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The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), A non-profit organization was founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley by a group of successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and senior professionals with roots in the Indus region. There are currently over 13,000 members and more than 3,000 charter members in 55 chapters across 13 countries.TiE Hubli is committed to fostering entrepreneurship in the Hubli-Dharwad region. It was launched in the year 2009. It aims to instill the spirit of entrepreneurship through networking; mentoring and lecturing. It aims to focus on instigating the second generation entrepreneurs to innovate and spill unique business ideas in to the business. It also intends to create an entrepreneurial environment in the region. .

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On 03/11/2011 TiE Charter Member's meeting was held in Bellad & Company.
Present:
Mr. Vivek Pawar, Founder &CEO-Sankalp Semiconductor
Mr. Naveen Jha, Director (Programs) - Deshpande Foundation 
Mr. P.B.Roodagi, Director, IMSR
Mr. Jagadish Hiremath, CEO, Able Technologies
Mr. Santosh Huralikoppi, CEO, NS Infotech Ltd.
Mr. Gautham Ostwal, CEO, Elegant Drugs.
Mr. Prasanna Dixit, Director, Mahaveer Infoway Ltd.
Mr. Arvind Bellad, Owner, Bellad & co.
Mrs. Madhuri Kulkarni, Company Secretary.
Mr. Satish.S.Munavalli, Managing Partner, Munavalli Associates

Agenda

TiE Update
To Chalk out TiE future activities.
Corporate Olympiad -TiE Cricket League.
Hubli Special Interest (HR) Group in Hubli.
TiE Entrepreneurial Summit (TES) 2011, B’lore.
TiE-Con , Hubli in January 2012
TiE Hubli office Bearers. 

10 Charter Members were present in the meeting, members discussed about TiE Hubli present status and future plans. All the members were actively participated and shared their ideas and views to make TiE Hubli as a active and dynamic organisation in this region.


Dr. Kranthi Kiran is a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Neuroscience Centre Hubli, Vivekananda Hospital,Hubli and Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli. He is also the Director at Hubli Scan Centre. He is a very well renowned consultant across the North Karnataka region.
Dr. Kranthi Kiran has done MBBS and M S in Gen Surgery. He has completed D N B(Gen Surgery) and M C H in Neurosurgery. He also has received fellowship in Endoscopic Brain Surgery and Micro Vascular Surgery.

In recognition to his work, he has been conferred with many prestigious awards for his services. He has been conferred with the IMA Award consecutively for 6 years from 2004 - 2009. He was awarded the Karnataka Rajyotsava Awards in the Year 2009.

Managing Director for VRL Logistics and Director of Vijay Karnataka having a group turnover of Rs. 700 crore.
• Has been Instrumental in scripting the Success story of Vijay Karnataka.
• Anand Sankeshwar was awarded the prestigious “Youth Icon” award by ABCI of Mumbai in 2005, which read “ He never had the legacy of Newspaper Industry Passed on”.
• He was honoured as the “Marketing Professional of the Year 2006 by “The Indira Group of Institutes”, Pune.
• Recxently conferred “The Frost & Sullivan 2009”, USA based voice of the customer Awards for Excellence in logistics in India, for the Best Logistics Provider in the Retail and FMCG Segment in India

Partha kembhavi is the Partner at Kembhavi Architecture Foundation and August Construction Group.  Kembhavi Architecture Foundation is a full service Architecture design firm with office in Hubli and Bangalore. Various design sectors include housing, retail, commercial, transport terminals, educational institutions, healthcare, hospitality etc.
KAF proudly stakes its claim as the pioneer of the Green Building Revolution. Their creation – the Police Bhavan in Gulbarga – is one of the first gold-rated green buildings in the country. For the past few years, KAF has been researching green building practices – both traditional and futuristic – to create improved, cost-effective and eco-friendly habitats. At present, the firm is engaged in joint research with the Michigan State University on evaluating Lead India and Lead USA practices, while also designing projects spread across an area of over 10 million sq ft.

