Speaker Lineup for APEX '10 Summit

We are delighted to announce a stellar list of speakers for APEX '10, the annual conclave of the Indian Private Equity / Venture Capital industry, scheduled for February 4 at Mumbai. This edition of APEX will have a special focus on Education, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Telecom and Financial Services (especially financial inclusion).

Speakers at the Summit include:

Varun Sood, Capvent
Ashish Dhawan, ChrysCapital*
Raja Kumar, UTI Ventures*
Vani Kola, NEA-IndoUS Ventures
Manik Arora, IDG Ventures India
Anand Sudarshan, Manipal Education
K. Ganaesh, TutorVista
Rajesh Bhatia, Tree House Education
Sunil Kanoria, Quippo Telecom
Mahesh Choudhary, Microqual Techno
Dr. Bala Manian, ReaMetrix
Swapan Bhattacharya, TCG Lifesciences
Chetan Tamhankar, SIRO Clinpharm
S. Nandakumar, Perfint Healthcare
Padmaja Reddy, Spandana India
V.P Nandakumar, Manappuram General Finance
Madhusudan Menon, Micro Housing Finance

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