Bangalore: IT is conceivably unique to today’s globalized world. Instead of relying on the first world countries to innovate and later procure the innovation, emerging nations have started working on their own problems and are creating superior innovations in this field. And people such as Dr. Viswanath Poosala, Head of Bell Labs India and founder of Geopepper.com, are at the forefront of this revolution.

Dr. Viswanath Poosala, an IITian from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, was passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship from a very young age. Unlike most of the students of his generation, he aspired to follow his heart and achieve something big on a global stage. After the completion of his B.Tech degree, his thirst of knowledge led him to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he perceived his Ph.D in computer science (Databases). Upon completion of the programme, Poosala was nominated as one of the four best outgoing Ph.D grads from the computer science department at the university.

In the year 1996, he joined Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, as a Member of Technical Staff and conducted research in fields such as networks, databases and web technologies. Later, in the year 2002, he was elevated to the role Technical Manager at Bells Labs, Alcatel-Lucent. In his new role, Dr. Poosala led his team to create ground-breaking products such as iLocator and WaveBuilder.

Other prominent figures who were instrumental in bringing about a change in the outlook of people towards India’s innovation include, Dr. Aloknath De, Chief Technology Officer, Samsung India; Avaneesh Dubey, SVP-Development Organization, SAP; and Pradeep Desai, Technology Leader-Software Sciences & Analytics, GE Global Research. If you aspire to follow their footsteps and make it big on the global stage, Startup City 2013 - the biggest and the best event organized by Siliconindia, is the place where you need to be. The event is the greatest opportunity to meet the icons of modern India, build network and realize your true potentials.   

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