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Pan IIT American Leadership Award Winners Announced

Pan IIT USA, Inc. today announced the winners of its first-annual Pan IIT American Leadership Awards, honoring exceptional achievements and contributions to American society by IIT alumni (www.iit.org). Award winners will be honored at a ceremony during the IIT Global Alumni conference in Chicago from Oct 9-11, 2009 (www.paniit2009.org) that features eminent speakers such as Former President Bill Clinton and business visionaries from America's leading corporations including Caterpillar, Cisco and Microsoft Research.

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PanIIT Invites Comedy Powerhouse Second City for Friday Night Entertainment

The Second City has been performing sketch comedy in front of audiences for 50 years, making it the standard by which comedy in America is judged. So much talent has come from the ranks of the company’s many theaters over the years, it reads like a who’s who of contemporary American comedy. Join us for a whole lot of laughs on Friday night.

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PanIIT Invites Singing Sensation Kailash Kher for Saturday Night Entertainment

2009 promises to be an entirely new adventure for Kailash Kher & Kailasa with the release of their first tinternational album on the acclaimed independent record label Cumbancha. The album will feature new songs, re-recorded versions of their most appealing tracks and acoustic versions of enduring hits. Come join us and discover a voice that millions of Indians already consider one of the greatest in music today.

Read details on Kailash Kher page.

President Clinton to Speak at PanIIT 2009 Global Conference

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, will speak at the Seventh Annual PanIIT Global Conference 2009 to be held in Chicago from October 9-11, 2009 on the theme of “Entrepreneurship and Innovation in a Global Economy.” He will speak to attendees about innovative ways to address challenges and opportunities in the critical areas of education, energy & climate change, and public health, with a focus on transforming ideas into action.

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Bill Clinton to speak at pan-IIT Chicago conference

WASHINGTON: IIT-ians will absorb some ‘gyan’ and burnish their brand with an address by former President Bill Clinton at their 7th pan-IIT 
conference to be held in Chicago from October 9 to 11 this year.

The former president follows in the footsteps of his wife and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was the keynote speaker at the pan-IIT conference in 2007. He will speak on challenges and opportunities in today’s key global issues such as public health, education, and climate change with a focus on transforming ideas into action.

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President Obama’s CTO to Speak at PanIIT 2009 Conference in Chicago

 CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PanIIT is pleased to announce that Mr. Aneesh Chopra, the first Chief Technology Officer of the US and Associate Director for Technology in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, will be a keynote speaker at the 2009 Global Conference to be held in Chicago from October 9-11, 2009.

“Mr. Chopra's presence at the conference will underline the strong commitment of the Obama Administration for nurturing innovation as the engine of growth for the US and indeed the global economy," said Ray Mehra, Chairman of the Organizing Committee.

The panels and workshops at the PanIIT 2009 Conference will cover many topics that are aligned with Mr. Chopra’s goal of harnessing pr...

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IIT Alumni Announce their Global Conference in Chicago

 
CHICAGO - The Alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) are organizing PANIIT 2009 Global Conference in Chicago which will take place at the Schaumburg Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center on October 9-11, 2009. Ray Mehra will be the PANIIT 2009 Global Conference Chair...
 
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The PANIIT 2009 Global Conference: Entrepreneurship & Innovation in the Global Economy, Oct 9 – 11, 2009, Schaumburg, IL

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The PANIIT Global Conference, which includes a Business Plan competition, is all set to becoming a major event of 2009. “Finally all pieces of the conference are coming together,” says its chairman Ray Mehra. “We are enlisting key players at all levels globally to make this event a great experience”

Jim Owens, Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar Inc in Peoria, IL, Raghuram G. Rajan, Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago and Former Chief Economist - International Monetary Fund, and Prith Banerjee, Senior Vice President of Research, and Director, HP Labs, Hewlett Packard Corporation are just a few of the speake...

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