Best Minds Come Together for IIMB's First Digital Summit

BENGALURU, September 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Event on September 19 has Executives From Google, Snapdeal, Flipkart and InMobi Including Policy Makers who Will Deliberate Trends and Discuss Strategies  

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) is hosting its first Digital Summit on 19^th September 2015. A one-of-a-kind initiative by IIMB, the summit will bring key policy makers and practitioners from across digital world domains to share their insights on emerging digital trends that are instrumental in changing the future of Digital India.

Professor Dinesh Kumar, Chairperson, Executive Post Graduate Programme, IIMB, recognized as one among the top 10 most prominent analytics academicians in India, will inaugurate the summit and will speak on 'Demystifying Big Data and Analytics'.

"For a management school, it is vital to expose its students to this changing paradigm as these students go on to become the future business leaders of our country. It would help them decipher future technological trends, identify opportunities, understand the challenges and come up with strategies to ride this wave. This would be a key event for anyone who wants to gain strategic insights into how digital technologies are shaping the dynamic business landscape," says Professor Dinesh Kumar.   

Nitin Bawankule, Director, E-commerce, Google, will deliver the keynote address. This will be followed by a talk by Srivatsa Krishna, Secretary, E-Governance, Government of Karnataka, on 'E-Governance and Vision of Digital India'.

In the context of the e-commerce industry being projected to be a $15 billion industry with over 100 million online users by 2016 in India, the summit will feature a panel discussion on 'Future of technology and the e-commerce revolution in India'. The panellists, Mr. Saurabh Chandra, Head of Apps at Flipkart and Mr. Ranjan Kant, Director of Strategy at Snapdeal, will deliberate suggestions that will prepare India to face technological challenges in the e-commerce space. The session will be moderated by Professor Ramesh Venkateswaran, IIMB. The panel will be followed by a talk by Vasuta Agarwal, Vice President, Business Development APAC, InMobi, on 'Emerging Trends in Mobile Advertising'.

For more details on the summit, please visit http://www.iimb.ernet.in/digital-Summit

To register, please go to http://www.iimb.ernet.in/regn/digital-summit/

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