WHEELS & Pan-IIT Bay Area Chapter & Sai Madhusudan Trust’s joint event ‘India Rising’ on 10th Nov 2023 in Silicon Valley

As a prelude to the IIT2024 global alumni conference in Washington DC, Jan 12-14 (https://iit2024.org/), a mini-symposium was held on 10th November in Silicon Valley focused on the India Rising Track to discuss Silicon Valley’s role, and opportunities to contribute in India’s evolution as a future economic leader, a supply chain ecosystem partner, and global model for rural transformation. 

The event was very well attended (~55 alumni and partners in the room, another ~40 on Zoom from USA and India). Numerous impact proposals were identified for WHEELS and Sai Madhusudan Trust to collaborate.

Speakers at the mini-symposium:

Ratan Agarwal, President, WHEELS Global Foundation (PanIIT Alumni)

Dr. Ajit Singh, Partner Artiman Ventures – Healthcare

Dr. Kanwaljeet S Anand, Professor, Stanford School of Medicine – Healthcare

Bidyut Parruck, President IIT Startups

Nidhi Kannoujia, President, IIT Bay Area Alumni Board

Dr. Sundar Kamath, Senior VP & CTO Sanmina Corporation, San Jose CA – Make in India

KEYNOTE: RURAL INDIA
Sri Madhusudan Sai, One World, One Family – Humanitarian and Social impact leader shared his amazing 12-year journey of scaling Health, Nutrition and Education programs across rural India and other countries around the globe, all provided free of cost. He is looking to partner with technology and solution providers from Silicon Valley, the IIT alumni groups, and others to help accelerate the rural transformation process at scale.

Know more about Sri Madhusudan Sai and the Foundation from the links:

• * Watch the recording of Shri Madhusudan Sai’s Speech
• * https://srimadhusudansai.com/
• * https://www.h2h.foundation/medical
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Apart from meeting with the WHEELS in DC on 24^th Oct, Sri Madhusudan Sai and the team took the US Congress tour.