panIIT 2008

dec 21st, 2008

i was at panIIT dec 19-20-21st at iit madras: a rather interesting conclave, very well organized, except they spoiled it some extent by inviting goofballs like amartya sen and stephen cohen. no, shilpa shetty did not make an appearance, but hema malini did to rather universal acclaim, oddly enough. raghuram rajan gave an extremely good keynote on the economic meltdown, and ck prahalad and  three top CEOs from tata -- muthuraman of tata steel, ravi kant of tata motors, and ramadorai of tcs -- did an excellent job in another keynote. unfortunately, there was another goofball from p&g who wasted everybody's time. and they weren't even a sponsor of the event!

i have a few clips taken on my flip video (perfect for youtube) and i have to figure out how to upload the stuff, and where. i am on a slow connection now, using my phone as a modem.