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2011 PanIIT Global Conference Proposal

Proposal prepared by the Houston Team, Feb 8, 2010
Executive Summary
Executive Summary

Houston offers the opportunity to:

Expand beyond the existing PanIIT network of the East, West and Midwest and hold the conference
in the heart of US in the 4
th
largest city and the fastest growing area of US
Engage truly excited volunteer base with organizational experience and a collective leadership,
who have led large organizations and held conferences of comparable size
Tap the untapped alumni power in these areas and bring new perspective to Pan IIT movement,
reaching out to over 1500 attendees from this area. Our Houston team includes alumni from 7 IITs
Lower the conference cost. Travel, accommodation and food are the cheapest among all major US
cities. Easy access from anywhere in US / World. The weather is PERFECT from September through
December. Attendee cost (registration, travel, lodging) will be about 30% lower in Houston
compared to either East or West coast. Conference costs including logistics, food, audio visual, etc.
for a comparable facility (Category 5 hotel located downtown) in other metropolitan cities are at
least 50% higher. Cost per attendee for 3000 delegates is ~$330
Expand the IIT branding in technologies of the future, e.g. energy, biotechnology, space
technology. Houston is the global center for energy, space and healthcare. The conference theme
will be Innovations for the Changing Future
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Event Leadership
Strong core leadership team with commitment, ability and availability to organize this conference. This core leadership team
will be supported by a large number of qualified and energized alumni. See Appendix for details

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Conference Chair
Roopa Gir

IIT R, Univ Louis Pasteur, France

Managing Partner, ARG Global Tech, Advisory Board
Amira Impex. President of IITAGH, Past VP/Sec. of
PanIIT USA, PiTech Executive Team. Member energy
advisory group through the Consul Generals office.

Organized: Dosti 2006 (Indo-Pakistan Friendship
Forum, Houston, over 500 attendees). Chaired IIT
Roorkee National Meet, Las Vegas 2007, Joint
Indonesian Petroleum Association and Soc. Of Expl.
Geophysicists conferences in Indonesia , 1998, 1999

Other: Volunteer for PanIIT 2005/2007/2009;
Moderated Next 50 Years of IIT at IITB B Golden
Jubilee ; Founding Member IIT Roorkee Heritage Fund
Operations
Partha Chatterjee

IIT KGP, USC, Texas A&M

Director Energy & Finance Practice, SunGard, Lead
Positions at Sapient, Dynegy, El Paso, Schlumberger

Organized: NABC 2006 (over 3500 attendees). India
Energy Conference 2006

Other: Past President IIT KGP Houston; Current Board of
Directors IIT KGP; Founding Member IITAGH
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Murthy Divakaruni

IIT M

Global Head Energy & Utilities at HCL. Over 35 years in
the Energy & Utilities Industry. Ex-ISRO, GE, Shell, BT and
Larsen & Toubro

Organized: Over 15 large technical conferences
throughout the US (250 1500 attendees). Digital Energy
Conference.

Other: Member IITAGH
Media
Pradeep Anand
IIT B, Univ of Houston

President Seeta Resources, Board of Advisors Univ. of Houston,
Houston Technology Center

Organized: Co-chair NABC India Energy Conference, Chairman
India Business Conference.

Other: Responsible for Global Publicity and Media for IIT B
Golden Jubilee; Member of Core team and Chaired Sessions on
Energy & Globalization, Founding member IITAGH

Sponsorship
Surajit Dasgupta

IIT KGP

Senior Technology Manager, Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR).
13 Years in Oil and Gas as Senior Engineer with Sun Oil Co,
17 years in the Engineering industry

Organized: NABC 2006 in Houston (over 3500 attendees)
Organized India Energy Conference in 2006. Treasurer /
Secretary of Tagore Society of Houston
Alumni Base
Houston is the 4
th
largest city and the fastest growing area of the US

There are over 100,000 Indians in Houston. The IITNT has over 650
alumni. IIT Alumni of Greater Houston (IITAGH) has over 1200 alumni.
The South and South Central US states have over 4000 alumni in the 8
adjoining states.