Manohar Joshi is the Director Systems of Ionidea Interactive Private Ltd. Ionidea is an MNC IT services company. Ionidea Inc, is the corporate office in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. It has its IT service delivery centers in Bangalore and Ukraine. Ionidea Hubli is a recently established delivery center in Hubli.
Manohar Joshi was the Senior Manager at Quaility Assurance and Testing at IonIdea and also worked as Manager QA at CG- CoreE1. He holds SixSigma GreenBelt from BSS, PMP from PMI, USA he also studied at Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences.

is Currently as CTO and co-founder Saankhya Labs is a privately held , Fabless semiconductor startup based out of Bangalore, India. Saankhya is developing World’s First Software-Defined Universal Demodulator IC for Digital and Analog TV reception.
Parag has over 16 years of industry experience, which includes product development, system/software architecture and management. He was the co-founder and CTO of Smart Yantra, a media streaming IP and Systems Company. At Smart Yantra he conceived and architected the world's first Video over WiFi system solution. Smart Yantra was acquired by Genesis Microchip in 2004. He also co-founded Vayavya labs, an ESL company in 2006, where he is currently a Board Member. At Ishoni Networks he was one of the key architects of the world's first Gateway on Chip solution. At Philips Research and Consumer Electronics he was instrumental in defining software and system architectures for a range of Analog and Digital TV products. He has filed 3 US patents.
EDUCATION : He is a BE-Comp. Science – Gogte Institute of technology, Belgaum (batch of 1992)

Vivek Pawar is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and founder of Sankalp Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd. He brings in 18 years of industry experience in varied functions of General management, Operations, Program management, Customer Relations and rich experience is Mixed-Signal and Analog Product Design, System On Chip (SoC) Development including firmware development. Prior to Sankalp Semiconductor, Vivek was Program Manager at Texas Instruments Inc. (Houston, USA) during 2003-2005 and General Manager for Broadband Silicon Technology Center in Texas Instruments India, Bangalore from 2000-2003 and a part of the TI India Management Team.
Vivek Pawar joined Texas Instruments India in 1990 as an Analog Design Engineer after completing his MTech from IIT Kharagpur. Vivek took the team leadership role within 6 months of joining TI. In 1995, Vivek was elected to MGTS position in prestigious Technical Ladder of Texas Instruments Inc.
Vivek held various technical and leadership roles in Mixed-Signal Products organization to eventually become the Operation Manager in 1997 of Mixed-Signal Products Group and later General Manager for Broadband Silicon Technology Center (BSTC). Under Vivek’s leadership, the TI India Mixed-Signal Group grew from less then 40 engineers to 200+ by 2002 and more then 35 IC’ products were released to market in different areas such as Video Graphics, Data Converter, Digital Still Camera, GPS RF, Broadband DSL and wireless LAN, with many products winning international acclaim. The team under him was responsible for developing multiple firsts in the world’s Analog/Mixed Signal Products completely from India, with few of them receiving international awards and acclaims such as: the world’s first integrated DSL front-end with analog front-end and hybrid amplifier, the EDN Asia award winner in 1999; the world’s first single chip DSL (at the time, the  nearest competition was still at a 3 chip solution), the EDN WW award winner 2003, , along with the SoC.
Vivek completed his BE (E&T/C) from the College Of Engineering Pune (COEP) in 1985 and worked with Videocon International as Production Manager before joining MTech at IIT Kharagpur.

Founder & CEO, Talent Onions 
Founded in April 2007, Talent Onions aims to be India's leading provider of Executive Search and Recruitment Consulting Solutions. Talent Onions combines unmatched expertise in recruitment consulting with cutting edge strategy, partners, recruiting techniques and technology that attract today’s savvy candidates to some of the world’s greatest brands. Our value proposition guides us in providing services that are not merely transactional. The partnerships we create to support our clients and their HR leaders are transformational. We’ve been rendering our services to multinationals like Genpact, Ambuja Cement, Siemens, Virgin Mobile, Morgan Stanley, Deloitte, Shree Renuka Sugars and a host of others.

