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Canaan Partners appoints Harish Gandhi as Executive Director

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Submitted by itvidya_pr on Wed, 16/01/2008 - 13:33.
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Canaan Partners, a global venture capital firm specializing in early-stage technology and life sciences companies, today announced the appointment of Harish Gandhi as Executive Director with the firm.

In his new role at Canaan Partners, Harish will work to strengthen and expand Canaan’s investments in the technology space and work hand-in-hand with the country’s top entrepreneurs to build tomorrow’s leading international companies.

Airtel to help bridge Gujarat's digital divide

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The Gujarat government and Bharti Airtel have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to connect 13,716 villages across the state.

The MoU was signed between Bharti and the Gujarat government's panchayat, rural housing and rural development department, in the presence of state chief minister Narendra Modi and Bharti Airtel president and CEO Manoj Kohli.

Under the project, Bharti will set up telecom infrastructure to connect village panchayat (village executive) offices and common service centres. Bharti has designed a VSAT-based solution to provide last-mile connectivity to these villages. The project will be completed by March 2008, the company said in a press release.

Nasscom 2007 : Finalists Announced of Innovation in IT 2006

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Submitted by mirowais on Wed, 07/02/2007 - 22:30.
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NASSCOM the premier trade body and the “voice” of the Indian IT industry announced the finalists for the NASSCOM Innovation in Awards 2006. From a shortlist of eighteen companies, seven finalists will be felicitated and recognised for their outstanding contribution by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Manmohan Singh at the upcoming NASSCOM 2007 India Leadership Forum.

IT innovation is slowly gathering momentum in India. As global customers and giant ICT companies outsource their core product development and R&D work to the country and as its service providers make “out-of the-box” services a key differentiator, an ecosystem of innovation is getting built in India.

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