Over 100 active volunteers with large conference and organizational
leadership experience

The alumni base represents key growth industries such as Energy,
Healthcare, IT, Engineering & Construction.

We estimate an attendance of over 1500 alumni from Texas, and
the South and South Central states (1000 new attendees)
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Conference Location Hilton Americas, Downtown Houston,
(Blocked entire Hotel for Nov 17-20, 2011)
Category 5 hotel with 91,500 sq ft of meeting space, 40,000 sq ft Grand Ballroom, 1,200+ guestrooms, 3500-4000
attendees in the Ballroom
Additional space at GRB Convention Center access via an air-conditioned walkway
Several additional hotels nearby: Doubletree, Four Seasons, etc.
Hotel is 4 miles from the Museum District by Metrorail. Other attractions: NASA Space Center, Downtown Aquarium,
Houston Symphony & Grand Opera, Houston Texans, Numerable quality golf courses, Cruises from Galveston
The temperature averages for November are: High 73F; Low 53F
Alternative dates available
August 31 September 3, 2011
September 1 5, 2011
September 9-12, 2011
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Easy access to IAH airport, Continental Airlines Hub with ~700 daily flights, 25 min to downtown
Hobby airport, Southwest Airlines Hub with > 150 daily flights, 15 min to downtown. IAH is one of only two
airports in the nation selected as a Model Port by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in piloting a new, more
welcoming approach to international travel into the US. Houston serves ~63 international destinations
Comparable Attendee Overall Cost
Hilton Americas is a Category 5 hotel located in downtown Houston
with lower cost transportation and lodging costs
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Registration
~ $200
Airfare
~ $400
Lodging
~ $139
Registration
$150
Airfare
~ $350
Lodging
$ 89
single/double
Registration
~ $200
Airfare
~ $375
Lodging
~ $159
Comparable cost to the
attendee will be about 30%
lower in Houston
Conference costs including logistics, food, audio visual, etc. for a
comparable facility in other metropolitan cities are much higher
West Coast
East Coast
Cost Structure (For 2000 Attendees)
Conference cost per attendee ~ $355

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Conservative Projection ( 2000 attendees)
Fixed
(215K)
Variable
(495K)
Registration
300K

Sponsorship
600K
Exhibitors 20K
PanIIT Seed 25K
FIXED EXPENSES
Audio Visual, Stage,
Registration Staff, Security,
Event Planner, Brochures,
Speaker Gifts, Cocktail
Receptions
VARIABLE EXPENSES
Food, Waiter, Kitchen Rental,
Service Charge, Taxes,
Transportation, Speakers,
Exhibitor Space,
Entertainment, Marketing/
Outreach / Souvenirs,
Contingency, IITAGH
Investment, Credit Card Fee

Total Expenses
($710K)
Net 235K
Total Revenue
($945K)
Conversations in progress with:

