Banquet Program
Special Honoree Keynote Speaker Special Honoree
Aneesh Chopra Mark Templeton Ro Khanna
Live Performance
Padma Shri Kavita Krishnamurthy
Saturday, September 19, 2009
PROGRAM
5.30 – 6.30 pm: Reception
6.30 – 7.30 pm: Dinner catered by Amber India
7.30 – 9.00 pm: ICC Entertainment and Live Auction
9.00pm onwards - Musical Performance by Kavita Krishnamaurthy
VENUE
India Community Center
525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA, 95035
(408) 934-1130 ext 228
ICC Banquet 2009 Keynote Speaker
President, Chief Executive Officer of Citrix Systems, Inc.
As President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director for Citrix Systems, Inc., Mark Templeton has led the company to become one of the world’s top technology companies.
Templeton is a passionate participant in many community and charitable organizations, and has received numerous leadership awards. Templeton is a sought after public speaker on trends and future of technology as well as the impact of education and curriculum on the technology industry. He speaks frequently at industry events, think tanks, and Citrix partner conferences including Microsoft, IBM, HP, SAP, CSC and others.
ICC Banquet 2009 Honorees
Chief Technology Officer of United States
As the nation's first chief technology officer, Aneesh Chopra is responsible for setting a tech agenda for the country to ensure its global competitiveness and for incorporating technology into government policy, programs and operations.
"The distinction of technology as a box unto itself as opposed to the opportunity to embed principles of technology innovation across a larger range of issues, like health care, energy and education, is probably the single biggest difference in how we are approaching this issue in the Obama administration."
Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Domestic Operations for the US Service and Foreign Commercial Service, International Trade Administration
Ro Khanna was sworn in as deputy assistant secretary for domestic operations of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, International Trade Administration. Among his duties will be to lead trade missions to countries like India and China.
"I look forward to working to strengthen American competitiveness, increase exports, and create good-paying jobs here at home," he said in a statement.
In his new role, Khanna will oversee 109 U.S. Export Assistance Centers operating in 47 different states.
While Kavita Krishnamurthy is well known in Bollywood, she is a versatile singer who has recorded songs in over 12 different languages and in various genres. She recorded her first song, a Bengali duet, for Hemant Kumar alongside Lata Mangeshkar in 1971 and made her big appearance in Bollywood with 1942: A Love Story and the Single “Tu Cheez Barre Hai Mast Mast” from the movie Mohra.
At present, Krishnamurthy is one of most well known playback singers in Bollywood with many Fanfare Awards, Zee Cine Awards, International Film Academy Awards, and Star Screen Awards, wins and nominations to her credit.