Rajesh Setty is planning 3rd edition of Cerebrate in US and is looking for nominations.

Details in this post…

http://www.rajeshsetty.com/2011/05/07/announcing-cerebrate-3-looking-for-nominations/

Do nominate achievers you may have in mind…

The event is scheduled on 30.01.2011 from 05.00 a.m. onwards The event is organised by Schools for India Trust www.schoolsforindia.org, Chennai City Connect, Eco Login and Tamilnadu Cycling Club.

Categories For Cycle Race

• Ride of the lions:  Men :140 KM and Women : 70KM  Veterans above 45 Years: 35 KM
• The Grand Mountain Bike on the Road Event: Men: 70 KM and Women: 35 KM
• The Under 18 Year Race :12 KM for Men and Women
• The 12 to 14 Years Race: 5 KM for Boys & Girls
• The Corporate Race : 6 KM for Men & Women

Registration

Please email to icr@schoolsforindia.org with the following details:

• Name :
• Current Address :
• Mobile Phone :
• Alternate Email :
• Age :
• Category :

Guidelines For Participation

• Please bring your passport size photo along with registration Fee of Rs.100/- for School, College and Corporate events. No registration fee for the 140 & 70 Kms. events.
• The organizers are not responsible for any incidents, injuries or death due to any reason.
• Please ensure that you have medical and fitness certificate before the event.
• The registrations will close on 26th Jan 2011.
• The organizers have the right to alter, modify or cancel any of the event(s) without offering any reasons.
• You need to bring your own cycles and need to have proper sports attire

For More Information contact : +91-99400 74889

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) in association with eBay India is organizing the 3rd National Conference on Digital Commerce with an aim to provide a clear understanding of customers’ expectations and how various industry constituents deal with digital commerce.

The conference will see the coming together of experts who will attempt to highlight ground realities and comprehend the Indian industry’s attitudes & perceptions vis-à-vis digital commerce. Our esteemed panelists will give an insightful and informative analysis of the current e-commerce scenario in India. The conference will touch and reflect upon various aspects of digital commerce and examine the numerous opportunities and challenges posed before the industry at large. The conference will also shed light on the upcoming areas like mobile commerce and examine the ways to boost it to a level that proves profitable proposition.

The event has a fairly impressive list of speakers.

Registration costs Rs 5000 + taxes

Check the link or details http://iamai.in/events/3rd_digital_commerce_conference/speakers.htm

Our CEO Kiruba Shankar spoke at TEDxYouth at Chennai this saturday.

Standby for more details

More photos of the event here

Kiruba will be attending NASSCOM event tomorrow in Bangalore. You can catch him there

Here’s the detailed agenda for Mobile Application Developers’ Meet, 23 November 2010, VelTech Chennai

09:30:10:00 hrs Registration and Coffee

10:00-10:20 hrs                         Address on “Idea Validation of an Application on Marketability, Technical Feasibility and Scalability”

Jasmeet Gandhi, Head – Devices OPM & Services Marketing, Nokia

10:20-10:40 hrs                         Address on “Technology and Platform Challenges”

Prabha Aithal, Chief Technology Officer, CanvasM

10:40-11:00 hrs                         Address on “Marketing of Apps”

Badri Sanjeevi, Chief Executive Officer, Mauj

11:00-11:20 hrs                         Interaction with Audience

11:20- 11:40 hrs Tea/ Coffee Break

11:40-12:00 hrs                         Address on “Pricing and Billing of Apps”

Sandeep Sawhney, Head of New product & Innovation, Aircel Ltd

12:00-12:20 hrs                         Address on “ To be finalised”

Qualcomm India

12:20-12:30 hrs                         Interaction with Audience

12:30-13:10 hrs                         Conversation with Vijay & Alok

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, One97 Mobility Fund

Alok Mittal, Managing Director, Canaan India

13:10-14:00 hrs Networking Lunch and visit to App room

14:00-15:15 hrs                         Presentation by Developers’

Presenters:

15:00-15:15 hrs Tea/Coffee

15:15-17:00 hrs Speed Dating and visit to App room

17:00 hrs                                   Seminar Concludes

Attention all mobile application developers in Chennai, block your calendar for Nov 23rd, for an event you shouldn’t miss.

After the success of the 1st Mobile Application Developers’ Meet in Bengaluru, IAMAI (Internet and Mobile Association of India) is organizing a Seminar for Mobile Applications Developers’ to provide a common platform to deliberate upon the opportunities and challenges of growth pertaining to the mobile applications services in India.