2 x $50K Commitment from Schlumberger
4 x $25k - Commitment from KBR
10x $10k

Local Business Community $150K

$100K to $250K: Mahindra, Jindal, Mehta
Foundation

Conference rooms, ballrooms, stage set-up will be free
(for 750 room commitment on Friday and Saturday)
First time sponsors from Energy and Space
industries. We believe we can raise over 1M.
Target companies for fund raising are listed in
Appendix
Cost Structure (For 3000 Attendees)
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FIXED COST ($235K)
Audio Visual 100,000 $
Stage Set-up and Decorations 20,000 $
Registration, badge checkers, supplies, temp staffing 20,000 $
Security 10,000 $
Event Planner 30,000 $
Brochures 20,000 $
Speaker Gifts for 100 10,000 $
Cocktail Receptions (2) 25,000 $
VARIABLE COST ($623.4K)
Food including 6 meals, 3 breakfasts, 6 coffee breaks 195,000 $
Hotel charge: waiter, kitchen rental, tax and service charge 125,000 $
(Includes: table,chairs, silverware, center piece)
Entertainment 100,000 $
Transportation, some speaker cost 50,000 $
Marketing: Website, Outreach, Souvenirs 50,000 $
(sponsored Souvenirs, Gifts for 3000 delegates)
Exhibitor booth space of 2000 sq ft at $2 per sq ft 4,000 $
Contingency (10%) 75,900 $
IITAGH 10,000 $
Credit Card Fees 13,500 $
TOTAL COST 858,400 $
REVENUE
Registration 450,000 $
Sponsorship 600,000 $
Exhibitors 25,000 $
PANIIT Seed Money 25,000 $
TOTAL REVENUE 1,100,000 $
NET 241,600 $
COST PER ATTENDEE 330.00 $
Notes:
1. Hotel will provide facilities: conference rooms,
ballrooms, stage set-up will be free (if over 750
attendees)
2. Hotel room rates will be $89 + tax for Single/
Double. This is exceptionally low for a Cat 5
Hotel in the heart of downtown in a major city.
3. Rooms are available and have been booked
4. This budget for food is based on our discussions
with Hilton and Mumbai Spice restaurant owner.
It incorporates past experience from hosting
equivalent sized NABC Conference at the Hilton,
Houston
5. Calculations for Food are based on estimated
attendees for Thursday 10%, Friday 80%,
Saturday 95% and Sunday 75%
6. Early Bird Registration fees would be offered at
a discount of 30% and increased as we get
closer to capacity.
7. Conference costs including logistics, food, audio
visual, etc. for a comparable facility in other
metropolitan cities are much higher
8. We can provide world class entertainment at a
much lower cost because of our team members
links with the entertainment industry.
9. Risk management: Planning to raise 30% more
than estimated expenses + 10% contingency.
During recent NABC conference, $1.5M was
raised

3000 ATTENDEES
Conference Theme
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Innovations
for the
Changing
Future
Innovations around Green,
Nuclear & Alternative Energy
Nanotechnology
Biotechnology
Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO) & NASA
collaborative session
Oil, Gas & Power
Technology trends, new sources
and conversion economics.
Energy Trading & market
dynamics, engineering design
innovations, global resourcing

Sessions with MD
Anderson & Baylor College
of Medicine
Meeting Global Energy
Demands
Exploring Technologies of
the Future
Space Summit
Collaboration and
Advances in Medical
Technology
Community Support
Hon. Sanjiv Arora (Consular General of India) for the South Central States
has issued full support for ensuring new IIT alumni registrations

A large number of elected officials, community leaders and organizations in
Houston have pledged support for the event (see Appendix for details)

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Texas Governor Rick Perry,
Mayors Office Annise Parker
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett
Senator John Cornyn
Greater Houston Partnership Jeff Mosley
Rice University President David Leebron
University of Houston President Renu Khator
MD Anderson Cancer Center President John Mendelsohn
Texas Childrens Hospital
Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston
Indo-American Political Action Committee
Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau
Houston Technology Center
TiE-Houston
Various Institutions and Businesses

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We guarantee that the Houston conference will be:

Entertaining
Enterprising
Enriching
Economical
Eventful

We look forward to hosting the Global 2011 Pan IIT
Conference in Houston.

Appendix

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Slides 13 16 Houston Conference Team Profiles
Slides 17 19 Why Houston?
Slide 20 Target Companies for Fund Raising
Slides 21 32 Houston Community Support
Slides 33 About IITAGH

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Houston Conference Team Profiles
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Ashok Rao (IIT Delhi)

Serial Entrepreneur with four successful high
technology start ups. Took one of them
public with a market cap in excess of
$400mm. 2008 APAHA George H. W. Bush
award for Arts Achievement. Selected to top
100 South Asians in America. Angel Investor.
CEO of Excalibur Pictures. President of TiE
Houston, TiE Global Board member. IITAGH
Trustee.
Sanjaya Sood (IIT Delhi)

Vice President Geothermal Energy Services,
Schlumberger. Board of several start-ups.
Member of the Houston Angel network and
engaged with the Texas Emerging
Technology Fund. Member energy advisory
group through the Consul Generals office.
IITAGH Trustee.
Ashok DeySarkar (IIT KGP)

Founder and President PFP
Technologies, 30 years in Oil and Gas,
Chair, Conference Chair- NABC India
Energy Conference, Houston, 2006.
Executive Director Tagore Society of
Houston Patron IIT KGP- UC Berkley
Partnership . Major sponsor for IIT
foundation student activity project.

