From : Friday, January 09, 2009 at 9:00 AM - Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 6:00 PM (GMT+0530)

NIMHANS Convention Center, Bangalore India

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The Agenda comprises keynote addresses, live demos of new products, panel discussions, technology tutorials, research presentations, investor meets and an open space (called the Demo pit) where 40 of the best products from start ups and industry will showcase.
Jan 9th and 10th : Keynotes between 9 – 9.45 am and 2.30 – 3.15 pm : features talks on topics such as the Industry-Startup Co-innovation initiative launched by the HeadStart Foundation, Green Computing, Roadmap to Indian technology giants in the global arena, Investment opportunities and trends for 2009, speakers include Dr Chandrakant Patel, Fellow, HP Ecosystem Lab, Ashish Gupta, Partner, Helion Ventures and more

Jan 9th – Consumer Product demos on Stage [9.50 am - 11 am ] : Companies selected from nominations received to HeadStart 2009
Jan 9th – Innovation in Consumer Services [11:15 am - 12:15 noon] Mobile VAS business models, Convergence between traditional & new media, New global and local consumer services strategies, includes speakers such as Harish Gandhi, Executive Director, Canaan Partners, Rajesh Sawhney, CEO, Reliance Entertainment, Amit Dayal, VP, Yahoo and more
Jan 9th – Entrepreneur RoundTable [12:15 am - 1:15 pm] VC funding challenges, Building businesses without VC, Shift from Enterprise to Consumer services, Exit strategies, includes speakers such as Jay Pullur, CEO, Pramati, Sanjay Swamy, CEO, MChek, Bhavin Turakhia, CEO, Directi, Sujai Karampuri, CEO, Sloka Telecom, K Srinivasan, CEO, Amagi
Jan 9th – Innovation in action : Interactions with the Demo pit [3.15 pm - 4.30 pm] Interactions on products in mobile, online, entertainment, telecom and healthcare segments and products, includes speakers such as Navin Kulkarni, Business Development Director, Philips, Vishy Poosala, Head of Bell Labs India, Alcatel Lucent, Alok Mittal, Partner, Canaan Partners and more
Jan 9th – Investor networking and Press meet [5.00 pm - 6.00 pm] In the Demo pit and Lounge area

Jan 10th – Enterprise Product demos on Stage [9.50 am - 11 am ] : Companies selected from nominations received to HeadStart 2009
Jan 10th – Software-as-a-Service delivered from Clouds [11.15 am - 12.15 noon] Changing service delivery models with SaaS and Clouds, includes speakers such as Ramesh Loganathan, Managing Director, Progress Software India, Kiran Datar, Managing Director, Cisco-Webex, Arvin Babu, Partner, Greylock Ventures and more
Jan 10th – The Big Opportunities [12.15 pm - 1.15 pm] Talks on innovations and opportunities in Social enterprise, Clean tech and Social media, with speakers such as K Ramakrishna, Founder of Rangde.org and Vice President, Technology, IFMR Trust, an affiliate of ICICI Foundation (talking on social enterprises) and more

Jan 10th – Innovation in action : Interactions with the Demo pit [3.15 pm - 4.30 pm] Innovations in consumer products, industrial automation, retail and supply chain, includes speakers such as Karthee Madaswamy, Qualcomm Ventures, Harsha Angeri, Head Strategy & New Initiatives, Honeywell and more
Jan 10th – Investor panel : Investment trends, opportunities and challenges for 2009 [5.00 pm - 6.00 pm] includes speakers such as RJ Sridhar, Partner, Jafco Asia, Rajesh Srivatsa, Partner, Ojas Ventures, IDG Ventures, Inventus Capital Partners, Varsha Tagare, Intel Capital and Aravind M, Artiman Ventures
Jan 9th, 10th : Technology tutorials [ 10 am – 5 pm ] – Cloud computing delivered by Google, Infosys, IBM, SAP Labs, Rediff, Microsoft; Virtualization delivered by HP Labs; Mobility delivered by Infosys; Search and Social platforms delivered by Yahoo, Google and Infosys.

Hi Folks,

To celebrate the launch of JavaFX (http://www.javafx.com), we are having a JavaFX special *BOJUG* (http://groups.google.com/group/bojug) meet this *Saturday*.

