"Digital Convergence - Opportunities For Entrepreneurs" - at NMIMS College On 20th Dec

WATBlog Panel on Digital Convergence- Opportunities For Entrepreneurs is being organised at NMIMS College in Mumbai on 20th December, 2009. This is in association with Zeal 09 in collaboration with NMIMS E-Cell and O2 Supply.

We aim to touch upon the following points  via the panel:

    * Convergence of Mobile and Web - Impact
    * Hand helds and their impact on Digital Media
    * Impact of Digital on Traditional Media
    * Changing Usage Pattern Of Consumers

The panelists are:

Akshay Garg, Co-Founder and Business Head, Komli Media

Akshay leads Komli Media’s ad network where he is responsible for operations, sales, overall strategy and business management of the unit. He previously ran a cross-border consulting company and an Indian restaurant in Kunming, China, and built India’s leading offline Chinese school in New Delhi. Before getting bitten by the entrepreneurial bug, he worked as an analyst at the United Nations in Geneva and at Deloitte Consulting in Seattle. A Sinophile, Akshay speaks fluent Chinese and gets an itch if he doesn’t make it there at least once every six months. Akshay did post-graduate work in economics at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, and attended Whitman College in USA for his Bachelor’s degree. He likes mountain biking and playing tennis.

Jai Maroo - Director - Shemaroo Entertainment

Currently Jai heads a few key expansion initiatives in Shemaroo. Given his strong technical background, he is in charge of expanding Shemaroo’s reach on newer digital distribution platforms, such as IPTV, VOD, Mobile, and so on, as well as leading several technology-driven initiatives within the entertainment space.  Finally, he complements the rest of the board on guiding overall strategy for the company.

Prior to joining Shemaroo, he worked for Citrix Systems Inc, Florida for 4 years as a software engineer and team lead. He holds a Masters in Computer Science and Engineering from PennState University, and a Bachelors in Computer Engineering from Mumbai University. 

Manoj Dawane - Chief Executive Officer -  Mauj Mobile

Manoj is the Chief Executive Officer of Mauj Mobile - wireless division of People Group, which owns interactive websites such as Shaadi.com, Fropper.com, Makaan.com and Astrolife.com and also entertainment oriented business called People Pictures (movie production). This vehicle is funded by Sequoia Capital and Intel Capital (was the first one to get funded in mVAS space) to $ 10 Mn in the first round.

Mauj Mobile is a Mobile Media Business founded on Consumer Applications and Content Aggregation & Distribution, executed through managed storefronts and monetized through the company’s own fully integrated mobile advertisement platform.

As CEO, Manoj leads the Mauj Mobile team on their strategic growth path, both in domestic and international markets, addressing telecom operators, media companies, agencies and brands as primary customers.

With an experience of over 15 years in the field of Telecom and Software, Manoj has worked with some of the country’s leading telecom & technology companies, before joining Mauj Mobile. 

Vivek Bhargava - CEO and Founder of Communicate2
Vivek Bhargava is the CEO and Founder of Communicate2. Communicate 2 has today become one of the largest Digital Strategy Consulting Firms in the country. Vivek has spent ten years in the interactive marketing industry during which he has built expertise in meeting the interactive marketing needs of MNCs such as MTV, Pfizer, Merrill Lynch and large agencies in US and Europe.

Vivek regularly speaks at global events such as Ad-tech, SES, SMX, I-com and the largest Internet conferences in India. He is also a regular guest faculty at top technical colleges such as IIT and Business Schools such as IIM in India. He spoke at the Entrepreneurs Organization University in Singapore November 08.

He is also the chair of SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) India and is focused on spreading the awareness of search marketing in the Emerging Markets. He is a Commerce Graduate and an Executive MBA from S.P. Jain Institute of Management - one of India’s most innovative business schools.

The panel would be followed by Lunch & Networking

You can download the entire agenda for ZEAL'09 Here

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Previous WATBlog Panel’s 

• WATBlog Panel Mumbai – 16^th Oct 2008 – Digital Media in the next decade Pics & Video

• WATBlog Panel Delhi – 12^th Dec 2008 - Bridging the Digital Divide Pics & Videos

• WATBlog Panel Bangalore – 23^rd Jan 2009 - Lessons from Failure for Startups Pics & Video
• WATBlog Panel Mumbai – 20^th Feb 2009 - Entrepreneurship In Digital Media Pics & Analysis
• WATBlog Panel Bangalore – 15th Aug 2009 – Digital Commerce Opportunities and Challenges Pics & Video