Mallik Putcha (IIT Madras, U of H)

Senior Engineer, Cimarron Inc., Deep ties
with NASA executives. Experience with
Constellation, Mission Control, and Space
Shuttle. Founding President of IITMAANA.
Past IITAGH Trustee
Sunil Hali (IIT Roorkee, NJIT, USA)

Founded and heads CineMaya Media,
Inc., a leading Indian media and
entertainment company that operates
five leading newspapers. Produced
events such as The Music Festival of
India, 1997 and Indian and American
Achiever Awards, 2007; Zee Gold
Bollywood awards, 2000 attended by
over 17000 attendees; Miss India
worldwide, Zee TV six nation Double
Wicket Cricket championship, among
others. Produced high quality event
Music Festival of India held at Carnegie
Hall, attended by 2600. Produced 60
th

Anniversary celebrations at John F
Kennedy Centre of Performing Arts with
first Indian American Achiever Awards,
attended by over 2000.
Subha Vishwanathan (IIT Madras;
IITKanpur, Univ. MN);
Director, Advanced Technology,
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, Texas
Director, IITMAANA; & Board Member,
IITAGH. Over 35 years experience in the oil
and gas sector. For the last 9 yrs been
working in the non-conventional resources .
Played a key role in coordinating PanIIT
2003. Founding member of IITAGH. Past VP
and currently the coordinator
for the outreach programs. Successfully
initiated and coordinated a
program to teach Math and sciences at a
local high school and in a local middle
school for the last 6 years.
Pratish Kanani (IIT Roorkee; Univ of
Illinois)
COO & Partner at Sense Corp. Senior
Manager Ernst & Young LLP, Texas
4000 for Cancer. U of H MBA mentor.
Seed donor of Roorkee Heritage fund.
IITAGH Treasurer.
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Sandeep Chandel ( IIT Roorkee, UMN)
With more than 20 years of Technology
Management and a successful entrepreneur,
Sandeep is active with the Pan IIT Dallas
chapter. Sandeep, in collaboration with a team
of fellow IITians have been organizing annual
Pan IIT Conferences for North Texas area for
past 4 years. Founded IIT-Roorkee chapter of
Dallas and was part of the organizing
committee for the national IIT-Roorkee meet
in Las Vegas in 2007.
Lalit Kumar (IIT Roorkee, IIM Calcutta)
Financial controller at Dell Inc., Austin IITR
Chapter. Organizing member of the 2007 IIT
Roorkee National meet in Las Vegas. Avid
long distance and marathon runner
Raj Menon (IIT Bombay, UT-Austin)
President, Flat World Design. Founding
president of IIT-North Texas. Organized 3
full day conferences in Dallas
Shiv Mathur (IIT Bombay; IMI Geneva);
Former Chairman of IBP Balmer Lawrie
Group, India. Over 40 years experience in
the Petroleum industry. Now Owner &
Managing Director of FTS Solutions. Serves
on the Board of two Houston Charities - The
Furniture Bank & the Houston Chennai Sister
Cities Association.
Venkata Siva Battula (IIT Guwahati;
University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Mechanical Engineer, Schlumberger since
2008. Worked at GE as Lead Engineer from
2001 to 2006. Member IITAGH
Sundy Srinivasan (IIT Delhi, MIT)

Senior Manager for BP in Houston and has
over25 years of experience in the oil and gas
industry. Founding member of IITAGH. Past
IITAGH President , Advisory Director on the
boards of the MIT Enterprise Forum and the
Rice Alliance Energy Forum. Advisor to AID
(Association for India's Development). Member
of the "Energy Group" in Houston. Published
Poetry in over 4 books. Actor in Community
Theatre. IITAGH Trustee
Chetan Mehta (IIT Bombay)
Entrepreneur. Since 2001, focused on
entrepreneurial pursuits. Successfully co-
founded and co-managed a healthcare
services venture, with 50% higher
profitability than the industry average.
Concurrently, played the role of mentor,
coach and/or interim executive for four
start-up ventures.
Volunteer mentor with Houston based
non-profit business accelerator that assists
start-ups and early stage companies to
nurture and grow them into sustainable
businesses. Currently assisting two start-
up software companies with business
strategy, planning and execution,
fundraising, setting up governance model
and offshore product development.