Please find the details of the meet as follows:

Date & Venue:

*Saturday, 20th December 2008*

Starting time: *03.00 PM*

Sun Microsystems India Pvt. Ltd.
Himalaya Conference Room,
Ground Floor, DivyaSree Chambers,

*Sessions:*

JavaFX in all the Screens Of Your Life! , By: Vaibhav Chaudhary
(http://blogs.sun.com/vaibhav/), and Subrata Nath, Sun Microsystems, India

*JavaFX apps- How you write them? How is it truly write-once run
anywhere- Mobiles, Desktops, Dashboards
* Demos
* Internal architecture- How it works..
*.
*. Lots more..

Highlight: *JavaFX* and **Pizzas*** !

If you are planning to attend, please put up your name on the wiki
page at http://bojug.wikispaces.com. Putting up your name will
*ensure* that you get a Pizza and also help in smooth conduction of
the meet

For any queries, please contact me : amitsaha.in@gmail.com

See you!

-Amit

After its resounding successes in its past four editions, Proto.in is back on 23 & 24 january at bangalore to further strengthen its position as India’s premier start-up event. Proto.in has built a reputation of being the one event the entire entrepreneurial ecosystem looks forward to, across the length and breadth of India. Having witnessed successful past editions in Delhi and Chennai and gearing up for the next one in Bangalore, Ravi Narayan, Managing Director of Mentor Partners, and an advisor to proto.in, believes “proto.in is poised to become a nationwide phenomenon.”

Proto.in – A Binding force within the Start-up Community

Over the last four editions, proto.in has showcased over 75 startups of whom many have leveraged the platform to close funding, develop new business opportunities, create media traction and even connect with potential hires.And as Alok Mittal, one of most successful internet entrepreneurs and a leading venture capitalist in india, says “Proto.in has emerged as an integral part of the Indian startup ecosystem.”

The last edition of Proto.in at India’s capital city played host to the 15 most exciting startups in the country amidst an audience that included the most prominent venture capital firms and angel investors to the who’s who in the technology and media circles. Amit Somani, Head of Mobile Products for Google APAC and a distinguished delegate at the last edition, believes that proto.in will be known as one of the pioneers for helping technology entrepreneurs get started in India in years to come.

The last event also saw a slew of new activities that churned out the most innovative ideas amidst a bunch of hyper enthusiastic entrepreneurs. Guess what, its only going to get better (and wackier) this edition.

What’s Special this proto.in?

Apart from the most anticipated Proto.in showcase of india’s top 15 product startups, the fifth edition of proto.in is breaking new ground by letting the audience experiment with entrepreneurship, through a set of globally unique activities for a technology conference under our exciting new initiative – Proto.in Labs.

Proto.in Labs will play host to a set of activities that will engage the crowd like no other indian conference has attempted before. Here’s a sneak peak into the exciting set of activities you’ll experience as an audience in this edition of proto.in:

Shotgun Startups – Teams of technologists, programmers, designers, and product architects compete with each other to build a product in 24 hours, and get them voted by the audience at Proto.in, with one emerging as the winner.

Pitchcamp! – The first pitch that you make, be it an investor, partner, employee or client about what you do, makes all the difference to that first impression. Pitchcamp will be a workshop for startups to help them sculpt their pitch that will sell every time.

Innovation Jam – Ideation is a simpler process. With the success of the process that started last time, at this proto.in, here’s a chance for the entire audience to participate, in chipping and brewing fresh ideas off of their head. If you have a creative block, this will ensure that its flushed out.

Proto.in Conversations – we are not alone. We are a community of entrepreneurs and some of us have tread this path before us, and have valuable experience to share. Listen from fellow entrepreneurs and get that dose of reality driven into yourself on everything from funding to hiring.

Startup Job board – Sometimes, old school works. If you are a startup and looking for people, put up a post. If you are a professional and looking for a job in an exciting startup, take a card and give them a call. Make it happen, when the entrepreneurial energy is flowing all around you.

Be There!

Add to that, an invite only dinner and a startup mixer on both nights to network and meet others in the space.Make no mistake, Proto.in 5th edition is ‘THE’ place to be, if you want to spruce up your entrepreneurship journey.

