captain G R Gopinath, Vice Chairman, King Fisher Airlines, K. B. Chandrasekar, CEO & Chairman, Jamcracker, Inc and others.

Chennai seems to be fast becoming a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship oriented events which will really build the ecosystem for first time entrepreneurs to set foot in the technology and innovation space.

TechFest IIT Mumbai  - 25th-27th January 

Techfest is the annual event organised by IIT and this year i.e. 2008 is touted to be the biggest ever Techfest organised. Big both in terms of the monies that have gone to put it together and also in terms of the attendees and speakers. Talking about speakers the lecture series at IIT at the Techfest is sure to attract major interest from all the technology enthusiasts and this is because the speaker lists reads something like this: Dr. R K Pachauri Chairman, IPCC (Joint winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize), Jimmy Wales Founder of Wikipedia, Robert E. Kahn Father of Internet, Henry F. Schaefer   Big Bang Theory, Stephen Hawkings, God, Dr. Dinesh Keskar Boeing 787 - ‘The Dreamliner’ Blaise Aguera y Arcas Sea Dragon, Photosynth and Sylvester James Gates, Jr. Supersymmetry Theory.

Besides for this speaker line up IIT is also organising a barcamp at the tech fest for the average tech enthusiast to voice his thoughts. With such an elite speaker list it surely does sound like the Techfest at IIT would one of the “not to miss” kind of events for anyone who is a tech enthusiast.

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