Stevens, IIT Delhi and University of Alabama Host US-India Day, June 16

Event is part of a three-day conference on flexible enterprises

HOBOKEN, N.J., May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Stevens Institute of Technology, IIT Delhi and the University of Alabama will jointly host US-India Day as part of a three-day conference on flexible enterprises that will run from June 14-16, 2008 at Stevens. US-India Day will be held on June 16 in the Babbio Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Driven by the existence of a relatively cheap and highly skilled labor force, outsourcing by US companies to India has progressed beyond software development and call centers to more complex business processes and to R&D. In general this has worked well, but companies in both countries have to deal with political, cultural and legal issues that require knowledge and experience. The situation is made more complex by the fall of the dollar, the rapid rise of salaries in India, and current political concerns in the United States.

At this workshop, representatives from leading US and Indian companies, and academics from the US and IIT Delhi, one of India's leading technology schools, will discuss the opportunities and issues involved in US-India commerce. How can U.S. Companies take advantage of business opportunities in India? How can Indian companies take advantage of business opportunities in the US? Topics to be discussed include: outsourcing, freight transportation, virtual teams and managing across cultures.

Speakers include: Ambassador Neelam Deo, Consul General, Consulate General of India, NY; Mark J. Riedy, Attorney at Law, Andrews Kurth LLP; Jack Lerer, President, IDT International; Ron Somers, President, U.S.-India Business Council; Frank McDonough, President, New York Shipping Association, Inc.; Charlie Gulotta, Strategic Global Sourcing, Infosys Technologies Limited; Mahesh Haryu, Senior Technology Executive, Altria Corporate Services, Inc.; Brian D. Smith, Partner and Managing Director, TPI.

One-day rate to attend the workshop:
Corporate: $150
Academic: $75
Student: $30

For more information, please contact Ted Stohr, 201-216-8915, estohr@stevens.edu or Sharen Glennon, 201-216-5381; sharen.glennon@stevens.edu, or visit the event website at: http://www.giftsociety.org/glogift/glogift-08.html

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis(R), involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master's and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,040 undergraduate and 3,085 graduate students, and a worldwide online enrollment of 2,250, with a full-time tenured/tenure-track faculty of 140 and more than 200 full-time special faculty. Stevens' graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.

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