He also founded Leading Minds in December 2005, Leading Minds is a unique internet consulting venture that provides creative, useful solutions to its clients. We endeavour to build world class, customer focused web sites, intranets and extranets, supported by interactive marketing and advertising campaigns.

As Chief Evangelist of Leading Minds, Im in charge of making our perform or perish philosophy work. Evangelizing the core strengths of online media and technology to potential business houses is what I take care of on the business front.

On the Education front
Doctoral Program in Business Management [Sep 2009]
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Entreprneuership [September 2005]
Bachelors in Business Administration Finance & Entrepreneurship [May 2004]

Shankar is the Vice President & Director of Medical Affairs of Indus Westside Hospital, a 200 bed corporate hospital. He led the building’s construction, equipment installation, and was responsible for having the hospital inaugurated by Dr. A.P..J. Abdul Kalam. Shankar is passionate about making a difference in the maternal and child health domain, specifically in leveraging cutting edge technology to reach the masses.
Shankar has 15 years of experience as a consultant ObGyn, with a special interest in Reproductive Endocrinology and Minimally Invasive Surgery. He has an excellent academic record, having undergone training on these subjects at many centers in India & abroad. Shankar completed his Diploma in Gynec. Endoscopy from Kiel University, Germany and trained in advance reproductive technologies at Re Genesis (Reliance Life Sciences) Mumbai & St. George Hospital, London.
Shankar is invited to deliver talks on many subjects in State, National & International Congresses. In recognition of his academic contribution and publications in post-graduate text books, Shankar was conferred the Fellowship of the Indian College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Additionally, he has been a faculty for MBA colleges. He is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta, where he completed a senior management program, aimed at top organizational managers, emphasizing strategy development and brand building. Shankar is currently pursuing an MBA, with dual specializations in Hospital Management & Human Resource Development.
Shankar has in-depth experience in managing health care delivery systems, with the successfully running of a 20 bed maternity hospital and revitalization of a 100 bed multispeciality hospital in Hubli as profitable.

Santosh Huralikoppi, CEO, leads the NSI management team. Santosh is the driving force behind NSI Corporation's global business. As the CEO of NSI Corporation, he has been instrumental in successfully defining and delivering the company's vision of delivering responsive and quality-centric outsourcing solutions to global corporations.
Santosh founded NSI in India in 1999 with a mission to create a data-driven customer-focused BPO and contact center provider whose value was driven by demonstrably higher quality and lower cost. Over the years, Santosh has grown NSI into a global, multi-center, multi-solution organization. Early on, he recognized quality people and process re-engineering were the key drivers to differentiate NSI from firms whose value resided solely upon a generic low-cost labor advantage.
He is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from KREC - Surathkal, GAMP from Wharton Business School, and Indian School of Business. He is currently doing his Masters in Practicing Management from INSEAD, IIM- Bangalore, McGill University (jointly).