Core team includes members
from PANIIT chapters from
Dallas and Austin

Abhay Sawant (IIT Bombay)
Co-Founder and CEO at Mobeus World
President of IIT-North Texas. Organized full
day conferences in Dallas.
Sushil Agarwal (IIT Kanpur)
Process Manager at Fluor. Past Event
Director, IITAGH.
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Amit Mohan (IIT Delhi, Georgia Tech)
Worked with Schlumberger, Ericsson and
Tata Infotech Ltd; Co-Chair IITAGH, Global
Rep - IIT Delhi Alumni Assn & member Exec.
Council; Organized numerous events
including IIT Delhi Directors visit
to Houston for Faculty Hiring. Graduate
Student Senator at Georgia Tech.
Hemant Jha (IIT KGP, Lehigh University)
5 Years in Oil & Gas; President IITKGP
Houston, Event Organizer and VP IITAGH;
Organized several IIT KGP, IITAGH and
CRY Houston events
Deepak Goyal (IIT Roorkee)
Entrepreneur (4 yrs) - eZdia.com a
Community driven business; resourceful and
experienced to do online marketing via
website, SEO, facebook, LinkedIn, Orkut and
other web based marketing channels
Huzefa Shakir (IIT KGP, Texas A&M)
Worked with Halliburton and Suzuki Motor
Corp.; Secretary IITAGH; Participated in
organizing numerous events including
iJobFest 2009

Prabhu Murugan (IIT Bombay, Rice Univ)
Worked with LyondellBasell and Laplace
Technologies; President elect IITAGH, IITB
Heritage Fund, Alumni Services Committee;
Organized various events for IITAGH and
Community Outreach Activities for
LyondellBasell
Shauvik Kundagrami (IIT Bombay, MBA
Tulane University)
Managing Director and Co-Head, U.S.
Energy Group for RBC Capital
Markets. Previously, Shauvik was a
Managing Director in the Energy Group at
Jefferies & Company, Inc. Prior to joining
Jefferies, he was a Vice President in the
Corporate Finance Department of Howard,
Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs Incorporated.
Sony Sonrexa (IIT Madras)
Sr Reservoir Engineer, Noble Enery. Worked
in the Oil and Gas Industry for over 25 years.
Member energy advisory group through the
Consul Generals office.. IITAGH member
Salil Dave (IIT Kanpur, IIM, Harvard)
Director, Microsoft
Leading Pacific Northwest Pan IIT Chapter.
Sanjay Jain (IIT Delhi)
Sanjay Jain has been in Healthcare IT
industry for 13 years, in various roles
including Chief Architect and VP Research
Engineering at Cerner Corporation. He has
headed innovations for Radiology
Departments in digital imaging with patent
pending for some workflows. He also chaired
the radiology committee of the Integrating
the Healthcare Enterprise, as worldwide
consortium for standards based integration
across the healthcare enterprise.
Rishi Singh (IIT Guwahati; Univ of
Oklohoma);
Geomechanics Engineer, Schlumberger
since 2006. Professional experience in
geomechanics and rock physics; has worked
on wellbore stability, subsidence, analysis of
production-induced reservoir stress changes,
pore pressure prediction, Member IITAGH
Ankur Awasthi
(IIT Kanpur, Univ of Houston)
Senior Consultant, Production Operations,
Halliburton; Past Secretary and Events
Coordinator, IITAGH
Why Houston?
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The Houston conference will enable IITians to impact the global
challenges in energy and environment

