NG:INDIA Program

The program for the workshop will consist of a series of invited talks followed by a panel discussion. Please check this page back for updated lists of speakers and the program. The confirmed speakers so far are:

  • Guru Parulkar, Program Manager, National Science Foundation. Guru is the driving force behind the GENI effort in the USA.
  • S. Ramakrishnan, Director General, C-DAC. Ramakrishnan was Founder Project Director of ERNET, the National Academic and Research Network.
  • Krishan Sabnani Senior Vice President, Networking Research, Bell Labs Research, USA.
  • BN Jain Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Delhi
  • D Manjunath Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay
  • Rajeev Rastogi Executive Director, Bell Labs Research, India.

Workshop Program

  • 8:30-9:15 Breakfast and Registration
  • 9:15-9:30: Welcome Remarks
  • 9:30-10:30: Guru Parulkar: "Overview of NSF's GENI Initiative"
  • 10:30-11:00: Coffee Break
  • 11:00-11:45: Krishan Sabnani: "Key Technologies and Architectures for the Next Generation Network."
  • 11:45-12:30: BN Jain: "New Applications to drive next generation networks"
  • 12:30-13:30: Lunch
  • 14:00-14:45: S Ramakrishnan: "TBA"
  • 14:45-15:30: Rajeev Rastogi: "Research programs at Bell Labs India: Addressing the needs of developing countries"
  • 15:30-16:15: D Manjunath: "Next Generation to Last Generation?"
  • 16:15-16:30: Break
  • 16:30-17:30: Panel Discussion: "NG:India - Possibilities and Challenges" Moderator Anurag Kumar