Sandeep Bidasaria is a Partner in M/s. Rashmi Impex Consolidated, manufacturers of traffic management signage, under partnership with M/s. Birla 3M Ltd and Urvi Enterprises, C & F Agents to M/s. Amway India Enterprises. From March 1986 to August 1986, Sandeep worked as a Financial Analyst with M/s. Unisys Corp., based in Roseland, New Jersey, USA. From 1987 to 1991, he was the Vice President of M/s. Ferro Concrete Co. (India) Ltd., Indore. Since 1992, Sandeep was Director in M/s. Southern Ferro Ltd., Hubli and M/s. First Steel Co. (Pvt) Ltd., Hubli.
An active member of his community, Sandeep was the President of the Hubli Mid-Town Rotary Club, Area Chairman of the Round Table India (Area 10), and Chairman of Hubli Round Table No. 37. Sandeep is also a member of various associations, including the Hubli Gymkhana Club, the Rail Golf Club and the Bangalore Golf Club. He is involved in other activities like Vice President of the North Karnataka Management Association, from 2001-2003; Secretary of the  North Karnataka Management Association, from 1999-2001; Chairman of the Export Sub-Committee, which s part of the Karnataka Chamber of Commerce & Industry, from 2001-2002; Vice President of the North Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association, from 2003-2004; and Member of the Managing Committee of North Karnataka Small Scale  Industries Association, from 2001-2003.
Sandeep completed his B.Sc in 1980 from PC Jabin College in Hubli. He received his MBA in 1982 from the Kousali institute of Management Studies , Dharwad. He also has an M.S. in Finance, which he received in 1987 from Drexel University, located in Philadelphia, USA.

Dr. Prasad B. Roodagi is the Professor and Director of KLES’s Institute of Management Studies and Research, Hubli. Dr. P.B Roodagi possesses 15 years of qualitative experience in Teaching / Student Management and Administration. He worked as a resource person for various orientation workshops conducted by Karnatak University. Dr. Roodagi has worked with various corporate houses in Bangalore and Mumbai. He has been the Managing Committee Member and Editor-in-Chief for the news bulletin of the North Karnataka Management Association, Hubli.
He has presented papers on “Developing Industry- Institute Interface: Issues & Strategies at Association of Indian Management Schools” and on “Gennext: 1H & 5Ws of Commerce and Management Teaching” at the National Seminar organized by D. M.  College of Commerce, Mapusa, Goa. He has designed, developed and customized training programs and teaching curriculums for students. He has also extensively lectured, organised and co-ordinated at various workshops, events and seminars.
Dr. Roodagi holds a PhD degree from the Shivaji University, Kolhapur, where his thesis was entitled “Problems and Prospects of Small Scale Industries in Dharwad District”. Dr. P. B Roodagi is a post graduate in Business Administration (MBA), and he also holds a B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from Karnatak University, Dharwad. He teaches Marketing Management, Production and Operations Management, Entrepreneurship Development and Industrial Marketing. He has also been trained by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmadabad, in their workshop on “Case Writing/Analysis”, held at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management, Mumbai, as well as on “Quality Improvement Program (QIP) on Teaching Methodology in Entrepreneurship Development” at TAPMI, Manipal.

Mohit Mehta is the Proprietor of Kamal Trading Corporation (KTC). KTC is the authorized stockist for Rashtriya Ispat Nigama Ltd, JSW Steel Ltd, Steel Authority of India Ltd and JSW Cement Ltd. KTC has been a leader in the iron and steel fields for the last 50 years, during which time they built up a good with their customers. Kamal Trading Corporation supplies the highest quality steel with the best services, now having an annual turnover of Rs 80 crores. It is also in association with producers from throughout India. KTC has a wide network of clientele throughout Karnataka and neighboring states. KTC is very proud to inform that JSW Steel Ltd an international repute opened its first Shoppe in India in their premises by name JSW Shoppe. It is an exclusive retail outlet and first of its kind in nation.
KTC are also builders and developers, having successfully completed the residential housing project by name “Akruti Gardens”. A unique housing project in Hubli city, apart from one other exclusive commercial complex Shrinath Complex, Akruti Gardens is the first of its kind in Hubli.

Dr. Neelam Maheshwari is the Program Officer for Livelihoods at Deshpande Foundation. livelihoods work covers many key themes in development: women’s empowerment; skill-building and employability; marketing for locally-produced items; environmental sustainability; and, as always, income generation. Livelihoods - Deshpande Foundation work with small to mid-scale industries and provide support across a variety of operational activities, from marketing to finance linkages. Education front Dr. Neelam Maheshwari holds Ph.D. Gender Studies at State University of New York at Buffalo.

