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Stanford University hosts first all-India alumni meet today
New Delhi, Aug 06: Stanford University, a favourite among IT graduates here, is for the first time organising an all India alumni, which would bring under one roof its former students and India`s top IT heads including Azim Premji, Dr. Naushad Forbes, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Nadir Godrej.
The meet, a platform to foster entrepreneurship opportunities, will be held in Bangalore today. This would bring Stanford alumni together and offer a platform to share their experiences. This would be followed by a global entrepreneurship conference the next day, Nishant Berlia, business development director (India), Stanford Asia Technology Initiative, said.
"This is our first year in India and after our wonderful experiences at our other sites in Shanghai and Tokyo, we are very excited to be here," Berlia said.
As per estimates, Stanford has around a thousand alumni in India. "Our alumni here represent a fantastic pool of people whom we feel should greatly benefit from interactions with each other in terms of gaining perspectives on new
fields, looking for mentors or fresh new ideas and talent, in terms of gaining perspectives on new fields, looking for mentors or fresh new ideas and talent, or for the sheer intellectual experience," said Berlia.
"Moreover, in the future, for alumni around the world interested in India, we desire to develop this now to be an annual meet as a springboard to begin their expedition of India and gain crucial network also benefit Indian alumni who contribute towards this worldwide network," he said.
Bureau Report