YS: How do you see the technology, in particular product technology space shaping up in India?

Rajdeep Sahrawat : A 'pure' product firm is one who owns the product brand and not necessarily who creates the product. India is home to a large number of product firms whose products have limited reach, both nationally and internationally, and have not scaled up. Conversely, Indian IT services firms participate in the creation of a large number of products which have a global scale.

He always wears a disarmingly friendly smile. Behind his academic looks and firm frame lies a will of iron and tenacity of not giving up. Meet Sharad Sharma, the savvy entrepreneur, techie, venture capitalist, and most important of all Chair of NASSCOM Product Forum. He is a man on a mission—to provide a viable ecosystem to Indian software product initiatives using all the hats he wears [Entrepreneur in Residence, Canaan Partners; Partner, Indian Angel Network, and most importantly as NASSCOM Product Forum Chair]. How would you then

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At the start of this new year, I am discussing a very important topic and I am sure that this is also many people’s New Year Resolution too, i.e. “To Be or Not to Be – An Entrepreneur”. I am not an expert on Entrepreneurship but written below

Kiruba Shankar wears many hats. He runs a blogging company, sits on the board of Rang De, and is director of Wikimedia, India. To add to this, he teaches at Asian College of Journalism and gives talks on blogging to students in IIM Bangalore, Anna University, and various colleges. He has now donned one more hat. He has initiated TEDx to Chennai.