Gautam Ostwal is a pharmaceutical manufacturer and exporter. He also works in other business domains, including pharmaceutical equipment, medicines distribution, ground nut export, and the cotton and cotton seeds business.
Gautaum is Chairman of Area AGM, Area X, for which 191 people were taken to Sri Lanka (this is probably the first time in global Round Table International history that AGM happened abroad). Gautam is an active community member: he has worked as a District Rotaract reprepresentative, as the Vice President of the North Karnataka Drugs & Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association, as Rotary President of the prestigious Rotary Club of Hubli Midtown, and a life member of Prabhu Welfare Service. Gautam has built 132 classrooms, 30 toilet blocks, and 30 kitchenettes, at a total cost of approximately 3 crores.

Mr. Bhushan Jayade is a Doctor by Profession and Practices Dentistry. He has done his BDS – Bachelor of Dental Surgery and Completed in August 1994 at SDM College of Dental Sciences Dharwad
He has Completed his MDS-Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in February 1998 at SDM College of Dental Sciences,Dharwad. In addition he has also done FDSRCS (England) – Awarded by the Royal College of
Surgeons of England in December 1999 after passing the part II fellowship exam in the United Kingdom and FFDRCSI (Ireland) – Awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland in November 1999 after
passing the part II fellowship exam in Ireland. He also serves as Professor at Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Maratha Mandal’s N.G.H. Institute of Dental Sciences
& Research Center, Belgaum. He has also been actively participating in Didactic teaching for the Undergraduate students, Chair side clinical demonstrations and Conducting Postgraduate Seminars, Journal Clubs and Case discussions.
He also has overseas working wroking experience of more than three years in the United Kingdom from December 1998 to August 2002. During this period he has worked in three different units, namely, Edinburgh, Swansea and Salisbury




Arvind Bellad is the Owner of Bellad & Co., which is a dealership for HMT tractors, Hyundai cars, HeroHonda Motorcycles, General Motors, and Ashok Leyland Commercial Vehicles. Bellad & Co. is also a distributor of Shell Lubricants and is involved in wind power and owns a Exclusive Sony Showroom.

Dr. Aadil Bandukwala is the founder and CEO of Talent Onions. Talent Onions was founded in April 2007, Talent Onions aims to be India's leading provider of Executive Search and Recruitment Consulting Solutions. Talent Onions combines unmatched expertise in recruitment consulting with cutting edge strategy, partners, recruiting techniques and technology that attract today’s savvy candidates to some of the world’s greatest brands. The partnerships they create to support their clients and their HR leaders are transformational. They have been rendering their services to multinationals like Genpact, Ambuja Cement, Siemens, Virgin Mobile, Morgan Stanley, Deloitte, Shree Renuka Sugars and a host of others.

Bimal Mehta is the Managing Director of The Indian Mineral Co. The Indian Mineral Co is into trading of Iron and Steel form last fifty years. The Indian Mineral Co is awarded as 'BEST BUSINESS HOME from AXIS BANK' and 'BEST DISTRIBUTORS' from HPCL. They are into wholesale supplying, exporting and manufacturing of sheet metal parts, electronic components, sheet metal components for electronic motor, sheet metal components, industrial sheet metal components, sheet metal tools, sheet metal assemblies, precision sheet metal components.

Poornima Charantimath is the Founder MSME Clinic and Professor and head Center for Entrepreneurship Development at KLS, Institute on Management Education & Research, Belgaum.She is the Lead auditor for Quality Management System. Assessor for CII – EXIM Bank award for Business Excellence and Ramakrishna National Quality award for Business Excellence of Indian Merchants’ Chamber.  She has Authored book on Total Quality Management and Entrepreneurship Development and Small Business Enterprises, published by Pearson Education.  Ph. D guide for Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. She is also the Recipient of Association of Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) and visited Japan for the workshop on TQM and Strategic Management.

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