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Read a transcript of the interview here, or watch it below.

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During the conference, K@W interviewed SKS Microfinance founder Vikram Akula. Click here to read the transcript or watch the video recording below.

Knowledge@Wharton has posted an audio interview with LG India’s YV Verma, discussing the company’s strategy for retaining talent in the highly competitive Indian market.

We are extremely honored to have Mr. Zarin Mehta as a speaker on the Indian Diaspora panel. Mr. Mehta, one of the world’s leading arts administrators, was appointed Executive Director of the New York Philharmonic in September 2000, and received the additional title of President in June 2004.

Mr. Mehta has continually sought to enrich and broaden the musical experience of Philharmonic audiences both in the U.S. and abroad by fostering an active commissioning program, instituting innovative series of lectures and discussions, and overseeing major international Orchestra tours. He has maintained the Philharmonic’s preeminent position in the cultural life of New York through the Free, Annual Memorial Day Concerts at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine and the New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks, and has made outreach to young people a priority, continuing the famed Young People’s Concerts.

Prior to his New York Philharmonic appointment, Mr. Mehta was president and chief executive officer of Chicago’s Ravinia Festival (1990–2000), where he remains a Lifetime Trustee. He is the brother of conductor Zubin Mehta, former New York Philharmonic Music Director.

Sanjay Puri is a recognized authority on US-India relations.  Mr. Puri is the Chairman of the US India Political Action Committee (USINPAC), a national, bipartisan political action committee representing over 2 million Indian Americans. USINPAC works closely with Members of the US Congress of both parties, as well as the administration, to ensure that the community’s concerns are addressed. Mr. Puri is also the founder and President of the US India Business Alliance (USIBA).  USIBA is dedicated to strengthening economic ties between the US and India.

Mr. Puri regularly leads delegations of business and political leaders to India.  He is a frequent public speaker on US-India relations and the political impact of the Indian American community.  He has been recently featured in The New York Times, The Washington Times, on National Public Radio (NPR), the Public Broadcast Service (PBS), CNN and Nightline.

We have two new panelist announcements:

• Rajeev Karwal, CEO of Milagrow Business and Knowledge Solutions will sit on the Mass Retail and Technology panels.
• Ramesh Srinivasan, Partner at McKinsey, will sit on the Healthcare panel.

Our content team has been hard at work adding some fantastic panelists over the past several days. Current confirmed speakers include: (more…)

In 2006, Vivek Wadhwa, a member of our panel on The Indian Diaspora, wrote a very interesting piece in BusinessWeek.com discussing why Indians make for model immigrants.