An excellent opportunity for global PanIIT conference to capture the interest
and imagination of a very large number of alumni in south central US, which is
also home to a large, diverse industrial base
It is time to move to the heartland of the US and hold the event in the fourth largest
city and the fastest growing area of the US.
A strong appetite and passion among local alumni for bringing PanIIT 2011 to
Houston since the event has not been held in this region
Past events held in the East, West and North. The next logical choice is South.
IIT branding within this area has been sporadic and spotty, built on local
efforts
It is time we expand the IIT branding to the technologies of the future, e.g. energy,
biotechnology, nanotechnology
Alumni resources from this area have not been garnered effectively for nation
building nor for advocacy for the alma mater
It is time we capture the untapped alumni power in these areas and bring new
perspective to our movement

Why Houston?

Energy Capital of the World
Worlds Largest Medical
Center
3
rd
Largest Concentration of
Fortune 500 Companies
have their HQ for 27 of
them
4
th
Largest Museum District
2
nd
Largest Theatre District
6
th
Largest Port in the World
6
th
Largest Airport System
in the World
90 Languages Spoken in
Houston
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LM0SMmnL9M

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These industries employ an estimated 2000 IIT alumni in the
Houston area, and several thousand more in the surrounding area

Energy Capital of the World:
- Upstream, Downstream, Chemical and Oil Services industries
- Approx. 25% of US refining capacity; > 25% US gas prod.
- Leader in wind-powered electricity generation

NASA
- Space City; Mission Control for space program
- NASA celebrates golden jubilee of 1
st
person in space in 2011

Medical Center
- Texas Medical Center Largest Medical Center in the world
- Leader in treatment, education and research

IT/Telecommunication
-Home to some of the largest tech companies Dell, HP, TI, BMC, Ericsson,
Alcatel-Lucent, Dell, Freescale, EDS that employ >500,000 engineering and
management professionals

Engineering & Construction
- Base for most Engineering & Construction companies
- Capital outlays for energy & power projects are driven from Houston including
Calgary Oil Sands and Middle East investments

Houston Commits and is Ready To Go
IIT Alumni of Greater Houston (IITAGH) has a
strong, passionate and committed team that
will deliver

Members of our core team have organized:

NABC2006 (3500+ attendees)
DOSTI 2006 ( 500+ attendees)
TiE Global retreat in San Antonio 2008

We are proficient in managing PR and media (Example:
IIT Bombay Golden Jubilee Conference in NY, NABC
Houston)

3000 attendees and will target 4000
attendees

30% participation from non-IITians

Raising $1m

a world-class conference

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We commit to and have the experience

Over 100,000 people of Indian origin in the Greater Houston area
Target Companies for Fund Raising
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Houston has large Indian population that is well known for giving donations for the right cause (Example: Pratham and
Indo-American charity). Houston is a base for most energy companies even those headquartered in Europe and
Canada (Shell, BP and Total, Encana, Transcanada) as is the Energy capital.
Surrounding regions a large number of Indians and companies from whom we can raise funds. Texas Instruments,
American Airlines, Southwest, EDS are examples.
Texas Instruments
Chesapeake Energy
Devon Energy
Entergy
AT&T
Valero
Tesoro
Dow Chemicals
Amerada Hess
Pioneer Resources
TCS, Infosys, L&T, HCL
Energy Future Holdings

Schlumberger Halliburton
KBR Occidental
ExxonMobil Chevron
BP ConocoPhillips
BJ Services Baker Hughes
Reliant Energy NASA
MD Anderson Royal Dutch Shell
Marathon Oil ConocoPhillips
Sysco Continental Airlines
Southwest airlines American Airlines
Williams Companies Hunt family
The Shaw Group Flour
Jacobs Construction Lockheed Martin
National Oilwell Smith International
Memorial Hermann Health St. Lukes
HP Dell

We plan to raise funds from
the eight south and south
central states as we want to
recruit IITs to participate in
the PanIIT Conference and
engage them for future
events.
Most Universities like UT-
Austin, Texas A&M, U of H,
Rice University, SMU, OU are
contacted for participation.
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Houston Community Support
Mayor of City of Houston
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BILL WHITE
Mayor
City of Houston
Mayor White's leadership has brought Houston
together, as shown by his overwhelming re-election to
a third term. He uses business practices every day at
City Hall to improve service and get things done.