Startup nominations are closing on December 16. Hurry up!
Event registration opens on December 15.

Must visit 1:

Most of you would have read about how far the new Bangalore International Airport is and how boring the journey is. But have you noticed Fort of Devanahalli on the way to Airport? Its visible from the high way if you are watchful enough. I always wanted explore it but never did. But this time on my regular visit to Nandhi Hills I made sure to stop and visit the Fort.

The fort as such is not very big but looks beautiful and still is in good condition. The fort was built by Mallabairegowda in 1501Continue reading about Devanahalli Fort

Must Visit 2:

This temple is an hidden treasure. People traveling daily on hosur road don’t even know about it. So me and my friend tried to explore it. .

Friends’s mom had told us according to legend the temple is of the era of Pandavas and Pandawas used to offer Pooja to Shiva. Me and friend reached there early on Sunday evening. The temple was still not open but we got some amazing pictures of it from outside Continue reading and get the complete directions to the temple.

IS CANCELED DUE TO SECURITY REASONS

IS CANCELED DUE TO SECURITY REASONS

Habba literally denotes festival in Kannada – the local State language of Karnataka. The Bengaluru Habba aims to provide valuable and aesthetic entertainment at no cost for the audiences. We hope to expose youth to the joy of live traditional performing and visual arts and crafts and to make Bengaluru a culturally vibrant place. Classical dance performances, Carnatic & Hindustani music recitals, Folk dances, English & Regional theatre productions, Craft melas and Sports competitions add to the grandeur of the festival at multiple venues in the city. Internationally, nationally and locally acclaimed artists grace the Habba’s stage.

Ronu Majumdar & Kadri Gopalnath, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Rahul Sharma, Lillette Dubey, Kala Madhyam artisans, EVAM productions, Galeej Gurus, and Aditi Mangaldas, Shaan, Sukhwinder Singh, Pandit Birju Maharaj, Pandits Ranjan & Sajan Mishra, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasiya, Shree L. Subramanyam, Shivamani and Taufiq Quereshi have all performed at previous Bengaluru Habbas.
To mark the 6th year celebration, the Government of Karnataka has graciously agreed to adopt the Bengaluru Habba as one of the flagship festivals of the state, in partnership with the private sector. This endeavour is the first of its kind in the country where the public, private and the industrial sector have come together to present the artistic palette of India which has enthralled millions around the world.

It indeed gives us great pleasure to invite you once again to another year of festivities at the 6th Bengaluru Habba from December 4th to December 21st, 2008.

All events are free and open to the public.
EVENT CALENDAR

ours truly is looking for enthusiastic people to join the team Announcing Weekend Theatre Workshop.

Yours Truly Theatre announces its next theatre workshop .
This 5-Sunday long workshop will culminate in a performance by the participants,
who will explore the creation of an entire production through character building, storytelling, Patterns and rhythms, physical training in different theatre styles and improvisations using the dramatic and theatrical facets.

Yours Truly is looking for passionate and enthusiastic people to be a part of this workshop.
For more details contact 9845243051/9845853093 OR mail us: yourstrulytheatre@gmail.com
Website:www.yourstruly-theatre.com

About Yours truly Theatre
Based in Bangalore, our strength lies in experimentation with various forms & formats of theatre. Yours Truly is working on developing more theatre concepts which are relevant to today’s world. We believe theatre should transition into what cinema and mass media cannot give, a personal intimate experience. Other than doing regular public show, one of the main aims of YT is to take theatre to people who can’t access theatre physically or financially, we work with Ngo’s and reach out labor camps, hospices, rehabilitation centers, juvenile homes .

About Our Recent productions
Common Man
This comedy is a social satire and is performed in the “Complete-The-Story” style of theatre. It is a tribute to the common man and his dreams, aspirations, conflicts. The play has been performed in Bangalore at Ranga Shankara many shows and will be travelling other cities . The play has been very well received by audience.

Bhagwaan Dundoo -a journey in search of god
A light hearted play which explores the journey of a tribal’s to the city in search of god. The play is a great entertainer with dance, music and audience interaction. However it leaves audience pondering over various issues faced today.