The seminar, to be held on 23rd Nov 2010 in Chennai, India, endeavours to recognize the way ahead to promote and project the growth in the field of mobile applications’ development with the help of an impressive line-up of experts as speakers. The seminar will also set a stage to encourage innovators and developers to offer an impetus to the industry which is undergoing revolution of sorts and proving to be an attractive revenue generator.

The event is free for all, but prior registration is mandatory. Please register here at http://iamai.in/Events/2nd_mobile_application_developer/register.aspx

Date: 23rd Nov 2010
Venue: Vel Tech University, Avadi, Chennai

The event has several prominent speakers including
» Sunil Rao, Head of Forum, Nokia India
» Prabha Aithal, Chief Technology Officer, CanvasM
» Badri Sanjeevi, Chief Executive Officer, Mauj
» Sandeep Sawhney, Head of New product & Innovation, Aircel Ltd
» Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, One97

Speed dating, wherein participants get to meet the speakers One to One, is also part of the agenda

More details at http://iamai.in/Events/2nd_mobile_application_developer/

BusinessBlogging is proud to be associated with IAMAI as its social Media partner. We’re looking forward to IAMAI’s MAD meet this month. Stay tuned for more updates

Microsoft promoted Community Techdays is happening in Mysore, the cultural capital of Karnataka (and also where IT giant Infosys has its headquarters), on November 14th.

The event targets microsoft developers. Fore agenda and details check

http://www.communitytechdays.com/agenda.aspx#mysore

More information about community tech days can be had at
http://www.communitytechdays.com/ (check out when it is coming to a city closest to you

Google Technology User Groups (GTUGs) are user groups for people who are interested in Google’s developer technology; everything from the Android and App Engine platforms, to product APIs like the YouTube API and the Google Calendar API, to initiatives like OpenSocial.

BusinessBlogging is actively involved in GTUG Chennai and its first meeting is scheduled for this Saturday, 13th November.

Time:

Venue

ThoughtWorks Technologies (India) Pvt Ltd.,
RR Tower 5
Level 2, Rishabh Info Park
33 A Developed Plots
Thiru Vi Ka Industrial Estate
Ekkatuthangal, Guindy
Chennai – 600 032, India

Register here : http://www.gtug.in/register.php

More details: http://www.gtug.in/

Ford Figo’s 50000th car, that toured all of India during October 2010, has helpd company raise Rs 20 lakhs for charity. The Discover Smart Drive saw its grand finale in Chennai today, wherein press was invited to share the success story.

Some highlights…

§ Ford India dealers contributed and generated funds for community development

§ Discover Smart Drive – 25 day road trip promotion flagged off from Chandigarh on 5th October 2010 culminated successfully in Chennai

§ The special Figo designed by popular television host and artist Harun Robert (a.k.a. Rob) generated tremendous support from dealers with proceeds generated by dealer body to be used for community development

§ Figo crossed the 50000th sales milestone in October; is the second fastest car model in India to reach 50000 sales mark and has emerged as one of the most popular car in its segment

§ Discover Smart Drive generated exponential online response in 25 days (About 10k fans on facebook…)

Photo by Shrinidhi Hande

”The Discover Smart Drive has helped us connect and thank consumers across India. The Figo has achieved outstanding results. Figo is the second fastest car model in India to have crossed the 50,000 sales milestone and that is a reflection of the confidence our customers have in us and we will boost the morale further as we move forward” said Michael Boneham, president and managing director, Ford India.

To engage other Figo owners, the “Figo four” shared personal road stories, photos, videos and experiences via their Facebook, Twitter and Orkut profiles and blogs. Customers and fans also followed the drive via Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/fordfigo), Orkut (http://bit.ly/orkutfigo), Twitter (http://twitter.com/fordfigo) and a Driving Ford blog (http://www.drivingford.in) and helped the couples out by posting valuable suggestions, advice and tips along the way.

Talking about Ford India’s marketing strategy to create an integrated campaign, Nigel E Wark, executive director, Marketing, Sales and Services said, “True to its concept, the Discover Smart Drive enabled the lucky couples to explore smart things about India along with smart features of the Figo. Using an integrated approach involving digital, marketing and our growing dealer network, we were able to take the Figo to consumers’ doorstep and have multiple positive conversations on new mediums.”

Seen as the success, the drive was successful in driving positive conversations around the brand and resulted in increasing Figo’s fan base on Facebook to over 15,000 people. Over 600 updates posted on the experiential drive and resulted in showcasing key Figo differentiators such as spaciousness, fuel economy and air conditioning from over 5,000 comments across social networking sites.

“The response that we have got from this campaign has taken Figo’s popularity to a different level. We thank our online supporters also in this endeavour. Figo has been the top-selling vehicle in five out of seven months, since its launch and we wish to sustain this phenomenon.” Wark concluded.