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States
and the largest city within the state of Texas. The city
has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600
square miles. Houston is the seat of Harris County and
the economic center of the HoustonSugar Land
Baytown metropolitan areathe sixth-largest
metropolitan area in the U.S. with a population over
5.7 million.
State of Texas
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JOHN CORNYN
Senator
State of Texas
In 2008, Texans overwhelmingly re-elected Senator John
Cornyn to represent them for a second six-year term in the
U.S. Senate.

Texas is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and
population, and the largest state in the contiguous United
States. Texas is bordered by Mexico, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Texas has an area of
268,820 square miles (696,200 km2), and a growing
population of 24.6 million residents. Houston is the largest
city in Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States,
while DallasFort Worth and Houston are the 4th and 6th
largest United States metropolitan areas.
Harris County

October 26, 2009

To:
The PanIIT Organizing Committee

Dear PanIIT Organizing Committee,

I understand your organization successfully concluded your 2009 PanIIT conference in
Chicago where you had over 3000 attendees and many notable speakers including
President Bill Clinton, and are currently considering Houston as possible venue for your
2011 conference.

Harris County and the city of Houston have Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) alumni
deeply involved in many of our industries including in the energy, space and medical
fields. Harris County is recognized as the Energy Capital of the world, with more than
5,000 energy related firms located here. The Texas Medical Center located in Harris
County employs 72,600 people. NASAs Johnson Space Center is home to the NASA
astronaut corps and conducts training for United States space explorers and space station
partner nations.

On behalf of Harris County, I would like to extend the support of my office in securing
Houston/Harris County as the venue for the 2011 PanIIT Global Conference.

Sincerely,

Edward M. Emmett
County Judge

JUDGE EDWARD EMMETT
County Judge
Harris County
As Harris County's chief executive officer, Judge
Emmett is responsible for working with four county
commissioners to oversee a county government
serving nearly four million remarkably diverse
residents.

Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of
Texas within the HoustonSugar LandBaytown
metropolitan area. The county had a population of
3,400,578 making it the most populous county in
Texas and the third most populous county in the
United States.
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Greater Houston Partnership
JEFF MOSLEY
President
Greater Houston Partnership
Jeff Moseley is the president and CEO of the Greater
Houston Partnership, which serves as the primary
business advocate for world trade, economic
development and public policy for the Houston region.

The Partnership was formed in 1989 from a merger
with the Greater Houston Chamber of Commerce,
Houston Economic Development Council and Houston
World Trade Association. Today, the organization
represents 10 counties and nearly 2,000 businesses in
the greater Houston area.
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Rice University
DAVID LEEBRON
President
Rice University
David Leebron left the deanship of the Columbia University
School of Law to become the seventh president of Rice
University on July 1, 2004.

Rice University consists of over 3,000 undergraduate, 897
post-graduate, and 1,247 doctoral students, and awarded
1,448 degrees in 2007. The university employs 611 full-time
faculty and 396 part-time or adjunct faculty members in
2007. Rice has a very high level of research activity and had
$77.2 million in sponsored research funding in 2007
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University of Houston
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RENU KHATOR
Chancellor/President
University of Houston
Renu Khator became the 13th president of the
University of Houston and eighth chancellor of the
University of Houston System in January 2008. Since
becoming president, she has made student success
her top priority, along with building a nationally
competitive research university that is recognized
among the best in the nation.

University of Houston is the flagship institution of the
U of H System. It is the third-largest university in
Texas with an enrollment of 37,000.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
JOHN MENDELSOHN
President
MD Anderson Cancer Center
John Mendelsohn, M.D., combines experience in clinical and
laboratory research with administrative expertise for guiding
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in
the 21st century.

