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Outreach Seminars

Singapore-MIT Alliance presents:

Dr. Desh Deshpande


Entrepreneurism in the New Global Economy

Desh Deshpande
Founder and Chairman of Sycamore Networks, Inc.

 

The seminar will be delivered live from MIT to NUS & NTU in Singapore

MIT
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
7:45 - 8:00am Refreshments
8:00 - 9:30am Lecture and Q&A
Location: Building 3, Room 370

SINGAPORE
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
8:00 - 9:30pm Lecture and Q&A

NUS Location: MD11 Auditorium
10 Medical Drive, Level 1, Clinical Research Centre

NTU Location: SMART Classroom
N2-B4a-02, Nanyang Avenue

 

RSVP by September 21, 2004
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
Seating at MIT is limited and allocated to earliest registrants

MIT Contact:
Mr. Karl Ozaeta
Email: ozaeta@mit.edu

NUS Contact:
Ms. Regina Chan
Email: smabox3@nus.edu.sg

NTU Contact:
Ms. Hasinati Lateh
Email: hasinati@ntu.edu.sg

BIOGRAPHY

Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande is co-founder and chairman of Sycamore Networks, Inc. Prior to co-founding Sycamore Networks, Dr. Deshpande was founder and chairman of Cascade Communications Corp., which was acquired by Ascend Communications for $3.7 billion. Prior to Cascade, Dr. Deshpande co-founded Coral Network Corporation in 1988 and served in various management positions for Codex Corporation, a subsidiary of Motorola. Before joining Codex, Dr. Deshpande taught at Queens University in Kingston, Canada. Dr. Deshpande holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, an M.E. in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick in Canada, and a Ph.D. in Data Communications from Queens University in Canada. Dr. Deshpande has won numerous awards for his contributions to education and the greater community, and serves as a member of the MIT Corporation.

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