“Going beyond a traditional summit, AIMS 2007 in association with Calicut IT Initiative (CITI, a professional citizens’ initiative) launches ConnectCalicut, a round table discussion where decision-makers from major IT companies, the Kerala Government and infrastructure developers including the Aditya Birla Group will converge. ConnectCalicut will set the stage for high-level discussions on developing Calicut as an IT destination. The IT and Industry secretaries of Kerala, and the District Collector of Calicut will grace the occasion. IIMK has been at the forefront of this initiative with students helping the IT ministry draft an IT Policy and developing a strategy plan to attract software companies to Calicut,” it further added.

Apart from this, BrainStorm, a panel discussion on “A Nation Online: How the internet is changing our everyday lives,” will feature the CEO of Bharat Matrimony, Mr. Murugavel Janakiraman, the Co-Promoter and COO of Naukri.com, Mr. Hitesh Oberoi and Mr. Manoj Gupta, VP of Nexus India Capital Partners, a venture capital firm. The discussion will be moderated by star blogger and Founder-Director of f5ive Technologies, Mr. Kiruba Shankar.