Since becoming president in 1996, he has recruited a
visionary management team and implemented new
priorities for integrated programs in patient care, research,
education and cancer prevention. Under his direction, M. D.
Anderson has been named the top cancer hospital in the
nation five out of the past eight years in U.S. News & World
Report's Americas Best Hospitals survey.
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DAVID POPLACK M.D.
Department of Pediatrics
David Poplack, M.D., director of the Texas Children's
Cancer Center and deputy director of the Dan L. Duncan
Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine, also holds
the Elise C. Young chair of pediatric oncology at BCM and
serves as the chief of the hematology and oncology
section in the department of pediatrics.

With 639 licensed beds and 465 beds in operation, Texas
Children's is the largest children's hospital in the United
States and is affiliated with the Baylor College of Medicine
as that institution's primary pediatric training site.
Sysco Corporation
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WILLIAM J. DELANEY, III
CEO
Sysco Corporation
William J. DeLaney (Bill) III serves as Chief Executive
Officer of Sysco Corp. since June 27, 2009. Mr. DeLaney
served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice
President of Sysco Corp. from July 1, 2007 to October 2009.
Mr. DeLaney served as Senior Vice President of Financial
Reporting of Sysco Corp. since January 7, 2007.

With record sales of $37.5 billion, a 7.1% increase and
record net earnings on $1.1 billion, a 13.1% increase
(FY08), Sysco continues to be the global leader in the
foodservice industry.
Indo-American Chamber of Commerce
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Indo-American Chamber of Commerce
The IACCGH has a mission to support and enable success:

Facilitate access to the Indian Consulate, Ministry, and
Indian regulatory agencies and facilitate resolution of issues
where needed

Create industry-focused consortiums with our members
and those from partner chambers and facilitate the creation
of India-focused Industry Groups in Energy, IT, BPO and
Healthcare

Help your business obtain Minority Certification with
subsidized support through the Houston Minority Business
Development Center and Houston Minority Business Council

Help you apply for SBA and other subsidized loans &
benefits through outreach events

Work to enhance member representation in local, state
and national advisory councils and boards
TiE Houston
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Ashok Rao
President,
TiE Houston
TiE-Houston is a not-for-profit organization focused on
fostering entrepreneurship through networking,
mentoring, and participation in the local and global
economy.

Following the guideline and philosophies of the TiE
organization, the Houston chapter will attempt to
mobilize the people of Houston and the Indus region
based on the common tenet of entrepreneurship. The
Houston region now supports a critical mass of Indian
professionals and academics. In addition, the role and
participation of Indus professionals in the current wave
of business activity has burgeoned, and the need for
an organization such as TiE-Houston - bringing the
Indus and "mainstream" populations together in
business and social partnerships - is now more
evident.
About IITAGH
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IITAGH has about 1200 members in the Greater Houston area. IITAGH is a 501c3 organization. Apart from our
networking events, we mentor university students from surrounding universities and teach math at local inner-city
schools: Lee High School and Jackson Middle School. IITAGH was awarded the Literacy Advance of Houston in 2008.
Vision
o Mentor Mentor younger graduates
o Educate Support the local community at large, particularly in the area of teaching Math and Science at Greater
Houston area schools
o Network Provide a networking forum to Greater Houstonians
An inclusive organization that is open to the community
Board of Trustees
Aniruddha Panagarkar
Ashok Rao
David Raj
Joseph Pally
Rakesh Jaggi
Richard DSouza
Sanjay Sood
Sundy Srinivasan
Sunil Singhal

Board of Directors
Roopa Gir President
Prabhu Murugan President Elect
Hemant Jha Vice President
Huzefa Shakir Secretary
Pratish Kanani Treasurer
Subha Viswanathan Community Affairs
Vikas Shukla Events Chair
Amit Mohan Events Co-chair
Suraj Mhatre Publicity
Kamlesh Kumar Membership
Deepak Lumba Sponsorship
Lakshman Rao Mentoring
Deepak Goyal Webmaster
In addition to the Board of
Directors, we have
representatives for each
IIT and Campus
representative for U of H,
Rice Univ and Texas A&M.

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